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CrossWalk: AI-Powered Transcript Analysis for Academic Institutions
CrossWalk is an AI-powered transcript analysis tool for academic institutions. CrossWalk helps colleges and universities make informed decisions about incoming students by analyzing their transcripts and providing similarity scores from syllabi comparison.
Simplifying College and University Admissions
CrossWalk helps institutions streamline and simplify the admission process for new students.CrossWalk helps institutions streamline and simplify the admission process for new students.
Streamlined Data Analysis
Institutions can connect data directly into their Azure Cloud to use for Business Intelligence, comparing with LMS, SIS, and CRM data points.Institutions can connect data directly into their Azure Cloud to use for Business Intelligence, comparing with LMS, SIS, and CRM data points.
Custom Skills Taxonomy
CrossWalk provides administration with valuable insights into curricular academic strengths and areas for improvement by associating skills with course syllabi to give crucial career path insight.CrossWalk provides administration with valuable insights into curricular academic strengths and areas for improvement by associating skills with course syllabi to give crucial career path insight.
Challenges Facing Institutions with Incoming Students
Assessing Prior Learning
Colleges and universities struggle to accurately evaluate the prior knowledge and skills of incoming students from diverse backgrounds.
Course Placement
Placing students in appropriate courses is difficult without a clear understanding of previous academic experience.
Student Success
Misplaced students may struggle to succeed, potentially leading to lower GPA, increased dropout rates, and higher support needs.
Limited Resources
Manual transcript review is time-consuming and resource-intensive for staff, especially with increasing student enrollment.
How CrossWalk Addresses These Challenges
Course Placement
CrossWalk helps colleges and universities place students in appropriate courses by comparing their prior learning to current course requirements. This process enhances the student's academic experience and ensures a smooth transition into the institution.
Student Success
By identifying potential gaps in knowledge, CrossWalk empowers colleges and universities to provide targeted support for students, helping them succeed in their studies and feel confident in their academic journey.
Resource Allocation
CrossWalk equips colleges and universities with valuable insights about student preparedness, enabling them to allocate resources strategically for academic support and intervention programs.
Faculty Collaboration
CrossWalk facilitates collaboration between faculty and advisors by providing a common platform to share and discuss student transcripts and potential academic needs.
Benefits for Students and Universities
Personalized Support
CrossWalk empowers administrations with the power of easy course matching and an enhanced experience with a skills taxonomy personalized for their institution. Sagax support guides them through all implementation and integration phases.
Improved Placement
CrossWalk helps universities place students in the right courses and programs. This leads to better student success and reduces the need for remediation.
Enhanced Curriculum
CrossWalk provides valuable insights into student skills and knowledge acquisition. Colleges and universities can use this information to make more effective curriculum decisions.
Skills Analysis and Percentages
CrossWalk analyzes student transcripts to identify primary, secondary, and tertiary skills acquired from each course. The tool leverages a comprehensive skill taxonomy to provide a detailed breakdown of skills gained from coursework.
Primary Skills
Core skills essential for the chosen field of study.
Secondary Skills
Complementary skills that support the primary skill needs.
Tertiary Skills
Transferable skills applicable across various industries.
Syllabus Similarity Scoring
CrossWalk compares incoming student syllabi with home institution existing course offerings.
The system analyzes all fields, including course titles, course descriptions, course learning outcomes, and more.
It generates a similarity score, highlighting potential overlaps and differences.
This helps institutions identify potential course substitutions or credit transfers.
Key Features of CrossWalk
Syllabus Similarity Scoring
CrossWalk compares syllabi from incoming students' prior institutions to existing home courses, generating a similarity score. It evaluates transcripts to identify key skills developed in previous courses and provides a quantitative comparison. This enables institutions to understand students' strengths and align them with suitable programs. CrossWalk seamlessly integrates with Azure services, including SQL and Gen2 Data Lake for backups.
Skills Analysis and Percentages
CrossWalk evaluates transcripts to identify core skills gained in prior courses, assigning a quantitative score for effective comparison and placement.
Student Success
CrossWalk empowers colleges and universities to recognize students' strengths and match them with appropriate programs, supporting academic success.
Microsoft Integration
CrossWalk integrates directly with the institution's Azure ecosystem, leveraging services like SQL and Gen2 Data Lake for secure and reliable data management.
Microsoft Design
CrossWalk is built for Azure, seamlessly integrating with university systems.
Data Security
CrossWalk's data security adheres to the existing Azure security parameters, ensuring secure data transmission, encryption, and compliance.
Administration Portal
Administrators can easily upload syllabi and transcripts directly through the portal.
Advanced Analytics
Administrations can view reports and insights for their incoming students' progress.
CrossWalk is designed to adapt to existing institutional infrastructure and workflows, ensuring a smooth transition. With its Microsoft Azure integration, robust data security, easy-to-use administration portal, and advanced analytics capabilities, CrossWalk empowers universities to seamlessly implement and leverage its powerful features. Our team provides dedicated support to ensure a seamless integration process.