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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