How to manually grant experiences

Kelsey Seale

January 09, 2026 16:33

Grant Experiences to Students

Students can earn experiences by completing pathways you create, such as:

Attending events
Earning points
Completing service hours
Uploading certifications

Students may also request to be granted an experience.

In addition, admins can manually grant experiences to students from the admin dashboard. This is especially useful for experiences that don’t follow a multi-step process.

When to Manually Grant an Experience

Manually granting experiences is ideal for one-time achievements that do not require a pathway, such as:

Awards
Study abroad participation
End-of-term recognitions
Any experience without required steps, events, uploads, or activities to track

This approach saves time by allowing you to grant experiences to multiple students at once instead of updating individual profiles.

Manually Grant an Experience

Step 1: Open the Experience

Hover over the left-hand menu and click Experiences.
Select the experience you want to grant.

Step 2: Grant the Experience

Scroll to the bottom of the experience page.
Select the Earned tab to view students who have already completed the experience.

Click Grant.
Search for students using their email address or student ID.
Select one or more students.
Click Grant to award the experience. \

You can grant the experience to multiple students at the same time. For example, grant experiences at the end of a semester for all students who completed a study abroad program or received an award.

Manage Enrollment and Visibility

Experiences can also be configured based on enrollment rules.

You can hide an experience until students are enrolled, making it visible only to specific groups.
This is useful for experiences limited to certain populations (for example, fraternity and sorority life participants or first-year students).
Admins can manually enroll eligible students when needed. Click here to learn how to enroll students in an experience.

You can later change the settings to make the experience publicly available if appropriate.

Permissions Required

To manually grant experiences, you must have the Manage Student Opportunities permission.

You cannot grant yourself permissions. To enable this permission other users:

Click the gear icon in the bottom-right corner.
Select Features.
Toggle on Manage Student Opportunities.

An admin must enable this feature for your role if it is not already available.