Accuracy is Easy with the CourseLeaf Data Model
In higher education, disconnected systems often lead to inconsistent data, registration errors, and manual cleanup. Data accuracy is critical to institutional accreditation requirements and to ensure students have the information they need to complete their program on time. The CourseLeaf Data Model solves this by serving as a centralized, intelligent layer that keeps curriculum, catalog, scheduling, and registration data in sync with your Student Information System (SIS)—accurately and in real time.
What Is the CourseLeaf Data Model?
The CourseLeaf Data Model is a purpose-built data framework designed for academic operations. It ensures that critical data—like course details, credit hours, prerequisites, section info, and registration rules—flows seamlessly between CourseLeaf’s software modules and your SIS.
Unlike basic APIs or one-way feeds, the CourseLeaf Data Model does more than move data. It understands how academic data is structured and how it should behave across your systems. This allows CourseLeaf to create intuitive course forms that are easy for your administrators and faculty to use.
The Data Model pre-populates your forms which are dynamic and streamlined to ensure users only see the fields applicable to their request. Workflows are intuitive based on the data entered, which ensures the right approval workflow is triggered to align with institutional governance requirements. The Data Model then translates that information into your more complex SIS fields and tables, giving your team an easy experience while ensuring data integrity within your SIS.
What Makes the CourseLeaf Data Model Unique?
Designed for Higher Ed Complexity
CourseLeaf isn’t a generic integration platform. Its data model is built specifically to support complex academic data like variable credits, cross-listed courses, and instructional methods.
Deep SIS Integration
CourseLeaf’s data model doesn’t just connect to your SIS - it speaks its language. Whether you use Banner, Workday Student, PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, or another system, CourseLeaf maps data intelligently and ensures it’s formatted and validated correctly. CourseLeaf's proprietary integration with Banner and PeopleSoft Campus Solutions integrates with more fields than other vendor solutions.
Smart, Customizable Data Mapping
Institutions have unique workflows, policies, and terminology. CourseLeaf’s data model adapts to your environment—automating how data is cleaned, translated, and applied across systems.
Why It Matters
When data flows effortlessly, institutions operate more efficiently and students get the information they need to plan, register, and graduate on time.
With the CourseLeaf Data Model, you can:
- Prevent data mismatches and registration errors
- Reduce manual data entry and approval delays
- Make it easy and intuitive to create and update curriculum, helping ensure accuracy for your accreditation requirements
- Improve collaboration between departments
- Adapt quickly to SIS transitions and policy changes
Ready to Clean Up Your Campus Data?
Let CourseLeaf help you modernize your academic data infrastructure.
With our unique data model and deep SIS expertise, you’ll save time, reduce errors, and support a better student experience.