For Study Abroad Offices
Improve Learning and Engagement for Study Abroad
Improve your student experience and reduce staff workload with a structured, student-friendly pre-departure experience.
For Study Abroad Offices
Improve Learning and Engagement for Study Abroad
Improve your student experience and reduce staff workload with a structured, student-friendly pre-departure experience.
Pre-departure is where questions pile up and where small misses create big problems.
When information lives across PDFs, emails, and scattered webpages, students miss steps and offices spend valuable time repeating answers. Homebase brings everything into one guided experience.
Pre-departure is where questions pile up and where small misses create big problems.
When information lives across PDFs, emails, and scattered webpages, students miss steps and offices spend valuable time repeating answers. Homebase brings everything into one guided experience.
Give students clarity. Give staff time back.
Built for education abroad teams, not borrowed from a general-purpose LMS.
Fewer Emails, Less Repetition
When students find answers on their own, support requests drop. Your team’s time shifts toward developmental work that makes study abroad transformative.
Optimize In-Person Experiences
Move procedural content online so your sessions focus on building excitement, connecting peers, and facilitating conversations about cultural adjustment.
Connect Outbound and Inbound
Create destination-specific channels where outbound students connect with international students from their host country. Peer directories, group chats, and direct messaging.
Faculty and Leader Training
Support faculty-led program training, peer mentor onboarding, and staff preparation within the same platform your students use.
Simple to Build and Maintain
Send us your content and we build your first modules. Edit anytime with a drag-and-drop editor. Access templates from other universities.
Easily Customize for Your Institution
Seamlessly tailor the pre-existing Homebase templates to your institution's needs.
Application and Academic Preparation
Program details, deadlines, enrollment expectations, and readiness steps.
Academics Abroad
Registration, credit transfer, grading differences, and academic culture.
Financial Planning
Program costs, housing, transportation, banking, and emergency funds.
Travel Logistics
Passport and visa guidance, flights, arrival steps, and packing.
Health, Safety, and Insurance
Insurance coverage, care abroad, prescriptions, mental health, and emergencies.
Cultural Preparation and Identity
Culture shock, communication styles, inclusion, and respectful engagement.
Communication and Staying Connected
Family expectations, time zones, phone plans, and check-in routines.
Representing Your University
Conduct policies, professionalism, and host community responsibility.
Departure and Return
Final checklist, arrival readiness, re-entry adjustment, and reflection.
Built for Both Sides of the Office
Students complete the course from anywhere, on any schedule. Staff see everything at a glance.
For Students
Confidence and readiness before departure
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Work through modules in order or jump to what they need
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Clear action items that reduce confusion and last-minute surprises
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Knowledge checks and confirmations where appropriate
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Mobile-friendly on iOS, Android, and web
For Staff
Visibility and control without the busywork
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Centralized content that is easy to update by term or program
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Automated reminders to drive completion
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Clear visibility into who has completed what
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Works alongside Terra Dotta, Via TRM, and your existing tools
Less chaos.
More clarity. Better outcomes.
Improve the student experience, boost staff productivity, and achieve institutional objectives through seamless, intentional engagement.
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International Services, Reimagined
One platform to strengthen compliance, improve service, and reduce repetitive work
International offices operate in a high-stakes environment where unclear information, changing regulations, and repetitive questions strain staff capacity and increase risk.
Homebase delivers accurate, consistent guidance at scale—while creating a more supportive, student-centered experience. Students and scholars get clear next steps. Staff gain time for complex cases, risk-based decisions, and meaningful engagement.
With Homebase, you:
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Create a single source of truth for immigration and policy guidance
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Automate repetitive workflows (intake, document collection, reminders, and more) to reduce email back‑and‑forth and manual follow-up
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Deliver student‑friendly, step‑by‑step pathways that improve completion and reduce errors
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Track engagement and friction points so you can see what students are using, where confusion persists, and what to improve
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Reinforce student responsibilities with micro-learning, quizzes, and attestations.
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Provide a flexible, convenient platform that easily updates when regulations change.
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Provide global, 24/7 access across times zones
- Outcome: Clearer guidance. Fewer repeat questions. More time for advising. A stronger compliance posture—delivered through a better student experience.
Affiliate Center
Maximize your affiliate marketing efforts
Monitor activities, track conversions, and optimize performance, all from a user-friendly dashboard.
Sales Analytics
Powerful tools to boost your online sales
Analyze sales data, optimize pricing strategies, and identify opportunities for revenue growth.
All Features
Discover everything
you can do with Sierra
Explore our suite of features designed to streamline your operations, drive sales, and enhance customer satisfaction.