Tools
Nexus offers a vast suite of tools. Tools include and are not limited to those listed below.
Appointment Scheduler
➥ Class Schedule Checker warns a student if an appointment time chosen conflicts with a class for which they are enrolled
➥ Students can search for staff by name or department(s) when scheduling appointments
➥ Ability to communicate with advisor or campus services regarding the reason for the appointment and share other detailed information and documents in advance of a meeting
➥ Generates reports of who, when, and why people would unable to schedule an appointment
➥ Generates reports of all cancellations, including hours in advance cancellation was made
Mentor Assignments
➥ Assigning students to a mentor allows them to connect through nexus
➥ Mentors can enter notes for the department they are working for about their student interactions
➥ Admins can manage mentoring assignments via nexus and control what mentors can see and do in nexus.
➥ Useful for programs that assign mentors to a students and those that do not use the assignment model.
Resource Sharing
➥ Resources are sent to the student's email and to the student's cell phone if the student opts into text messaging
➥ Resources are posted in the Student Hub for future reference by the student
Rolodex
➥ Create custom list (cluster) of students to be shared with other staff
➥ Send email blasts to the student cluster and track which emails were opened
➥ Create filters for your so you can target email subsets of your group
➥ Track academic information about students such as warning grades and other points of interest.
➥ Batch ID upload of NetIDs and Student Admin IDs to make creating clusters easy
➥ Search UConn's Live Directory and add students to your cluster one at a time if preferred
➥ Split or Combine your rolodex clusters
➥ Chart student demographic information
Student Hub
➥ Easy access to appointment scheduling allows students to search staff and faculty by name or department.
➥ Study Group tool to organize study groups and share documents
➥ GPA goal setter tool for calculating GPA needed to reach target Cumulative GPA
➥ Peer Mentoring lists to connect students with undergraduate student mentors
➥ Event registration for future events, and historical records of events registered for in the past
➥ Non-Degree class decision making tool for newly admitted and readmitted students
➥ Mobile friendly responsive interface