--- title: "San José State University: Supercharging Website Digital Engagement with Modern Campus CMS + Catalog" description: “ Modern Campus Catalog is more than a catalog—it’s a marketing tool, recruitment tool, and student engagement tool rolled into one. To be an efficient and image: https://moderncampus.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/case-study-thumbnails-sanjose-Mar-20-2026-07-51-47-8840-PM.jpg --- [Skip to content](https://moderncampus.com/success-stories/san-jose-state-university-supercharging-website-digital-engagement-with-omni-cms-acalog#main-content) [![modern-campus-primary-color-r](https://moderncampus.com/hubfs/modern-campus-primary-color-r.svg) ](https://moderncampus.com/) - Products Web Content Management - [Web Content Management | CMS](https://moderncampus.com/products/web-content-management) - [Career Planning | Career Pathways](https://moderncampus.com/products/career-pathways-planning) Connected Curriculum & Co-Curricular - [Catalog Management | Catalog](https://moderncampus.com/products/catalog-management) - [Curriculum Management | Curriculum ](https://moderncampus.com/products/curriculum-management) - [Class Schedule Management | Schedule](https://moderncampus.com/products/class-schedule-management) - [Student Schedule Optimization | Navigate](https://moderncampus.com/products/student-schedule-optimization) - [Student Co-Curricular Management | Involve](https://moderncampus.com/products/student-engagement-and-learning-platform) - [Career Planning | Career Pathways](https://moderncampus.com/products/career-pathways-planning) - [Syllabus Management | Concourse Syllabus](https://moderncampus.com/partnerships/concourse-syllabus) Student Engagement & Involvement - [Student Co-Curricular Management | Involve](https://moderncampus.com/products/student-engagement-and-learning-platform) - [Conversational Text Messaging | Message](https://moderncampus.com/products/conversational-text-messaging-message) - [Career Planning | Career Pathways](https://moderncampus.com/products/career-pathways-planning) Continuing Education & Workforce Development - [Non-Traditional Student Management | Lifelong Learning](https://moderncampus.com/products/non-traditional-student-management) - [Career Planning | Career Pathways](https://moderncampus.com/products/career-pathways-planning) - Solutions - [Improve Enrollment](https://moderncampus.com/solutions/improve-enrollment) - [Drive Engagement](https://moderncampus.com/solutions/drive-engagement) - [Streamline Staff Operations](https://moderncampus.com/solutions/streamline-staff-operations) - [Improve Student Retention](https://moderncampus.com/solutions/improve-student-retention) - Services Professional Services - [Services](https://moderncampus.com/services) Design Services - [Design Studio](https://moderncampus.com/services/design-studio) - [Support ](https://moderncampus.com/support) - Resources - [Resource Center](https://resources.moderncampus.com/) - [Blog](https://moderncampus.com/blog) - [Illumination Podcast](https://moderncampus.com/podcast) - [Success Stories](https://moderncampus.com/success-stories) - [Web Events](https://moderncampus.com/web-events) - [Conferences & Trade Shows](https://moderncampus.com/conferences-and-tradeshows) - [Canadian User Summit](https://userconference.moderncampus.com/canadiansummit) - [The EvoLLLution](https://moderncampus.com/evolllution) - About - [Our Story](https://moderncampus.com/our-story) - [Leadership](https://moderncampus.com/leadership) - [Newsroom](https://moderncampus.com/newsroom) - [Partners](https://moderncampus.com/about/partners) - [Careers](https://moderncampus.com/careers) - [Contact Us](https://moderncampus.com/contact-us) [ Request a Demo ](https://moderncampus.com/request-demo) … × - Products Back ### Products Web Content Management - [Web Content Management | CMS](https://moderncampus.com/products/web-content-management) - [Career Planning | Career Pathways](https://moderncampus.com/products/career-pathways-planning) Connected Curriculum & Co-Curricular - [Catalog Management | Catalog](https://moderncampus.com/products/catalog-management) - [Curriculum Management | Curriculum ](https://moderncampus.com/products/curriculum-management) - [Class Schedule Management | Schedule](https://moderncampus.com/products/class-schedule-management) - [Student Schedule Optimization | Navigate](https://moderncampus.com/products/student-schedule-optimization) - [Student Co-Curricular Management | Involve](https://moderncampus.com/products/student-engagement-and-learning-platform) - [Career Planning | Career Pathways](https://moderncampus.com/products/career-pathways-planning) - [Syllabus Management | Concourse Syllabus](https://moderncampus.com/partnerships/concourse-syllabus) Student Engagement & Involvement - [Student Co-Curricular Management | Involve](https://moderncampus.com/products/student-engagement-and-learning-platform) - [Conversational Text Messaging | Message](https://moderncampus.com/products/conversational-text-messaging-message) - [Career Planning | Career Pathways](https://moderncampus.com/products/career-pathways-planning) Continuing Education & Workforce Development - [Non-Traditional Student Management | Lifelong Learning](https://moderncampus.com/products/non-traditional-student-management) - [Career Planning | Career Pathways](https://moderncampus.com/products/career-pathways-planning) - Solutions Back ### Solutions - [Improve Enrollment](https://moderncampus.com/solutions/improve-enrollment) - [Drive Engagement](https://moderncampus.com/solutions/drive-engagement) - [Streamline Staff Operations](https://moderncampus.com/solutions/streamline-staff-operations) - [Improve Student Retention](https://moderncampus.com/solutions/improve-student-retention) - Services Back ### Services Professional Services - [Services](https://moderncampus.com/services) Design Services - [Design Studio](https://moderncampus.com/services/design-studio) - Support Back ### Support - [Simple Menu Item ](https://moderncampus.com/in-the-news) - [Simple Menu Item 2](https://moderncampus.com/in-the-news) - [Simple Menu Item 3](https://moderncampus.com/in-the-news) - Resources Back ### Resources - [Resource Center](https://resources.moderncampus.com/) - [Blog](https://moderncampus.com/blog) - [Illumination Podcast](https://moderncampus.com/podcast) - [Success Stories](https://moderncampus.com/success-stories) - [Web Events](https://moderncampus.com/web-events) - [Conferences & Trade Shows](https://moderncampus.com/conferences-and-tradeshows) - [Canadian User Summit](https://userconference.moderncampus.com/canadiansummit) - [The EvoLLLution](https://moderncampus.com/evolllution) - About Back ### About - [Our Story](https://moderncampus.com/our-story) - [Leadership](https://moderncampus.com/leadership) - [Newsroom](https://moderncampus.com/newsroom) - [Partners](https://moderncampus.com/about/partners) - [Careers](https://moderncampus.com/careers) - [Contact Us](https://moderncampus.com/contact-us) [ Request a Demo ](https://moderncampus.com/request-demo) ![](https://moderncampus.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/case-study-thumbnails-sanjose-Mar-20-2026-07-51-47-8840-PM.jpg) Share This Post # San José State University: Supercharging Website Digital Engagement with Modern Campus CMS + Catalog --- “ ### **M**odern Campus Catalog is more than a catalog—it’s a marketing tool, recruitment tool, and student engagement tool rolled into one. To be an efficient and effective university, you need Catalog. **Sarah Schraeder**Curriculum and Academic Program Analyst, San José State University ##### Sarah Schraeder Curriculum and Academic Program Analyst  ![Sarah Schraeder](https://moderncampus.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/sarah-schraeder-modified-Mar-20-2026-07-51-49-8534-PM.png?width=200&height=200&name=sarah-schraeder-modified-Mar-20-2026-07-51-49-8534-PM.png) [www.sjsu.edu](https://www.sjsu.edu/)  Catalog: [https://catalog.sjsu.edu/](https://catalog.sjsu.edu/)  - **36,000** students - **4,300** employees - **250** areas of study - **Four** year public university  The old San José State University course catalog was a relic created in the 1990s with an outdated format based on a fixed template. There was no user interaction, only lists of class descriptions for students to scroll through. If a change was needed, it had to be made on every page—global editing didn’t exist. Even worse, final changes could only be approved by the external developer, which posed a real problem when they weren’t available.   “When we had urgent updates that needed to take place immediately, we had to patiently wait for a response from the external developer. With Catalog, I click a button and the update is published,” said Sarah Schraeder, SJSU’s Curriculum and Academic Analyst. As long-time users of Modern Campus CMS, Schraeder and her team were accustomed to the flexibility, ease-of-use and seamless integration provided by Modern Campus CMS. *Why couldn’t a catalog tool provide them with the same web governance, easy features and dynamic interaction?*   Watching a Catalog demo sealed the deal. Catalog is a best-in-class, interactive catalog management software that lets you connect campus systems and websites directly into your catalog. In less than five months, Catalog was fully integrated into the university’s system. With a host of features, the new catalog tool makes it quicker and easier for Schraeder and her team to create, publish and maintain San José State’s course catalog.     With Catalog, they can:   - Add permalinks so that if students click on a course, they quickly see the course description, prerequisites, and other related information. - Tag specific topics, programs, certifications and tracks to make filtering easier. - Migrate and import content with ease from departments across campus. - Make global edits instead of having to hunt for every page that needs an update. - Control version auditing so that users know who made changes, when and why.  Catalog also transformed students into power users with all the information they need to plan their college careers found in one easy-to-access catalog.   “Our students and users now interact with catalog information in much more dynamic ways than they could before,” said Schraeder.   ## Results  - Easily manage a catalog for 36,000 students with three staff members.   - Improves accessibility that meets WCAG 2.1 standards.  - Dynamic, searchable catalog with content that’s easy-to-find.  - Greater reach as the catalog can now be crawled by Google Analytics.  - Easily export catalog excerpts to share with Veteran’s Affairs Office and TES.  ## Conclusion  “With our old catalog, it felt as if we were in the wrong century,” Schraeder said. “With Catalog, we have entered the 21st century. Modern Campus Catalog takes our catalog to the next level.” ![Book a demo now!](https://moderncampus.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/acalog-demo-image-Mar-20-2026-07-51-48-6116-PM.png?width=268&height=230&name=acalog-demo-image-Mar-20-2026-07-51-48-6116-PM.png) ## Connect websites, campus systems, and students with your intuitive catalog. Schedule a personal demo now. [Request a demo](https://moderncampus.com/request-demo.html)   [![Western Illinois University Boosts Student Engagement with Points](https://moderncampus.com/hubfs/western-illinois-university-social-card.png) ](https://moderncampus.com/success-stories/western-illinois-university-boosts-student-engagement-with-points) [Western Illinois University Boosts Student Engagement with Points](https://moderncampus.com/success-stories/western-illinois-university-boosts-student-engagement-with-points) [Learn More →](https://moderncampus.com/success-stories/western-illinois-university-boosts-student-engagement-with-points) [![Central Oregon Community College Triples Engagement with Its Website](https://moderncampus.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/case-study-preview-central-oregon-community-college-Mar-20-2026-07-52-39-6504-PM.jpg) ](https://moderncampus.com/success-stories/central-oregon-community-college-triples-website-engagement) [Central Oregon Community College Triples Engagement with Its Website](https://moderncampus.com/success-stories/central-oregon-community-college-triples-website-engagement) [Learn More →](https://moderncampus.com/success-stories/central-oregon-community-college-triples-website-engagement) [![Reimagining Family Registrations: Transforming the parent experience at Harper College](https://moderncampus.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/family-registrations-Mar-20-2026-07-57-28-4317-PM.png) ](https://moderncampus.com/success-stories/reimagining-family-registrations-transforming-the-parent-experience-at-harper-college) [Reimagining Family Registrations: Transforming the parent experience at Harper College](https://moderncampus.com/success-stories/reimagining-family-registrations-transforming-the-parent-experience-at-harper-college) [Learn More →](https://moderncampus.com/success-stories/reimagining-family-registrations-transforming-the-parent-experience-at-harper-college) ## Connect with us to learn how Modern Campus can drive transformation at your institution! [ Connect with Us ](https://moderncampus.com/request-demo) ![modern-campus-white-r](https://moderncampus.com/hubfs/Modern%20Campus%202025/modern-campus-white-r.svg) Quick Links - [About Us](https://moderncampus.com/our-story) - [Customer Support](https://moderncampus.com/support) - [The EvoLLLution](https://moderncampus.com/evolllution) Contact Information [ 2482 Yonge Street #1366 Toronto, Ontario M4P 2H5 ](https://www.google.com/maps/dir//2482+Yonge+St+%231366%2C+Toronto%2C+ON+M4P+2H5%2C+Canada/@28.4431037%2C-82.5237204%2C1116m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m10!4m9!1m1!4e2!1m5!1m1!1s0x882b3323cebd384b:0x7fed5639eea15350!2m2!1d-79.3996504!2d43.7116304!3e0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTExMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) [ 330 N Lantana St Suite 28 PMB 1014 Camarillo, CA 93010 ](https://www.google.com/maps/dir//248https://share.google/8dOl6dh95vfPRhB5ranada/@28.4431037%2C-82.5237204%2C1116m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m10!4m9!1m1!4e2!1m5!1m1!1s0x882b3323cebd384b:0x7fed5639eea15350!2m2!1d-79.3996504!2d43.7116304!3e0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTExMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) [ (416) 480-0500 ](tel:+14164800500) [ (866) 403-0500 ](tel:+18664030500) [ Contact Sales ](mailto:sales@moderncampus.com) [ Contact Support ](mailto:support@moderncampus.com) [ Contact Finance ](mailto:billingsmcusa@moderncampus.com) Connect with Us Keep up with what's happening around campus. Join Our Mailing List Get the latest delivered to your inbox! © 2026 Modern Campus is a registered trademark of Modern Campus USA Inc. All rights reserved. [Privacy Policy](https://moderncampus.com/about/privacy-policy.html) | [Accessibility](https://moderncampus.com/about/accessibility.html) ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Reuben Pressman", "url" : "https://moderncampus.com/success-stories/author/admin" }, "dateModified" : "2026-03-20T19:54:38.229Z", "datePublished" : "2025-03-05T05:00:00.000Z", "headline" : "San José State University: Supercharging Website Digital Engagement with Modern Campus CMS + Catalog", "image" : [ "https://moderncampus.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/case-study-thumbnails-sanjose-Mar-20-2026-07-51-47-8840-PM.jpg" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://moderncampus.com/success-stories/san-jose-state-university-supercharging-website-digital-engagement-with-omni-cms-acalog", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://moderncampus.com/hubfs/modern-campus-r-blue-@12x.png" }, "name" : "Modern Campus" } } ```