The short version: The first year decides whether a community college student finishes, and your freshman orientation course is where that momentum gets built. Level All makes it easy to build in. It integrates directly with Canvas, sets up in under an hour, and comes loaded with first-year content that helps students succeed, so you can strengthen your course without building anything from scratch.
Key takeaways:
- A student’s first-year performance is the strongest predictor of whether they finish their degree, and the orientation course is where you shape it.
- In Tennessee, 48% of community college students who passed college-level math and English in their first year graduated within six years, versus 18% who didn’t.
- Level All integrates directly with Canvas, so you can add it to your course like any other module, with setup in under an hour.
- The content is already built. You assign it, students use it, and your first-year course gets stronger with almost no lift.
The semester a community college student is most likely to walk away is their very first. The course choices they make, the credits they clear, and the habits they set in those early weeks quietly decide whether they ever finish. Your freshman orientation course sits right at that pressure point, which makes it the single best place on campus to build momentum that lasts. The challenge is filling those weeks with content that actually moves students, without spending your nights building it.
That’s the gap Level All closes, and it closes it right inside the course you already teach.
Why the first year carries so much weight
Early momentum is the clearest leading indicator of eventual completion. In Tennessee, 48% of community college students who passed college-level math and English in their first year graduated within six years. Among students who didn’t clear those gateway courses, only 18% did. The Community College Research Center found the same pattern over and over: students who build course and credit momentum early finish at far higher rates, and the ones who stall in the first year are the ones who disappear.
Your orientation course is where that momentum is won. It’s the one place where every freshman is in the room, at the exact moment the habits form. Fill it well, and you shape the whole trajectory.
How easy it is to add to your course
This is the part professors tend to brace for, and it’s the part Level All makes painless. Level All integrates directly with Canvas. It lives inside your course, not in a separate login students have to remember, so adding it feels like adding any other module. Setup takes under an hour, and the Level All team handles it with you.
From there, you assign Level All content the way you assign anything else. Drop a lesson into a week, tie it to a reflection or a discussion, or build a full unit from it. Because it sits in Canvas, students reach it in the place they already go for your class, and you can see who’s engaging without chasing anyone down. No new platform to teach, no workflow to reinvent. It fits the course you’ve already built.
Content that helps first-years be successful
Level All comes loaded with first-year content designed to help students succeed, ready to assign on day one.
- Ace Your 2-Year Orientation Gets students ready before they even arrive, so your course starts with momentum instead of confusion.
- Choose Your 2-Year College Classes Helps students build a first-year schedule that actually moves them forward, the single biggest lever on early momentum.
- Make the Most of Your 2-Year College Advisors Sends students into advising ready to plan a real path, so those appointments do more.
- Find Success at Your 2-Year College Keeps the first-year playbook in students’ hands all term, so the habits you set in class actually hold.
No other free platform drops this much first-year content straight into your course, ready to teach.
It’s a completion lever you can turn on this week. Students who build early momentum are the most likely to graduate, and your orientation course is where that momentum starts. Level All gives you the content and the Canvas integration to build it in fast, so the work you do in those first weeks pays off all year.
Build Level All into your first-year course. Free for every student, integrates directly with Canvas, and ready to assign. Schedule a demo, or sign up for an upcoming webinar to see how fast it goes live.
