❖ Heads up! This article is only intended for Site Managers with the Service Learning Module (SLM) enabled.
By the end of this article, you will be able to:
Identify the different roles in the Service Learning Module (SLM).
Understand each role’s responsibilities within the module.
Navigate the SLM to manage courses, volunteer opportunities, and submitted hours.
What is the SLM?
The Service Learning Module (SLM) is a tool for managing student service-learning courses and programs. It allows schools, agencies, and instructors to organize courses, assign volunteer opportunities, and track submitted hours. Students can use the module to find volunteer opportunities, respond to them, and submit their hours for review.
The SLM is designed for four roles:
Site Managers
Agency Managers
SLM Leaders (often professors or instructors)
Students
Here are those roles and their descriptions:
Role | Primary Actions | Notes/Tips |
Site Managers | Set up courses, assign agencies/needs, create reflection questions, generate course reports | Can create needs for agencies; can control public/private visibility of needs |
Agency Manager | Post volunteer opportunities, assign needs to courses, approve/deny hours, message students | Site managers and instructors can post needs on agency’s behalf |
SLM Leaders | View course stats, manage student roster, add needs/responses, approve/deny hours | Can add needs or responses on behalf of agency or student |
Student | Find volunteer opportunities, respond to needs, complete volunteer work, submit hours | Only responsible for own submissions; cannot approve hours |