RIO Education at the Australian College of the Arts (Collarts) has gone live!

Collarts is a tertiary education college that provides Bachelor Degrees, Diplomas & Postgraduate Qualifications in 20 fields across the creative sector, ranging from acting and music production to fashion and interior designing.

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RIO Education provides Collarts with a complete solution to manage admissions/applications along with document generation, i.e. Letter of Offer. RIO Connect integration allows admission officers to upload applications (VTACExport) into Salesforce and populate Program Application records in RIO Education.

Student and Faculty Communities are portals that provide a variety of functionalities, such as enrolling into Courses and scheduling class sessions.

AIM has implemented RIO Education as its new SIS, replacing their previous SIS, Paradigm.

The Australian Institute of Music provides 15 programs including post-graduate and short courses.

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To expand the array functionalities that can be provided such as finance/payments, Xero has been integrated into RIO Education, together with eCAF as well for students to apply for government loan for tuition fees. Flare HR has also been integrated to provide human resources management. All these were successfully connected to RIO Education using RIO Connect.

We're super excited to announce that Northern College in Canada has successfully implemented RIO Education.

Northern College has over 75 full-time, part-time, certificate, diploma, and apprenticeship Programs, plus hundreds of in-class, web-based, and correspondence Courses. They also provide post-secondary and career preparation Programs and academic upgrading.

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Students use the existing Microsoft SSO mechanism to authenticate to the RIO Student Community for scholarship applications. RIO Connect is used to connect to the existing MIS to provide student information to the RIO SBA module.

Here's what Northern College had to say

What an amazing experience!

"Northern College has had the pleasure of working with the amazing RIO Team to develop and implement a new portal for their scholarships, bursaries and awards. We went from the discovery phase to the implementation in just 4 months! What seemed as an unachievable target was completed and launched seamlessly.

This has everything to do with the dedication, incredible work ethic and attention to detail from the amazing and supportive staff at RIO Solutions. We couldn't be more pleased with the customized, user-friendly and intuitive solution we were able to develop together. We have already seen a tremendous growth in our student applications for scholarships, bursaries and awards after just over one week of its launch. We look forward to a continued working relationship.

One last thought - Walt, Deb, Mei, Nicole and Jessie you are awesome! Thanks again for all your work from your friends at Northern College in Canada."

Crandall University joins our list of RIO Education customers with their recent go-live event. Crandall has over 74 programs ranging from minor to major and Masters, while also providing international academic programs and remote learning.

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RIO Connect is used to integrate RIO Education with Moodle (Crandall's existing Student Management System). Crandall also implemented Pardot and Accounting Seed during this project.

International Admissions

International Admissions is a big source of revenue for Universities in North America. Crandall University has experienced huge benefits in this department after transitioning to the RIO Education Platform. Tyler Steckly, Head of International Admissions for Crandall shared: 

"Previously we had to manually enter each applicant's application and upload all of their files which would take about 45 minutes. Now the agencies have their own login and the applicants are automatically entered. This is a huge time saving for both us at Crandall and for the agencies." 

RIO Education has contributed to over a 50% increase in processing International Applications. Additionally, Mr Steckly shared:

"Response time is the name of the game in international admissions. It is industry standard to have a 3-6 weeks response time for international applicants. With RIO Education, our response time has decreased to 7-10 days."

It is so wonderful to experience strides like these with our RIO customers. 

We are excited to share the news that RIO Education has been successfully implemented at IBU!

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IBU has implemented RIO Education as its first SIS, along with QBO as a finance system, which has been integrated with Salesforce using RIO Connect.

Here's what IBU had to say

"When we started the IBU SIS project, I [was] a little worried about the implementation process, as all your team [was] located [all over] the place with 12 hours different [time zones].

But your excellent technical skills, high level of responsibility, good attitude and strong team spirit as well as good relationships for IBU IT and business units, [made us] very confident to rely on the RIO team. I believe WDCi is a wonderful workplace, appreciate the leadership by Deb, you guys have done a great job!"

The Academy had the honor of being our first US customer. What a great project and a great team to work with. 

Want to know more, check out our webinar with the Academy presenting, or another webinar with the Academy and Maine College of Health Professions.

What does the Academy say?

All Around Outstanding

"We just finished phase one of our implementation of RIO Education. The WDCI team is a dream to work with and were able to get us up and running with an admissions portal in less than three weeks. They are organized, efficient and very patient! As a small specialized school with a focus on fine art, we have specific requirements for the application process. The team was able to configure a customized solution that fits our needs perfectly! We look forward to the next phases and becoming a fully connected campus!

RIO is an amazing and essential tool for any school looking for a student information management system that carries students through the full life cycle of your institution. We highly recommend it. Thank you Deborah, Walter and Lean!!!"

Recruitment & Admissions

The Academy's legacy application system was limited and difficult to use.

With RIO Education and Salesforce, the Academy's Admissions Portal and application process was revamped to be user-friendly and on brand. The RIO Education Team was able to configure the Academy's Application form to allow applicants to upload and label portfolio images, making it easier for not only prospective students to submit, but for the Faculty on the Admissions Committee to review and grade portfolios and application documents.

After implementation and the new portal, the Academy saw a 30% increase in completed applications the first year! 

But wait, there's more!

	"Using the recruitment capabilities and new application portal, we are able to streamline communication between our admissions staff and prospective students. Application submission is simple and streamlined for our prospects now. We saw a 30% increase in completed applications the first year." - Academy Admissions Director
	"Registration was such a breeze this week! I was expecting something similar to undergrad registration - clunky, frustrating and archaic.  It couldn’t have been more different!  I’m so delighted with all my classes and teachers. Great job organizing all that."  - Academy MFA Student

And after the full SIS was implemented:

"We ran through and generated invoices for the SURP students today - a task that normally takes four staff members a few weeks, now takes one staff member about an hour."  - Academy Registrar & Bursar

Education First Languages selected RIO Education to replace their custom built SIS. Being a specialist education provider EF needed a platform that could be enhanced to meet their unique business model as the largest global education provider!

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RIO Education is being used for Student Scheduling, Class Scheduling, Activity Planning and providing the Student portal.  Currently deployed in 25+ countries with more to come!

CAL joins our growing list of educational institutions that use RIO Education!

The College of Adult Learning offers an array of diploma and certificate courses - all via online learning. 

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RIO Education was implemented to replace CAL's previous SIS and to support compliance reporting. RIO Education was also integrated to Brightspace-related custom objects in Salesforce so that course results will be available in RIO Education.

RIO Education has been successfully deployed at ANZSOG and is now live!

The Australia and New Zealand School of Government offers a variety of Executive education programs, workshops, and seminars, including customised courses.

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RIO Education was implemented to replace SIMS as ANZSOG's SIS, while being integrated with Canvas for course enrollment records and student results.

What did ANZSOG say

"We're about to go live (Oct 2020) and I've had an exceptional experience working with WDCi. The team has gone above and beyond to accommodate all of our requirements, and there has been no delays. I would thoroughly recommend RIO Education." 

Country Universities Centre has joined our list of RIO Education customers!

Country UC is a non-profit organisation that provides educational services for rural and regional communities in New South Wales.

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Apart from the standard RIO Education features, we have set up a single electronic registration form that feeds directly into Salesforce, and can be used for both new registrations and re-registrations, which reduces the effort of maintaining the form.

With the same form on re-registration, some of the student data is pre-populated. Students can view their pre-populated data and update them if required. Re-registration submission is now made easier with lesser steps, resulting in shorter re-registration turnover time.

The student experience has greatly improved by 90%.

Here's what CUC had to say

“We were looking for a system that can address our existing issues, and we knew that RIO Education would be the right choice. The product features were spot on, and we immediately saw positive results.” - Director of Educational Delivery