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Charting an AI “Middle Path”

I was recently asked why Unicon doesn’t specifically market a Generative AI-focused offering. Surely, especially given the endless stream of breathless headlines, there must be ...
Daniel McCallum
Daniel McCallum

What is LTI Advantage Data?

The fundamental idea behind the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standard is to provide a specific way for edtech vendors to build their applications such that they can ...
Mary Gwozdz
Mary Gwozdz

InCommon Trusted Access Platform: midPoint vs Grouper

Every organization is different, but they can often find a bit of common ground in the challenges they face, and the methods they use to overcome them. Much like the need for a ...
Jim Beard
Jim Beard

EdTech Integrations Simplified

Let’s say you need to get 10s or even 100s of thousands of students and educators securely into multiple applications every day in order to facilitate teaching and learning. Each ...
Carrie Vail
Carrie Vail

D2L Analytics: Data Extraction to the Unizin Data Platform (UDP)

In the last few years, the capabilities to analyze data and do amazing things with it have grown exponentially. For decades, the education sector has been storing usage data in ...
Diego del Blanco
Diego del Blanco

Measurably Effective Content: Learner Engagement and Curiosity

It’s 2023, and the online learning landscape has evolved greatly over the last decade. Especially in the post-pandemic era we find ourselves in, our tooling options for creating ...
Phillip Ball
Phillip Ball

Latest Blogs

Talent Spotlight - Abhishek Parmar

Kate Valenti: Our business is about our people. When we think about all of the innovation that has happened over the 30+ year lifespan of the firm, all of the solutions and the ...
Abhishek Parmar
Abhishek Parmar

Talent Spotlight - Tammie Helmick

Kate Valenti: Tammie, thank you so much for sitting with me today to talk through your experience and to share some insights. In my experience, there are two kinds of talent ...
Tammie Helmick
Tammie Helmick

Talent Spotlight - Ajay Seetharaman

Kate Valenti: Ajay, thank you so much for sitting down with me today. I’m looking forward to learning more about your background. To get started, tell me about the path your ...
Ajay Seetharaman
Ajay Seetharaman

The Future of Data Interoperability in Education

Education’s shift to a digital-first landscape has created an ecosystem of abundant, but ultimately disjointed, data. Students’ credentials, whether degrees, certifications, or ...
Rob Nield
Rob Nield

A Strategic Guide to Choosing the Right EdTech Partner

Technology has never been more important for improving student outcomes, streamlining operations, and enhancing digital learning experiences across K-20 institutions. But ...
Kenna Ose
Kenna Ose

5 ways to accelerate your Higher Ed data governance strategy

Colleges and universities are challenged by both the quantity of data they manage and making that data useful, trustworthy, and secure. At many institutions, data governance ...
The Unicon Team
The Unicon Team

Unicon's Data and Analytics Services

At Unicon, our Data and Analytics services empower organizations to make data-driven decisions that drive meaningful outcomes. We don’t just focus on technical execution—we’re ...
The Unicon Team
The Unicon Team

Unicon's Cloud Services

Outsourcing cloud initiatives offers businesses a strategic way to achieve cost efficiency, scalability, and enhanced infrastructure reliability. Whether you're aiming to optimize ...
The Unicon Team
The Unicon Team

Talent Spotlight - Robert Nield

Kate Valenti: Hi Rob, thank you so much for taking time to sit down with me today. I know you’ll have lots of insightful things to share, so let’s jump in. You’re a technical ...
Rob Nield
Rob Nield

Latest Case Studies

Implementing Midpoint at Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College faced the challenge of rapidly transitioning from an outdated identity management system due to pressing licensing issues. With Unicon’s expertise, the college ...
The Unicon Team
The Unicon Team

Cloud-Based Identity Provider Solution for a Large Educational Institution

A large educational institution sought to modernize and enhance its digital identity and access management (IAM) infrastructure to provide a seamless, secure, and scalable ...
The Unicon Team
The Unicon Team

Using Data Aggregation Tools for Better Decision-Making | Unicon, Inc.

With the shift to remote learning, online views into student performance are more important than ever. In a classroom, teachers can assess who needs help and who needs to be ...
The Unicon Team
The Unicon Team

Online Course Design: From Static Content to Effective Online Learning

The Human Resources (HR) profession requires specialized education in a variety of disciplines. Certifications in key areas demonstrate employees’ proficiency to their employers ...
The Unicon Team
The Unicon Team

Building a Technology Platform for the Future

In businesses with a high degree of human-to-human connection, it is especially important to use technology in a way that doesn’t take the focus from the things that matter. In ...
The Unicon Team
The Unicon Team

K-12 Reading Comprehension: An Online Tool for Lifelong Reading

Trying to get children to read — especially when they would rather be outside swinging from the monkey bars or inside playing games on their devices— is no easy task for parents ...
The Unicon Team
The Unicon Team