Red Rover Software

You’ve probably noticed,

some things have changed about college students.

But there’s good news:

(They just do a lot of stuff online.)

Students are human.still

>

They Need

YOU ARE

NOT

ALONE

still>

: )

Comfort

Comfort

Connection

Hi! I’m new.

Awesome,join our team!

Comfort

They Need Connectionstill

>

They Need Contribution

Connection

Contribution

Here,let me help.

Thanks!

Comfort

still>

(They just look for them online.)

They Need the Same Thingsstill

>

(And it doesn’t work that well.)

They Need the Same Thingsstill

>

Their Current Approach:

Freshmen try to connect with other new students via Facebook groups, but group walls are full of questions and few answers.

{Comfort: Find People Like You

Activities

Activities

www.yourschool.edu{Activities

Activities

Activities

Sports

Student Clubs

Sports

Students often can't make sense of their institution’s many websites, and information is difficult to keep up to date.

Connection: Join the College Community

There is no central place to share with the college community,so the best work is lost online or buried in private class forums.

?Contribution: Give to the Community

YourEDU

Schools Want Students to Succeed

Connection

Contribution

Comfort

Connection

Contribution Connection

25%of students will drop out in their first year.*

*According to American College Testing

but

Comfort

Contribution

“The major cause of student attrition [is] the inability of students to make the transition to

college and become incorporated into the institution's ongoing social and intellectual life.”

-Dr. Vincent Tinto, Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition.

Second Edition.

hello?

We can do better.(With a new web tool and the necessary support.)

YourEDU

Comfort

Connection

Contribution

A Single Web Based Tool:

Helping students

1. Find people like them

2. Create and join groups

3. Contribute to the college community

And helping colleges

4. Track, assess, advise and

support the process

2 minutes to sign up

See interest matches(in year, major, and residence hall)

Comfort: Find People Like You

Receive recommendations for student groups(based on matching interests)

Join groups with one click(clubs recruit automatically)

Connection: Join the College Community

e.g. College 101Class Major CollegeClub/ Org

Automatically share content you create online with any of your groups or with the entire college

Contribution: Give to the Community

A live dashboard shows student activity

and highlights support needs.

Assessment: Support and Advise

Result: Increased Support, Retention, and Success

StudentsCampus-wide lecture on safe and effective use of online tools.

Staff and Faculty

Dashboard training and a technology education curriculum for First Year Experience courses

Training:

Student Leaders

Workshop on increasing engagement by using technology to recruit and organize

An Integrated Solution

• Meet peers in their

major and residence hall

Students:

College:

• Facilitate connections

• Measure interaction

• Find and join groups

• Find campus mentors• Share their online content

• Contribute to community

• Assess and encourage

student leaders• Teach effective use of tools

• Create community culture

Timeline: Your College with Red Rover

YourEDU

Connection

Contribution

Comfort

The 2009 software will be made available to a

few select colleges.

To discuss participation in eitherthe free software or an integrated package

of training and software,please email kevin@redroverhq.com.