{"id":18119,"date":"2022-10-25T10:01:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T14:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/?p=18119"},"modified":"2024-06-08T21:59:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T01:59:19","slug":"how-sppa-profiles-student-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/2022\/how-sppa-profiles-student-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"How SPPA Profiles Student Experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        How SPPA Profiles Student Experiences\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Looking for simple ways to create unique and interesting content? How about having your students write a few words about their experiences in your program?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sppa\/\">School of Public Policy &amp; Administration (SPPA)<\/a> has done just that. On their <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sppa\/student-experiences\/\">Student Experiences<\/a> page, SPPA highlights what motivates and drives their students, and gives them a chance to talk about their experiences during and after the program!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"why-this-approach-works\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why this Approach Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can curate user-generated content that both benefits the contributor (they get a spotlight) and is of interest to potential students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The content can be evergreened. This is something you can build upon with new posts as new students work their way through the program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We know that people like to read about people. The <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/category\/meet-our-people\/\">Meet our Team<\/a> feature in Web Services is always the top hitter in our newsletter. And retirement and service anniversaries always top the Top 5!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is also a wonderful way to showcase your program and what it has to offer. Plus adding new content regularly is great for getting found on Google (SEO) and gives people a reason to come back to your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"how-use-posts-and-categories\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How? Use Posts and Categories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We really like the way that SPPA has used a news post to create a unique profile for each student, and then brought them all together onto one page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"step-1-gather-student-info\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1 &#8211; Gather Student Info<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Use a form to gather information from your students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, SPPA asks students to <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sppa\/student-experiences-profile-form\/\">fill out a form<\/a> to have their profile featured. It includes a blurb about their experiences, a photo, some details about their program and contact info, and consent to post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"step-2-create-a-post-for-each-students-profile\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2 &#8211; Create a Post for each Student&#8217;s Profile<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Create an individual post for each student. Make a template so that you have an outline to follow for each post and they are similar in appearance. Include things like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A student photo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The student&#8217;s bio or writeup<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A unique category to pull all the posts together (e.g., SPPA uses &#8220;Student Experiences&#8221;)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A similar title for each<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"step-3-create-a-page-for-the-profiles\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3 &#8211; Create a Page for the Profiles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you have a few student profile posts, you need to create a page to hold them all:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/cms-help\/basic-training\/module-2-types-of-content\/pages\/#sect1.1\">Create a new page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/cms-help\/basic-training\/module-2-types-of-content\/posts\/#sect1.2\">Pull posts onto the new page<\/a> based on the category<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pro tip: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/cms-help\/advanced-training\/module-3-advanced-post-elements\/buttons\/\">add a button to this page<\/a> that allows students to request their own profile<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ve just created some brand-new content for your site as well as a great little system for continuously updating it. Every time a student submits the form, you make a new post, then categorize it appropriately. It will magically appear on your new student profiles page!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks so much to the folks at SPPA for sharing your idea of creating a <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sppa\/student-experiences\/\">Student Experiences page<\/a>. 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