OU Campus helps us manage our entire .edu site

We chose the OU Campus system because it was super flexible. It allows us to do a lot of different things within the system and to really push the boundaries of what a CMS can do. We have more than 100 active users on our campus using the system, and all content review and publishing is centralized through our team. OU Campus makes this possible.

Pros

OU Campus is built for colleges and universities. We love that the software and company understand higher education and our unique needs. OU Campus gives us a great tool with a lot of flexibility to gear it toward our specific use case. OU Campus has a great and quick support team in place to help us anytime we have a question or need some help.

Cons

Just like any software, there are small things that can always be improved. However, we've found OU Campus and OmniUupdate to be a great partner who really listens to their customers needs and they regularly implement features that are requested in their Feedback Forum. They push out new releases very regularly and we never notice any bugs.

OU Campus is the right choice!

SLU has made the right choice with OU Campus. We hit the ground running after implementation and have been a satisfied customer for six years. System is solid and reliable, and support is prompt and helpful. Would choose OU Campus again, given the choice.

Pros

Ease of use for both end users, administrators and developers. Speedy publishing with built in link check, spell check and ADA compliance allow robust Quality Assurance for our website.

Cons

Built in form tools are good but simple, but not as advanced as some external services. However, Formstack is offered as an add on service.

Very User Friendly

Pros

This product is extremely user friendly. I'm responsible for training many of our users in OUCampus and I find that most users adapt fairly quickly once getting into the system. The interface is easy to understand and there are plenty of features to customize pages.

Cons

Sometimes formatting/features don't work quite as anticipated which can seem unsolvable for an average user. It would also be nice to have more flexibility in permission user levels as there's almost an all or nothing approach to a certain extent.

Excellent Product

We've been using the product for ten years now and it has been under constant improvement and targets the needs of the higher education industry very well. The support is better than almost all tech-based companies that I've ever had to deal with. There are a number of add-ons and services that enhance the product as well.

Pros

Overall, the ease-of-use from all viewpoints. Omni CMS is very easy to use for our end-users. It allows us the granularity in control to make sure that users can edit the content they need to. We can easily make sure that changes are monitored to maintain consistency of voice across the site. Administration of the site is kept as intuitive as possible as well.

Cons

Templates can be difficult to generate from scratch without some in-depth xml and xslt training.

Perfect fit for your Higher Ed needs

From set up, to training, to customer service and roll-out of new products, the team from Omni are there every step of the way.

Pros

We have 18 different college websites that we manage through OmniCMS and I was on the RFP team that chose the product, I've been a daily user, and now I oversee strategy and operations, and I can say without a doubt that our websites wouldn't be as successful as they are without OmniCMS. From set up, to training, to customer service and roll out of new products, the team from Omni are there every step of the way.

Cons

We're a little different than most systems, so we need some special features that Omni doesn't currently offer. But...the Omni team is working to get us those features, so they're making lemonade out of lemons!