Undergraduate Slate Training
Enrollment Management Strategic Communications and Initiatives (EMSCI) has developed 2 Slate training courses that are required for all Slate users (Slate 101 and Slate 201). These courses will be offered live multiple times a year and a required annually.
Mandatory Undergraduate Slate Trainings
Slate 101 – The Basics
Duration: 1 Hour
Location: Virtual & In-Person
Slate 101 introduces you to the fundamentals of Slate. This certification covers Slate navigation and access, understanding person records, and data handling. There will be a brief Q&A session to follow the course content.
After conclusion of the certification, the quiz will be emailed for you to complete and become certified.
Navigate to your Slate User Portal below to view offerings and register.
Slate 201 – Application Basics
Duration: 1 Hour
Location: Virtual & In-Person
Slate 201 introduces you to the fundamentals of applications in Slate. There will be a brief question and answer session to follow the course content.
After conclusion of the certification, the quiz will be emailed for you to complete and become certified. You must have completed Slate 101 in order to take this course.
Navigate to your Slate User Portal below to view offerings and register.
Brightspace Modules
EMSCI also has several Brightspace Training modules covering various areas of Slate. These trainings serve as a starting point for Slate access and a tutorial and reference for users of the Undergraduate Slate instance at Purdue University. Each course concludes with a quiz or knowledge check of the material in the course.
How to Access Brightspace Trainings
To access the trainings that are applicable to your roles/permissions within Slate, click the button to the respective course from the course listings below. To see all the courses available to you, log into your Brightspace home page.
Select the “Purdue West Lafayette” campus from the options on the Brightspace page. You will then be prompted to log in to Brightspace using BoilerKey. Once you have successfully logged in, EMSCI recommends bookmarking the link(s) for quick access in the future.
Note: You will only be able to access the Slate Training Modules that are applicable to your roles/permissions within UG Slate.
These training modules are designed to be instructional and serve as a reference point. EMSCI recommends completing all the courses available to you at least once a year.
Be sure to complete the courses in the order listed below as material from the previous courses build on later courses.
Slate – Intro
Slate – Recruitment Communication Tactics
This course covers 3 of 4 core Recruitment Communication Tactics available to the recruitment community (in the context of Undergraduate Slate).
Topics include:
- The Recruitment Communication Tactics
- Email Campaigns
- Creating a mailing
- Requesting distribution
- Assessing reactions/responses to the effort
- Call Campaigns
- Overview of tactic
- Executing a call campaign
- Logging call statuses and why
- Mailing List Exports
- Overview of tactic
- Executing/Running a mailing list export
- Mailing list export data handling
- Tracking print/postal efforts recommendations
- Email Campaigns
Slate – Events
For assistance with accessing these modules or general UG Slate training questions, please email AdmsCRM@purdue.edu.