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What is OU Campus?
OU Campus from OmniUpdate is billed as a CMS for institutions of higher education. It can be deployed as a cloud-based service or hosted locally. It is built in Java, uses open standards, and is extensible through APIs.
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- Role-based user permissions (6)10.0100%
- WYSIWYG editor (6)9.292%
- Code quality / cleanliness (6)9.292%
- Admin section (6)9.292%
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What is OU Campus?
OU Campus from OmniUpdate is billed as a CMS for institutions of higher education. It can be deployed as a cloud-based service or hosted locally. It is built in Java, uses open standards, and is extensible through APIs.
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What is OU Campus?
OU Campus from OmniUpdate is as an enterprise CMS platform
for institutions of higher education. It can be deployed as a cloud-based
service or hosted locally. It is built in Java, uses open standards, and is
extensible through APIs. It features a WYSIWYG toolbar with in-context
editing as well as source code editing, instant and scheduled publishing,
multi-channel output, mobile-accessibility for end users, asset management, and
so much more.
The vendor attributes the fast and responsive user interface to the HTML5 technology. Additionally, the vendor says that new page templates, and the drag-and-drop functionality make their platform extremely user friendly. OU Campus can integrate with other campus systems via REST-style APIs to solve digital marketing needs, including social media mashup, online course catalog, faculty directory, mobile website, calendar, email marketing, blogs, interactive campus map, cost calculator, and more. Its decoupled architecture provides flexibility and safeguards. Global find and replace presents a powerful search option when scouring code. Unlimited sites and sub-sites may be managed through OU Campus.
OU Campus Features
- Supported: Powerful Administration
- Supported: Streamlined Content
- Supported: User-Friendly Editing
- Supported: Reusable Content
- Supported: Quality Control
- Supported: Convenient Publishing
- Supported: Extensibility
- Supported: Effortless Syndication
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OU Campus Integrations
- Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
- Google Analytics
- Jenzabar Internet Campus Solution (JICS), discontinued
- Ellucian Banner/Colleague
- CurricUNET
- YouTube
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OU Campus Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Windows Phone |
Frequently Asked Questions
OU Campus from OmniUpdate is billed as a CMS for institutions of higher education. It can be deployed as a cloud-based service or hosted locally. It is built in Java, uses open standards, and is extensible through APIs.
Cascade CMS, Terminalfour Digital Engagement and Web Development Platform, and Ingeniux CMS are common alternatives for OU Campus.
Reviewers rate Role-based user permissions and Internationalization / multi-language highest, with a score of 10.
The most common users of OU Campus are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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OU Campus is a versatile content management system that has been widely adopted by our organization to update and manage the content for our entire university website. Users from various departments and colleges across campus utilize OU Campus to edit their respective web pages and manage web content. The primary interface of OU Campus is used by content contributors campus-wide to effectively manage their web page content. This has empowered users to take ownership of their web pages and ensure that the public website content remains fresh, relevant, and accurate.
One of the key advantages of using OU Campus is the significant decrease in the time it takes for new content to be published live on our website. The intuitive user interface and minimal learning curve make it accessible for non-technical users as well. Additionally, OU Campus offers excellent customer service with quick and effective responses to user questions, which has been greatly appreciated by our campus community.
Another use case of OU Campus is its ability to create links for professors, faculty, staff, and community members to access department information. It also allows for quick uploading of materials to the web, saving time in creating and updating web content. However, one limitation of OU Campus is the inability to upload the same document without changing the original document name.
Overall, OU Campus has proven to be a valuable platform for managing web pages and content across our entire organization. Its scalability, user-friendliness, extensive documentation, and time-saving capabilities make it an essential tool for content management throughout our campus community.
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April 20, 2020
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Score 10 out of 10
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Our university uses OU Campus to update the content for our entire site. The university outreach department and some other contributors from colleges, departments are responsible for editing web pages.
- User-friendly editing.
- Handle a large number of decentralized users, while being incredibly fast and easy to use.
- CMS server separably from the content. So your website is live!!
- Multiple browser previews. Slow and not always accurate.
- Nice to have option to update from mobile.
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- Very easy to create and maintain web pages.
- Very intuitive interface on version 11.0.
- Better integration for dynamic web content.
I think the visual editing and version control. If the CMS server is down the website is still live because of content independent of the server.
March 14, 2020
OU Campus is a great solution for websites in higher ed
Our organization uses OU Campus to host our website (since 2016). We recently underwent an entire site redesign, still using OU Campus. I work with the website on a daily basis and am pleased with its performance.
- Able to be customized
- Easy to use/update
- Quick response from tech support
- Easier to make certain images mobile responsive
- Simplified user interface
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- This service streamlines my daily workflow.
- It is easy for multiple staff members to make changes (handy when someone is out of the office).
- Easy to make changes when working remotely/at home as well.
Using OU Campus allows us to have a professional, modern-looking website that can be updated to stay current with the times.
- Adding a new page
- Adding photos
- Adding new assets
May 05, 2016
An OU Campus is a happy campus
We launched OU Campus in February of 2015, along with a responsive redesign of our main site. We have a web staff of two, but I was able to train over 100 content owners across campus in a very short time. Since we've launched, OU Campus has been so well received that we are currently working to move our Alumni & Development sites into the CMS. Purchasing OU Campus was a great decision. The learning curve for non-technical users is very small, and our campus community loves using OU. On the technical side, template creation can be a little difficult, but the customer service is top notch. I can count on someone to answer any question I have quickly and effectively.
- The JustEdit feature makes updating content a breeze. With a small staff, we rely on others to update their content. OU Campus makes it easy.
- Site-wide find and replace. I use the site-wide find and replace feature for all sorts of things - links, enrollment numbers, department names. It's really helpful.
- Customer service. The staff at OU Campus answers questions quickly and is always willing to discuss the most effective ways to take on new projects.
- Multiple browser previews. The browser/os preview seemed like a feature we could really use, but it is slow and not always accurate.
- Forms. The form builder lacks some advanced features, like captcha, but they are updating the form builder.
- Mobile access. As of now, OU Campus doesn't allow for users to log in from a mobile device. I don't want to update websites from my phone, but it would be nice to have access to some features on the go.
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- Increased satisfaction with user experience. OU Campus has made it easier for us to address problems when they arise, making our website more efficient.
- Role-based control. Our old CMS made it very easy for users to change fonts and colors on their sections, which was very detrimental to the overall brand. That's not a problem anymore.
- Reduced training times. OU Campus is so easy to use, I've been able to cut training times down by half.
During the RFP process, we also evaluated Hannon Hill Cascade and Terminal Four. Both CMS systems had pros and cons, but overall, OU Campus was an easy choice. The features were better, non-technical users liked the simplicity of the interface, and the price was competitive.
We used Sitefinity before we switched to OU Campus. Sitefinity was so slow, it made updates a pain. Pages could take up to 30 seconds to load. Our users hated the product.
We used Sitefinity before we switched to OU Campus. Sitefinity was so slow, it made updates a pain. Pages could take up to 30 seconds to load. Our users hated the product.