Highland Community College Selects Explorance Blue to Modernize and Streamline Course Evaluation Processes

Montreal, QC – June 2026 – Explorance, a global leader in feedback analytics, is pleased to announce that Highland Community College has selected Explorance Blue to transform its course evaluation processes through a flexible, integrated, and data-driven approach.

As part of its digital transformation strategy, Highland Community College sought to transition from paper-based evaluations to an online solution to provide greater flexibility, improve reporting capabilities, and better serve stakeholders across the institution.

The college was looking to address several key challenges, including creating a smooth transition from paper to digital evaluations, providing greater flexibility around faculty evaluation schedules, and integrating evaluation processes with existing systems such as Moodle and Ellucian.

After evaluating available solutions, Highland Community College selected Explorance Blue for its ability to support a comprehensive approach to teaching effectiveness and institutional assessment.

Several factors influenced Highland's decision to partner with Explorance:

• Comprehensive Teaching Evaluation Framework – Explorance Blue enables the college to streamline course evaluations, faculty self-evaluations, and classroom observations within a single platform, supporting the creation of holistic teaching evaluation reports.
• Seamless Moodle Integration – By integrating directly with Moodle, the institution can improve response rates and simplify the evaluation experience for students and faculty.
• Automated Processes Through Ellucian Ethos Integration – Integration with Ellucian via Ethos will automate the evaluation lifecycle, from data collection through reporting, reducing administrative effort and increasing operational efficiency.

With Blue, Highland Community College will establish a centralized evaluation process that connects course evaluations, faculty self-assessments, and classroom observations within a single system. This will help reduce manual administrative tasks, improve access to evaluation data, and provide stakeholders with more timely insights to support decision-making and faculty development.

About Highland Community College

Highland Community College is a public institution serving students across Northeast Kansas. Founded in 1858 as Highland University, it is recognized as the first college established in Kansas. With multiple locations throughout the region and online learning options, Highland Community College is committed to providing accessible, high-quality education that meets the needs of students, employers, and the communities it serves.

Learn more: https://www.highlandcc.edu/

About Explorance

Founded in Montreal in 2003, Explorance is a global feedback analytics company that helps organizations listen deeply, act confidently, and grow meaningfully.

Explorance supports over 1,000 organizations in more than 50 countries, including 30% of the world’s top universities and 25% of the Fortune 500. Explorance offers purpose-built platforms such as Blue, MLY, MTM, and BlueX, along with expert services in change management and analytics consulting.

With over 25 million users and more than 2 billion feedback data points, Explorance empowers institutions to enhance teaching effectiveness, employee engagement, and learning impact. With over two decades of innovation and a 95%+ customer retention rate, Explorance is recognized by Gartner, the QS Reimagine Education Awards, the Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards, and Great Place to Work®.

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