Student-created opportunities

WBL Administrators can decide if students can add their own outside opportunities in Xello.

To turn student opportunity creation on or off:

1. From your educator account, click Features and select Work-based learning.
   

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2. At the top right corner, click Settings.
   

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3. Next to Student-created opportunities, click Manage to open the student list of opportunities.
   

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4. Click the box next to each student who you would like to enable opportunity creation for.
   • You can narrow the student list by clicking Filters. Once you've narrowed the list, click the box next to Selected (0) to select the entire list of filtered students.
5. Click the Opportunity creation dropdown and select Enable or Disable.
   

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6. A modal will open confirming you want to enable opportunity creation for the students. To confirm, click Ok.

Assign coordinating educators

Coordinating educators manage student requests and get alerts when forms need signatures. Setting a default rule assigns an owner to new requests right away.

To set default coordinating educators:

1. From your educator account, click Features and select Work-based learning.
   

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2. At the top right corner, click Settings.
   

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3. Next to Assign coordinating educators, click Manage.
   

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4. Choose how to assign new requests:
   

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   • One coordinating educator for all requests: Pick one educator to own all new incoming requests.
   • Different coordinating educators by opportunity type: Assign different educators to specific opportunity types (for example, assign one teacher to all Apprenticeships and another to Job Shadows).
5. Click Save.

Requirements

Requirements are the forms students, parents, and employers need to fill out (like parent consent or training agreements). Creating custom labels helps you group and track these forms easily.

Add a requirement label

Create new labels to categorize specific forms your school or district needs students to complete.

To add a requirement label:

1. From your educator account, click Features and select Work-based learning.
   

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2. At the top right corner, click Settings.
   

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3. Next to Requirements, click Manage.
   

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4. Click Add requirement label.
   

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5. Enter a label name and click Save.

Archive a requirement label

Remove labels you no longer use to keep your requirements list clean and updated.

To archive a requirement label:

1. From your educator account, click Features and select Work-based learning.
   

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2. At the top right corner, click Settings.
   

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3. Next to Requirements, click Manage.
   

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4. Find the label you want to remove in the list.
5. Click the three-dot icon next to the label and select Archive.
   

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To see or restore old labels, click the Archive tab at the top of the page.

District vs. School Labels: Schools automatically get standard labels from Xello and any custom labels created by the district. School admins can also create their own school-level labels.

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