We performed a comparison between Blackboard Learning Management and CYPHER Learning based on our users' reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Blackboard Learning Management is a highly efficient platform for consolidating grading information and monitoring student involvement. CYPHER Learning distinguishes itself with its training videos, gamification, personalized content, and user-friendly interface. Blackboard Learning Management could better manage large files, monitor student activity, incorporate video feedback, and improve the assignment viewing pane. CYPHER Learning should focus on enhancing its grading system, integration, reporting options, and mobile app integration.
Service and Support: Blackboard Learning Management has a well-staffed customer service team. CYPHER Learning is praised for its accessible support team, prompt responses, knowledgeable staff, and commitment to implementing customer suggestions.
Ease of Deployment: Blackboard Learning Management has a straightforward initial setup, but some faculty members have encountered issues. CYPHER Learning has received positive feedback for its easy initial setup and excellent onboarding training.
Pricing: Blackboard Learning Management is considered an expensive option, whereas many users describe CYPHER Learning's price as competitive and reasonable.
ROI: Users did not see any return on investment with Blackboard Learning Management. CYPHER Learning resulted in cost savings, reduced workforce, and increased efficiency and productivity.
Comparison Results: CYPHER Learning is generally preferred over Blackboard Learning Management. Users value CYPHER Learning's product training videos, personalized content, and gamification. CYPHER Learning has an intuitive interface, and the cloud-based platform requires minimal maintenance. Users also praise CYPHER Learning's customer service and support. The pricing is competitive, offering good value for the features provided. Users consider CYPHER Learning a more efficient and cost-effective solution for managing and tracking learners than Blackboard Learning Management.
"It encompasses various components, including course delivery modules, content management, community engagement features, digital classrooms, and mobile integration."
"It is scalable."
"One of the most important features is the possibility of creating unlimited subdomains."
"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."
"It is a platform that has everything. It is very powerful and intuitive. And because it is so user-friendly, it allows anyone without any knowledge of LMS platforms to make a course, publish it, and monitor it."
"The most valuable feature is the ability for us to create personalized lessons. This is better suited to our students and learners than offering content or a subject that is already built into the system."
"The first point is the ease of use. It is a very easy platform to use, especially for students and families, with a very friendly layout. It also has a series of support systems, including communication with parents, students, the ability to invoice for online courses, and other qualities that make the system very versatile and facilitate a teacher's work."
"On the back end, the most important feature is the built-in reporting, which makes it possible to track all of the user activities: what kind of courses the learners enroll in, how they are progressing, and when they complete a course. We have full insight, and we can analyze the captured data..."
"We love the group feature allowing students to have peer-to-peer learning experiences. In our case, it is for students, but this feature could also be useful for a business to provide peer-to-peer learning experiences for employees. The group tool provides an opportunity for students to connect with their peers inside of their own digital space. One of the aspects that we love about the group tool is that it allows students to leave the course but engage in a digital space where they access materials that are personalized to their group."
"Another feature that is great for me... is the learning outcomes feature... In CYPHER Learning, it's called the Mastery feature. The learning outcomes feature allows us to measure whether students have achieved competency, based on the encoded learning outcomes."
"The reports are also something that's very helpful from an administrative perspective."
"One of the features that is very good is the automation for setting trigger rules that show or hide specific class sections or assignments."
"The solution must provide better integration with third-party software."
"The system falls short in terms of managing assessments and exams effectively."
"The solution is not flexible."
"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."
"It would be ideal to create a more responsive or more intuitive template for access from telephones or tablets."
"I would like to see greater integration with some programs that are not natively integrated. Google is a standard. Everything integrates with it. Integration with Google is a key task."
"We can see who has accessed the portal, but it is not very intuitive. There is an issue with MATRIX user reporting. It is not that useful a lot of the time because we see conflicting dates in the activity and login. I have tried to work with their engineers, and asked, "Well, what's the real deal here," and there is no clarity around it."
"The parents' training was not adequate. Parents say that it wasn't user-friendly for them."
"Perhaps there is room for improvement in the gamification part. I have used it but it has not been very clear to me. It may be my responsibility for not asking about it in the training sessions, but the way you use it is not so clear."
"Most of our wish list for CYPHER Learning has already been addressed. One that we are still asking them for is to include competencies from different industries, since they have industry partners. These would be the competencies that these industries need so that we can make sure that we are developing our students toward those competencies or skill sets."
"The search function needs to be improved; it isn't currently working correctly and has no value to us at this point, but it should be of great value. To my knowledge, CYPHER Learning is presently working on this issue."
"We manage a huge number of registered users and also offer a large number of courses on our platform, and our courses are offered via a large number of organizations. It's a very complex setup, but CYPHER Learning did an excellent job of fixing the initial speed issues we had."
"What we've been asking them for recently is that, while we really appreciate the shopping cart, it doesn't have a recurring payment charge. A lot of our participants, instead of paying the full fee, spread it out over several months and that feature is not there yet."
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Blackboard Learning Management is ranked 8th in Learning Management Systems (LMS) with 6 reviews while CYPHER Learning is ranked 1st in Learning Management Systems (LMS) with 50 reviews. Blackboard Learning Management is rated 7.8, while CYPHER Learning is rated 9.0. 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 CYPHER Learning writes " Rules engine allows us to automate aspects of our training, and we get full visibility into individual students' progress". Blackboard Learning Management is most compared with Google Classroom and ELITE LMS, whereas CYPHER Learning is most compared with Moodle, TalentLMS, Canvas LMS, Google Classroom and Absorb LMS. See our Blackboard Learning Management vs. CYPHER Learning report.
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