Good news! CircleIn, the NSF funded App which connects every student with their classmates and creates a virtual space where students can study, collaborate, communicate, and brainstorm together, will continue to be available to all City Tech students in fall 2021. With online instruction, creating study groups is more difficult – the CircleIn App reduces this challenge. The focus is on peer-to-peer support, so CircleIn does not need to be managed by faculty. However, faculty can monitor the course website, view student activity, and see if there are things that their students are struggling with.
To learn more about CircleIn, I encourage you to visit the Faculty Resource Hub and the Faculty Welcome Guide.
Students will only benefit from CircleIn if they use it. Hearing about CircleIn from you will help with adoption. You may wish to share the link to the 5-minute introductory video with your students.
Through an NSF grant there is no cost to the college or students for the scale-up to make the App available to all students. Special thanks to Dean Vazquez-Poritz for bringing CircleIn to City Tech and to Judy Rockway, director of the Atrium Learning Center, for coordinating the launch.
Login instructions follow:
Student Log-In Instructions:
- Download the App or visit the App’s Desktop Version
- Search for (Insert Institution Name Here)
- Click on “First Time Here? Activate Your Account”
- Enter your “.edu” (Insert Institution Name Here) email address
- An email will be sent – Click on the link in the email to create your password
- You will now be authenticated into the platform!
Student Log-In Video: https://vimeo.com/showcase/7968089/video/496757118
Faculty Log-In Instructions:
- Visit insights.circleinapp.com
- Search for (Insert Institution Name Here)
- Click on “First Time Here? Activate Your Account”
- Enter your “.edu” (Insert Institution Name Here) email address
- An email will be sent – Click on the link in the email to create your password
- You will now be authenticated into the platform!
