The Erasmus Without Paper (EWP) architecture is constructed in such a way that you can also use a combination of tools (Erasmus Dashboard, 3rd party mobility software, in-house built mobility software). The complete mobility process is cut into several sub-processes (in technical terms APIs) that require a data exchange between the sending and the receiving institution. This makes it possible to use different tools for different sub-processes.
The processes are the following:
- Institutional information and contacts
- Approval of Inter-institutional agreements by both partners (online)
- Fact sheet information
- Nominations
- Learning agreements
- Making courses from courses catalogue available online (link with learning agreement and Transcript of Records)
- Transcript of Records for incoming students
It is perfectly possible to use a commercial system for institutional info and contacts, approval of Inter-institutional agreements and nominations but use the Erasmus+ Dashboard for sharing fact sheet information and the Online Learning Agreement connected to the Erasmus+ Dashboard for learning agreements. Transcript of Records could be shared directly from the Student Information System.
A combination of tools is only possible for different processes (APIs). It is not possible to support one and the same process by different.