Dunwoody College of Technology

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Industry
Higher-Ed
Enrollment
1000
Region
Midwest

Dunwoody College of Technology

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Industry
Higher-Ed
Enrollment
1000
Region
Midwest
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Profile

Empowering Future Industry Leaders

Dunwoody College of Technology is a private, not-for-profit technical college in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With over 200,000 alumni in industry-leading roles, the college continues its mission of providing cutting-edge technical education. It enrolls more than 1,200 students and employs over 250 faculty members.

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Challenge
Challenge

Fragmented Access and IT Struggles

Managing digital access was a growing challenge for Dunwoody College. Individual departments handled password management for their courses, leading to confusion and frustration among students and educators. With over 16 different applications to locate and log in to, users struggled with fragmented access, and IT staff faced increasing demands for support. The college sought a solution that would centralize digital resources, streamline access, and simplify onboarding for new students and faculty.

Solution
Solution

Data-Driven Decisions for a Smarter Campus

After piloting other single sign-on (SSO) solutions that proved costly and challenging, Dunwoody College implemented ClassLink. Now, students, faculty, and staff use LaunchPad to access all school applications, productivity tools, and files in one central location.

With over 150 applications integrated into LaunchPad, including Canvas and Office 365, adding new resources has become far more efficient, freeing IT staff to focus on strategic initiatives. The onboarding process has also improved, with new faculty and staff receiving immediate access through Launchpad. Additionally, ClassLink Analytics empowers college leaders, including the VP of Enrollment and Director of Marketing, with valuable insights into resource usage. This data-driven approach informs key decisions, from instructional design to investment priorities, ensuring Dunwoody remains at the forefront of technical education.

[Cabinet members] can go in and look at those analytics any time that they want, [that] was very beneficial.
Mark Anderson
Executive Director of IT Operations at Dunwoody College of Technology
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Dunwoody College of Technology

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ClassLink SSO and Analytics Changed the Way Dunwoody College Plans, Deploys, and Evaluates Digital Learning Resources

The Challenge

Mark Anderson, a director with over 15 years of IT leadership experience in technology solutions and IT operations, made streamlined access a priority for Dunwoody College of Technology’s 1,200 students, faculty, and staff. The college leader recognized that with 16+ applications to locate and log in to, and access managed at the department-level, frustrations among their users were on the rise. The college resolved to find a more straightforward way of delivering their digital library and looked to Single Sign-On (SSO).

Choosing ClassLink

After piloting other SSO solutions that were more expensive and awkward to use, Dunwoody went with ClassLink in January 2018. The college rebranded its ClassLink after surveying their students. Today, students, faculty, and staff login just once to ‘Launchpad’, where all their school applications, productivity tools, and files are organized in one central location. With ClassLink in place, adding new resources consumes much less time and frees IT to focus on more strategic tasks.

The Outcome

Over 150 apps connect to Dunwoody’s Launchpad, including Canvas, Office 365, and dozens of productivity tools. New staff and faculty are greeted with a login to Launchpad, which has dramatically streamlined the onboarding process.

Access to ClassLink Analytics is enabled for both the VP of Enrollment and Director of Marketing, who can view reports showing how the college’s digital resources are being used. This insightful data has been used to inform strategic level decisions, from investment priorities to instructional design.

“The ability to have mobile and simplified access to one interface is valuable for us.”

Mark Anderson
Dunwoody College of Technology