How students add an opportunity
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If students come across an opportunity on their own, outside of Xello, they can add it to Xello and send it for review. An educator will then review their submission to either approve it or decline it. If the opportunity is declined, educators add a note indicating the reason. Students then have the opportunity to make edits to their submission for review again.

Once a student-created opportunity is approved, it functions the same as any other opportunity: students access it, track their completed hours, and add files to it. Check out How students request and track opportunities to learn more.

Learn how students:

Add an opportunity

If students come across an opportunity on their own, outside of Xello, they can add it to Xello and send it for review.

How students add an opportunity to Xello:

  1. From the Explore page, they click Opportunities.
    Cursor clicking on Let's Go in Opportunities
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  2. From the Explore opportunities page, they click My opportunities.
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  3. They click Add opportunity.
    My opportunities page with a curson over the Add opportunity button
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    My opportunities page with a curson over the Add opportunity button
  4. They enter all the necessary information, including the opportunity type, name, a short description, and start dates.
    Add opportunity page. There are fields to fill out the opportunity type, name, stage, a description, compensation, and dates
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    Add opportunity page. There are fields to fill out the opportunity type, name, stage, a description, compensation, and dates
  5. If the company has already been added to Xello, they'll be able to search for and add that company. If not, they click Add new company. They add the address and any contact details.
  6. Once they've filled out all the fields, they click Submit for review.
    The Add opportunity form is filled out. The Submit for review button is highlighted
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    The Add opportunity form is filled out. The Submit for review button is highlighted
  7. A success bar will indicate that their opportunity has been sent for review.

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Edit an added opportunity

A student-added opportunity can be approved or declined by an educator. When the opportunity is declined, the educator adds a note explaining why. The student then has the chance to edit the submission.

How students edit their added opportunity:

  1. From the Explore page, they click Opportunities.
    Cursor clicking on Let's Go in Opportunities
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  2. From the Explore opportunities page, they click My opportunities.
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  3. On the declined opportunity, there's a badge that says Not approved. They click on that opportunity to open the Edit opportunity form.
    Student's list of opportunities they're tracking. The first opportunity, called Engineering intern, has a badge that says Not approved
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    Student's list of opportunities they're tracking. The first opportunity, called Engineering intern, has a badge that says Not approved
  4. At the top of the Edit opportunity form, the student can read the note from the educator detailing why the opportunity was declined.
  5. The student then makes the necessary changes and clicks Save changes.
    Edit opportunity form is open with the Save changes button highlighted
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    Edit opportunity form is open with the Save changes button highlighted
  6. A success bar will indicate that their opportunity has been updated for review.

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Additional resources

  • pdfPDF
    PDFIntroduction to WRL in Xello
  • pdfPDF
    PDFOpportunity Coordinator Guide
  • pdfPDF
    PDFEducator's Guide to Opportunities

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