The Genio Admin Guide
The go-to place to help you get started with Genio Notes and to find the latest resources to help, support and engage your students.
Supporting you
▶ How to invite students
A video to show you how to invite, manage, and train your students using Genio Admin
(For the benefit of yourself and your students, please ensure that you invite a colleague as a second Genio Admin on your account to ensure ourselves and your students have another point of contact)
Explore how Genio supports different ways for users to create their account and sign-in.
▶ Start using Genio Notes
Try Genio Notes yourself so you can best support your students
▶ Training webinars
From learning the Genio Notes basics, to more advanced feature training and student support
▶ Genio Notes overview video
A 3 minute explainer video on how to take better notes with Genio
▶ Genio Notes launch day guide
Run a student Genio Notes launch day. A great way to train your students on Genio in one session
▶ How Genio communicates with your students
How we help you and your students get the most from Genio through directly communicating with users
▶ (Site Wide only) Just In Time provisioning
Just in Time provisioning allows your students to sign up to Genio without the need for an individual invite to be sent.
▶ Useful Documents & Webpages
A number of helpful documents and webpages covering topics like accessibility, how Genio is built and more.
Supporting faculty
▶ North American faculty page
Our faculty webpage helps you to reassure professors about the benefits of Genio Notes
▶ Genio Notes Grades Challenge
Our annual report exploring how Genio Notes positively impacts learner stress, confidence and grades.
▶ Faculty using Genio Notes
This webpage will show faculty members how they can use Genio Notes in their work.
Engaging students
▶ Genio Notes intro slides
Slides to introduce Genio Notes to students through your disability services office
▶ How to talk about Genio Notes slides
Slides outlining how Genio Notes can help students in their education journey
▶ (Institution Wide only) Genio Notes intro slides
Slides to introduce Genio Notes to students across campus
▶ Genio Notes intro video
A great way to introduce Genio Notes including a demo from a member of the Genio Team
▶ Survey and follow-up questions
Suggested survey questions to ask students after implementing Genio Notes on campus
▶ Skills Portal
The Genio Skills Portal provides a step-by-step process to show you how to use Genio Notes
▶ Student journey planner
A useful template for mapping out how to support students as they begin to use Genio
▶ Product and feature guides
Everything from studies and feature guides
▶ Ask the Experts YouTube series
Bitesize videos directly from our experts showing how to get the most out of Genio Notes
Promotional materials
▶ Posters
Posters which can be printed and displayed to engage students to enquire about Genio Notes
▶ Media kit
A selection of Genio images & logos to add to your webpages and social media
▶ Parent guide
A printable overview of Genio Notes for parents, showcasing the benefits and features of Genio Notes
▶ Student booklet
A printable overview of Genio Notes for students, showcasing the benefits and features that we have to offer
▶ Run an email campaign
A walk through to setting up a student campaign to ensure they get going with Genio Notes
▶ Email templates
Here are some templates for emails to get students ready for Genio Notes
▶ Genio Notes description for institution website
Use this ready-made descriptor if you would like to talk about Genio Notes on your institution website
Institution Wide promotional materials
▶ Posters
Posters which can be printed and displayed to engage students to enquire about Genio Notes
Template social media posts to build excitement around Genio Notes
A short slide deck introducing students to Genio Notes as well as explaining how to get started
▶ Email signature banners
1080x540 or 1800x500 banners to include in email signatures
▶ LMS banners
1000x200 or 1200x250 banners to add to your LMS
Template copy to add to your website explaining Genio Notes to your students
Have feedback about the Admin Guide?
We'd love to hear your thoughts on how we can make this resource even more helpful!
Could you provide Genio Notes for all students on campus?
Our Genio Institution Wide package enables you to:
- Drive accessibility for all with UDL principles
- Support students that aren't requesting help (but really need it)
- Enable more students to achieve better grades with Genio Notes' proven learning process