Responsive and integrated catalog management software
Your academic catalog is no longer just a list of courses, programs, and policies—it is one of the most visited areas of your website by prospective and current students. Using catalog management software, integrate with your SIS and embed a responsive catalog into your institution’s websites for increased data accuracy across campus systems and student success. Make a change once and publish it everywhere, without duplicate entry and the risk of error.
Digarc ACALOG ACADEMIC CATALOG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Easily create, organize and publish interactive course information online in real-time with the DIGARC ACALOG academic catalog management system. With robust, flexible tools for managing catalog data and integrating it into other websites, you can rest assured that your data is consistent anywhere referenced, supporting student success. After DIGARC transitions your first catalog into our academic catalog management system, it’s easy to make changes on your own from an intuitive dashboard, instead of returning to us every step of the way. That’s why it’s used by more institutions than all our competitors combined. Listen to what some of clients have to say: Purdue, Utah State, University of Pittsburgh, Prince George’s Community College, Indian Hills Community College and 10 more.
Turn your catalog into a destination—not just a publication
Today's learners demand modern web experiences and interactivity. ACALOG catalogs deliver photos, videos and other rich media in a responsive layout that looks great on a laptop, phone or any device. Social media integrations encourage students to keep friends and family informed during their college search while also generating links back to your website for their friends who are likely prospective students themselves. In a 2017 client survey, ACALOG users reported a 90% average increase in student engagement.
Make every student a power user
Ensure students can quickly and easily find the info they need with ACALOG's industry-leading search functionality and the ability to keep archived catalogs available alongside your current catalogs. By incorporating printable Degree Planners and guided pathways information, you can help students stay on track and graduate on time or transfer. Empower students to plan their college careers with individual course portfolios that they can share with advisors.
Stop publishing outdated catalogs
Make a change in one location in your ACALOG catalog and it’s updated everywhere the data is referenced, including other websites with the API enabled. Import approved curriculum directly from CURRICULOG effortlessly, so you eliminate the tedious work of checking for continuity across digital assets. Manage stakeholder edits, request approvals and publish catalogs in real time from an intuitive, easy-to-use interface. In a 2017 client survey, ACALOG users reported a 75% reduction in the time it took to produce their catalog. Learn how one College manages 41 catalog and policy handbook editors in this short interview.
Increase collaboration and transparency
Empower departmental editors to make catalog changes while keeping a comprehensive audit trail of every edit that can be maintained for the life of the catalog. Support any number of editors working on their own schedule or concurrently, and track edits with timestamps, user IDs, comments and approval records. Attach critical curriculum documents, including learning objectives, administratively to courses and programs.
Implement easily in just 3-4 months for faster ROI
An experienced 7-plus member implementation team will be dedicated to your project start-to-finish, not a revolving door of staff unfamiliar with your unique needs. Unlike other solutions that take 6-12 months to implement and make you return for ongoing support, your ACALOG catalogs will be up and running in an average of 3-4 months so you can quickly start saving time and stop printing outdated catalogs.
Harness the power of Connected CurriculumTM
Digarc ACALOG INTEGRATIONS
Our nearly 20 years of experience working with diverse academic institutions enables us to integrate data with a range of student information systems (SIS), including PeopleSoft and Ellucian Ethos, Banner and Colleague, as well as homegrown and other SIS systems. To reduce duplicate entry errors and maintain consistency of digital assets, ACALOG is able to pull data in and push data out. The experienced integration team works with clients and IT departments as needed to determine their goals and objectives, and plan and execute a successful and smooth integration.
Proven training process
You and your staff will get up-to-speed in no time thanks to DIGARC's leading training developed with insight gained from implementing thousands of catalogs for over 700 institutions. The unique approach integrates the training of your personnel with the consultative elements of the implementation process. By the end of the process, your catalog team will be fully trained and capable of beginning your next editing cycle. In addition to the training and consulting sessions, the DIGARC team does the heavy lifting and transitions your catalog in ACALOG based on decisions made by your team during consulting sessions.
Robust ongoing support
One of the benefits of choosing a solution that's been on the market since 2001 is the number of support materials available to help you succeed. ACALOG University, which is accessible from the application's support tab, includes a knowledge base, user manual, videos, webinars and more. A customer forum for sharing best practices, tips and tricks with peer institutions is also offered. In-app training is available through a user-friendly WalkMe interface that delivers step-by-step directions for specific tasks within the application. To enhance the professional development of users, ACALOG Beginner and Advanced Certification is offered annually at the DigarcU User Conference.
Related Resources
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4 Ways to Transform Student Success and Persistence Efforts
Read about strategies to supporting student persistence that can be addressed with catalog management software including presenting guided pathways to match interests and programs and exploration of course and transfer information.
CASE STUDY
How Purdue University gained a deeper understanding of institutional processes
“The biggest impact was getting to that one catalog and that one source of truth so that students knew exactly what they were expected to do for four years,” Asst. Registrar for Curriculum and Catalog Kimberly Watley said.
Blog
DIGARC Named 2018 Ellucian Integration Partner of the Year
DIGARC established integration with the Ethos platform in 2017. Over half of DIGARC's nearly 800 customers use Ellucian Banner and Colleague, making DIGARC the most popular curriculum management solution provider among Ellucian’s integration partners.
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