What are Community To-Dos?
✔️ A simple, central space to guide students through key tasks and deadlines
✔️ Fully flexible to add events, forms, orientation steps, you name it
✔️ Built to reduce overwhelm and ensure nothing slips through the cracks
Because when students know what to do next, they’re far more likely to take the next step.
Getting started with To‑Dos is simple, just follow the steps below.
Adding a new To-Do
Open your Community dashboard.
You'll see the Manage To-Do Lists button, towards the top right.
Click this, followed by Add To-Do.
Give your To-Do - your task, event, or deadline, a clear and concise name.
You have the option to add a description, this allows you to give students some more context, such as travel details for an event, or some details about an upcoming deadline.
If there is a date or deadline associated with your To-Do, add this under 'Deadline'. This might be the date of your event, the date applications close, or the final deadline for housing allocation preferences.
You are able to add a link to your To-Do - useful if you'd like to link to an event page, application portal, booking form, or similar.
If you have multiple communities, you may not wish to add your To-Do to the To-Dos tab in all of these - it might not be relevant for Masters students, for example. The 'Communities to publish to' field enables you to choose which communities you would like this To-Do to be added to.
You also have the option to choose the cohort that your To-Dos are sent to - either International, Domestic, or All students. You might have visa, travel, or fee information that you only wish to be sent to international offer holders in your UG community, as an example.
You might be ready to publish your To-Do right away, in which case, you can leave 'Publish now' checked. If you would prefer to add your To-Dos into your dashboard, and then publish them at a later date, uncheck the 'Publish now' box.
Click 'Add to-do' to save your new task, deadline, or event. You'll be able to go to 'Manage To-Do Lists' in your Community dashboard to publish or un-publish To-Dos as needed.
Publishing a new To-Do
Once your To-Dos have been toggled to 'Publish', they will appear in your community, ready for students to engage with.
Students will automatically receive a push notification in the Unibuddy Student app. This drives awareness and encourages quick action.
📣 Please note: once you publish your To‑Dos, only student users will see the To‑Do tab in your community. Admins and ambassadors won’t see it, the list is designed specifically for your students and offer holders
Managing Your To-Dos
You can edit or delete your To-Do list items, to keep these relevant and refreshed, by clicking on the three dots to the right of each 'To-Do'
You can preview how your To‑Do list will look in the mobile app directly from your desktop dashboard
You can also reorder your To‑Dos by dragging the six dots on the left of each item into your preferred order. This ensures the most important tasks appear first for students.