All Journeys consist of one or more Goals, which are a simple way of guiding students from A to B through a series of preselected steps. Students must achieve all Goals within a Journey to complete it.
For more information on Journeys, refer to Journeys - An Overview.
What Goals are available?
Any combination of Goals can be added to a Journey. A Journey can contain more than one Goal type (except for the Handshake Profile Basics type).
This Goal type is customisable and is designed for Goals that students complete by clicking Mark as Complete next to the Goal.
Goal-specific fields:
- Goal Name
- Goal Description
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*link to a custom resource using:
- (Optional) Button Text
- (Optional) URL
- (Optional) Button Text
This Goal is completed when the selected label is added to the student's profile in Handshake.
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Labels can be added in a number of different ways:
- directly to a student account
- imported via the Importer
- in bulk on the Manage Students page
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through the survey completion method
- For more information, refer to About Survey Completion Labels.
Goal-specific fields:
- Goal Name
- Goal Description
- Label
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*link to a custom resource using:
- (Optional) Button Text
- (Optional) URL
- (Optional) Button Text
For more information on labels, refer to Handshake's Guide to Using Labels.
This Goal is completed when students fill out at least one work experience, one organisation, and one skill on their profile.
- This is a pre-set Goal (i.e. not customisable) and can only be added once per student profile.
- A resource button will appear for the student directing them to their Handshake profile.
This Goal is completed when a student checks into event(s) selected upon creation of the Goal.
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Students are directed towards specific events with these labels when clicking the blue button Go to Events. Only events relevant to the specific Goal are shown.
- Example: The Goal requires a student to attend 3 workshops. You apply the "workshop" label to the Goal and to the specific event(s). The student is then directed to a list of the labelled event(s), and would need to check-in to the event(s) to complete the Goal.
Goal-specific fields:
- Goal Name
- Goal Description
- Count of events attended to complete goal: (select number from dropdown)
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(Optional) Labels
This Goal is completed by a career services user when a student attends their appointment.
Goal-specific fields:
- Goal Name
- Goal Description
- Count of appointments attended to complete goal
- (Optional) Appointment Type if selected, only these types will then count towards the total.
How do I add Goals to a Journey?
Goals are added to a Journey from the Setup tab. The Goals page comes third in the creation process, after completing the Basic Info and Qualifications sections.
1. Click the white button Add Goal under the Additional Goals section, to the right of the desired goal type.
2. Enter your desired information in the pop-up window that appears - goal-specific fields may vary, depending on the goal selected. Refer to the available goal types above for field details.
Once filled out, click the blue button Add Goal to complete this step.
3. After you have added the Goal, you may decide to remove or edit the goal. To the right of the Goal, click the white button:
- Remove Goal to remove the Goal from the Journey
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Customise Goal to update the criteria
Note: Goals appear to students in the order in which they were originally created. To learn how to reorder Goals within a Journey, refer to the last section, Goal Ordering.
4. Once you have added all Goals, move to the Review & Publish section of the setup.
Goal Ordering
To re-order Goals within a Journey, click and drag the desired Goal up or down, depending on preference.
The order chosen here will be retained for career services and student users. Goals may be re-ordered in both draft and published Journeys.