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Conduct New Student Orientation That Actually Sticks

The first few weeks set the tone for everything that follows. Bolt agents guide new students through orientation with coordinated communication, proactive check-ins, and personalized next steps — so every student arrives prepared and your team spends less time chasing stragglers.

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Set Up a Bolt Agent for Onboarding Support

Launch a Bolt Academic Advisor agent to guide new students through orientation. The agent answers common questions, promotes key events, and gives every student consistent guidance — while reducing manual follow-up for your team.

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Learn What New Students Need

Use Element451 Forms to gather key onboarding details—such as academic interests, preparedness, and support needs. This information personalizes guidance, informs follow-up, and helps your team identify which students may need extra support early on.

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Create Orientation Experiences

Easily set up orientation events with clear details, dates, and expectations. Events become the anchor of the onboarding experience, giving students structure while creating natural moments for guidance, reminders, and follow-up.

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Launch Agent Jobs to Drive Orientation Attendance and Next Steps

Set up Bolt Agent Jobs that put your onboarding agents to work on a goal. They guide students to attend orientation events and complete required steps — forms, pre-advising tasks, course preparation — working the list until each student has done what they need to before classes begin.

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Connect Students to StudentHub for Ongoing Success

After orientation, StudentHub becomes the student’s home base for goals and support. Students know where to turn and how to move forward, while advisors gain clear visibility into early progress.

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See How Bolt Agents Strengthen New Student Readiness

Talk to us about your orientation and onboarding challenges and we'll show you exactly how Bolt agents run the process at your institution.

New Student Orientation Is Just The Beginning

Bolt agents don't stop after orientation. The same platform monitors student progress, flags early risk signals, and keeps students connected and on track all the way to graduation.

Why an Agentic Approach Works

Clear. Coordinated. Built for Strong Starts.

Bolt agents handle the coordination, communication, and follow-up that orientation requires at scale — so your team focuses on the students who need a human conversation, not the ones who just need a reminder.

Higher Orientation Attendance

On-Time Completion of Required Steps

Personalized Guidance for Every Student

Students Start Confident and Informed

Support Students Can Rely On Anytime

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