We performed a comparison between Blackboard Learning Management and Cornerstone Learning based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Cornerstone Learning is preferred over Blackboard Learning Management. Users like Cornerstone's integration with other platforms, training modules, and ease of use. Blackboard Learning Management is a pricey solution that struggles with large file sizes and needs more features to track student activity. Furthermore, it requires frequent updates, which can be inconvenient for users.
"One of the most important features is the possibility of creating unlimited subdomains."
"It is scalable."
"It encompasses various components, including course delivery modules, content management, community engagement features, digital classrooms, and mobile integration."
"Blackboard enables instructors to collectively gather all the grading data into one place. If students upload content or post it to a Google Doc, I can do my grading and calculate the grades. It is an excellent holding place for all of that data"
"The modules and courses are flexible."
"The most valuable features of Cornerstone Learning are the welcome page and the learner's home. It is user-friendly and graphically appealing."
"Combining everything together, our on-time completions have gone from the mid-sixty percentile to over 99% on-time completion."
"The Meeting feature is similar to a conference call facility that can be used for virtual meetings."
"The most valuable feature is how easy it is to learn and use. It's built off the Microsoft Word format, so if you can use Word, you'll be able to figure this out."
"It's better than the previous learning solutions we had. We liked that it was global. We liked that you don't have to be logged into the company network to be able to use it. Those were really big benefits for us."
"The reporting feature is fantastic, and I also like the dynamic learning assignment feature. It is interactive and user-friendly. It is also highly stable, automated, and customizable."
"The most valuable features of Cornerstone Learning are how they organized the management of the different content types is good. They are done in different ways which is a benefit. Additionally, the reporting 2.0 and playlist functionality are very good."
"It is a complete suite of solutions and features. Compared to other solutions which are more niche solutions, which may be as good as Cornerstone or even better in certain parts of it, like discerning user experience. You will not find another solution that has the same completeness of features in all different areas of learning."
"It would be ideal to create a more responsive or more intuitive template for access from telephones or tablets."
"The solution must provide better integration with third-party software."
"Blackboard has limitations in terms of delivering content and assessing student assignments because it can't handle large file sizes. It's also limited in its ability to track student activity. Instructors can see the student's most recent login, but they can't follow the activity."
"The solution is not flexible."
"The system falls short in terms of managing assessments and exams effectively."
"The recruitment module needs to be improved in Cornerstone Learning."
"Its dashboard and analytics must be improved. Currently, we get the data, but we don't get anything from the insightfulness perspective. Analytics is where it requires a lot of work. We definitely expect some good dashboard features, which are currently lacking in this solution. From a technical perspective, they need to open access to all HTML tags. It currently doesn't support many HTML tags, which makes it challenging to create HTML pages."
"The user interface is in need of improvement."
"There is a need for quite a bit of improvement. The reporting side of things definitely needs a lot of improvement. At the moment, it gives you a data dump. You have to open it up in Excel and filter out the bits that you don't want and need."
"In the next release, I would like to see a Hybrid architecture and to be able to customize the look and feel."
"Could use more robust reporting or more flexibility and scalability around the reporting side."
"Even though the system has a number of features, design wise the user interface is a little bit complicated. It is hard for the user to navigate properly. Because the system has so many features, it has a lot of tabs and links. Sometimes, people get confused as to where to go and search."
"Cornerstone Learning could be improved with more e-learning content."
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Blackboard Learning Management is ranked 8th in Learning Management Systems (LMS) with 6 reviews while Cornerstone Learning is ranked 5th in Learning Management Systems (LMS) with 28 reviews. Blackboard Learning Management is rated 7.8, while Cornerstone Learning is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Blackboard Learning Management writes "Expandable with good real-time live interactions but is very expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cornerstone Learning writes "Scalable LMS that keeps up with industry trends with continuous new releases". Blackboard Learning Management is most compared with Google Classroom, CYPHER Learning and ELITE LMS, whereas Cornerstone Learning is most compared with Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM Cloud, LinkedIn Learning and SAP SuccessFactors Learning. See our Blackboard Learning Management vs. Cornerstone Learning report.
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