Coursedog

“Coursedog gives us feedback and transparency… we’re able to catch issues earlier and implement the correct data before the schedule goes live.”

“Starting a new term is much smoother now. The rollover gives us a strong starting point, and we can make updates quickly and confidently.”

“Our team has always prioritized accuracy. Coursedog adds an extra layer of validation that helps us catch operational issues earlier in the process.”

“With Coursedog’s filters, I can quickly see which sections are affected when an instructor changes. It helps streamline what we were doing manually and makes the process more efficient.”

“Before Coursedog, our processes were accurate but required a lot of manual verification across spreadsheets and the SIS. With everything now centralized, creating a section takes just a few minutes and we can review all details in one place.”

“Using Coursedog has been a transformative experience at our institution. The platform has simplified class planning and turned our catalog into a polished recruitment asset. The user-friendly interface and responsive customer service stand out. Coursedog constantly updates the platform based on user feedback, showing their commitment to innovation and enhancing academic operations success. What really sets them apart is their constant innovation, always updating the platform with features based on feedback from both the industry and clients.”

“Coursedog frees up additional time in the Registrar's Office to focus on academic operations and strategy for schedule efficiency, room usage, high DFW courses, and much more. It alters the perception of the Registrar's Office from continually processing a paperwork caseload to one that functions with a strategic mindset in supportive, proactive academic operations.”

“It has empowered the faculty to think more intentionally about what they're offering and when they're offering it, rather than just rolling the prior semester or prior year schedule. Our previous process was very manual. We now empower one user in each academic division to load their classes rather than having a full-time Registrar's Office staff member completely build the class schedule off a spreadsheet.”

“We are able to set rules around the utilization of the spaces. We set a percentage limit around class times to incentivize faculty to get their schedule in when it opens so they can get the times they want. This helps us plan in advance as well as empower the faculty to make their schedule with what makes sense to them and the students.”

“Our catalog is much more polished and has become a recruitment tool rather than a dreaded long PDF. The interface is user-friendly, interactive and intuitive.”

“Coursedog is helping us be more proactive and avoid situations where a student needs to graduate, but the course they need isn’t being offered this semester. Our administration can now plan their schedule more intellectually in advance. It’s so important that a student is able to see the upcoming schedule and know exactly what is being offered when they are being advised - we had so little of this ability before Coursedog.”

“Our schedule building process was very siloed. No one looked at competing times or classes that were outside of their own academic division. This process was also very manual and time-consuming in an Ellucian product that wasn’t the most user-friendly for the average person. We can now use strategy with conflicts of class times and offerings that students need while empowering others on campus to leverage a tool that is very easy to use.”

“A big part of getting Coursedog was that we were able to evolve. It forced us to get a team, work together, and figure out what is going to work and what is needed.”

“Coursedog has been a remarkable addition to our academic operations. Beginning with Academic Scheduling, we seamlessly transitioned to using their Curriculum, Catalog, and Events services due to the outstanding experience we had. The platform's integration with our SIS is seamless, and its intuitive design paired with next-level customer support has greatly enhanced our workflow and efficiency. Overall, a game changer for us!”

“A big part of getting Coursedog was that we were able to evolve. It forced us to get a team, work together, and figure out what is going to work and what is needed... and we keep evolving. There are more and more things we keep on finding. It’s been wonderful to have weekly meetings with our Coursedog team to continue to change and evolve and get more efficient.”

“Prior to purchasing Coursedog, we did shop around and look for other products that might meet our needs. We just didn't find that level of customer service right from the very beginning with a demo all the way through to where we are today. So that's a big part- it has been phenomenal and we're super happy for that.”

“We needed a system that was accessible anywhere, had a good user interface that people would be confident in, and then a big determining factor was the data. Faculty can look at a wide variety of reports and information at any time. They can export their own and tweak it themselves because we taught them how to use filters. If faculty are home and it's nine o'clock at night and they want to look at the schedule, they most certainly can. It's real time information.”

“Coursedog has been a huge time saver for the scheduling alone. I would say I spent an hour - hour and a half every time someone asked for a report.I would go in and pull out the columns that they didn't need and pull out the sections that didn't belong within their discipline. I would spend at least one day of work a week going through and providing these reports time after time.”

“We had a homegrown program that was inconsistent in how it operated for us. We were so pleased that everything flowed so smoothly using Coursedog. We now have one source that provides the information without manual entry and increases accuracy and consistency of the information.”

““Coursedog is enabling us to empower students to really take ownership over their schedule. It’s going to be incredible to have the ability to put together a schedule that really matches the needs of our student demographics.””

““(Coursedog) was definitely more intuitive. It's a fairly easy system to use and the number one reason that we went with the system is to know how much space we have and how much space we need. Now, we're able to actually quantify our space numbers presented to the Board and easily make a case for additional space. I can go, well, we're using 72 percent of our space on these days, or we've got space here.””

“"The culture has improved with our faculty since implementation. They embraced using Coursedog for their curriculum. It was very tedious to look at course and program proposal revisions using our homegrown system. Now, when a new faculty member decides to do a program revision, all they have to do is log on and follow the prompts. Coursedog has also saved us a lot of time by not having to hold a lot of tutorials or videos to teach our faculty/staff how to submit their curriculum. We have noticed how much happier faculty is when they realize how easy Coursedog makes this process."”

“"The quantifiable impact was just the ability to move the scheduling out of our office into other departments closer to where the action is. They know better what they're trying to accomplish, what classes they need to offer, all the uniquenesses of rooms and those kinds of things."”

““The previous vendor required us to jump through a lot of hoops just to publish. Once we were using Coursedog curriculum, we realized the Coursedog catalog is what the catalog should be… a front end to the curriculum. With everything being dated in Coursedog, we can see when a course is live and when it goes into the catalog, and it’s already there waiting for us.””

““We really like the fact that Coursedog is instantly validating our rules, and showing the conflicts. I really like the data reports – it's live data.””