Solution Brief
Colleague UI Transformation
Modern user interface powered by Ellucian XE
“Colleague UI
gives us a modern
experience and it
will be easy for us
to deploy. We are
getting the best
user interface that
our stakeholders
can’t wait to use.”
OTTO STUCKMAIER,
Director, Application
Support Services,
Joliet Junior College
More than 600 institutions are successfully
using Colleague by Ellucian to manage
information and keep students, faculty,
and staff productive and engaged. Now,
the release of Colleague UI has made this
industry-leading ERP even better.
Colleague UI provides a modern user
experience and supports continuous
innovation without disruption. It improves the
value of all of your Colleague applications
with a single release at no additional cost. UI is
powered by Ellucian XE—the technology with
which we’re modernizing our entire portfolio
of solutions to meet the changing needs of
higher education.
Ellucian XE technology
XE stands for “extensible ecosystem”—a
future-ready technology approach that
allows our clients to extend, configure, and
add functionality to any application as their
campus needs evolve. And to do so without
sacrificing existing investments or increasing
total cost of ownership.
Ellucian XE is defined by accessibility, mobility,
usability, extensibility, and cloud-readiness.
And so is Colleague UI.
Benefits of the Colleague UI
Transformation, powered by
Ellucian XE
Modern user interface
Using industry standard web controls,
Colleague UI offers a modern, intuitive
interface that improves users’ ability to access
what they need to succeed. This includes
enhanced navigation with drop-down menus,
drag and drop capability, and radio buttons.
At the same time, familiar business rules and
shortcuts ensure operational continuity. The
main difference your constituents will notice
is a more modern solution for increasing
efficiency, productivity, and student support.
They’ll also appreciate greater mobility.
With UI, they can now access Colleague
Administrative functionality on a tablet.
And they’ll find a consistent experience
between the Colleague Administrative and
Self Service experiences.
The result? Reduced training time for new
and infrequent users. Enhanced support
for power users.
Innovation without disruption
Incorporating advances in technology is essential to
ensuring your institution keeps up with the rapidlyevolving needs of staff and administrators. Colleague
UI Transformation was designed to accommodate
perpetual change with minimal disruption. The
familiarity that comes with the UI Transformation will
ease adoption rates, giving institutions the choice of
adopting it in groups or all at once.
Powered by Ellucian XE, Colleague UI uses common
principles and open standards. We’ve replaced
Silverlight with HTML 5.0, angularjs, and css. And UI is
compatible with all major browsers, including IE, Edge,
Firefox, Chrome, and Safari (Mac). This means you can:
• Ensure applications always have the latest
functionality
• Scale technology up or down as needs change
• Achieve quicker time-to-value as new innovations
become available
• Continually increase the ease-of-use and
efficiency of your solutions without interrupting
core business processes
These open design principles also enable
choice. Because deployment is faster and easier,
you can upgrade users either all at once or in stages.
And, when it comes to migrating some or all of your
systems to the cloud, time and effort are no longer such
formidable barriers. Move what you want, when you
want to Ellucian’s secure, integrated cloud platform.
Built in higher education best practices
Ellucian’s sole focus is technology for higher education.
Unlike competitors building user interfaces, workflows,
and functionality for multiple industries, every
investment we make is to improve student success and
institutional growth. Colleague UI, powered by Ellucian
XE, is an important step toward helping customers use
modern systems and services to achieve these goals.
Top 5 usability
improvements
1. Modernized user interface,
industry standard Web controls
2. Consistency between Colleague SelfService and Colleague UI
3. Easier adoption of upgrades and
innovation with minimal disruption
4. Tablet friendly
5. Improved accessibility
We’ve created this new user interface based on
feedback from thousands of Ellucian customers trying
to improve every stage of the student lifecycle with
limited resources. We’ve made it easy to implement and
adopt. And we’ve ensured it empowers you to integrate
innovation into every aspect of campus life.
Start the installation process today to take a test drive
of the Colleague UI Transformation.
ABOUT ELLUCIAN
Ellucian helps higher education institutions thrive in an open and dynamic world. We deliver
a broad portfolio of technology solutions, developed in collaboration with a global education
community, and provide strategic guidance to help education institutions of all kinds navigate
change, achieve greater transparency, and drive efficiencies. More than 2,400 institutions
in 40 countries around the world look to Ellucian for the ideas and insights that will move
education forward, helping people everywhere discover their potential through learning.
To learn more, please visit www.ellucian.com.
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