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Modern Campus CMS

Score9.2 out of 10

14 Reviews and Ratings

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What is Modern Campus CMS?

Modern Campus CMS (formerly Omni Campus) is a CMS for institutions of higher education. It can be deployed as a cloud-based service or hosted locally. It is built in Java, uses open standards, and is extensible through APIs.

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OU Campus in-context editing
OU Campus forms management
OU Campus user dashboard
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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Modern Campus CMS has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
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Top Performing Features

  • Role-based user permissions

    Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.

    Category average: 8

  • Library of website themes

    A library of website frameworks or themes is available as a starting point for building a website.

    Category average: 6.7

  • Internationalization / multi-language

    The software supports multiple languages, countries, currencies, etc.

    Category average: 7.7

Areas for Improvement

  • SEO support

    The CMS helps users create the right website infrastructure (pagination, page headers, titles, meta tags, url structure, etc.) to increase the site’s visibility in search engine results.

    Category average: 7.4

  • Bulk management

    Users can change an attribute on a group of documents or sites all at once through features such as global search and replace, making bulk changes easier.

    Category average: 7.8

  • Form generator

    Users can build website forms for visitors to fill out.

    Category average: 7.1

Reviews

What users are saying about Modern Campus CMS.
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OU Campus for You

Raed Shehada
Senior Web Designer in Information Technology at UAEU (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • User-friendly editing.
  • Handle a large number of decentralized users, while being incredibly fast and easy to use.
  • CMS server separably from the content. So your website is live!!

Cons

  • Multiple browser previews. Slow and not always accurate.
  • Nice to have option to update from mobile.

Return on Investment

  • Very easy to create and maintain web pages.
  • Very intuitive interface on version 11.0.
  • Better integration for dynamic web content.

Other Software Used

MS SharePoint

OU Campus is a great solution for websites in higher ed

Incentivized
Ashley Pauls
Assistant director of communications in Marketing at K-State Alumni Association (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Able to be customized
  • Easy to use/update
  • Quick response from tech support

Cons

  • Easier to make certain images mobile responsive
  • Simplified user interface

Return on Investment

  • This service streamlines my daily workflow.
  • It is easy for multiple staff members to make changes (handy when someone is out of the office).
  • Easy to make changes when working remotely/at home as well.

Other Software Used

Trello, Adobe Photoshop, Wrike

Usability

An OU Campus is a happy campus

Incentivized
Charley Allen
Web Manager in Marketing at Murray State University (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • The JustEdit feature makes updating content a breeze. With a small staff, we rely on others to update their content. OU Campus makes it easy.
  • Site-wide find and replace. I use the site-wide find and replace feature for all sorts of things - links, enrollment numbers, department names. It's really helpful.
  • Customer service. The staff at OU Campus answers questions quickly and is always willing to discuss the most effective ways to take on new projects.

Cons

  • Multiple browser previews. The browser/os preview seemed like a feature we could really use, but it is slow and not always accurate.
  • Forms. The form builder lacks some advanced features, like captcha, but they are updating the form builder.
  • Mobile access. As of now, OU Campus doesn't allow for users to log in from a mobile device. I don't want to update websites from my phone, but it would be nice to have access to some features on the go.

Return on Investment

  • Increased satisfaction with user experience. OU Campus has made it easier for us to address problems when they arise, making our website more efficient.
  • Role-based control. Our old CMS made it very easy for users to change fonts and colors on their sections, which was very detrimental to the overall brand. That's not a problem anymore.
  • Reduced training times. OU Campus is so easy to use, I've been able to cut training times down by half.

Other Software Used

Adobe Photoshop

Great for content editors and content experts alike

Incentivized
Daniel McGarry
Educational Technology Coordinator for College of Nursing in Information Technology at University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Assets are easily managed and can be edited independently of the page they exist on.
  • Version history is handled well. Allows for a comment section to note what changes have been made.
  • Dependency tags are perfect for media that is used in several places. Upload a photo once, use it in multiple places, edit the photo or its description in one place.

Cons

  • Formatting. The page can sometimes look very differently when published than what it looks like while editing. Some improvements have been made in this area with version 10 however.
  • Find and replace. The command+F needs to find text on the page while editing, not present an actual find and replace dialog box. At least give me the option to simply "find" the text I'm looking for. The dialog box just gets in the way most of the time.
  • There is not a way to "unpublish" items. At least not a way that I can think of. I would like the ability to pull a page offline without deleting it. Seems like it should be done simpler.

Return on Investment

  • The time it took to previously publish an edit a web page was largely dependent on how busy the web team was during a specific period. With OU Campus, the content editing is now directly in the hands of the content experts. If a user notices a page needs to be updated they can do it themselves within minutes.
  • It was imperative to get all of our content into a CMS before proceeding with a full website redesign. Things will go much more smoothly now that everything is more "universally" managed.

When choosing a CMS for higher-ed, you cannot go wrong with OU Campus!

Robin Kelly
Webmaster in Marketing at The University of Texas at Tyler (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • OU Campus is quite simply a very easy product to manage and maintain for our users across campus.
  • The easy-to-use interface makes using the product easy. As the administrator for OU Campus, I can set up user access and preferences according to user knowledge and expertise.
  • Using OU Campus daily gives us the ability to keep our website up-to-date with quick access and easy usability.
  • With version 10 of OU Campus, OmniUpdate has continued to grow and expand according to user needs.

Return on Investment

  • With OU Campus as our CMS, our content remains up-to-date and easy to maintain back-end information for SEO. We have seen a significant increase in search engine traffic, along with repeat visitors to our website.
  • Our users on campus now have the content in their hands. This took away the bottleneck with other CMS products we have used. By providing users with easy log-in, simple navigation and updates, content continues to always be updated for website visitors.

Usability

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