ISI: Illuminate Student Information vs. Jenzabar ONE

One scenario where Illuminate is well suited is when we are creating mailouts for students and parents to send report cards and or progress updates, Illuminate allows us to quickly find a student's address. This feature allows us to cut down on the time it would normally take to lookup a student's address on another platform.

Incentivized

Jenzabar ONE is strongly suited for an all-in one solution for higher ed. The modern web-based platform make it efficient for end users. An institution that wants a full communication platform to connect with students, Jenzabar is the right product for your school. As with any product, development with Jenzabar One continues which is a good thing but also may cause some schools to want more features more quickly.

Incentivized

• Stores student information in one place
• Allows parents and students to access student grades from home
• Serves as a gradebook

Incentivized

• Advising
• Quicker processing
• Easy to use
• Great to see student full academic history

Incentivized

• I think just by making regular updates would be awesome.
• Making it easier to find students with last names that are longer.

Incentivized

• Almost every module requires extensive training and building to have it function for your institution.
• Some of the automated housing matchings is difficult to set up and must be changed each semester.

I haven't used any other software like Illuminate.

Incentivized

While I'm familiar with many other SIS in higher education, J1 is the only one currently in use

Incentivized

• One stop data warehouse
• Easy access to all state test scores
• Easy grading for teachers.

Incentivized

• We have not taken full advantage of all the modules that Jenzabar One provides yet. However, in news releases and product documents many improvements have been made.