Too many handoffs
Routine academic processes require data to move between systems, teams, and spreadsheets.
A product of Inner Cloud
One platform for teaching, learning, and academic administration.
Nova unifies learning management and student information workflows so institutions can manage courses, enrollment, student records, communication, and academic operations in one secure environment.
The institutional challenge
Disconnected systems create unnecessary friction.
Separate LMS and SIS products often depend on plugins, manual processes, spreadsheets, exports, and fragile integrations. The result can be duplicated data, inconsistent experiences, administrative delays, and greater security complexity.
Fragmented experiences
Students, faculty, and staff navigate different tools, interfaces, and sources of truth.
Integration burden
Technology teams spend valuable time maintaining connections instead of improving services.
The Nova approach
One environment. Shared data. Better experiences.
Rather than transferring information between products, Nova is designed so learning and administrative workflows operate within the same secure cloud platform.
- Unified by design
- Educator-centered workflows
- Secure and scalable cloud operations
- Accessible, welcoming experiences
Platform capabilities
Connected tools for the full academic experience.
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Learning and course delivery
Course content, assignments, discussions, grading, resources, announcements, and faculty workflows.
02
Student information and records
Student profiles, academic history, programs, enrollment status, records, and reporting.
03
Enrollment and registration
Terms, course offerings, sections, registration, capacity, deadlines, and enrollment visibility.
04
Communication and engagement
Course communication, notifications, announcements, and institution-wide messaging.
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Academic administration
Shared workflows for registrars, faculty, academic leadership, student services, and administrators.
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Secure cloud operations
Role-based access, protected data, scalable infrastructure, monitoring, backups, and managed support.
Designed around real institutional work
Informed by the experience of United Theological Seminary.
Nova’s development includes evaluating academic technology, identifying friction in day-to-day workflows, and designing around the needs of students, educators, administrators, and technology teams.
Students
A clearer experience for courses, registration, communication, academic information, and progress.
Faculty
Integrated teaching tools, course administration, grading, communication, and relevant student information.
Staff
Shared workflows for enrollment, records, courses, terms, communication, and reporting.
Technology teams
Fewer fragile integrations, consistent data, centralized access, and managed cloud operations.
Evaluation guide
Questions to ask when reviewing an LMS or SIS.
How many integrations are required for routine workflows?
Where is information duplicated or manually transferred?
Can users move between learning and administrative functions easily?
How are permissions, security, accessibility, and institutional data managed?
How much staff time is required to maintain integrations?
Can the platform adapt to the institution’s workflows?
Is the product being designed with meaningful educator involvement?
Imagine academic technology working as one system