RFI 26-87669 Appendix A Platform Capabilities and Features.xlsx

This is a Request for Information (RFI) appendix document from the State of Indiana regarding the Hoosier Launch Advising Tool Platform, a comprehensive student advising and career pathway platform designed for high school and post-secondary use. The RFI seeks vendor responses detailing platform capabilities and features across multiple functional areas, including progress tracking toward Indiana diplomas and readiness seals, work-based learning hour tracking and artifact storage, dual credit attainment monitoring, and accessibility features. Key requested capabilities encompass career exploration tools with interest inventories and assessments, course and experience recommendations based on student interests and goals, school-level data reporting with roll-up functionality, internship and job opportunity search integration, employer certification of work-based learning hours, post-secondary account access, and platform-based algorithms for credential and experience suggestions. The platform must support student portfolios with work-based learning evidence, graduation plan creation and tracking, mobile applications for both students and families, and data exchange capabilities through APIs with third-party systems.

Vendors are required to complete this appendix in its entirety as part of their proposal submission, specifying for each feature whether it is currently in production, on the product roadmap with a target release date, or not planned, along with relevant details and notes. The document also requests vendors identify up to five additional features not listed that they wish to highlight as differentiators. Critical technical requirements include conformance to WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility design standards, family app functionality enabling parents to view multiple students' data, student profile portability across schools where the platform is deployed, and model course plans tied to diplomas and honors seals with student nudging capabilities when achievement thresholds are met. No pricing information, incumbent vendor details, funding sources, or contract term specifics are addressed in this appendix document.