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Academic Operations Designed for You

CourseLeaf is a cloud-hosted, web-based platform that makes academic operations easier for staff, faculty, and students, while supporting the policies that are unique to your campus. Unlike other vendors, we won't ask you to change your processes for us. CourseLeaf adapts to you!

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CourseLeaf is Intelligent, Adaptive, and Evolutionary

Five Modules, One Holistic Solution

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CourseLeaf offers five software modules that integrate with each other and your system of record to cover everything from course inception through course registration. Start with the modules you need; we’re here to help if and when you’re ready to add more.

Forms that Speak Your Faculty's Language

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CourseLeaf adopts the language and terms that are specific to your campus and pairs it with an intuitive interface that everyone can navigate. We help institutions move from “no one wants to use our software” to faculty and staff all wanting to be involved in the curricular process.

Software that Adapts to Your Processes

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CourseLeaf was built with the advanced capability to adapt to you. We learn your processes and policies and then configure the software so it is exactly what your campus needs, boosting efficiency and accuracy across your entire system.

Workflow that Automatically Knows Who's In and Who's Out

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CourseLeaf’s Intelligent Workflow knows who needs to review content and in what order because it’s uniquely configured in advance to support your practices. This eliminates user errors and cumbersome paper trails, freeing up time for more important tasks.

Features that Drive Student Engagement and Completion

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Your work (and ours) comes down to students. CourseLeaf features help students identify the right career path and select the right classes, leading to a higher level of student engagement, persistence, on-time completion and post-graduation career success.

Integration that Places Your System of Record at the Center of the Universe

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Nobody connects your campus the way we do. CourseLeaf’s Advanced Integration drives accuracy across your entire system, securing your system of record as the source of truth and leading to confidence in data accuracy, more data-driven decisions, and a smoother accreditation process.

CourseLeaf integrates with leading higher education solution providers.

CourseLeaf offers the most advanced bi-directional integration of any academic operations platform on the market. We work closely with our partners at Ellucian and Oracle to provide a comprehensive integration package with Banner, Banner SaaS, and PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, while also supporting Colleague, Workday, homegrown and other platforms. Connectivity with popular learning management systems, room and event scheduling software, labor market data platforms, and more are also options for your campus.

If you have software that isn’t represented in our list, let us know. We are likely to have integration options that will work for your needs.

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Frequently Asked Questions About the CourseLeaf Academic Operations Platform

What is academic operations software?

Academic operations software helps colleges and universities manage the complex processes that support the academic lifecycle. This includes curriculum management, catalog publishing, scheduling, student planning, registration, academic governance, and the data that connects them. By bringing these processes together in a single platform, institutions can reduce manual work, improve collaboration, and adapt more quickly to changing academic priorities.

Why do universities need an academic operations platform?

As institutions face increasing pressure to launch new programs, improve student success, respond to workforce needs, and operate more efficiently, disconnected systems and manual processes can slow progress. An academic operations platform provides a shared foundation for managing academic data, coordinating workflows, and connecting departments. This enables institutions to make informed decisions, streamline operations, and innovate with greater confidence.

What processes does CourseLeaf automate?

CourseLeaf automates many of the most complex academic processes, including curriculum proposal and approval workflows, catalog publishing, class scheduling, syllabus management, student planning, registration, and academic governance. By replacing manual tasks, paper forms, and disconnected spreadsheets with automated workflows and shared academic data, institutions can reduce administrative burden, improve accuracy, and accelerate change.

Does CourseLeaf work with existing campus technology?

Yes. CourseLeaf integrates with leading student information systems, including Ellucian Banner, Banner SaaS, Workday Student, PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, and Ellucian Colleague. The platform is designed to work alongside your existing technology ecosystem, helping institutions maintain trusted academic data while connecting curriculum, catalog, scheduling, registration, and other campus systems.

CourseLeaf also integrates with Room and Event Management Systems like CollegeNET 25Live and Accruent EMS; Degree Audit software like Ellucian Degree Works and Peoplesoft Academic Advancement; Learning Management Systems like Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, and Moodle; and other leading higher education solutions. 

Can institutions implement one module at a time?

Yes. Many institutions begin with a few CourseLeaf solutions, such as Curriculum Management and Academic Catalog, and expand over time as their needs evolve. Because each module shares the same academic data foundation, additional solutions can be added without starting over, allowing institutions to modernize at a pace that aligns with their priorities and resources.

How does CourseLeaf improve academic governance?

CourseLeaf strengthens academic governance by providing standardized workflows, clear approval processes, and complete visibility into academic changes. Faculty, administrators, and leadership can collaborate through configurable approval paths while maintaining transparency, accountability, and an auditable history of every decision. This helps institutions make changes more efficiently while ensuring academic quality and compliance.

What makes CourseLeaf different from point solutions?

Unlike point solutions that address a single process, CourseLeaf provides a connected academic operations platform that links curriculum, catalog, scheduling, registration, student planning, and governance through shared academic data and integrated workflows. This connected approach eliminates duplicate work, reduces inconsistencies, improves collaboration across departments, and gives institutions the flexibility to adapt as priorities change. Rather than solving one problem at a time, CourseLeaf helps institutions modernize the entire academic ecosystem.

What makes CourseLeaf different from other academic operations platforms?

Technology is only part of the solution. CourseLeaf combines a connected academic operations platform with decades of higher education expertise, experienced implementation teams, and long-term client partnerships. Institutions benefit from customizable solutions that fit their unique academic processes, robust and reliable integrations with leading student information systems, and a partner committed to helping them evolve as their needs change.

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Discover how CourseLeaf campuses are thriving.

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Quite simply, we love CourseLeaf.

— George Mason University

We are so happy that we found CourseLeaf and that we no longer have to deal with lackluster service.

— SUNY Morrisville

It’s one of the best investments we have made as an institution.

— Lorain County Community College

We have never regretted choosing CourseLeaf products. No other company compares.

— St. Louis Community College

CourseLeaf technology was miles ahead of the competition.

— Lorain County Community College

CourseLeaf products have greatly improved our institutional processes and information integrity.

— Eastern Washington University

CourseLeaf is a game changer for curriculum.

— St. Louis Community College

CourseLeaf CLSS has revolutionized scheduling at UVU.

— Utah Valley University

CourseLeaf CLSS has helped us to shorten our semester schedule build timeline by roughly six months.

— SUNY Morrisville

CourseLeaf software has made our job in the Registrar's Office much easier and the modules get rave reviews from our end-users!

— Towson University

CourseLeaf PATH has transformed the way our students and advisors discover and select course offerings.

— Brown University

A student finding their academic passion or a life-changing program will be the impact of CourseLeaf PATH.

— University of Pennsylvania

When we signed up with CourseLeaf, we were looking for an integrated catalog and curriculum solution with intuitive functioning, online approval processes, and strong customer service support. And that’s exactly what we got.

— Citrus College

Skidmore students are better informed and better equipped to succeed with CourseLeaf.

— Skidmore College

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