What is Coursedog?
Coursedog is a cloud-based academic operations platform for higher education institutions that unifies curriculum management, course scheduling, and assessment processes. It synchronizes data in real time with student information systems such as Ellucian Banner, Workday Student, and Oracle PeopleSoft. Access requires booking a demo or contacting the vendor; no self-service sign-up is described.
What are the features of Coursedog?
- Curriculum workflow managementRoutes course and program proposals through customizable approval steps, allowing administrators to add fields to forms and templates on demand.
- Academic and event schedulingAssigns courses and events to campus rooms while validating rules and surfacing conflicts against live data.
- Catalog publishingGenerates an online catalog and handbook directly from approved curriculum records so course descriptions update automatically upon approval.
- Faculty workload and demand projectionsAnalyzes space utilization and enrollment patterns to support scheduling decisions and resource allocation.
- Assessment and course evaluationsManages institutional assessment cycles and collects student feedback, including AI-driven evaluations via ClassRanked.
- Student information system integrationConnects to SIS platforms including Anthology, Jenzabar, Ellucian Colleague, and homegrown systems to sync changes in real time.
What are the use cases of Coursedog?
- Reducing scheduling conflictsNorthern Arizona University used Coursedog's rule validation to reduce scheduling conflicts by 60% and standardize policies across departments.
- Decentralizing class schedule creationCatawba College empowered one user per academic division to load classes directly, replacing manual spreadsheet builds managed entirely by the registrar.
- Quantifying campus space utilizationLaguna College of Art & Design used space usage data, such as specific percentage occupancy by day, to present facility needs to its board.
