@Kelly Enright While we have not launched at our school, I have worked with schools that have.
Regarding the visibility of contact data, you can allow the alum to choose what they share with a brief tutorial on the 'Directory Preferences" screen. You will want to clearly communicate what the default setting will be and the options for making more information available.
Whether to include alumni and former students is a practice question within the office/school. Do you include former students in other alumni mailings, events, or communications? Given the age of your students, where do you draw the line for including former students? There is no right or wrong answer, but this should be consistent with what you do in other areas.
My colleague @Aleksandr Duba may be able to offer more insights on this as well.
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William Stites
Montclair Kimberley Academy
Montclair NJ
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-19-2024 11:16 AM
From: Kelly Enright
Subject: Alumni Portal
Hi All,
We are getting ready to launch our Alumni Portal with Veracross. As we are doing this, we have been looking at the directories and deciding the best way to get this information out. If you've launched an Alumni Portal, do you make all alumni information visible? Do you include both alumni and former students? Any information would be greatly appreciated!
Sincerely,
Kelly
#General
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Kelly Enright
Vail Mountain School
Vail CO
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