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The Hidden Cost of “Good Enough” Data

“Good enough” data works—until expectations rise. Fragmented foundations slow analytics, weaken trust, and limit AI readiness long before institutions realize it.

Why AI Readiness Starts Long Before the AI Tool

AI readiness isn’t about tools, it starts with unified, governed data that institutions can trust long before AI is deployed.

From Dashboards to Direction

"The bottom line: dashboards are not the destination, they’re just the starting point. Strategic data leadership is about turning information into alignment, and alignment into action."

K16 Solutions Appoints Steve Mildner as Chief Executive Officer

K16 Solutions Appoints Steve Mildner as Chief Executive Officer

Leading with Responsible AI: A Practical Roadmap for Higher Ed Leaders

Leading with responsible AI is a leadership challenge as much as it is a technical one. The institutions that act now in building the data foundations, policies, and human capacity for ethical AI will be the ones that turn the “innovation” buzz word into measurable, institution-wide improvements for students, faculty, and administrators.

The (Not-So) Hidden Cost of Inaction: Why Data Strategy Can’t Wait in Higher Ed

Don’t let a lack of inertia cost your institution more than investing in the right data strategy now.

Using Canvas Archiving as the First Step in Preparing for WCAG Accessibility Remediation

How to Archive Your D2L Brightspace Courses

The Data Divide is Here

"Data fluency isn’t just knowing your way around Excel. It’s a cultural superpower: the ability to turn raw numbers into razor-sharp strategy, tell compelling stories with evidence, and make 'gut calls' backed by predictive models."

Building a Data-Empowered Campus

Building a data-empowered campus is a transformative journey—one that yields accelerated decision-making, stronger student outcomes, and more efficient operations. With K16 Solutions as your partner, you have the guidance, technology, and community support to turn siloed data into your institution’s most powerful strategic asset.

University of the Pacific Selects Scaffold DataX to Strengthen Endowment Fundraising Strategy

University of the Pacific has partnered with Scaffold DataX to enhance its endowment fundraising strategy, leveraging advanced data analytics to optimize donor engagement and drive contributions. This collaboration aims to transform how the university approaches fundraising, ensuring a more targeted and effective strategy. Discover how this innovative partnership could reshape the future of philanthropic efforts at the university and beyond. Read the full article to learn more about the impact of data-driven decision-making in higher education fundraising.

Meeting (and Exceeding) Digital Accessibility Standards

K16 Solutions and OMNIA Simplify Data Warehouse Procurement for Higher Ed

Meharry Medical College Modernizes Data Strategy with Scaffold DataX for Banner SIS and Blackboard LMS

Meharry Medical College Modernizes Data Strategy with Scaffold DataX for Banner SIS and Blackboard LMS

College of Southern Nevada Leverages Canvas Archiving to Fast-Track WCAG Compliance and Save $19.7M in Remediation Costs

With increasing pressure on institutions to meet new WCAG accessibility standards for web content, many universities struggle to update vast amounts of legacy course content. College of Southern Nevada (CSN) believes archiving solutions should be considered a viable and strategic pathway to achieving compliance more efficiently. In this webinar, CSN leaders will share how they…

Higher Ed Visionaries Paul LeBlanc and Jim Milton Invest in K16 Solutions; LeBlanc Joins Board

Today, K16 Solutions, Inc., the industry leader in EdTech for data management and automation, announced a pivotal expansion of its governance and investor base. Dr. Paul J. LeBlanc, former President of Southern New Hampshire University, and Jim Milton, former Chairman and CEO of Anthology and current Chairman of Spear Education, have made investments in K16 Solutions, with LeBlanc also…

San Diego State Improves Student Engagement and Attendance Tracking with Scaffold DataX by K16 Solutions

San Diego State University (SDSU) and K16 Solutions Inc., the industry leader in EdTech for data migration, archiving, and automation, announced a groundbreaking partnership to improve the institution’s data management and analysis significantly. SDSU is using Scaffold DataX, the industry’s first and patented automated data warehouse, to streamline the extraction, consolidation, and analysis of attendance…

DataX: Revolutionizing Financial Planning & Analysis

In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, higher education institutions are under immense pressure to optimize financial resources while delivering exceptional experiences for students. To meet these challenges, higher ed finance leaders need accurate and timely data for effective financial planning and analysis.  Enter Scaffold DataX—a powerful solution designed to transform how institutions manage their financial…

DataX: Technical One Pager for IT leaders

Why Choose Scaffold DataX for Your Institution? Automate your data warehouse and reclaim your team’s time Higher education institutions often struggle with fragmented data, multiple sources of truth, and limited analytical flexibility despite investing in enterprise systems, all while facing the high costs of maintaining a data warehouse. Scaffold DataX bridges these gaps by automating…

University of Louisiana System Embraces Industry’s First Automated Data Warehouse–Scaffold DataX

The University of Louisiana System and K16 Solutions Inc. have unveiled an unprecedented partnership that’s set to revolutionize data management across all UL System institutions. This collaboration will harness the power of Scaffold DataX, the industry’s first and patented automated data warehouse, to streamline the consolidation and analysis of data from various enterprise systems, including Ellucian Banner, Canvas, Workday, and academic…

EDUCAUSE Demo Day: Data Governance & Data Management Solution

Scaffold DataX extracts and unifies data across your enterprise systems, such as LMS, CRM, SIS, and ERP, and solves one of the biggest challenges in higher ed–data accuracy and data accessibility.

The Ultimate Data Quality Checklist for Higher Education

To help navigate the complex landscape of data quality management, we’ve compiled the ultimate data quality checklist tailored for the higher education sector.

7 Ways to Improve Student Data Accessibility in Higher Ed

Here are the implications of limited data accessibility and the steps institutions can take to improve student data accessibility in higher ed.

3 Top Features Your Data Integration Solution Needs

For too long, institutions have worked with fragmented data. Here are 3 top features your data integration solution needs to provide the most value.

What Is Canvas Archiving?

Canvas Archiving powered by K16 Solutions is a solution that allows Canvas customers to archive course content and student data.

K16 Solutions Takes Data Security to the Next Level

K16 Solutions, Inc., the industry leader in EdTech for content and data migration, archiving, and integration, announced today it has been awarded the prestigious ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification through an independent security firm. ISO/IEC 27001:2022, created by the International Organization for Standardization, is the internationally recognized certification for managing information security. This certification reflects the Company’s…

K16 Partners with UCR to Revolutionize Data Management

K16 Solutions, Inc., the industry leader in EdTech for content and data migration, archiving, and integration, announced today its strategic collaboration with the University of California, Riverside (UCR) to develop an advanced data extraction and integration solution. Scaffold DataX by K16 Solutions is a new, cutting-edge solution designed to extract data from an institution’s major…

Scaffold DataX Demo – Overview from the EDUCAUSE Demo Days Event

Learn how Scaffold DataX integrates your LMS and SIS data, places it in a neutral data model, and stores it in a data warehouse FEATURED ON EDUCAUSE Speakers Jordan Scheid Chief Technology Officer K16 Solutions Steve Mildner Chief Operating Officer K16 Solutions Sam Yaghoubi SVP, Partnerships K16 Solutions

How Does AI Detection Work for Universities?

How does AI-detection work? There are four main methods to detect AI writing.

K16 & Instructure Offer Customers a Live Archiving Solution

K16 Solutions, Inc., the industry leader in EdTech for content and data migration and integration, announced today it is expanding its partnership with Instructure, Inc. to offer its Canvas LMS customers a live, state-of-the-art archiving solution. Scaffold Archiving by K16 Solutions is a user-friendly archiving platform that fully integrates with Canvas and allows customers to…

Monroe Community College of SUNY Streamlines Migration to Brightspace and Archives Its Historical Student Data

MCC of SUNY found an automated solution to migrate their course content, plus an archiving solution that integrated with Brightspace.

How Will ChatGPT Impact Higher Education?

ChatGPT has the potential to revolutionize higher education, but these advantages are possible only if institutions use ChatGPT to its greatest potential.

GPTZero & K16 Combine Technologies for AI-Detection Solution

K16 Solutions, Inc., announced today a groundbreaking partnership with GPTZero, Inc., an AI detection solution founded by Edward Tian.

K16 International Growth Leads to Opening of Amsterdam Office

K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for content and data migration, archiving, and integration, announced today it has opened an office in Amsterdam, Netherlands. As K16’s disruptive technology continues to see rapid adoption by institutions across the globe, especially in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) region, the need for an international presence, specifically…

Strategies in Migrating to a New VLE: Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Shares a Successful Approach

HOSTED BY TIMES HIGHER ED Learn how Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota migrated to Canvas and archived student data. To support the migration from two learning management systems (LMS) into a new single LMS, SMUMN leaders sought help for its migration efforts to Canvas. Operating on a lean budget, SMUMN also wanted a cost-effective option…

Strategies for Change Management: How Howard University Led a Successful LMS Migration

A resource page from The Chronicle’s October 2022 webinar: How Howard University Led a Successful LMS Migration

Top 4 Attributes of Successful LMS Platform Migrations

In this guide, we walk through the top 4 attributes of successful LMS platform migrations.

Your Step-by-step Guide for Successful LMS Course Migration

Have you started a new LMS migration project? This guide will break down the step-by-step process you should follow to ensure a successful LMS migration.

K16 Realigns Executive Team for New Enterprise Solution

K16 Solutions, the edtech industry leader for content and data migration and integration, has announced a pivotal realignment within its executive leadership ranks—a change that will help prepare the organization for its soon-to-be-released enterprise solution, which is expected to hit the market later this year. Details about the enterprise solution have not yet been released,…

K16 Announces Relationship with Tyton as Investor and Advisor

K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for content and data migration, announced today it has taken a monumental step toward breaking into new EdTech territory thanks to a strategic relationship with Tyton Partners. Tyton Partners—an investment banking and strategic consulting firm that specializes in, and has significantly shaped, the education technology industry—participated in K16…

How an Automated Process Made Goodwin University’s LMS Migration a Breeze Webinar

HOSTED BY INSIDE HIGHER ED After Goodwin University acquired the University of Bridgeport in early 2021 and inherited many of its academic programs, Goodwin launched a significant LMS migration project. With the University of Bridgeport operating on an entirely different LMS than Goodwin University, Goodwin decided to consolidate all course content onto a single platform.…

K16 Major Milestone – One Million Courses Migrated or Archived

K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for content and data migration and integration, announced a significant milestone today: it is actively migrating or archiving one million online courses using its unprecedented technology, which easily facilitates the movement of content and data to and from different systems. What’s more, this one million course milestone was…

The Great EdTech Audit Roundtable – by MarketScale

Watch this powerful interview hosted by MarketScale, featuring Higher Ed’s most prominent thought-leaders, including K16’s very own, Dr. Thomas Waite! A thought-provoking discussion for edtech enthusiasts, higher-ed administrators, faculty, and more!

Wichita State University Migrates from Blackboard Learn Original to Learn Ultra

HOSTED BY ANTHOLOGY In this webinar, you’ll learn how Wichita State University handled the initial transition of about 30,000 sections —or two years’ worth of courses— to Blackboard’s Learn Ultra from Blackboard Learn Original in just a few months.  Watch the recording or access the slides here! It all started when Wichita State decided to…

K16 and UB Partner on LMS Migration and Data Archiving

K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for Learning Management System (LMS) course migration and archiving, has announced a significant partnership with the University at Buffalo (UB) of the State University of New York system (SUNY). K16 Solutions will migrate the university’s entire library of online course content to D2L’s Brightspace, then archive its historical content and student data…

LMS Migration–Innovation Over Old-School: Solutions Overview from the EDUCAUSE Demo Days Event

Making migration to a new LMS easier, faster, and more accurate. FEATURED ON EDUCAUSE Watch this 45-minute overview of K16 Solutions’ SystemMigration and DataArchiving solutions. You’ll get a broader understanding of how our products and services work–and how we’re changing the landscape in edtech! Speakers STEVE MILDNER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, K16 SOLUTIONS SAM YAGHOUBI SENIOR…

K16 and Panopto Streamline Customer Migration

K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for learning management system (LMS) course migration, student data archiving, and content replacement, today has announced a partnership with Panopto, the leading video management system for higher education. This partnership will streamline the migration process for customers moving to Panopto’s video platform from their legacy provider. Using K16’s…

K16 Streamlines Customers to Kaltura’s Video Platform

K16 Solutions Announces Partnership to Streamline Customers to Kaltura’s Video Platform SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for learning management system (LMS) course migration, and student data archiving, has announced a partnership with Kaltura, the Video Experience Cloud. The partnership centers on helping institutions quickly and easily switch to Kaltura from their…

Tarrant County College Migrates to Canvas with Ease and Accuracy

FEATURED ON INSIDE HIGHER ED Migrating to a new LMS doesn’t have to be difficult. Hear how Tarrant County College made the move to Canvas, easily, accurately, and quickly and how you can too! Speakers Dr. Zarina Blankenbaker President, Tarrant County College – Northwest Dr. Sha-shonda Porter Executive Director of Center for Teaching & Learning,…

K16 & D2L Offer Archiving Services to D2L Brightspace

K16 Solutions & D2L Broaden Partnership to Offer Archiving Services to D2L Brightspace Customers SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for Learning Management System (LMS) course migration and course archiving, has announced that it is deepening its partnership with D2L, a global learning technology leader and the…

Why LMS Migration Requires an Archiving Strategy

Read the featured article published on Inside Higher Ed about how LMS migrations require a meaningful and sophisticated archiving strategy.  Find out why institutions like Loyola University New Orleans, and Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota have decided to archive with Scaffold Archiving – a solution that easily integrates with your LMS and is vastly more…

A 6-Step Process for Managing an LMS Migration

The article A 6-Step Process for Managing and LMS Migration was originally featured on EdSurge the week of August 23rd, 2021.  You can access the infographic below. For any institution thinking about making the move to a new LMS, download the infographic to receive some best-in-class practices from Universities & Colleges that have already gone through…

Archiving Student Data Just Got A Whole Lot Easier: Live Stream Recording

Watch the recorded live stream featuring Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, a Canvas and K16 Solutions customer, to hear how they are using a state-of-the-art solution in Scaffold Archiving to archive student data and course content.  Hosted by Instructure. Saint Mary’s University and many other Canvas customers are finally saying goodbye to paying an arm…

K16 & Instructure Partner to Offer Archiving Services

K16 Solutions & Instructure Expand Partnership to Offer Archiving Services to Customers SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for Learning Management System (LMS) course migration, course design, and course archiving, has announced it’s expanding its partnership with Instructure, the makers of Canvas. This partnership now expands beyond…

Disrupting the LMS Market Through the Power of Sophisticated Technology

In Rod Murray’s Technology and e-Learning Podcast, he sits down with K16 Solutions CEO, Dr. Thomas Waite and CRO, Steve Mildner, to discuss the company’s mission and how their powerful technology is becoming a gaming-changing disruptor in the LMS market.  

Enabling Freedom of Choice for the Higher Ed LMS Market

In this episode of Voices of eLearning, JW Marshall connects with Dr. Thomas Waite and Steve Mildner at K16 Solutions.  The three of them sit down for an informative conversation about the solution for LMS migration and archiving, how to ensure faculty and staff stay the number one priority for education technology changes, and what…

K16 and Blackboard Partner to Streamline LMS Migrations

K16 Solutions and Blackboard Announce Partnership to Streamline LMS Migrations to Learn Ultra SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for learning management system (LMS) course migration, course design, and course archiving, has announced a notable partnership with Blackboard Inc., a leading global EdTech software and solutions company.…

K16 Solutions Helps Coursera Expand Its LMS Ingestion Capabilities

K16 Solutions Helps Coursera Expand Its LMS Ingestion Capabilities SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for Learning Management System (LMS) course migration, course design, and course archiving, has announced a partnership with Coursera, one of the world’s leading online learning platforms. This new partnership will enable Coursera’s…

Migrating from Blackboard Original to Ultra without the migraine

By early 2020, Ottawa University positioned itself to move its courses from Blackboard Original to the new Blackboard Ultra Course Experience. The institution – which serves a diverse mix of undergraduate and adult students both in person at campuses in Kansas, Wisconsin, and Arizona, as well as online – had spent 2018 and 2019 converting its…

K16 Solutions & Open LMS Partner to Provide Institutions with Migration Services

K16 Solutions & Open LMS Partner to Provide Institutions with Migration Services SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for Learning Management System (LMS) course migration, course design, and course archiving, announced a significant partnership agreement with Open LMS, a subsidiary of Learning Technologies Group plc (LTG) and…

K16 Solutions Named Finalist For Prestigious SIIA CODiE Award

K16 Solutions Named Finalist For Prestigious SIIA CODiE Award K16 Solutions Named SIIA Education Technology 2021 CODiE Award Finalist for Best Emerging Education Technology Solution for Administrators Category Press Release: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/  K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for LMS course migration, course design, and course archiving, announced today that Scaffold…

K16 Solutions Announces Partnership With D2L

New Partnership Between K16 Solutions & D2L Paves the Way for Rapid Migrations to Brightspace LMS Press Release: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for LMS course migration, course design, and course archiving, has announced a significant partnership agreement with another LMS company, D2L. This partnership will…

Peak Performance Technologies Invests In K16 Solutions

K16 Solutions Receives Strategic Investment From Prominent EdTech Consulting Firm, Peak Performance Technologies SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — K16 Solutions, the industry leader in LMS course migration, course design, and course archiving, announced today the completion of a strategic investment from Peak Performance Technologies. K16 Solutions Receives Strategic Investment From Prominent EdTech Consulting…

K16 Solutions Announces Breakthrough: Full Blackboard Integration

K16 Solutions announces full integration with Blackboard Press Release: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for LMS migration, course design, and course archiving, announced it has successfully completed all its integrations with the learning management system, Blackboard. With its one-of-a-kind and revolutionary Scaffold technology, K16 Solutions becomes…

K16 Solutions Partners with Loyola University New Orleans for Archiving

K16 Solutions partners with Loyola University New Orleans Again for Its LMS Needs – Archiving Student Data Press Release: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for LMS migration, course design, and now the first of its kind in course archiving, announced it is partnering with Loyola University…

Profile of a Founder, Thomas Waite, PhD

Thomas Waite, PhD, has exclusive Q&A session for The Tech Tribune found below.  Thomas talks about the origin of K16 Solutions, the biggest hurdles he encountered in his journey, what the future holds, and his thoughts on the local tech startup scene in Scottsdale.

K16 Solutions Partners with Saint Mary’s Univerity of Minnesota

K16 Solutions is proud to partner with Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Press Release: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. and MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — K16 Solutions and Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota (SMUMN) announced a strategic partnership today that involves using K16 Solutions’ ground-breaking LMS migration technology, Scaffold, to migrate SMUMN’s online courses onto their new LMS platform, Canvas. Following months of extensive evaluation and…

K16 Solutions Announces Third Sakai Migration

K16 Solutions is proud to announce its third successful integration with Sakai Press Release: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for LMS migration and course design, announced it has successfully completed another full and comprehensive LMS platform migration from Sakai to Canvas. Rutgers University recently leveraged K16…

K16 Solutions Announces Integration with Moodle

K16 Solutions Announces Another Groundbreaking Migration Achievement: Full Integration with Moodle Through California State University, Fullerton Press Release: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — K16 Solutions, the industry leader in EdTech for LMS migration and course design, announced it has successfully integrated with the LMS platform, Moodle. This integration was made possible through K16…

K16 Solutions Migrates 100,000 Courses

K16 Solutions Reaches Unprecedented Milestone in LMS Course Transfer: 100,000 Courses Migrated SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — K16 Solutions, the industry leader in ed-tech for LMS migration and instructional design, announced another milestone today in the number of total online courses it has successfully migrated between LMS systems. To date, the company has…

K16 Solutions Raises $3.5M

K16 Solutions has consistently put the student, not the bottom line, at the center of our decisions. We invite you to read Phoenix Business Journal contributing writer Andy Blye’s recent interview with K16 CEO and President Dr. Thomas Waite, “Valley EdTech Company K16 Solutions Brings in $3.5M in New Funding.”

Mohawk College Migrates 20,000 Courses in Ten Days

20,000 Courses in 10 Days: New Solution Automates Course Migration SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Thanks to a unique solution built by K16 Solutions Inc., Mohawk College completed its learning management system transition in record time. The college worked with K16 to migrate 20,000 courses from D2L’s Brightspace learning management system (LMS) to…

Balancing Technology & Humanity

K16 Solutions President and CEO Thomas Waite was pleased to sit down virtually with MarketScale’s Daniel Litwin once more, this time to share his thoughts about remote work’s past, present, and future. “We’ve felt little impact, as we’ve been a remote team for years. I’ve had the chance to talk to other businesses about the…

Answering Questions COVID-19 Raises About Higher-Ed

Dr. Thomas Waite joined MarketScale’s Voice of B2B Daniel Litwin to unpack some of the big questions the coronavirus pandemic is raising about the structure of our higher education system. To start with, “How do you transform the education system in the United States from the ground up?” Watch the interview to see Dr. Waite’s expert…

CEO, Thomas Waite Featured on IHE “Rod’s Pulse Podcast”

Interview with Dr. Thomas Waite, CEO of K16 Solutions. K16’s Scaffold Designer is the industry’s first cloud-hosted, fully-integrated course development tool that automates manual processes and improves efficiency for instructional designers and faculty. Scaffold products integrate with Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace, and Sakai. We discuss Dr. Waite’s background and the history of K16 Solutions’ Scaffold…

K16 Solutions Raises $1.5 Million

K16 Solutions, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based provider of software to help educators move from one learning management system to another, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding.

Scottsdale EdTech Startup Raises Outside Funding

K16 Solutions is looking to solve a major headache for schools and universities: cutting down the time-intensive process to switch learning management systems.