Ellucian - Best Education Cloud-based Solution
Company: Ellucian
Company Description: Ellucian is the market leader charting the digital future of higher education with a portfolio of cloud-ready technology solutions and services. From student recruitment to workforce analytics; from fundraising opportunities to alumni engagement; Ellucian’s comprehensive suite of data-rich tools gives colleges and universities the information they need to lead with confidence.
Nomination Category: Product & Service Categories - Education & Education Technology Solutions
Nomination Sub Category: Education Cloud-based Solution
Nomination Title: Ellucian Launches "Experience" — New Platform to Simplify Campus Life
If this is a brand-new product, state the date on which it was released. If this is a new version of an existing product, state the date on which the update was released: April 13, 2021
Ellucian lives at the intersection of technology and education. We understand universities need to adapt not yearly—or even each semester—but continually. Working side-by-side, Ellucian helps institutions plan, implement, operate, and optimize their technology. We support our customers so they can better engage their students, alumni, faculty, and staff.
Our recently launched “Ellucian Experience” platform reinforces our commitment to innovation by design. Experience simplifies campus life: users have a personalized dashboard to easily access essential information; and the platform integrates with other technology solutions to provide course schedules, advisor meetings, financial aid updates, campus events calendars and more—nearby dining options!—into one central environment for students, staff and administrators.
Why Experience? It’s not unusual for users to log in to three or more different sites to access relevant information – yet shouldn’t they have everything they need at their fingertips on one screen, with one login that quickly provides a clear view of critical information? Ellucian Experience is a differentiator for institutions because it delivers a better user experience for students, faculty and staff.
Ellucian Experience is:
1. Powerful now. Built on a SaaS platform, Ellucian Experience integrates with both Ellucian and non-Ellucian platforms. The lightweight, no-code system means that higher education institutions can get up and running quickly, for both cloud and on-premise technology. Users can see benefits immediately with a personalized dashboard and up to 75% less system log-in time via single sign-on in a mobile-ready and responsive environment.
2. Future-ready. Ellucian Experience allows IT teams to upgrade back-end software to the cloud or SaaS at their own pace with no disruption to front-end users, increased efficiency and reduced risk and cost. The value of Ellucian Experience will grow as more applications are added through software development kits that Ellucian is providing to developers. Ellucian Experience also allows institutions to get the full power of Ellucian Ethos to connect people, processes, and applications.
3. Yours. Ellucian Experience allows for a fully branded environment that supports customization and personalized dashboards for everyone on campus. Actionable information is quickly accessed through a personalized interface, with minimal training or support required.
With Experience, innovation is found in simplicity. When customers have a single-entry point to the critical information needed without having to switch screens or navigate numerous sign-ons, this removes barriers to student learning and information access. Ellucian Experience has seen more than 40,000 new users since January, and the platform will be offered to customers outside of the U.S. later this year. Higher education trades likeCampus Technology and EdScoop have expressed interest in our solution, and our customers have provided only positive feedback since we publicly launched.
Customers are finding value in Experience’s user-friendly capabilities: “Having one experience for all of your constituents and simplified single sign on authentication to all of your resources in one place is incredible,” said Samir Ghorayeb, CIO, Lamar State College – Port Arthur. “To simply go in to one place and get all of your authorized applications without having to re-sign-on or log in – that for us was the top selling point.”
“Before we deployed Experience, we had four places that a student had to go to get their information, so we decided we wanted to combine everything to make a one-stop-shop — it was beyond what people at the college expected… they were kind of blown away,” said Mike Logan, CIO, Western Iowa Tech Community College. “The entire college is speaking with one voice to the student.”
After a survey of nearly 500 current users:
Usage frequency:
70% of users (all types – students, faculty, other) use Experience 4 or more times per week
55% use Experience daily
1/3 of the community use Experience are at least 4x / day
Ease/Simplicity:
Almost half of users (exact number is 45%) find their improvement of their search & access of higher ed informationto be at least 50% betterthan the prior system
Other Experience key highlights:
Experience helps drive institutions to a single user-experience, from presidents to faculty, staff and students
Experience enables single sign-on, reducing time spent logging in up to 75%
Enables technology consolidation by integrating content and workflows from Ellucian solutions and non-Ellucian solutions
More information on Experience can be found:
Ellucian: https://www.ellucian.com/solutions/ellucian-experience Ellucian Experience Homepage
Fierce Education: https://www.fierceeducation.com/administration/hybrid-learning-emphasis-need-for-better-campus-communications-technology Hybrid Learning Highlights Need for Better Campus Communications Technology
Ed Scoop: https://edscoop.com/ellucian-experience-single-sign-on/ Ellucian Launches ‘Experience,’ an Extendable, Single Sign-On Platform
Campus Technology: https://campustechnology.com/Articles/2021/04/20/Ellucian-Intros-Experience-Platform.aspx Ellucian Intros ‘Experience’ Platform
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk3DW1dhEfc Educators Talk About Ellucian Experience
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsCZB_6xkTU Introducing Ellucian Experience
Ellucian: https://www.ellucian.com/about-us About Us
Ellucian: https://www.ellucian.com/solutions Solutions