Scoir Guide
Getting Started as a Teacher
Table of Contents
What is Scoir
Your Account
Managing Letters of Recommendation
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Scoir is a solution for students, supporters, counselors, and colleges
focused on finding the right fit through a unified college search and
planning network. Our platform connects students to a powerful set
of tools to help them identify their talents, search for their college fit,
plan with their supporters, and apply when ready.
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What is Scoir
As a Teacher, you play an integral role on Scoir by providing students
with recommendations. You will be invited to create an account by
an account administrator from your high school.
If you’ve been invited to join Scoir by your high school’s account
administrator, follow the link in the invite email you’ve received to get
started. Keep an eye out for an email from [email protected].
If you received an email but never registered your account
If you are unable to locate the email you received from your high
school to register your account or if you deleted it, we are able to
generate another email to you.
Reach out to Scoir Support to request another invitation be sent.
Please include the email address along with the associated high
school. You can also contact your Account Administrator to re-send
the email invite.
Email invitations expire in 7 days and users need to be re-invited
afterwards.
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Your Account
Your Preferences
If needed, recommendation requests can be automatically declined
by using the Accepting Requests toggle. This may be necessary if
too many requests have already been received or if a teacher is
unavailable for an extended period of time.
To set your recommendation preferences, follow these directions.
From the Teacher Dashboard, toggle the Accepting Requests button
to (✓) if accepting requests for letters of recommendation, and to (+)
if not accepting letters of recommendation.
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Managing Letters of
Recommendation
Fulfilling Outstanding Recommendation Requests
Outstanding recommendation requests will appear under Outstanding
Requests on the Teacher Dashboard.
Find the student whose request you wish to respond to, then click Add to
begin fulfilling the recommendation.
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2. Choose whether to upload a recommendation or write one in Scoir. .......
.......Note: These options will depend on your high school's preferences.
If uploading, click Upload Recommendation, click + Choose a file and
select the PDF file that you'd like to upload.
3. If writing, click Write Recommendation, compose your recommendation in
the editor, then click Save for Later or Save & Preview. Recommendation
drafts saved for later are available to edit from the Requested page.
The corresponding student will be notified within Scoir once your letter
is uploaded.
Declining Recommendation Requests
On the Requested page, find the student whose request you wish to
respond to, then click Decline to reject the recommendation.
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2. You will be prompted to send a pre-populated, optional message to the
student explaining why you cannot fulfill their recommendation request.
Edit the message to your liking, or delete the message contents, then click
Decline.
The corresponding student will be notified within Scoir that their
request was denied.
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Managing Letters of
Recommendation
Creating Recommendations on Behalf of Students
From the Teacher Dashboard, click + Add New.1.
2. Search for and select the student the recommendation is for.
3. Specify whether or not the recommendation is for a specific college.
If yes, search for and select the college, then click Continue.
If no, click Continue.
4. Choose whether to upload a recommendation or write one online.
If uploading, click Upload Recommendation, then click + Choose a file.
If writing, click Write Recommendation, compose your
recommendation in the editor, then click Save for Later or Save &
Preview. Recommendation drafts saved for later are available to edit
from the Requested page.
5. To view drafts of recommendations-in-progress, click View on a
recommendation with a Draft Created date, then finish composing the
recommendation in the editor. When you’re done, click Save & Preview,
then click Submit.
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Managing Letters of
Recommendation
Viewing or Replacing Existing Recommendations
To view or replace existing recommendations, go to the Completed
Requests section of the Teacher Dashboard.
To view a created recommendation, click the View button next to the
created date. You can download the file by clicking Open.
To replace a created recommendation, click the Replace button, then
follow the steps for uploading or writing a recommendation.
Viewing Students' Details
To view more information on a student including their college list, any surveys
they have completed that have been shared with you, and extracurricular
activities, click their name in either the Outstanding Requests or Completed
Requests section of the Teacher Dashboard. Note that a student must be in
your Recommendations list in order to view their profile information.
The student’s profile information will be displayed along with the status of your
recommendation.
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Managing Letters of
Recommendation
