Higher education technology
Higher-ed technology covers the LMS, SIS, collaboration tools, and integration layer that keep a college or university operating. The hard part isn't picking each tool — it's making them work together.
What does higher education technology cover?
Higher education technology — sometimes called higher-ed tech or academic technology — is the digital infrastructure that supports teaching, learning, and academic administration in colleges, universities, and CEGEPs. It includes the LMS, the SIS, collaborative platforms, classroom AV, identity systems, library systems, and the integration software that ties them all together.
At the institutional scale, the most underestimated piece is the integration layer. Picking a great LMS is easy — keeping it synchronized with the SIS as students enroll, drop, swap sections, and graduate is where institutions lose hundreds of IT hours per term.
The technology stack at scale
- Identity and SSO — Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace identity, CAS, Shibboleth, OIDC.
- Student information system — Jenzabar, PeopleSoft, Banner, Workday Student, Omnivox, Clara, COBA.
- Learning management — Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard Learn, D2L Brightspace.
- Collaboration — Microsoft Teams for Education, Google Workspace for Education.
- Integration / sync — software that connects the SIS to learning and collaboration platforms.
- Compliance and governance — Law 25, GDPR, PIPEDA — audit logs, data processing agreements, vulnerability management.
- Analytics and insights — engagement analytics, retention, learning analytics.
LS2's technology focus
LS2 develops the integration and class-management layer on top of the rest of the stack. Three products:
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