Thalamus Advanced Certification Seminar 2021
Join the Thalamus Customer Success Specialists, a team of former coordinators and Thalamus expert trainers, as well as your peers for an interactive virtual certification training. Learn best practices, become a knowledge area expert, and learn to fully support your program and team on Thalamus.
There are no scheduled upcoming seminars.
Welcome to Thalamus Training
Join us as you prepare and journey through your recruitment season! Learn how to build and customize your program and run your entire recruitment season through Thalamus at your own pace. Attend a live training session, watch on-demand, or receive the Thalamus Advanced Certification by registering for our live training seminars.

Live Group Training Sessions
Each training course is a 45 minute training session held live virtually by one of our GME Customer Success team members.
We welcome anyone to attend any session, whether an active and current Thalamus user, or just wanting to learn more about the features of our software.
Course 1: Program Setup & Introduction
- Introduction to Thalamus
- Review adding users and assigning roles
- Adding program profile information (social media, attachments, etc)
- Review and create program tracks
- Review program settings
- Archive mode
Course 2: Importing Applicants & Managing Data
- Applicant importing
- Assigning tracks & tiers
- Creating & adding tags
- Creating surveys
- Applicant data review
- Roster layouts
- Viewing reports & exporting data
Course Pre-Work
- Course 1 (or have program set up with a track)
- Course 2 (or have calendar sessions created)
Course 3: Program Calendar & Applicant Communication
- Create calendar events
- Manage calendar & waitlist settings
- Inviting & scheduling applicants
- Review adding & modifying email templates
- Create "Additional Template" emails
Course 4: Creating Algorithms & Scoring Applicants
- Review adding score categories
- Customize and build scoring algorithms
- Rank list settings (golf vs regular ranking)
- Apply scores & notes to applicants
- Add applicants to rank list
Course Pre-Work
- Course 1 (or must have program set up)
- Course 2 (or must have calendar sessions set up)
- Course 3 (or should have applicants invited & scheduled)
Course 5a: Itinerary Builder
- Review building an itinerary manually
- Manage individual itinerary sessions
- Publishing the itinerary
- Viewing the MySchedule page
Course Pre-Work
- Course 1 (or must have program set up)
- Course 2 (or must have calendar sessions set up)
- Course 3 (or should have applicants invited & scheduled)
Course 5b: Itinerary Wizard
- Itinerary wizard walk-through
- Managing individual itinerary sessions
- Publishing itineraries
- Viewing the MySchedule page
Course Pre-Work
- Course 1 (or must have program set up)
- Course 2 (or must have calendar sessions set up)
- Course 3 (or must have applicants invited & scheduled)
Course 6: Thalamus Video Chat & Master View
- Published vs unpublished itineraries
- Video chat testing
- Managing the Master View
- Viewing the MySchedule page
- Using the Interview Panel
Course Pre-Work
- Course 1 (or must have program set up)
- Course 2 (or must have calendar sessions set up)
- Course 3 (or must have applicants invited & scheduled)
- Course 5a/5b (or must have one itinerary session built)
Course 7: Creating & Managing Rank Lists
- Adding and revising applicant scores & notes
- Review default vs additional rank lists
- Mark applicants as Matched
- Creating Match Composites
- Exporting rank lists
Course Pre-Work
- Course 1 (or must have program set up)
- Course 2 (or must have calendar sessions set up)
- Course 3 (or should have applicants invited & scheduled)
Course 8: Cortex: Application Screening
- Importing applicants to Cortex
- Algorithm & filter setup
- Reviewing applicants
- Exporting from Cortex to Thalamus
Course 9: Thalamus for Applicants
- Discuss and navigate the calendar page
- Review the MySchedule page
- Review Thalamus Video Chat
Course 10: Thalamus for Program Interviewers
- Access applicant information
- Review itinerary on the MySchedule page
- Review Thalamus Video Chat
- Review entering scores & notes for applicants
Course 11: Cerebellum: Recruitment Data Dashboard
- Review of Program Summary Statistics
- Understanding DEI Recruitment Outcomes
- Geographical Recruitment Outcomes
- Interview Invitation and Completion Insights
Course 12: Follow-up Interviews & Social Events
- Creating & managing follow up interview events
- Creating & managing social events
- Applicant dashboard review for multiple interviews and social events
Course Pre-Work
- Course 2 (or must have calendar sessions set up)
- Course 3 (or should have applicants invited & scheduled)
Course 13: End of Season: Finalize Rank Lists & Data Analysis Data
- Finalize rank lists and match lists
- Filtering and exporting applicant data
- Analyze your recruitment statistics in Thalamus & Cerebellum
On-Demand Training Sessions
Prefer to learn on your own in your own time? We also offer many on-demand training sessions to view when it’s most convenient!