Note: MVP criteria is subject to change every semester. This is due to new features, product updates, user feedback, and launch date.

An MVP is a digital trophy that gets awarded to students who earn 200,000 points or more in one given week. 

MVP’s are important because in order to become eligible to win a scholarship, you have to earn at least eight MPVs in one semester.

After you earn eight MVP’s, you will automatically be entered into our scholarship giveaway. 

Don’t stop there..

The more MVP’s you earn, the more entries you get towards our scholarships giveaway. Every MVP you earn after the minimum criteria increases your odds of being selected as a winner. 

Keeping track of your points is easy. 

Option 1: Go the the Leaderboard tab and search for your name

• This will show you how many points you've earned for the current month you are in

Option 2: Go to your profile. If you're on the web version, this will be located on the top right hand side of your screen. If you're on the mobile app, It will be on the top left hand side once you open up the side panel menu. 

• The will show you how many points you've earned for the entire semester. 

Your account is tied to your courses for a specific term. When you graduate, you no longer have any active classes and will not be able to view or participate in CircleIn’s study features. 

Every term the previous courses and content shared is refreshed and is no longer available for view or participation. 

Your account is tied to your courses for a specific term. Every term the previous courses and content shared is refreshed and is no longer available for view or participation. 

Note: Courses participating in CircleIn may change every semester/term. This is due to requests from professors/students, contract sizes, or other reasons. 

Courses offering CircleIn as a resource varies from school to school. Some schools use CircleIn as a way to introduce first-year students to healthy study habits and other schools use CircleIn for more advanced courses that require a lot of collaboration with classmates in order to achieve success. 

Once you log into CircleIn, click on the My Classes tab. All of the classes that have access to CircleIn will appear here. 

If you have not received your gift card it could be for a couple reasons:

1. You did not meet the minimum requirement for earning the Monthly Reward (200,000 points per class)
2. You met the minimum requirement but were not in the top 10-20% of users (there were a number of people with higher points than you). 
3. You did not select your Top 3 Choices for what gift card you would like to receive (this can be done by visiting the Leaderboard). 
4. Your posts were not genuine and were made in a way to try and game the system. 

Uploading your notes is a great way to share studying tools within CircleIn, as well as get a new perspective on a class lecture by viewing the notes you classmates share.

1. To upload your notes, go to the new + blue button on the left hand side of the screen and select the Share Notes. 
   • If you're using the mobile app, the new + blue button will appear on the bottom right hand side of the screen. 
2. Give your notes a title, select the appropriate class section, and provide a quick summary.
3. Upload images of your notes or link to a google document.
4. Once you have all the information you would like to include, click the blue Share button.

Every time you upload your notes, you earn 10,00 points! 

Flashcards have been proven to be an effective way to study because they allow you to test your knowledge and your ability to recall information. 

1. Click on the blue New + button and select Create Flashcards.  
2. Give your notes a title, select the appropriate class section, and write a short description.
3. Click the blue “add new” button to create the first flashcard in your set. 
• The first four flashcards in a new set are worth 5,000 points each!
4. Enter information into the question and answer boxes by either typing text or uploading an image
5. When you’re done creating cards, select the blue “review cards” button. 
• This is where you can edit the cards you created by clicking on the white pencil on the upper right corner of the card.
6. To save your cards, click the blue “create” button on the bottom left hand side of the screen. 
• Your cards will be posted to class feed so you and your classmates can have access.  

Ever find a super helpful website or video that fits perfectly with a course you are taking? Share those helpful links with your classmates on CircleIn and earn points towards a gift card or scholarship! 

1. Go to the blue “+ new” button
2.  Select “Share A Link"
3.  Give your link a title, select the course section it fits under, a short description of why the link was helpful, and the URL.
4. Click the blue “create” bottom at the bottom so the link can be shared 

Earn 5,000 points per link you share (daily limit for earning points on links is 5)

Workflow is an awesome organizational tool that allows you to keep track of your assignments and school related tasks, all in one place. 

1. Click on the Workflow tab on the left hand side of the screen
2. You can view workflow 3 different ways 
   • Board view
     • To create a new task in board view, click on the “+ add a task” button at the top of a column. 
     • Create the title of the task and click “add.” 
     • To add a due date, course section, task status and short description to the task, hover your mouse over the new task and select the blue “details” link.
       • If you give you task a due date, it will automatically transfer over the red “overdue” column if it does not enter the green “done” column before the due date you assigned. 

• • List View
    • Enter text and click blue “add task” button at top of screen.
    • Drag task to appropriate list section.
    • Hover over task and click “details” to provide due date, description, and assign class section.
  • Calendar View
    • Click blue “add task”
    • Enter task name, due date,  description and assign a class section.

You earn points for both creating tasks (1,000 points) and getting tasks done (1,500 points).

Video Chat allows you to connect with your classmates for those deeper conversations and more complex problems.

1. When chatting with a classmate or group of classmates, you’ll notice the option to start a video chat at the top of your screen
• On the main Chats page, it will be a blue button that says  "Start Video”
• In the grey chat box, there will be a video camera image at the top of the box
2. Classmates in the chat will get an invitation to join the video session, which they can choose to either accept or decline
3. You also have access to starting a Video Chat by clicking the blue “+new” button and selecting “Video Meetup”
• Type in the names of classmates you would like to meet with and click “Create”

 If your video study session goes over 10 min, you will earn 50,000 points.

Have access to your entire class, message a specific classmate, or create a study group with several peers! Group chat allows you to do it all.

There are two ways you can access the group chat: 

1. “Chats” tab on the left hand side of the screen.
   
   • All your chat groups are housed on the left hand side of the page.
   • To create a new chat, click on the blue pencil and paper image.
   • Type in the classmate(s) name(s) you would like to chat with.
   • Click enter and begin typing your first message.
2. Grey “Chats” box at the bottom of your screen
   • Auto-generated course sections will automatically appear, as well as any previously created chat groups
   • To create a new chat group, click on the paper and pencil icon at the top of the grey chat box

Within the flashcard study tool, use Study Mode to review decks you have created and practice memorizing any terms or information you have added to them: 

1. Select the flashcard set you would like to review (either one you created or one a classmate created).
2. At the top of the flashcard screen, click the blue “Enter Study Mode” button.
• Study mode allows you to run through the flashcards and either mark them as:
• Correct
• Almost Had It
• Didn’t remember
• Once you have gone through all the cards, you can click on one of these stacks to focus on (correct, almost had it, didn’t remember)  and try them again.
3. To leave study mode, click the blue “done” button at the top of the screen.

CircleIn’s in-app tool provides a Note-Taking experience for students to provide convenience by allowing them to type and store notes in one place.

Creating Notes

• Navigate to the Notes tab from your computer.
• Click on the class you would like to create new notes in.
• Create a new note by simply pressing on "Get Started" and begin typing your notes.

Key Highlights

• Create New Notes
• Use Notes to type your notes in each of your classes and keep everything in one place!
•  Edit Your Notes
• Go back and edit your notes whenever you want or finish typing the ones you didn't get to complete!
• Autosaving
• If you make changes to your notes, they are automatically saved with autosaving!
• Deleting Notes
• Delete any unwanted notes or any notes you no longer need or find useful.

**This tool is currently only available on the web version.