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Anthology Student

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What is Anthology Student?

Campus Management Corp, now Anthology, Inc (the company formed from the merger with iModules and Student Labs in 2020) offers Anthology Student (formerly CampusNexus Student), the company's flagship student information system (SIS) featuring automated tuition and financial aid management, academic and enrollment management features, curriculum management, and student progression towards graduation tracking, among other features.

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CampusNexus Student Review

Incentivized
Ashley WatsonView profile
Coordinator in Marketing at Asbury Theological Seminary (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Tracking multiple forms of data
  • Interdepartmental communication
  • Ability for multiple ranges of "authorization"

Cons

  • Layout can feel very outdated at times
  • Not always super intuitive
  • Glitchy

Return on Investment

  • Campus has provided our institution an improved level of data tracking and monitoring for all degree programs across the campus.
  • Everyone on campus can view the information they need without having to log onto multiple systems.
  • Customizable layouts have allowed us to have exactly what we need instead of some cookie-cutter software.

Other Software Used

Technolutions Slate, Trello, FileMaker Pro

CampusNexus for Improving Graduation Rates

Incentivized
Christopher PowerView profile
Virtual Enterprise Coordinator/Educator at NYC Department of Education / Francis Lewis High School (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Particularly well, CampusNexus identifies at-risk students. In our school, and in any school, but in many city schools or schools with a lack of parent involvement or large populations, it is crucial to be able to identify students at risk of failing or struggling. This is something that is extremely effectively done here.
  • An additional strength I see is the ability to track graduate requirements. This is easily shared with students, parents, and the rest of the administration, to track and assist in student growth.
  • Academic records need to be shared and sent to colleges, parents and other high schools. Controlling academic records is a strength because it tallies the entire career of a student. Using this system helps to solidify communication.

Cons

  • The campus interface that showcases the data is very bulky. A better format would be to lay it out with options for the user to select from a series of data points.
  • Something done differently is that I would like to see a "dark mode" version. A lot of apps have dark or night mode, which is easier on the eyes and makes it better to use at night. In computer rooms it would also be an asset, because the room is often extremely bright in certain offices or classrooms.
  • I would like for parents to have the ability to see more student information, similar to what counselors are given. By giving parents more transparency at the middle school or high school level it would increase responsibility.

Return on Investment

  • Positive. The cost is well worth the value of increasing the experience of students. Being able to retain students as a result of providing the necessary tools to evaluate their own educational progress is important.
  • A Schoolwide objective is to increase graduation rates. In order to increase graduation rates, we need to decrease the amount of time students spend calculating their own credits and waiting on responses from academic advisors. This is an automated and fast and easy way to give the exact information that is needed. Increasing graduation is a byproduct of utilizing this platform.
  • A downside of this would be the customer service of the actual CampusNexus team. Emails and phone calls are excessive in taking up time, which takes up time from other activities that people should be performing.

Other Software Used

Schoology, Blackboard Collaborate, Adobe Phone Gap, Workday Student, Slack, OwnBackup for Slack

Still the best choice, but needs to continue to improve

Incentivized
Verified User
Executive in Finance and Accounting (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Totally a Cloud Solution
  • Key partnership with Microsoft
  • Clear road map
  • Invests in R&D

Cons

  • Support and resolution of issues can be slow, even major issues that interrupt business operations
  • Developers need higher quality control in their processes to mitigate bugs and defects
  • Solution architects need higher level of ownership in aligning configurations with business processes
  • Financial aid needs greater automation without requiring the purchase of the specific financial aid automation module

Return on Investment

  • Enhanced integrity of data
  • Allowed paring away of costly 3rd party integrations
  • Instability of the native application built on forms builde/share point has hurt student satisfaction at times
  • Student portal is not student friendly and does not serve a modern student well
  • Active directory integration is buggy and has caused frustrations with staff and students

Alternatives Considered

Colleague Student and Jenzabar Student

A robust system to track students: past, present, and future.

Incentivized
Verified User
Analyst in Marketing (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • It is a robust program. It hold many features.
  • It is easy to access and use.
  • Admins can give and limit rights to other users.

Cons

  • The interface screams 1995.
  • Due to the robustness of the program, it can be a little overwhelming.
  • A how-to, or help-videos would be a nice addition.

Return on Investment

  • It helps us manage our current students

Other Software Used

Velocify, Microsoft Access