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Alliant Acronyms and Terminology

CNS - Campus Nexus Student
Our current student information system (SIS) is Campus Nexus Student (aka, CNS).  Previous iterations of CNS were called CampusVue. CNS replaced our previous student system, Jenzabar Cx.

CX - Short for Jenzabar CX
Our previous student information system (SIS). This was replaced by Campus Nexus Student (CNS) in January of 2020.

LMS - Learning Management System
A learning management system is a software application that manages the course offerings of a university in an online setting. Our current LMS is Canvas.

SIS - Student Information System
The software package that manages student data, including registration,  course offerings, grading, attendance course offerings, schedules and other student-related activities.  Our current SIS is Campus Nexus Student (CNS).

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