Sharing Educational Information
After signing up to the SQUIZZ.com platform you are able to set details of your current and past education courses that you have studied. Once set up you can then choose to share your educational history with selected people and organisations. By sharing your educational information with others it may help you to gain future employment and other opportunities, such as following private feeds associated to educational organisations and unions. Additionally it may allow people and organisations to verify you and accept your connection requests.
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Prerequisites
Before reading on please ensure that you have understood the following topics:
Overview
After logging into the SQUIZZ.com platform you have the ability to list your current and past educational courses that you have studied. This course information can then be seen by selected people and organisations when viewing your details within the Personal Details dialog box. You can control the people and organisations who can view your information through the use of data sharing policies.
Educational Courses
The SQUIZZ.com platform allows you to list all of your current and past education courses and set the following details about each course:
- Course Title
Set the title of the course that you studied or are currently studying.
- Course Description
Set the description of the course. You may wish to include the subjects that you studied, the grades you received, the activities you participated in, and the experiences you had while studying.
- Organisation Name
Name of the educational organisation or institution that ran the course.
- Start Year
Set the year that you started the course.
- Start Date
Set the date that you started the course.
- End Year
Set the year that you finished the course or expect to finish the course.
- End Date
Set the date that you finished the course or expect to finish the course.
- Country
Set the primary country where the course was held.
- State/Region/Province
Set the primary state, region, or province where the course was held.
Course Verification
You can request to have your listed courses verified by the educational organisations registered within the platform who created the course. Once the organisation has verified that you were/are enrolled for the course then when another person views your education they will be able to see that the course has been verified. This course verification can give people and organisations viewing your details reassurances that the education information that you are providing is accurate.
Add Educational Course
To add an educational course to your SQUIZZ.com profile follow these steps:
- Login to the SQUIZZ.com platform from the Home page or mobile app.
- Click on your profile image or name within the top header bar to open the Personal Options menu.
- Click on the Education History menu item.
- Click on the Add Course button.
- In the Course Title text box type in the title of course title.
- In the Course Description text area type details of your course.
- In the Organisation Name text box type the name of the organisation who was running the course at the time.
- In the Start Year drop down select the year that you started the course.
- Click on the Start Date and select the date that you started the course.
- In the End Year drop down select the year that you finished the course or expect to finish the course.
- Click on the End Date and select the date that you finished the course or expect to finish the course.
- In the Country drop down select the country that the course was primarily run in.
- In the State/Region/Province drop down select the state, region, or province that the course was primarily run in.
- Click on the Save button.
The course will be added to the list of your education courses. Details of the course will display within your personal profile under the Education area if a person has permission to view your education based on the data sharing policy that they are assigned to.
Modify Educational Course
To modify an educational course in your SQUIZZ.com profile follow these steps:
- Login to the SQUIZZ.com platform from the Home page or mobile app.
- Click on your profile image or name within the top header bar to open the Personal Options menu.
- Click on the Education History menu item.
- Click on the Modify button against the course that you wish to modify.
- In the Course Title text box type in the title of course title.
- In the Course Description text area type details of your course.
- In the Organisation Name text box type the name of the organisation who was running the course at the time.
- In the Start Year drop down select the year that you started the course.
- Click on the Start Date and select the date that you started the course.
- In the End Year drop down select the year that you finished the course or expect to finish the course.
- Click on the End Date and select the date that you finished the course or expect to finish the course.
- In the Country drop down select the country that the course was primarily run in.
- In the State/Region/Province drop down select the state, region, or province that the course was primarily run in.
- Click on the Save button.
- In the Course Title text box type in the title of course title.
- In the Course Description text area type details of your course.
- In the Organisation Name text box type the name of the organisation who was running the course at the time.
- In the Start Year drop down select the year that you started the course.
- Click on the Start Date and select the date that you started the course.
- In the End Year drop down select the year that you finished the course or expect to finish the course.
- Click on the End Date and select the date that you finished the course or expect to finish the course.
- In the Country drop down select the country that the course was primarily run in.
- In the State/Region/Province drop down select the state, region, or province that the course was primarily run in.
- Click on the Save button.
The course will be updated in the list of educational courses. The updated details of the course will display within your personal profile under the Education area if a person has permission to view your education based on the data sharing policy that they are assigned to.
Remove Education Course
To remove an educational course from your SQUIZZ.com profile follow these steps:
- Login to the SQUIZZ.com platform from the Home page or mobile app.
- Click on your profile image or name within the top header bar to open the Personal Options menu.
- Click on the Education History menu item.
- Click on the Remove button against the course that you wish to delete.
- In the Remove Course dialog click the OK button.
The course will be removed from the list of education courses and no longer display within your personal profile.
Verify Educational Course
To have your educational course verified by its organisation follow these steps:
- Login to the SQUIZZ.com platform from the Home page or mobile app.
- Click on your profile image or name within the top header bar to open the Personal Options menu.
- Click on the Education History menu item.
- Click on the Verify button against the course that you wish to have verified.
- In the Verify Course dialog type in the name the organisation that was running the course from within the Organisation Name text box.
- Select the organisation name from the drop down that displays under the Organisation Name text box. If the organisation does not display in the drop down then check that it has been registered within the SQUIZZ.com platform.
- Optionally in the Message textarea type in a message that will help the verifying persons within the organisation to verify your education.
- Click the Request Verification button.
A past educational course request will be sent to the organisation. Once a person within the organisation has accepted your verification request then your course will be marked as verified, and you will receive a notification advising as such.
Next Steps
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