QuadC vs Penji
Here's a breakdown of the top features that institutions look for in a Student Success platform:
Top Features |
QuadC |
Penji |
| Early Alerts |  |
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| STEAM-Friendly Teaching Tools | |
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| Video Conferencing & Advanced Whiteboard | |
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| Designed to Support Multiple Sub-Services | |
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| Facilitates Access to Out-Sourced Services | |
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AI for Students and Staff |
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Integrations
Connect with the tools you already use.
It's important for your Student Success Platform to work with the tools that you are already using. Penji and QuadC have fully customizable integration services. It can easily integrate with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and WebEx... along with a school's LMS and SIS programs.
Integrations |
QuadC |
Penji |
| Zoom | |
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| Microsoft Teams, WebEx, and Google Calendar | |
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| Student Information System (SIS) | |
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| Learning Management System | |
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Configuration
A customized experience with only the features you need.
If you are managing multiple student success departments, you need a tool that can be configured to your specific needs. Both QuadC and Penji have flexible configuration options.
Configurations |
QuadC |
Penji |
| Tutoring | |
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| Writing Support | |
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| Advising | |
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| Coaching & Mentoring | |
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Video Conferencing
Access a seamless virtual meeting space.
Whether you are overseeing tutoring, counselling, advising, writing center or other departments, your virtual meetings should be a breeze.
Video Conferencing Features |
QuadC |
Penji |
| Video conferencing with audio, video, and text chat, a shared whiteboard, and drawing and math tools | |
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| Ability to teach and practice coding within the whiteboard | |
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| One-to-many video sessions | |
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| Asynchronous & synchronous document editing | |
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| An included eTutoring module with file upload, written response, and email response tools with a dedicated slot-based schedule interface |
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| Access to video recordings of previous tutoring sessions | |
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| STEM-friendly teaching tool | |
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Early Alerts
Tools that allow you to catch problems before they get out of hand.
Early Alerts are now an essential tool for every student support system.
Early Alerts |
QuadC |
Penji |
| Manually triggered | |
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| Automated triggers, case management, assign cases to multiple teams, single-source of truth for student info |
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Administrative Tasks
Administrative tools designed to support staff holistically
From counselling to tutoring, tools should help the school support multiple sub-services.
Administrative Tasks |
QuadC |
Penji |
| Scheduling flexibly operated by self-serve or staff-managed | |
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| Easily configured single-sign-on and LDAP authentication capabilities | |
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| Tracking attendance of students and tutors | |
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| No-show policy tracking, notifications, and enforcement | |
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| Designed to support advising | |
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| Designed to support the writing center | |
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| Designed to support tutoring | |
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| Designed to support counselling | |
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| Designed to support supplemental instruction | |
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Reporting
Advanced-Data to Improve Your School's Performance
Reports which help improve productivity and help staff spend more time with students.
Reporting Features |
QuadC |
Penji |
| Customizable reports with charts, graphs, and statistics which eliminate the need for manual data entry | |
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| Can easily export data into CSV files to share | |
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Student Features
Intuitive student features to increase ease of use
From instant messaging to advanced UX design, students should be able to navigate their support technology easily.
Student Features |
QuadC |
Penji |
| Instant messaging feature between hosts, students, and administrators | |
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| One can easily search for services or tutors in a social media-inspired interface | |
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| Support online sessions | |
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| Support in-person sessions | |
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| Can see a log of all past, current, and upcoming sessions (ie. advising or tutoring) |
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Upcoming, and pending, but not past sessions. Past can only be viewed by the admin |
| Customer tech support | |
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| Daily live seminars for tech support for training and ease of use | |
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| Allows schools to consolidate multiple programs and services | |
To an extent - schools will still need to used video conferencing tools to supplement the ease of use. |
| New features/updates are installed automatically and without additional costs | |
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AI
Access a seamless virtual meeting space.
Whether you are overseeing tutoring, counselling, advising, writing center or other departments, your virtual meetings should be a breeze.
AI |
QuadC |
Penji |
| AI Tutoring Features for Students, Tutors, and Administrators | |
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AI 'Study Buddy' - Supplement to Human Tutors and Instructors, 24/7 Quick Question and Answers (guidance, not direct answer), Practice Quiz, Study Plan, Writing Guide, Writing Review |
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