Educators with administrator or user level access can add a local scholarship to Xello for students to search and apply for. Keep local scholarships updated and current, and edit previously created scholarships.
You can choose whether to make the scholarship visible to your students right away or to turn off visibility until the scholarship is available for students to apply. If you remove visibility to a scholarship after a student has saved it, the scholarship will then be tagged as Unavailable for the student.
Add a local scholarship
If you know of a local scholarship, add it to Xello so your students can view the opportunity and apply.
Make sure the scholarship includes as much information as you have available. The more information and keywords for your students to search, the more likely they are to find it, and apply for it.
Some tips to keep in mind when completing a scholarship form:
- In the description section, be sure to include keywords your students might use to search for this scholarship.
- Scholarship matching in Xello is coming! Complete the eligibility requirements section so your students are better matched with scholarships.
- For information not included anywhere else, use the larger text boxes to help draw attention and make it easier for students to read.
- Students use deadlines and award amounts to filter and prioritize scholarships, so make sure this information is available and updated.
To add a local scholarship:
- From your Educator Account, under Features, click College Planning.
- From next to Local scholarships, click Manage.
- Click Add local scholarship to open the scholarship form.
- Fill out all the necessary information.
- To make the scholarship show for your students, switch the Visible to students toggle to YES. It will be immediately visible for them.
- Click Preview to view how the scholarship will look for your students.
- To save and complete, click Publish.
Edit a local scholarship
Keep local scholarships in Xello updated and current for your students.
To edit a previously created scholarship:
- From your Educator Account, under Features, click College Planning.
- From next to Local scholarships, click Manage.
- Locate the scholarship you'd like to edit
- Click the three dot menu, and select Edit.
- Make the necessary changes and click Publish.