1. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation What’s New in CollegeInColorado.org June 2011 Release

2. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Topics Enhanced Keyword Search ‘Get a Job’ Documents EnhancementScholarship Search ImprovementsPrinting & Exporting Plans of StudyReporting Enhancements in Report BuilderAnnual Reminder to Update School Connection (CIC)New Milestone for Parent Plan of Study Review (CIC) 2

3. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Enhanced Career Keyword Search Student Center

4. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Single Keyword Search Benefit Produces more effective results by suggesting careers based on the work performed - not just the name of the career. 4

5. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Single Keyword Search Example: “Scene” Keyword “Scene” = Crime Scene Technician Results include articles with the whole word “scene”, such as Crime Scene Technician. Keyword Location Career names Alternate names for careers Names of related and similar careers Descriptions of careers 5

6. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Enhanced Careers Keyword Search 6

7. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Career Search Process Go to the Career Planning tab Click on the Explore Careers section Click into the Search box & enter keyword (s) Explore the improved Careers List 7

8. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Multiple Keywords Search Benefit Creates a more comprehensive list of matching careers to consider for career exploration and planning. 8

9. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Multiple Keywords Search Example: “Crime Scene Technician” Crime + Scene + Technician Results include any article with all three keywords as whole words Keywords ≠ Exact Phrase Keywords do not have to appear as an exact phrase Keyword Location Career names Alternate names for careers Names of related and similar careers Descriptions of careers Order The keywords can appear in any order 9

10. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation ‘Get a Job’ Documents Enhancement Student Center

11. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Export This for ‘Get a Job’ Documents Benefits Benefits Allows editing and formatting outside of the product in a word processing program like Microsoft Word Gives greater flexibility to job search documents by allowing users to personalize and enhance their documents 11

12. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation ‘Export This’ Option Resume Builder Cover Letter Creator Thank- You Letter Builder Print This E-mail This PDF This Export This 12

13. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Accessing the ‘Get a Job’ Tools 13

14. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation ‘Export This’ Option Resume Builder Cover Letter Creator Thank-You Letter Builder 14

15. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Export Process 15

16. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Exported Documents Can be added to the portfolio as an uploaded document Will not appear in the Resumes section of the portfolio 16

17. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Professional Center The Export This option is available in the Professional Center when professionals are viewing portfolios. 17

18. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Scholarship Finder Enhancements Student Center

19. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Scholarship Finder Enhancement Benefits Benefits The Scholarship Finder now encourages more student input for more results. Students will see better matches in their list of scholarships. 19

20. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Scholarship Finder Enhancements Revised Your Scholarship Profile instructions encouraging users to enter as much data as possible Search characteristics ordered by popularity Pre-populated search characteristics Enrollment Level search characteristic removed 20

21. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Updated Instructions Red text alerts students that the more data they enter, the better the list of matching scholarships will be. 21

22. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Search Characteristics Re-ordered Similar items are now grouped together. Easily answered characteristics are listed first. 22

23. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Pre-Populated Search Characteristics Citizenship Country State Characteristics will be populated from the portfolio unless the student has already made a selection. 23

24. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Enrollment Level “Enrollment Level” search criteria was removed to increase scholarship matches. 24

25. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Printing & Exporting Plans of Study Professional Center

26. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Printing & Exporting Plans of Study for Professionals Benefits Professionals will find it much easier to print plans of study in the Plan of Study Tracking Report. Professionals have more options to export student Plans of Study Tracking Report data. Enhanced summary and student identification information is included in tracking reports. 26

27. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Printing & Exporting Plans of Study for Professionals Custom Plans of Study printing options added. Unnecessary data and links have been removed from the printer-ready version. Students’ plans of study are separated during batch printing. Data fields to aid student identification have been added to the Plans of Study Tracking export file. 27

28. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Printing Plans of Study Drill down to an individual portfolio in Students and Groups to print a single plan. 28

29. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Printing Plans of Study Drill down to an individual portfolio from within the Plans of Study Tracking Report to print a single plan. Drill down to a group of portfolios in the Plans of Study Tracking Report and print up to 25 students as one batch. Access the Plans of Study Tracking Report on the Report Tab and select the portfolios by the graduation year you wish to view. 29

30. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Printing Plans of Study 30

31. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Printing Plans of Study Look of Printed Plans: Links are removed. Empty labels for notes have been hidden. Page breaks occur between plans when batch printing 31

32. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Exporting Plans of Study Tracking Data Exported Plans of Study Tracking Data Report Summary Report NameSchool or Program NameSelected class or groupReport DateNumber of students includedSelected Graduation YearSelected Plan of Study Status 32

33. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Exporting Plans of Study Tracking Data Extended Summary Additional Student Identifiers First & Last Name columns 33

34. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation General Enhancements in Report Builder Professional Center

35. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Student Names in Displayed Reports Names displayed in one sortable column Lastname, Firstname format Old Version New Version 35

36. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Student Names in Displayed Reports Student ID column added Account Name column added 36

37. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Student Data in Exported Reports Names displayed in sortable columns. Last Name and First Name appear in separate columns. Student ID column added. Account Name column added. 37

38. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Annual Reminder to Update School Connection

39. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Annual Reminder to Update School Connection Benefits Students will be reminded when they first sign in at the beginning of a new school year to check and make sure that their account is connected to the appropriate school Incorrect primary school site connections will be reduced or eliminated for more effective student management and more concise reporting. 39

40. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Annual Reminder to Update School Connection Create Account + Connect to School Site Transfer Schools Update Account on The Basics page Update Account during Annual Reminder 40

41. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Process First Sign in Between August 1 and March 31 Connection is Correct Confirm Connection Enter CollegeIn Colorado site Connection is Incorrect Select Change View School Selector Select a New School Select Cancel Enter CollegeIn Colorado site 41

42. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Account Creation June 1 1 st Sign In August 1 No Prompt Details Students who have just created an account within the last two months will not receive this prompt. Example: 42

43. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation User Experience: Site is Correct 1.Student signs in for the first time between August 1 & March 31. 2. If the school connection is correct, the student clicks Save. 43

44. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation User Experience: Connection Has Changed 1.Student signs in for the first time between August 1 & March 31. 2. If the school connection is NOT correct, the student clicks Change. 44

45. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation User Experience: Connection Has Changed The student selects a new school on the School Selector page and clicks Continue. The School Confirmation page is displayed again showing the newly selected school. Students save to confirm & continue. 45

46. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation User Experience: Connection Has Changed A student who has changed his or her primary school site connection will be removed from all groups and lists of students in the Professional Center. 46

47. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Student with Multiple Schools 47

48. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Student with Multiple Schools Primary Connection Remains the Same No longer presented with Update Your Account Screen. Primary connection and Professional Center groups association don’t change. Secondary connections and group associations don’t change. Primary Connection = A current Secondary Connection Student is released from the primary connection. Student is removed from groups at the former primary connection school. Secondary connection becomes primary connection. Groups association on the new primary connection and all remaining secondary connections remain intact. Primary Connection = A New School Student is released from the primary connection school. Student is removed from any groups at the former primary connection school. Student is associated to the new primary connection school. All secondary connections and their group associations remain intact. 48

49. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation New Milestone for Parent Plan of Study Review

50. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Plan of Study Parent Review Milestone Benefits A Parent Plan of Study Review milestone can now appear in a student’s list of planning milestones. Professionals can now use the Milestone Tracking Report to track the completion of the Parent Plan of Study Review, simplifying the reporting process 50

51. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Milestone for Parent Plan of Study Review 51

52. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation New Milestones 6 th Grade Parent Plan of Study Review7 th Grade Parent Plan of Study Review8 th Grade Parent Plan of Study Review9 th Grade Parent Plan of Study Review10 th Grade Parent Plan of Study Review11 th Grade Parent Plan of Study Review12 th Grade Parent Plan of Study Review 52

53. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Setting Parent Review Milestones 53

54. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Student Use of Parent Review Milestones Marked as complete when parent review is completed and saved. 54

55. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Student Use of Parent Review Milestones 55

56. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Student Use of Parent Review Milestones: No Plan of Study 56

57. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Parent Review of Student Plan The Parent Review form remains unchanged. The first parent review of a Plan of Study “counts” as the completed milestone in each school year. 57

58. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Tracking Parent Review Milestones Parent Plan of Study Review milestones appear in the Milestones Tracking Report. 58

59. All rights reserved. © 2011 XAP Corporation Tracking Parent Review Milestones New Parent Plan of Study Review milestone detail report 59