Coursedog vs. Handshake for Educational Providers

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Coursedog
Score 6.0 out of 10
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Coursedog in New York presents what they describe as an all-in-one curricular success management solution that manages schedule optimization, curriculum and catalog management in one platform in order to drive efficiencies across campuses to improve student success.N/A
Handshake for Educational Providers
Score 7.1 out of 10
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Handshake for Educational Providers is a college-to-career network that partners with institutions of higher education to provide students access to reputable job postings, set up appointments, manage virtual and in-person events, and track student outcomes.N/A
Pricing
CoursedogHandshake for Educational Providers
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CoursedogHandshake for Educational Providers
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
CoursedogHandshake for Educational Providers
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User Testimonials
CoursedogHandshake for Educational Providers
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To lessen the workload from having to input everything manually based off of PDFs, now the schedulers input into Coursedog on their side, and all stakeholders have access to their sections and schedules and can see the status of everything.
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Handshake is great if this is the expected website for your organization to use. It can be difficult to share out specific positions, but an administrator has helped me create links in the past in order to do so. However, if you don't already have traffic to the site I could see where that would be a challenge. It works well for multiple team members to organize positions and helps to make it smooth and easy on the back end. Overall it's a very easy-to-use site.
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Pros
  • "Source of truth"
  • Responsive tech team
  • Admin access to what we need
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  • Accessible to students.
  • Easy for Educational Providers to post jobs.
  • Easy to share needs of jobs and skill set.
  • Cross-campus use is easy and consistent.
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Cons
  • Banner integration
  • Openness to new recommendations
  • Need an effective testing environment for new features
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  • The quality of jobs available for graduates is lacking
  • There should be more information available about the jobs, specifically salary and work modality for every job.
  • Students do not often seem to use it because of the aforementioned issues.
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Alternatives Considered
Coursedog is much more user friendly for semester scheduling.
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Handshake provides a job-seeking function, while our mentor's app from PeopleGrove is more of a networking experience. It would be nice if the two functions could be in one application as it is nice to see who is open to networking at specific companies and in certain fields that also go to/graduate from your school.
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Return on Investment
  • Accuracy has dramatically improved for schedules
  • Payroll flowing into our database is much more streamlined
  • Able to download Excel reports at any time of our schedules
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  • Exceptional high student usage rates.
  • High employer engagement rates in contrast to prior tools used.
  • Exceptional open rates for targeted email communication, sometimes exceeding 80%.
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