{"id":2274,"date":"2024-02-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2024\/02\/20\/streamline-messaging-with-dynamics-365-customer-insights\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T23:04:08","slug":"streamline-messaging-with-dynamics-365-customer-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2024\/02\/streamline-messaging-with-dynamics-365-customer-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"Streamline messaging with Dynamics 365 Customer Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\nIt\u2019s important for us to know where each of our students are in their lifecycle journeys and engage with them where they are in their preferred channels. To do that proactively and at scale, we needed technologies that are flexible and can grow with the university. <\/p>\nTony C. Chung, Chief Information Officer, California State University San Marcos<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
College students have to navigate an array of requirements throughout their academic career. From course registration all the way to ordering a hood and gown, successful completion of a 2- or 4-year degree depends on more than just going to class and studying: Students must adhere to financial aid deadlines, administrative holds, or other unfamiliar processes to walk across the stage at the end of their journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Higher education institutions are increasingly relying on digital messaging to ensure students accomplish necessary tasks while enrolled, but not always in effective ways. According to the Education Advisory Board (EAB), communication departments send a barrage of messages<\/a> the moment an application is received and continue until after the student matriculates. This often creates \u201cwhite noise\u201d due to the large number of messages sent to students. Students often report that their college\u2019s messages: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Occur too frequently. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Contain duplicative or inconsistent information. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Follow a generic format with actions that are easy to ignore. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Use communication channels that aren\u2019t often checked. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The result? Students skip or disregard critical updates that can cause them to fall behind or derail their academic progress. This is especially problematic for first-generation students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Administrators at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) adopted Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Insights<\/a> to provide personalized, timely communication throughout their students\u2019 academic experience. With additional help from Microsoft\u2019s AI-powered Copilot for Dynamics 365 in Customer Insights, officials were able to avoid the white noise that characterizes communication from so many other institutions and deliver just-in-time information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Transforming student engagement through unified communications and AI-powered personalization\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n