Apply a specialization
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Your student may be aiming to achieve one or more specializations (additional designations in conjunction with their graduation diploma). You can assign specializations to your students to accurately keep track of their progress and ensure they’ll meet their goals.

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Apply a specialization

To assign your student a specialization:

  1. From your educator account, click Features and select Course Planner.
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    Features menu open with Course Planner highlighted
  2. Click Student course plans to open the student list.
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  3. Locate the student whose specialization you'd like to change.
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    student course planner list
  4. Click in the checkbox to the left of their name.
    tipTip: To filter and select multiple students, click Filters to narrow the student list by several options, such as grade, or group. Then click Apply.The student list is narrowed by your filter option. Click the Selected (0) checkbox at the top of the list to select all the students in your newly filtered list.
  5. From the top of the list, click the Assign diploma dropdown, and select Assign specialization.
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    student course planner list
  6. Select the specialization from the available choices and click Assign.
How to apply a specialization

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View the progress of a student's specialization

To view a student’s progress in each of their specializations:

  1. From the Student course plans page, click on the student name.
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    student course planner list
    • The Course planner tab on the student's profile opens.
  2. To the right of the diploma name, click the dropdown to show all the diplomas and specializations assigned to the student.
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    student course planner list
  3. Click on the title of the specialization to view their current progress.

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Remove a specialization

If you need to, you can remove a specialization from a student's course plan.

To remove a specialization for a student:

  1. In the search bar located at the top of any page in your educator account, enter the student's name or ID.
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    Search bar in Xello educator account highlighted with cursor hovering
    tipTip: Alternatively, from the left menu, click Students and select Student list to browse the full list of students.
  2. Click on the student's name. The About student tab of their profile opens.
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  3. Click the Course Planner tab.
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  4. Click Settings.
    Student profile open to the Course Planner tab. The cursor is clicking on Settings.
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    Student profile open to the Course Planner tab. The cursor is clicking on Settings.
  5. Next to the specialization you want to remove, click the X.
    Student profile open to the Course Planner tab. The Settings window is open and the cursor is clicking the X next to a specialization to remove it.
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    Student profile open to the Course Planner tab. The Settings window is open and the cursor is clicking the X next to a specialization to remove it.
  6. Click Done to save your changes.

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