Service-Learning @ UIndy

It is important that you, as faculty/instructor, use UIndy’s HoundsConnect to monitor your student’s progress and completion of service hours.

HoundsConnect is UIndy's newest service platform, offering students the opportunity to find, track, and store their service hours. HoundsConnect benefits faculty as well by allowing faculty to also network with organizations to fulfill their service learning classes objectives. Additionally, Community Partners can create profiles and publish the community needs from time to time for volunteering opportunities and networking with students to make a difference in the community.

Create your HoundsConnect Account

1. Visit: https://houndsconnect.uindy.edu/
2. Create your account with oyur UIndy credentials
3. Fill in your username, student ID number and password

Community needs are listed by our community partners on HoundsConnect. Students are able to respond to the community needs posted by our partners either individually or as a group. Students can also be assigned to Service-Learning groups where community needs can be assigned to  them as chosen by their instructors.

Creation of class section

To create a class section on HoundsConnect, contact the Center for Service-Learning and Community Engagement.

Reporting of hours

Once you are assigned to a community need in your course group on HoundsConnect, only then can you ask your students to enter their Service-Learning hours through the following instructions:

1. Visit: https://houndsconnect.uindy.edu/user/hours/
2. Log in with your UIndy credentials.
3. Click on "My Groups"
4. Select the group the community needs assigned to.
5. Click on "View Community Needs"
6. Select the community need and "View Details"
7. Respond using the red button on the top right corner of the page!
   1. Track your hours by entering the necessary information under "track hours". 
   2. **IMPORTANT**While entering the necessary information, please remember to select your group and the community need assigned to your group for it to be counted as Service-Learning hours. 
   3. If your course instructor requires a small reflection on your experience, please enter it in the description box.
   4. Submit your hour entry.

If you have any questions, contact the Center for Service-Learning and Community Engagement.

Phone: +1 (317) 791 2565

Email: cslce@uindy.edu OR hayesjt@uindy.edu

Hours must be validated by the community partner the students have served with. Faculty can validate student hours and community partners by becoming a designated leader in their HoundsConnect groups. If you're interested in starting a HoundsConnect group and verifying student hours, please reach out to Program Assistant Jasmine Hayes.

Phone: (317) 791-2565

Email: hayesjt@uindy.edu