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Rating: 7.9 out of 10
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7.9 out of 10

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Business Problems Solved

Jenzabar ONE has become the chosen SIS/ERP platform for a college seeking a next-generation solution. According to interviews with other providers, Jenzabar ONE emerged as the best fit for the institution. The transition from Jenzabar CX to Jenzabar ONE marked a new era of communication on campus, enhancing interaction with both current and prospective students. The features and development roadmap offered by Jenzabar ONE solidified its position as the right choice for the institution. In terms of value proposition, the product's cost and features made it an easy decision to continue the college's longstanding relationship with Jenzabar. The Go Live target was achieved thanks to the relentless efforts of Jenzabar's SaaS and managed services team, resulting in improved accessibility, security, and data protection for the platform.

With its Advising module, Jenzabar ONE simplifies degree audits and provides an intuitive way for advisors to review advisees' history and degree requirements. IT team members rely on Jenzabar ONE for various tasks such as assigning permissions, resolving errors, and training staff on how to use the product effectively. Serving as the core platform for multiple departments including admissions, registration, housing, financial aid, and advising, Jenzabar ONE serves as a centralized source of truth for student information. It supports critical tasks such as student needs assessment, reporting, and processing to ensure swift and accurate registration processes. Moreover, Jenzabar ONE allows different administrative departments on campus to access essential student data specific to their functions while maintaining module uniqueness. Overall, Jenzabar ONE is recommended for institutions seeking to modernize their SIS/ERP systems as it offers a robust solution that streamlines operations across multiple departments in higher education institutions.

Reviews

11 Reviews

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Jenzabar ONE - Not Your Daddy's SIS

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Jenzabar ONE is the primary ERS and SIS for our organization. It is the primary product we use to capture, monitor, and report on student-level data, manage payroll and human resources functions, and manage the prospect-to-alumnus lifecycle. In addition, we use Jenzabar ONE to manage our donor base and create and monitor most aspects the communication flow for those friends.

Pros

  • Jenzabar ONE makes working within the system possible and secure using remote and WFH options.
  • Jenzabar ONE is adept at managing the central functions of the Registrar's Office.
  • Jenzabar ONE is capable and adequate for student accounts and billing.

Cons

  • Jenzabar ONE is very good at "plain vanilla" installations, but, in our experience, as customization takes place, there is an increasing capability gap with reporting.
  • Jenzabar ONE offers IPEDS reporting capability, but no one at any institution we work with in our association has been able to get the IPEDS snapshottings and reporting to work consistently.
  • In our experience, Jenzabar ONE suffers from a sales team which over promises on behalf of an under delivering technical support team.

Likelihood to Recommend

A significant part of the initial build process rests in the business operations decisions which MUST be made prior to implementing Jenzabar ONE. In hindsight, we still would have gone with Jenzabar ONE, but we probably would have made some changes in how we operate from a business process standpoint prior to making the implementation decision. Having to go back and make changes is both burdensome and made more difficult after the implementation decision.

Vetted Review
Jenzabar ONE
3 years of experience

User friendly, user approved

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I currently work in the Office of Student Life & Learning, utilizing the Student Life and Housing modules in my work with students and our conduct process. I was previously in the Registrar's Office, using the Registration, Advising, and Retention modules. Jenzabar ONE provides one system by which all administrative departments on campus can access the same basic student data that may be necessary to their processes, but at the same time have a module unique to the functions and processes of their specific department. This allows for independent office efficiency but also smooth collaboration of shared data as necessary, which allows for increased timeliness and effectiveness in joint projects. I have always been pleased by the intuitive functionality within each system that allows for easy user onboarding, as well as navigation and work within them.

Pros

  • Creates products with the end user processes in mind.
  • Provides top tier customer support.
  • Creates pathways for user feedback and engagement in suggestions for future functionality.

Cons

  • Many modules have been moved to web-based systems, but have lingering functionality in desktop installed software. This can create some frustrating when having to work in two places to get work done.

Likelihood to Recommend

My experience with Jenzabar ONE has been nothing but positive. Even when I had an issue to report, I was met with courtesy and timely assistance from their customer service team. They are focused on end user functionality and their products reflect well the conversations they have with clients to gather feedback.

J1 Recent Upgrade

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We've been Jenzabar clients for years and are just now upgrading to J1. As our main SIS, we rely on J1 for all of our student needs, reporting, and processing. We utilize this system to ensure our students have access to the information needed through JICS as well as accurate and timely registration processes.

Pros

  • Compiles Student Information
  • Quick Schedule Rollover
  • Multiple Term Options

Cons

  • Quicker functionality
  • Snapshot view of student

Likelihood to Recommend

J1 has great connectiviety between JICS, reporting, and features that students can access. This allows for quick registration processing when many students are trying to process actions at the same time.

Jenzabar ONE is Great!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are currently using Jenzabar ONE to support student advising. It easily provides advisors the information needed to support our students. It is easy to use. It would be more helpful if there was more guidance on features available and if students who are not current could also be seen.

Pros

  • Shows degree audits
  • Shows student contact information
  • Shows preferred name, etc.

Cons

  • Showing not current students

Likelihood to Recommend

We just got a new registrar and she is blown away by Jenzabar ONE. They did not use this at her previous school and she cannot believe all the features that we have.

Jenzabar One is the One Product You Need

Rating: 10 out of 10

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Jenzabar ONE is a robust student information system. It provides multiple departments with the ability to effectively perform functions across the organization seamlessly. Users are able to maintain information from start to finish without leaving the system. With regular updates and additions to the system, Jenzabar ONE provides our organization with everything we need and then some.

Pros

  • manages student information
  • manages candidate information
  • maintains AP & AR needs

Cons

  • the Help system does not always correlate to the current version, so updating that with each update would be very helpful
  • a method to test users' permission would be very helpful
  • it is sometimes tricky trying to figure out which functions to assign to users, so making that process more clear would be great

Likelihood to Recommend

10. The system works well, the support staff is invaluable, and the company is eager to assist and always very helpful.

Vetted Review
Jenzabar ONE
1 year of experience

Highly Recommend Jenzabar ONE

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We currently have partially implemented the Advising in Jenzabar ONE. It is so easy to see the advisees, their history, what is needed to complete degree requirements. As long as the trees are set up correctly, degree audits are much simpler. Highly recommend this product and Jenzabar overall. I've worked with this company since 1998.

Pros

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

Cons

  • I would like to see some additional filters in advising to pull up advisees, but overall - great
  • I would like to know how to see students on LOA

Likelihood to Recommend

Degree audits have been such a manual process for so many years. Now you can print out the advising tree showing if the student has met requirements and if not, which courses are still needed at one glance. So timesaving once it is set up correctly. That is the key.

I need to be able to see students even while they’re on LOA.

Jenzabar ONE Helps You Get Your Work Done Quickly

Rating: 10 out of 10

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I currently use Jenzabar for assigning rooms, changing room assignments, checking registration status, checking gpas, checking contact information, and putting charges on accounts for disciplinary fines. It has helped me to be more productive because everything is self-explanatory and not difficult to navigate. The modules all work together so if I'm in one and have to go to another, all I have to do is choose "Previous Name" without having to key in the name to look the resident up all over again. This alone saves me lots of time when I have hundreds of residents to work with.

Pros

  • The modules work together to save time.
  • Retrieval of data is very quick.
  • It supports data extraction and reporting for institutional research and assessment purposes.
  • It enables staff to track students and progress.

Cons

  • Many of the canned reports need to be customized to use efficiently, which can be time-consuming.

Likelihood to Recommend

Jenzabar ONE is well suited for registration because it allows departments like Admissions, Financial Aid, Residence Life, Registrar's Office, and the Business Office to work with students rather quickly. Everyone knows what is going on and do not have to keep redoing steps and having to make calls to see if one department has done their part before that department does its part in registering the student.

Vetted Review
Jenzabar ONE
8 years of experience

Jenzabar One... Right For Your School!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Jenzabar ONE has been a valued partner for our College. We have transitioned from Jenzabar CX which we had for nearly 21 years. We made the decision to select Jenzabar One as our next generation of SIS/ERP platform in 2020 after conducting interviews with other providers. We found for the quality, features and development roadmap, Jenzabar One was the correct choice. The Jenzabar family has been working with us during the past 24 months to educate us on the Jenzabar One platform and features that will bring a new era of communications for our campus as we better understand how to interact with new and future students. The Jenzabar One value proposition of features to cost made the choice that much easier for our institution to continue our long relationship with the company. The Jenzabar SaaS and managed services team worked tirelessly to ensure our Go Live target of October 2022 was achieved. The Jenzabar project managers and technical professionals were instrumental for coordinating our data migration and helping with our problem-solving during the data conversion. We believe the new era of hosted services help provide better accessibility to our platform while providing security and comfort for data protection and stability. I highly recommend any institution seeking to modernize their SIS/ERP consider Jenzabar One as a solid solution!

Pros

  • Project Implementation
  • Communications
  • Problem Resolution

Cons

  • More clarity on features included with specific packages
  • More communication on product development roadmaps
  • More improvement in the Events management module

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

Jenzabar is great for smaller institutions

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Jenzabar ONE is our SIS. We have many additional software platforms that connect to Jenzabar, sharing information, which can sometimes be challenging. Support is great at helping us work through these issues.

Pros

  • Automated Student Communication
  • Customer Service/Support

Cons

  • Not all modules use the same style-
  • Missing parent communication tools

Likelihood to Recommend

Jenzabar is not meant for large schools. But a smaller school with limited staffing resources, Jenzabar is perfect. Many automated features.

Many years of using Jenzabar and improving with them along the way

Rating: 9 out of 10

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Being an IT team member we are called upon to use Jenzabar One throughout of day. We assign permissions in Desktop as well as J1 Web; solve errors (which are usually user errors) and essentially train staff on how to use the product. With each upgraade we are searching for more ways to assist our staff in using this product and cut down on manual processes.

Pros

  • Keeps our students on track with their academic program
  • Assist advisors with keeping track of their advisees

Cons

  • To be able to set course co-requisites to the course sections number

Likelihood to Recommend

Adding the Communication Management piece has improved how to keep our students informed

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