Item: Slate for Admissions
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Slate, by Technolutions

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Slate is our prospective student information system. We use it to collect and manage prospective student data, campus visits and events, applications for admission and scholarships, and communications to students and parents. We started with our undergraduate programs and have recently expanded to include our graduate programs, as well. It also helps us to track our enrollment goals in real-time with powerful query and reporting tools.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Queries and reports.
Drip marketing.
Student data management.
Event management.
Application review.

Cons

Customer service.
Training and user support.
Including print mailings in drip marketing.
YOY reporting.

Return on Investment

Increased enrollment.
Increased student engagement with admissions counselors.
Increased event and campus visit attendance.
Increased email campaign performance.
Decreased time spent on data management.

Alternatives Considered

Ellucian Banner

Slate, by Technolutions, is so much more powerful and easier to use than Banner. While we still use Banner for our current students, it wasn't enough for what we needed to do to reach our prospective student population. Especially with the communication options, Slate is lightyears ahead of what is possible with Banner.

Key Insights

Do you think Slate for Admissions delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Slate for Admissions's feature set?

Yes

Did Slate for Admissions live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Slate for Admissions go as expected?

Would you buy Slate for Admissions again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Ellucian Banner, BEE Pro

Likelihood to Recommend

I would recommend Slate, by Technolutions for any higher education institution, big or small. Though there is a higher cost associated with Slate than most other options, it's well worth the price. The level of detail that you're able to gather, maintain, and query on within your student data is far beyond anything I've experienced with other systems. These insights help you pinpoint areas for action and improvement so that you can pivot when necessary, helping you reach your enrollment goals quicker and more efficiently.

Using Slate, by Technolutions

Usability

While some features are incredibly intuitive and easy for most users to use, there are other features that essentially require coding experience to understand. The features that seem more difficult than others are queries and reports (especially configurable joins queries) and some of the conditional logic within emails and print mailings. Additionally, implementation will definitely require dedicated IT folks for at least a year (or more).

Usability Pros and Cons

Pros	Cons
Like to use Relatively simple Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar	None

Easy Tasks

Creating and managing forms and events
Finding student data
Editing student data
Running pre-made queries and reports

Difficult Tasks

Creating new queries and reports
Setting up applications
Managing portals

Mobile Interface Availability and Impressions

Yes - I don't use it often, but the Slate mobile app seems to work pretty well. Our institution uses SSO (single sign on) and it is able to accommodate that kind of login. Once I'm logged in, I'm able to view student data and run queries and reports pretty easily on the go. Other functions are less easy to use in the mobile app; however, most of the time, I'm only using the app to find and view student data, so it works well for me.

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