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• We have just introduced an AI Policy. However, it addresses staff use of AI tools and essentially allows for the use of AI but all generated work must be reviewed by humans before being launched publicly. I tested a response to one of our scholarship questions into a website called Copyleaks. I very quickly used up my free…

  in AI Generated Responses from Applicants Comment by MichelleCollins April 17
• Hello Alexandra, Our Community Foundation has set up what we call the Community Education Awards Hub that does exactly what you describe. We have reached out to local grassroots groups who do not have the capacity to invest in software such as SLM and invite them to list their application in the Hub. We launched our Hub in…

  in District Wide Common Scholarship Application Software Comment by MichelleCollins April 12
• We are a staff of 12 and I am the database manager, although my title does not reflect this, I sit on the Grants team. Everyone on the team is responsible for their own data entry as the work would be too cumbersome for me alone along with my other duties. I advise my team members on entry guidelines - ex. Profile Types. I…

  in Dedicated Data Entry/Database Manager Comment by MichelleCollins January 4
• The Gap Year caused us a huge headache during lock down as we found a ton of students decided to defer acceptance until they could have the full university experience. So many of the applications in our SLM system are aimed at students going directly to post-secondary following high school. We got in touch with all of our…

  in GED & Gap Year Questions in SLM Application Comment by MichelleCollins September 2023
• Hello @LacieNeal, I echo what @MollyCerroni has said. 😁 We offer use of our SLM site to a number of grassroots organizations such as Rotary and the Lions Club. I set each group member up as a Staff Evaluator and then link those individuals ONLY to the applications they should have access to. We keep Eval 1 for these groups…

  in External Scholarship Committees Comment by MichelleCollins June 2023
• We also have a trade/technical award in our offerings. Like others here we have a very hard time getting students to apply for it, despite multiple extensions and school outreach. This past year we had one student come onto SLM and start her application but did not submit it. In the end, we awarded it to her anyways…

  in Trade and Technical scholarships Comment by MichelleCollins September 2022
• Hi @MaximilianEyle, I am building the catalogue in CommunitySuite. The HTML is being used in the Headers and Project Descriptions. Once the catalogue is complete we use the weblink provided by CSuite to display on our website. My HTML skills are fairly basic and I leave the webpage building to our Communications team.…

  in HTML Editor Suggestions Please Comment by MichelleCollins May 2021
• I agree Kathleen! This catalogue is incredible. I'm going to talk to our team about producing something similar next year. It's so great to have the award criteria listed out like this. 🤩

  in Marketing Scholarships Comment by MichelleCollins May 2021
• We have fairly uneven results with our guidance counsellor outreach. Some have our application links plastered all over their websites and social media handles, others ignore us. New for us this year was to send weekly reports to the schools letting them know which students had applied for which awards. We also highlighted…

  in Marketing Scholarships Comment by MichelleCollins May 2021