AMSA Connect enabling real-time data transfers between proprietary software and Moodle LMS

ATLANTA – February 28, 2022 – AMSimpkins & Associates (AMSA) today announced it is providing Sandhills Community College beginning with real-time integration with Moodle LMS. Sandhills Community College is now part of AMSA’s growing family in its Higher EdTech industry client portfolio.

AMSA has more than 100 years of experience in the higher education space, which Sandhills Community College selected as a strategic partner to further the institution’s commitment to consistently provide students, faculty and staff quality education and support. Sandhills Community College identified real-time data, improving campus data integrity and connectivity across its campus as one of the areas AMSimpkins & Associates can bring high quality solutions as a technology partner. The college decided to adopt the AMSA Connect IRM Platform to enable integration between Ellucian Colleague and Moodle LMS. Sandhills Community College also plans to integrate M axient, C onexEd, Barnes and Noble, CFNC (College Foundation of North Carolina), and others. This will improve operational efficiencies and enable Sandhills Community College with real time data that facilitates instant data analysis.

“Sandhills Community College is excited to partner with AMSimpkins & Associates. We had been looking to replace our local custom programs with a more sustainable solution,” said the Chief Information Officer for Sandhills Community College, Roderick Brower. “The AMSA Connect platform shows great potential and has the ability to grow to meet our institution’s changing needs. We look forward to a great and productive partnership.”

AMSA provides the best connectivity and communications options to improve the breakdown of data silos to enhance interdepartmental communication. Through synchronizing multiple systems, AMSA Connect, has helped institutions achieve data transparency and accuracy across university campuses. A centralized platform enables a university to quickly retrieve its data in real time to avoid costly mistakes and provide time, money value savings. By empowering users, AMSA allows them to choose between scheduled data transfers or real-time data transfers.

“We are proud to partner with Sandhills Community College and provide a solution that will help enhance business processes and operations,” said AMSA’s President and founder, Maurice Simpkins. “The university will see substantial financial savings and time. The monies saved can be applied into the university’s education infrastructure. We are honored that Sandhills Community College has chosen AMSA to implement Moodle LMS.”

Benefits of Real-time Data integration between Ellucian Colleague and Moodle LMS:

• Improve student experience: Access to real-time student data within Colleague and Moodle will enable students to enroll in classes quicker and more efficiently. Moodle will be updated in real-time when registrations, drop/adds and other course statuses are completed in Colleague.

• Automate manual processes while eliminating redundant tasks: Courses created in Colleague will be moved in real-time to Moodle and enrollment status will also be correct and up to date.

• Increase accuracy of reporting: With AMSA Connect data in reports will be up to date and will be reflective of the current state of the institution.

For more information about AMSA and to request a demo and learn more about AMSA Connect software, visit a msaconnect.com.

About AMSimpkins & Associates

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, AMSimpkins & Associates (AMSA) is a minority owned IT consulting firm specializing in integration, innovation and automation for organizations and higher education institutions. AMSA’s team specializes in Oracle’s PeopleSoft, Oracle E-Business Suite, Workday and higher education related systems such as Salesforce, Banner by Ellucian and Colleague by Ellucian. AMSA allows software partners the ability to deliver an enterprise-wide integration solution, providing connectivity to operational applications through defined integration platforms and data sources in real time. AMSA Connect IRM, the first software offering from AMSimpkins & Associates, offers a robust integration management platform for providing organizations and institutions insight and enhancement of their integration data and operations.

About Sandhills Community College

Sandhills Community College is a public community college in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Sandhills was chartered in 1963, and officially opened October 1, 1965. It was the first comprehensive community college authorized and established as the result of legislation passed by the 1963 General Assembly of North Carolina..