Anthology Beacon Reviews & Product Details

I haven't been able to log into my account so I'm unable to judge this with any degree of accuracy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

They have the most annoying automated phone robot out of any company I have ever contacted before. Firstly, the robot asks for the product you are calling about, I am a student trying to log in and the only information on the login page that would relate to a product is "Campus Labs is now Anthology", after trying Campus labs and Anthology many times the machine keeps saying that it does not recognize the product. After about a minute of the machine annoyingly repeating itself over and over, it says "sorry we do not recognize the product; All representatives are busy please leave a message". I still have not heard back from anyone. To summarize, The voice of the robot is poor, proper voice actions were not put in place, and it refuses to even atempt to connect you to a representative if prompts are answered incorrectly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recently, our University switched from OrgSync to Engage which is a software provided via Campus Labs. It has been a great central hub for us to collect information on both student organizations and departments. We are able to collect more data than before, including full rosters of organization members, positions held with the organization, student ID information which can be scanned in at events, and even org advisor information. For departments, we are able to categorize whether the groups are staff based, faculty based, college division or athletics, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A few of things that we have disliked is that the API has not been great at feeding into our other programs, such as EMS. The feed can be a little tricky. When successfully working, we are able to capture all of this data - whether groups are current or expired, who the current officers and members are, whether an employee switched departments, etc. - and use it for processing events on campus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The platform is great for managing student organizations and the Paths feature is a game changer for tracking program requirements. The event check in app is a cool new feature that has streamlined a lot of processes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The number of clicks it takes to manage an organization page is a little frustrating. Some of the features are not intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Campus labs is a powerful piece of software, allowing users to gather data from students and staff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Campus labs takes some serious time to figure out all the nuances. It is not something you can quickly pickup and use. Exporting data in a usable format is difficult, and never quite exactly how you want it exported. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I'm a big fan of how Org Sync makes use of its user-friendly platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like that signing in is more challenging than it needs to be Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We use this software for my sorority. We use it to communicate with each other, upload/store documents, create quizzes and polls. It's an excellent method to keep contact with an organization and big as ours. I also appreciate the discussion boards/messaging system. Love this software because it can do a lot with a click of a button. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There really isn't anything I dislike about using this software. The only downside is that I have some issues with the site via mobile devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Orgsync tries to manage events and student communication. It has the basic features you would want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Orgsync is pretty limited though,

1. You can't configure it to use your own domain name (i.e. events.myschooladdress.edu.)

2. Active Directory access is limited so students have to "opt in" to use it.

3. Emails don't have any tracking so you don't know if they have any impact and minimal design options (html support is limited).

4. It's difficult to integrate with students existing calendars.

5. Creating a simple sign-up form for an event as a department (organization, according to orgsync) is very unintuitive so most departments forgo the process and use tools like Google forms, mailchimp, etc.

At our institution, campus buy-in has not been successful because of these and other issues.

I wouldn't recommend this software to anyone. Do yourself a favor and research your alternatives well before signing a contract. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that we can have separate umbrellas and portals to separate the different kinds of orgs we have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The system is hard for first-time users to figure out and could be more intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There's a really easy way to take attendance for things like class and club meetings. Students just swipe in their ID and it will track who was there, at what time, and how many credit hours they're receiving. It can also email students letting them know that their attendance was marked, and there is a way to email all participants from the meeting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It could be a little more user friendly. As a leader of a university club and a student teacher, it works really well for my purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I liked the vast variety of what can be accomplished using the program. It is a great centralized space to connect students with organizations and vice versa. Students were able to find organizations, ask questions and learn more about how to get involved. I also liked how it kept track of the students activities for them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Became complicated at times, hard to navigate the system. Would often find myself lost and not sure how to get back or get to what I was looking for. Getting all of the students and organizations set up was a lengthy process. In the beginning we had to have the students fill out a paper form for their community service, turn it in and then we would manually have to enter all of their hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.