Week 6: Scheduling Posts

In scheduling my posts, I wanted to accomplish a few objectives. While the aim is to promote post engagement, I considered some of our most frequent questions in order to post relevant information. For this I scheduled a reminder post a few days before the "W" drop deadline. While this simple content may not elicit comments, I hope to determine if deadline reminders are worthwhile posts by measuring clicks and post likes. Additionally, I will most likely add to the post with a link or picture of the academic calendar.

The second objective was giving a call to action by asking students to schedule an education plan appointment. Having an education plan has shown to dramatically increase student success and retention, and new state legislation requires new students to have an edplan on file to maintain priority enrollment. Notifying and reminding students early may help to better serve students by scheduling appointments during our very available non-peak periods. I scheduled this post immediately following Spring Break, since our office starts to see an increase in appointments when the schedule is released in April.

My third objective further promotes engagement by asking students to reply with one of their favorite study spots. I scheduled this post a few days before finals in an effort to help students alleviate stress by not having to seek out a place to study.

I wanted to leave room for spontaneous posts, so I scattered these posts out over the next few months. This also allows for adding or modifying posts as the scheduled time comes closer.