Coursedog vs. RedShelf

To lessen the workload from having to input everything manually based off of PDFs, now the schedulers input into Coursedog on their side, and all stakeholders have access to their sections and schedules and can see the status of everything.

Incentivized

RedShelf has been great in a higher ed environment to help connect students to textbook and publisher materials. It has helped make the process of purchasing/accessing those materials so much easier for students. I am at an institution now where we don't have RedShelf, and the faculty and students are regularly frustrated with this process, so I'll be looking to get us a license here soon. RedShelf is particularly useful if instructors are using various different types of materials from different publishers. However, if an institution was only using Cengage Unlimited for example (that is a service where students will just pay for access to that site and all the books/materials for all of their courses would be accessible on there), that would be a time where I would think RedShelf wouldn't provide you with as much benefit. That being said, we may be using RedShelf in a very specific manner, and it may be able to provide us more ability/features that we haven't taken full advantage of.

Incentivized

• "Source of truth"
• Responsive tech team
• Admin access to what we need

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• Provides access with or without internet connection to read your books.
• You can access the application from your mobile device, tablets, or desktop computers.
• Streamlines the distribution of e-books, e-textbooks, and other digital content.

Incentivized

• Banner integration
• Openness to new recommendations
• Need an effective testing environment for new features

Incentivized

• Waiting for a course management tool to streamline the process. It's in the works and a tall order since all clients approach the process differently.
• A little bit of a stumble with a recent software rollout for day one access roll out, but at least it was intuitive to work through

Incentivized

Coursedog is much more user friendly for semester scheduling.

Incentivized

I don't believe I'd used many products that are similar to RedShelf.

Incentivized

• Accuracy has dramatically improved for schedules
• Payroll flowing into our database is much more streamlined
• Able to download Excel reports at any time of our schedules

Incentivized

• It is a great provider of affordable digital learning materials that help improve teaching and learning through technology.

Incentivized