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.


Getting Started with Thalamus
Planning on using Thalamus this season or want to learn more?
Thalamus has created a NEW course that will provide new users a guide to prepare for the transition to Thalamus.
Join the Thalamus Customer Success team, former GME coordinators, to learn more and empower your program for success!
Thalamus invites all GME Program Coordinators & Administrators to register for a
Thalamus Advanced Certification Seminar
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.
The following is included when you register to attend a Thalamus Certification Seminar:
- Follow along and learn by doing in a personalized demo environment for each user
- Receive personalized coaching from a Thalamus Expert
- Train alongside a small group of your peers
- Experience early bird access to demo new Thalamus features
- Earn an advanced certificate of completion at the end of the event
- Network and share recruitment best practices
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.

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

Cortex: Application Screening
- Importing applicants into Cortex
- Algorithm and filter setup
- Set up Keywords and Blinders
- Reviewing applicants
- Exporting from Cortex to Thalamus

Importing Applicants & Managing Data
- Applicant importing
- Assign tracks & tiers
- Create & assign tags
- Applicant data review
- Customize Roster layouts
- View reports & exporting data

Email Templates & Surveys
- Customize email templates
- Creating additional templates
- Review email short codes
- Customizing survey templates
- Anonymous vs non-anonymous responses
- View survey responses and reports

Program Calendar & Inviting Applicants
- Create calendar events
- Manage calendar & waitlist settings
- Inviting & scheduling
- Review adding & modifying email templates
- Create “Additional Template” emails

Follow-up Interviews & Social Events
- Creating and managing follow up interview events
- Creating and managing social events
- Applicant dashboard review for multiple event and social event types
- Inviting and scheduling applicants

Creating Algorithms & Scoring Applicants
- Review adding score categories and descriptions
- Customize and build scoring algorithms
- Rank list settings (golf vs. regular ranking)
- Apply scores & notes to applicants
- Add applicants to rank list

Itinerary Builder
- Review building an itinerary manually
- Manage individual itinerary sessions
- Publishing the itinerary
- Printing itineraries
- Viewing the My Schedule page

Itinerary Wizard
- Itinerary wizard walk-through
- Managing individual itinerary sessions
- Publishing itineraries
- Viewing the My Schedule page

Thalamus Video Chat & Master View
- Published vs. Unpublished itineraries
- Video chat testing
- Managing the Master View
- Viewing the My Schedule page
- Using the interview panel

Creating & Managing Rank Lists
- Adding and revising applicant scores & notes
- Creating additional rank lists
- Review default vs additional rank lists
- Mark applicants as Matched
- Creating Match Composites
- Exporting rank lists

Cerebellum: Program Recruitment Data Dashboard
- Review of Program Summary Statistics
- Understanding DEI
- Recruitment Outcomes
- Geographical Recruitment
- Interview Invitation and Completion Insights
- Exporting data

Cerebellum: Institution Recruitment Data Dashboard
- Review of Institutional Summary Statistics
- Understanding DEI
- Recruitment Outcomes
- Viewing individual program data
- Exporting summary data

Thalamus for Program Interviewers
- Access applicant information
- Review itinerary on the My Schedule page
- Review Thalamus video chat
- Review entering scores & notes for applicants
- Review the interview panel
- Updating user profile

Thalamus for Applicants
- Discuss and navigate the calendar page
- Review the My Schedule page
- Understanding waitlists
- Review Thalamus video chat
- Updating profile
- Reviewing surveys

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