{"id":65518,"date":"2025-09-02T07:48:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kortext.com\/stream\/?p=65518"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:38:53","slug":"introducing-kortext-stream-new-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kortext.com\/stream\/blog\/introducing-kortext-stream-new-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Kortext stream to your new students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #16749d;\"><b>Ten tips for using Kortext stream to support new student transition<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Effective transition to university is complex, takes time and is neither linear nor uniform. For personal tutors or academic advisors, it\u2019s important to help your students and tutees to start their time at university well.<\/p>\n<p>Here at Kortext stream, we know that student engagement data can help to provide early insights and knowledge during the initial transition process.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, here are ten tips for using Kortext stream to support new student transition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #16749d;\">1. Familiarise yourself with policy and process changes<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Enhancements to Kortext stream can result in changes to your student support ecosystem. Do you know how you are expected to meet and support your students?<\/p>\n<p>Remind yourself of the process for closing interactions once any agreed actions are complete or a specialist support service has picked up a referral. Knowing that an effective referral has taken place is reassuring and allows you to concentrate on live issues that need your input and expertise.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #16749d;\">2. Check stream regularly<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s not only students who need to develop good habits. Creating a regular slot in your day\/week\/month (aligned to policy requirements) helps ensure you identify possible risks to engagement as early as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Check which students are at \u2018risk\u2019 \u2013 typically those with \u2018none\u2019, \u2018very low\u2019 or \u2018low\u2019 engagement. These are the students who would benefit most from a friendly outreach and support conversation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #16749d;\">3. Investigate signpost and referral options<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Whether in-person or online, bookable or self-service, your university has a plethora of resources and services available at point of need.<\/p>\n<p>Investigate signpost and referral options in the interaction\/intervention panel. If something is missing, why not ask your stream project team to include them?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #16749d;\">4. Add student photos<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Student photos are great for associating learning activity with individuals. If your university isn\u2018t (yet) including student photos in stream, why not ask your project team if they can be added? We made enhancements to the secure storage of these images in v4.8.1 in response to client feedback.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65548 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kortext.com\/stream\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kortext-stream-dashboard.png\" alt=\"Kortext stream's student engagement analytics help you target outreach to the students who need it most.\" width=\"auto\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kortext.com\/stream\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kortext-stream-dashboard.png 960w, https:\/\/kortext.com\/stream\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kortext-stream-dashboard-480x250.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 960px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #16749d;\">5. Check student profile information<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Student profile information is a useful read before any 1:1 student meetings. It takes less than a minute but, depending on the information provided by university, can provide useful conversation starters.<\/p>\n<p>Whether entry tariff points, first generation or additional support needs information, an early \u2018heads up\u2019 can help you to sensitively explore factors that might impact their engagement and signpost to relevant support services \u2013 all without making any presumptions of risk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #16749d;\">6. Be proactive<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Group tutorials or regular 1:1 sessions with students are great opportunities to check-in with all your students \u2013 not just those who are taking longer than others to settle into university life.<\/p>\n<p>Inbuilt functionality like filters and groups helps you easily manage actions on behalf of multiple students at once. Creating tutor groups and using them to record attendance at tutorials for example, can help ease the process of transition-in activity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #16749d;\">7. View stream with your students<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Kortext stream is designed to be used collaboratively with students. The data that you see is the same data that they can see about themselves (subject to point 8 below). So when you meet with them, ask them to log in and begin to explore the platform together. This way, students will realise that they can take agency over their own learning and check on their activity independently.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #16749d;\">8. Discuss the value of cohort comparisons<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The resource page provides staff with information on how frequently an individual student is using each of the different learning resources compared to the average use of those same resources by the rest of their cohort.<\/p>\n<p>Use this information with your students in a tutorial setting to help identify where students may be struggling to develop the right kind of learning behaviours or where a gentle nudge could help strengthen their understanding.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #16749d;\">9. Support students to self-serve<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Activating the \u2018help\u2019 button means that students can quickly be signposted to help and support at any time. Think broadly about the \u2018themes\u2019 that define student support enquiries.<\/p>\n<p>We often see them explained as follows, with links to relevant information on the student hub webpages:<br \/>a. I need academic support<br \/>b. I need pastoral support<br \/>c. I need disability support<br \/>d. I need accommodation support<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #16749d;\">10. Use assessment results <\/span><span style=\"color: #16749d;\">to understand progress<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019m a huge advocate for the inclusion of assessment information in stream. Assessment item information is better than module level information, but information on submission\/non-submission is better still.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, v4.8.1 includes the ability to send notifications out for non-submission of assignments, making it easy to act at critical points in the student learning journey.<\/p>\n<p>Being familiar with your regulatory framework around submissions, extensions and mitigating circumstances is helpful here. Are there conditions under which your students can submit late (i.e. with no extension or deferral) but still receive a bare pass grade (assuming the quality of the submission warrants it)?<\/p>\n<p>Arguably, and where appropriate, it is better to submit late but close to the relevant teaching than to defer to the end of the year. If you pass \u2013 great, that\u2019s another assignment completed. If you fail then you have valuable feedback to help with your resit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #16749d;\">We\u2019re here to help<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Our Product Steering Group for Kortext stream meets regularly and we\u2019re always keen to hear from you about how we can improve what we do so you can improve what you do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: large;\">To find out more about maximising the impact of Kortext stream at your institution, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">contact your Account Director or<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kortext.com\/stream\/book-a-demo\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #16749d;\">talk to us<\/span><\/a> today.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The transition to university life can be challenging for new students. 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