Nudge Students to Fin Lit Success by Targeting, Teaching & Tracking

Could you give an example of how a school might use this feature?

Carrie: Sure. Let’s say a school pre-enrolls their incoming freshman and requires them, by a certain date, to complete a knowledge path including taking quizzes to measure their comprehension. Student progress is monitored, and the data identifies which students are using the curriculum and comprehending the content and which are not. With this insight schools can provide nudging and support to move these students forward in their financial wellness journey. With this resource schools can even use incentives, like drawings for bookstore gift cards, to help motivate students forward. The dashboard is a key component to help schools facilitate their programming.

The dashboard also provides a single-lookup feature. This lets administrators easily see the engagement and activities of one specific student. It can be used in counseling sessions or perhaps in a classroom where a professor might want to review a student’s test scores.

What problems were you trying to solve for schools and students?

Carrie: We wanted to help schools in their commitment to engage students in an important curriculum. We’ve always had reporting but it wasn’t presented in real-time with a 24/7 accessible platform. Developing our products and services typically starts from conversations with our customers. We're genuinely focused on providing solutions to make their jobs easier and their impact greater.

Tell us about the pilot programs that were run with schools to develop these new features.

Carrie: The insight from our customers is incredibly valuable. We worked with the University of Pittsburgh’s (Pitt) Office of First Year Experience (FYE). Pitt was an existing user of GradReady, so it was easy for the FYE team to visualize the use of GradReady as part of the FYE student curriculum. The FYE team pre-enrolled their incoming freshman and directed them to GradReady for poignant financial literacy topics. Pitt monitors who has completed account creation, taken quizzes (and their scores), and who needs an additional nudge to get the job done. The dashboard provides Pitt with some great insight to know who may need additional help at this stage of the game.

The other school we worked with was the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison). While GradReady is available to all students on the Madison campus. Administrators wanted to look at connecting with students who receive certain scholarships. Helping at-risk students navigate enrollment includes more than financial aid and for that reason the Office of Student Financial Aid has pre-enrolled key cohorts in the program. Administrators are monitoring engagement and when needed, nudging students along.

How does GradReady set itself apart from other financial wellness curricula?

Carrie: Good question. Primarily it’s because GradReady is a part of Attigo’s family of student success solutions. Although each individual solution brings value to student success programming, when combined their power to transform lives and achieve school goals is magnified. Additionally, according to some recently polled, very satisfied, student users it’s a "straight-forward, clean, and linear experience." It’s always good when your users are happy with the way your product works!