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Features of Higher Education Analytics Platforms
Mandatory Features:
Data security and compliance: Robust security measures to protect sensitive data, along with compliance with relevant regulations such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Comprehensive data integration and aggregation: The ability to integrate and aggregate data from multiple sources, including internal transactional systems (e.g., SIS, LMS), external systems (e.g., common application platforms, National Student Clearinghouse), unstructured data (e.g., social media), files and APIs. Enables users to connect to and ingest structured and unstructured data from various storage platforms, both on-premises and in the cloud.
Data visualization and reporting: Tools for creating detailed reports and interactive, customizable dashboards that provide insights into various aspects of the institution, with visualizations such as charts, graphs and heatmaps to help stakeholders easily interpret complex data.
Integration with BI tools: Provides APIs or connectors to integrate with popular business intelligence tools.
Customization and business rules application: Capabilities to apply business rules and add custom user-defined measures, sets, groups and hierarchies, allowing institutions to tailor the analytics and reporting to their specific needs
User-friendly interface: An intuitive and accessible user interface that allows users with varying levels of technical expertise to navigate and utilize the platform effectively.
Prebuilt reporting data models: Preconfigured data marts, cubes or other structures specifically designed for higher education reporting, which apply established methodologies to accelerate the process of generating standard reports and ensure consistency and accuracy.
Self-service analytics: Features that empower faculty, staff and administrators to run their own queries and generate reports without needing extensive technical support.