Student Engagement, Co-Curricular Analytics and Competency Tracking Platform

The vendor required to provide student engagement, co-curricular analytics and competency tracking platform for include:
- Holistic student engagement and success platform
•    Comprehensive co-curricular engagement platform: must provide a centralized, web-based platform that enables universities to design, manage, and track student participation in co-curricular, experiential, and career-readiness activities outside the classroom.
•    Competency-based learning framework: platform must support the definition, alignment, and assessment of professional competencies (e.g., career readiness, leadership, communication, teamwork) tied to institutional learning outcomes. 
•    Student success lifecycle support: must support student engagement tracking from entry through graduation, enabling institutions to measure growth, outcomes, and preparedness for post-graduation employment or further education.
- Data analytics, outcomes and accreditation support
•    Engagement and outcomes analytics: must provide robust analytics on student participation, competency development, and program outcomes at the student, program, and institutional levels. 
•    Accreditation and reporting readiness: platform must support data collection and reporting required for accreditation bodies, institutional assessment, and strategic planning. 
•    Customizable reporting: must allow administrators to generate configurable reports and dashboards aligned to institutional goals and assessment frameworks.
- Activity and program management
•    University-managed activity creation: must allow institutions to create, manage, and approve co-curricular activities, pathways, badges, and experiences aligned with learning outcomes. 
•    Flexible program design: must support a wide range of engagement models including workshops, events, internships, service learning, leadership programs, and experiential learning opportunities. 
•    Approval and validation workflows: platform must support structured workflows for activity approval, student submissions, reflections, and validation of participation.
- Student-facing mobile and web experience
•    Customized mobile application: must provide a branded, institution-specific mobile application enabling students to discover opportunities, track progress, submit reflections, and engage with activities. 
•    Multi-device accessibility: platform must support access via desktop, tablet, and mobile devices with responsive design. 
•    Student engagement tools: must include features that encourage student participation, reflection, and ownership of their co-curricular experience.
- Integration and interoperability
•    Institutional system integration: must integrate with campus systems such as student information systems (sis), learning management systems (LMS), identity management, and career services platforms. 
•    Standards-based interoperability: must support secure data exchange using standard integration methods. 
•    Single sign-on (SSO): must support institutional authentication methods including SSO and role-based access.
- Security, privacy and compliance
•    Secure, cloud-based platform: must be hosted in a secure environment with encrypted data transmission and storage. 
•    Role-based access controls: must support differentiated access for students, faculty, staff, and administrators. 
•    Institutional data protection: must follow industry best practices for data privacy, security, and institutional compliance requirements.
- Reporting, insights and continuous improvement
•    Real-time insights: must provide near real-time visibility into engagement trends, participation rates, and competency development. 
•    Program effectiveness evaluation: platform must enable institutions to assess program impact and continuously improve co-curricular offerings. 
•    Data-driven decision support: must support institutional leadership in using engagement data to inform strategy, resource allocation, and student success initiatives.
- Documentation, training and support
•    Comprehensive documentation: must provide user guides, training materials, onboarding resources, and best-practice documentation. 
•    Responsive customer support: must offer dedicated technical and customer support for institutional users.
•    Implementation and onboarding assistance: vendor must support institutions during implementation, configuration, and adoption phases.
- Budget: $50,000 and $125,000