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CM Connect Essentials |
CM Connect Standard |
CM Connect Premium |
| Systems and Security |
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| Separate database and code instance per client |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Real-time system monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| 5-minute, daily incremental, and full weekly backups |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Development, beta, and production environments |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Frequent code releases |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO27001 certified |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| GDPR and CCPA compliant |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| CM Connect Front-End |
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| Candidate Portal responsive design for optimized viewing on a laptop, tablet, or mobile devices |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) accessibility standards |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Organizational branding and colors |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Fully localizable including double-byte languages |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Supports HTML to embed banners, images, links, tables, and other HTML tools |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Candidate Portal |
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| Candidate login and password reset |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Feature-based customizable candidate landing page |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Segmented announcements targeted to specific candidate populations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Recent Activity to quickly view and confirm progress |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Candidate Profile with customizable questions and attributes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Candidate primary, secondary and localized addresses |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Candidate Preferences for communication opt-in settings and language preferences |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| View completed requirements including credentials, exams, labs, trainings, agreements and miscellaneous items |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Credential Logic to calculate credential statuses, including renewal, suspended, and expired statuses |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Credential Status to view current credential statuses, including started, active, suspended, and expired |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Credential Logic History to view a history of credential, suspended, renewal, linked logic, along with how a candidate obtained a credential |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Linked logic to support a tiered credential hierarchy |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Fulfillment Integration with third party fulfillment houses |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Transcript creation and sharing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Credential, exam, training, and other requirement catalogs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Test Sponsor Portal |
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| New user creation and management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| User Role creation with detailed read/write permission options for nearly every feature |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Feature-based customizable user landing page |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| View action and pending items |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Candidate Support Tools |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Manage Catalogs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Create and publish announcements |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Manage merge queues |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Run reports using Microsoft’s SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) with data updated every 30 minutes. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| View, create, and publish report visualizations with the Advanced Reporting Visualization module |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Upgrades |
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| Number of Credential Logic |
1 |
15 |
45 |
| Active Test Sponsor Portal Users |
2 |
10 |
30 |
| Qlik Lite Read-only Licenses |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| API Accounts |
N/A |
1 |
3 |
| Storage |
50GB |
100GB |
500GB |
| Custom Pages |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Program Management Hours |
5 |
10 |
35 |
| Email Segmentation |
3 |
15 |
45 |
| Standard Exports and Annual Maintenance |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Upgrades |
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| Use the Achievements module to recognize and reward candidates who hold multiple credentials at the same time or who have held a credential continuously for x period of time |
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| Implement the Affiliation module to collect critical affiliation data, such as employer, partner status, education institution, and jurisdiction |
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| Create and publish CM Connect Badges for credentials, achievements, exams, and trainings. |
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| Reward candidates who earn a credential or achievement with discounts, coupons, and other benefits. |
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| Searchable public Candidate Directory |
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| Manage Continuing Education |
No |
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| Use eCertificates for candidates to download active credentials in PDF format |
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| Pre-qualify a candidate before they can sit for an exam using the Eligibility module |
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| Enable the New Candidate Registration page |
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| Leverage the Security module to look for patterns and anomalies in the data and proactively take action |
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| Use the Scheduling module to view available exams and upcoming appointments |
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| Generate score reports to provide feedback to candidates |
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| Integrations |
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| Real-time integration with Credly for badge creation on the Credly platform |
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| Collect fees and taxes using the eCommerce module |
No |
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| Integrate with LineUp for SME management and building world-class teams |
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| Use OIDC, WS Trust, or JWT to perform ingress candidate Single Sign-On into CM Connect |
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| Support candidate egress Single Sign-On (SSO) from CM Connect to industry leading test delivery providers |
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