Cohiva Campus is an alternative to Paradigm for Australian RTOs. It combines SMS, LMS, assessment and finance in one student record, applies AVETMISS rules through a data-driven engine, and provisions each RTO its own database.
Where Campus fits
Paradigm is a student management system used by Australian RTOs. Cohiva Campus is an alternative that combines the student lifecycle in one record and gives each RTO its own database.
Where Paradigm is strong
An incumbent system that your team knows well, with configurations built up over time and staff trained on its workflows, has real switching costs working in its favour. If it serves your delivery and reporting reliably, that familiarity is a genuine consideration.
Where Campus is strong
Campus keeps student management, learning, assessment and finance against one student record, with AVETMISS reporting drawn from the same data. The rules run through a data-driven engine, so collection-year changes are applied as data and issues surface before you generate the NAT set. Campus provisions each RTO its own database rather than pooling tenants in a shared schema, and its NAT-file importer reads the standard AVETMISS export you already produce, with a dry-run preview before an idempotent commit.
Choose Campus if
Choose Campus if you want a single combined record, a data-driven AVETMISS engine and a dedicated database, and a migration path that works from your existing NAT export. Choose to stay on Paradigm if it serves your delivery and reporting reliably and the disruption of moving outweighs the benefit for you now.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Cohiva Campus an alternative to Paradigm?
- Yes. Campus combines SMS, LMS, assessment and finance with AVETMISS reporting for Australian RTOs.
- Does each RTO get its own database in Campus?
- Yes. Campus provisions each RTO its own database rather than pooling tenants in a shared schema.
- Can I bring my existing data into Campus?
- Campus includes a NAT-file importer that reads the standard AVETMISS NAT export you already produce, with a dry-run preview before commit.
- How does Campus keep up with AVETMISS changes?
- Through a data-driven rule engine, so collection-year changes are applied as data rather than hand-coded each year.