Salesforce Education-Cloud-Consultant - Salesforce Certified Education Cloud Consultant Exam (SP25)

The consultant should leverage the Data Maturity Model as a tool to advise on the university’s technology and data strategy. The Data Maturity Model is a tool that helps organizations assess their current state of data management and identify areas for improvement and growth. The Data Maturity Model consists of five levels: Ad Hoc, Reactive, Proactive, Managed, and Optimized. The consultant can leverage the Data Maturity Model to advise on the university’s technology and data strategy by using features such as surveys, benchmarks, or best practices. Program Management Module, Insights Platform Data Integrity, or Salesforce Advisor Link are not tools that the consultant can leverage to advise on the university’s technology and data strategy. References:

https://www.salesforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Education_Cloud_COE_Guide.pdf

https://www.salesforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Data-Maturity-Model.pdf

Enabling Education Cloud and Student Success Hub: Once Education Cloud and Student Success Hub are enabled, the next critical step is ensuring that the correct permission sets and licenses are in place.

Permission Set Licenses: Permission set licenses are crucialas they determine the specific features and functionalities that users can access within Salesforce. Ensuring the right permissions are granted helps in managing data access and user roles effectively.

Configuration Steps:

Navigate toSetup.

In theQuickFind box, typePermission Set Licenses.

Verify that the appropriate licenses are available and assign them to users as needed.

Assigning Permission Sets:

Go toSetup>Permission Sets.

Review and assign the necessary permission sets (e.g.,Student SuccessHub) to the relevant users.

Validation: Ensure that users have the correct access by logging in as a user and checking if they can see and interact with the necessary components of Education Cloud.

A CRM strategy is a plan that outlines how an organization will use Salesforce to achieve its goals and objectives. A consultant should recommend prioritizing the organization’s initiatives as part of the CRM strategy, as this will help align the Salesforce solution with the most important and urgent needs of the Advancement office, such as fundraising, donor engagement, alumni relations, etc. Prioritizing the initiatives will also help define the scope, timeline, and budget of the project, as well as the key stakeholders, success metrics, and risks involved2.Implementing Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) is a possible solution option, but not a recommendation for the CRM strategy. Starting solution design during a discovery session is a project management best practice, but not a recommendation for the CRM strategy.

The consultant should discuss with the school that K-12 Architecture Kit is built on Nonprofit Success Pack as a consideration about K-12 Architecture Kit when using it to track elementary students and their parents. K-12 Architecture Kit is a product that provides a flexible and scalable data architecture for K-12 schools to manage their student lifecycle. K-12 Architecture Kit is built on Nonprofit Success Pack, which is a product that provides a data architecture for nonprofit organizations to manage their constituents and donors. K-12 Architecture Kit extends Nonprofit Success Pack by adding objects and features such as Contacts, Accounts, Relationships, Affiliations, Attendance Events, or Behavior Responses. The consultant should discuss with the school that K-12 Architecture Kit is built on Nonprofit Success Pack as a consideration about K-12 Architecture Kit when using it to track elementary students and their parents by explaining the benefits and challenges of using Nonprofit Success Pack for a K-12 school, such as data model, terminology, or configuration. It requires Experience Cloud, it is built on EDA, or it is built on Admissions Connect arenot considerations about K-12 Architecture Kit that the consultant should discuss with the school when using it to track elementary students and their parents. References:

https://www.salesforce.org/products/k-12-architecture-kit/overview/

https://powerofus.force.com/s/article/K12-Architecture-Kit

The consultant should leverage the Open Date and Due Date fields to meet the requirement of making sure applications areunable to be edited after the submission deadline for the Admissions office that is using Admissions Connect to manage its student application review process. The Open Date and Due Date fields are fields on the Application object in Admissions Connect thatallow users to specify when an application is open or closed for submission. The Open Date field indicates the date and time when an application can be submitted by an applicant. The Due Date field indicates the date and time when an application can no longer be submitted by an applicant. The consultant can leverage the Open Date and Due Date fields to meet the requirement of making sure applications are unable to be edited after the submission deadline for the Admissions office that is using Admissions Connect to manage its student application review process by configuring and customizing these fields to match their application deadlines and policies. Creating custom Open Date and Due Date fields, developing a custom trigger that checks the submission deadline against the current date, or activating the ApplicantCommunityHomePageController Apex class are not functionalities that the consultant should use to meet the requirement of making sure applications are unable to be edited after the submission deadline for the Admissions office that is using Admissions Connect to manage its student application review process. References:

https://www.salesforce.org/products/admissions-connect/overview/

https://www.salesforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Salesforce.org-Admissions-Connect-Tableau-Accelerator.pdf

Einstein PredictionBuilder is a solution that the consultant can recommend to help the Admissions Department determine the likelihood that accepted students will enroll at its school. Einstein Prediction Builder is a feature that allows users to create custom predictions based on their Salesforce data, using artificial intelligence. Einstein Prediction Builder can be used to predict various outcomes, such as churn, retention, conversion, or enrollment. The Admissions Department can use Einstein Prediction Builder to create aprediction field on the Opportunity object that indicates the probability of an accepted student enrolling at the school. Advisor Link Pathways, Tableau Prep Builder, and Einstein Next Best Action are not solutions that can help the Admissions Department determine the likelihood that accepted students will enroll at its school. References:

https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.einstein_prediction_builder.htm &type=5

https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/einstein_prediction_builder_basics

Enabling Education Cloud in Existing Environment:

To enable Education Cloud in an existing Salesforce environment, the consultant needs to start by configuring the necessary settings within the Salesforce setup.

Steps to Enable Education Cloud:

Access Setup: Log in to the Salesforce org and navigate toSetup.

Search for Education Cloud Settings: In the Quick Find box, type "Education Cloud" and select the relevant settings to enable the features.

Configure Features: Enable and configure the desired Education Cloud features such as Student Success Hub, Admissions Connect, and more.

Testing in Sandbox: Initially, perform these steps in a sandbox environment to ensure everything works correctly before deploying to production.

Verification:

Ensure allnecessary Education Cloud components are enabled and configured correctly.

Conduct thorough testing in the sandbox to validate functionality.

Configuring Availability for Appointments:

TheBenefit Scheduleobject is used inEducation Cloud to manage availability for scheduling appointments.

This allows the institution to set up availability slots that students can book directly through a portal.

Setting Up Benefit Schedule:

Navigate to Setup: Go to the Salesforce Setup menu.

Create Benefit Schedules: Define the availability slots for counselors by creating Benefit Schedules.

Assign Benefit Schedules: Link these schedules to the respective counselors.

Integration with Portals:

Ensure that the portal used by students is configured to display available slots from the Benefit Schedule object.

Students can then book appointments directly based on the availability set in the Benefit Schedules.

Training and Adoption:

Provide training to counselors on managing their availability through Benefit Schedules.

Ensure students are aware of how to book appointments through the portal.

The consultant should recommend to use a RACI matrix to define member roles for a university that wants a successful Data Governance committee. A RACI matrix is a tool that clarifies the roles andresponsibilities of different stakeholders in a project or a process, using four categories: Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed. A RACI matrix can help the university have a successful Data Governance committee by defining and communicatingwho is responsible for making decisions, who is accountable for ensuring quality and compliance, who is consulted for providing input or feedback, and who is informed about the outcomes or changes related to data governance. Creating a Center of Excellencequeue, setting up a Salesforce Adoption Dashboard, or referring committee members to Trailhead are not recommendations for a university that wants a successful Data Governance committee. References:

https://www.salesforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Education_Cloud_COE_Guide.pdf

https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/project-management-basics/project-management-basics-raci