We use it for three different programs of varying sizes. For example, one of our programs currently has 2,500 students. Another has about 1,200. So, we use it for varying programs that vary from anywhere from nine months to two years.
Senior Program Manager at a printing company with 51-200 employees
It keeps our students on track but I would like the user reporting and calendar system to be more accurate
Pros and Cons
- "For as long as I have been working with MATRIX (for a few years now), they have the social aspect with groups. The thing that they did not have for years, until earlier this year, was a reply-all feature. I had been asking for that for years and they finally added it this year. That has been helpful because now our students are less frustrated."
- "It brings students together in one place with teaching materials. Also, it has a social capability to it by way of forums and groups. That is definitely important for our programs. There has been a lot of engagement in our programs."
- "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."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
It brings students together in one place with teaching materials. Also, it has a social capability to it by way of forums and groups. That is definitely important for our programs. There has been a lot of engagement in our programs.
What is most valuable?
It is extremely important that dates and times are exact when we follow up with students, as it keeps our students on track.
For as long as I have been working with MATRIX (for a few years now), they have the social aspect with groups. The thing that they did not have for years, until earlier this year, was a reply-all feature. I had been asking for that for years and they finally added it this year. That has been helpful because now our students are less frustrated.
What needs improvement?
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. However, we can tell when people have last logged in.
The user reporting is a mess. It is unclear what I will get from this report. You need to keep tweaking and trying different options in the reports, then you don't know what you will get until you run the report. That is time-consuming and unclear to the user.
The calendar system could be greatly improved. I understand MATRIX is progressing in many ways by way of focusing on integrations with other apps and the whole API world. However, it would be nice if they could revisit their basics, e.g., the calendar system and user reporting, and get those basic things that people use every day to be accurate.
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For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using it since December 2019, which has been pretty much two years now.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
On the whole, it is pretty stable, but there have been issues that keep creeping up. I have been reporting them for years, getting temporary solutions. I don't know if they are running updates on their end, but the previous solution will then fall apart. I have to report it again and they have to fix it again. This all has to do with their basics, as far as reporting and calendars.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is 50-50. You don't know what you are going to get. Sometimes they will resolve it or help you resolve it, then other times you get an answer from someone who says, "It is not capable of doing that." Then, the next day, you might get a response from another technician who says, "Oh, I am sorry. Our system actually does this quite often."
They are hands-off by way of saying, "Oh, we are unable to replicate this." This is even when I am showing them video and screenshot proof of what is happening. Quite often, they say, "Oh, we are not able to replicate this." Then, that is it. They don't really help beyond that.
I would rate the technical support as six out of 10.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We didn't previously use another solution.
How was the initial setup?
We do cycles with our programs, but I am involved in every setup.
The initial setup is straightforward in some ways. I have a background in LMS development so it is easy to set up and straightforward in that way. Some of it is not straightforward because some of the options are by way of setting up your site. They are not very clear about what they do. Or, some options are just thrown here and there in the settings. It seems not completely organized. It is like, "Well, where should we put this? Let's just put this here." Even though it doesn't quite make sense there, there isn't a lot of flexibility in terms of customizing things in MATRIX.
Deployment time varies per program. We try to allow a lot of space for QA testing and other things. It takes about a month to deploy, but that is not necessarily eight hours a day, five days a week. I am saying a month for internal user testing. Since our programs are very extensive with a lot of materials, it does take time to set them up.
What about the implementation team?
We just purchased this solution from the vendor, then it was built in-house.
There is a team for deployment and maintenance because we have so many students across a few programs. There are at least 10 people. That varies from people getting into the weeds of building the courses, working on the back-end, or just administering it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We extensively use it since we use it to deploy our biggest selling courses or programs. It is used year-round and daily by students, and by us as well. We actually want to look at other systems or develop our own system because the cost point of MATRIX is so high. It doesn't feel like we get any value for it.
Take your time and test it out. Forecast how many users you will have. Are they going to be able to keep up with the high cost per user? I would definitely tell them to really dive in and forecast growth. See if you can keep up with this budgetary-wise.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I really want to work with our VP of technology and see about developing our own system so we can move away from MATRIX and save on profit.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution as seven out of 10.
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Director General at Colegio Alpamayo
We have been able to focus, in the midst of the pandemic, on the well-being of the students
Pros and Cons
- "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."
- "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."
What is our primary use case?
Our working hypothesis was that in a scenario where the school would be closed to in-person classes for a long time due to COVID, we would need a professional online education system. We approached it as if we were never going to see face-to-face education again.
How has it helped my organization?
We feel that while other institutions have suffered a little more from the effects of the pandemic, the fact that we adopted and developed a platform that is very professional from the beginning, and exploited its resources to the maximum, enabled our institution to maintain a high level of education. We believe that in this year's national assessments, our school will continue to achieve first-place results.
We have been able to deliver our entire curriculum online for a year and a half. CYPHER Learning quickly solved the issue of having a means to deliver the curriculum. We have been able to focus, in the midst of the pandemic, on the well-being of the students, their emotional health, and support for parents. The level of learning has been quite high and the level of emotional control of the students is optimal.
We also feel that students feel safe. Something that has been quite surprising is the use of technology in the first grade with six-year-old students. We were a little skeptical about the technology issue for such young students. But with a little initial help from the parents, those students have become fluent in the use of the technology, like any other tool, and they move around it with ease. The level of autonomy that children can achieve is impressive.
The students flow with the platform, as it has a gamification process and stimuli. It engages very well with the essence of positive behavior reinforcement and allows me to recognize good work by students when it is done through the platform. And the synchronous work students do enables them to objectively see their own level of performance. They are also aware of being recognized by their teachers for their work, and this increases their engagement with the program.
The gamified learning environment allows us to create curricular spaces that are different from the traditional courses that the curriculum has. A teacher, for example, can decide to create a new workshop or specialization course for students who are interested in a specific subject. The teacher simply opens the channel and registers the students. They can choose that students from different grades interact with each other by sharing a course or a workshop, and this is interesting and novel.
CYPHER Learning has also significantly reduced paperwork for me, as well as the need for printing. There is less spending on paper supplies and CYPHER Learning is complemented by other tools that allow me to interact with students immediately. It has reduced my printing costs by about 60 percent.
Above all, what it has done is provide our team with more time available to focus on teaching and learning processes. It could help me reduce staff, but we have preferred to use the time it has freed up for our teachers to reinforce them in the pedagogical area. This is how we believe we will achieve better results.
What is most valuable?
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.
It has a good level of integration with different applications.
This LMS also allows us to do "differentiated instruction." It is a very effective tool for creating specific tactics that allow me to work with advanced students and with students who have learning difficulties. In this way, each student has an educational program focused on their personal characteristics. Thanks to this, our school has exceptionally high results on the Ministry of Education tests.
CYPHER Learning’s adaptive learning helps provide students optimal, personalized content based on their goals and performance. I really like this ability to adapt to the development of students. It is a contemporary feature, which should be pursued as an important educational process. It is making our work much easier.
The reports are fundamental. They have been super useful for personal follow-up with students. The fact that the system helps me to track the students in the delivery of work and the achievement of competencies allows our educational team to interact with the parents and children for cases in which special, focused help is necessary. This is very valuable. We have noticed in internal tests that students have achieved educational requirements though the distance-education system, and that the students are working hard. In other words, students who were experiencing some sort of void are filling that void by using this platform.
The fact that teachers can track student progress on a competency basis through a mastery grid makes our work much easier. Students are evaluated by their competencies, which is vital for us. It adapts very well to a modern teaching and assessment system. The assessment done with the platform meets contemporary demands and gives the school the opportunity to apply them. This is most advantageous.
It practically gives us another language for communication. As a director, I like to recognize students when they have achieved a good result or participated in a championship. Through CYPHER Learning, I am able to send them messages and I usually receive an immediate response from the students. In this way, as a director, I can quickly reach many people with a message of encouragement. It goes along with promoting positive behavior. This also includes students who have difficulty. If not for CYPHER Learning, I would have to go through a much more complex process to communicate with them.
CYPHER Learning provides a variety of activities to help engage students and develop their independence. We are a technological society that uses technology intensively. Introducing students to this system, beginning to automate certain teaching processes, and making it easier for students to access resources is something that is very relevant to the 21st century.
Furthermore, the solution's intervention strategies for students, especially for those who need guidance, are a great strength of this LMS. The fact that the platform allows me to create my own line of work helps a lot and enables students to achieve results and be recognized by the system for their successes. It is a fabulous tool. I put the work in place and students are quickly reacting and working. I can attend to it personally and help students advance in context.
The solution’s ability to bridge the learning gap for students is absolutely a great outcome and advantage. When students receive rapid feedback, they are always eager to excel in their studies and to advance. You create topics in which the level of difficulty increases, the student achieves the desired results, feels happy, advances, and the teacher can quickly recognize this.
What needs improvement?
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.
Also, it would be interesting to have it integrate with the International Baccalaureate. There is a platform called ManageBac that has this type of integration. If CYPHER Learning would use that as a reference, it would increase its functionality and scalability.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using CYPHER Learning for two and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have never had stability problems with CYPHER Learning. Any downtime due to updates has always been preceded by notices, and the time the platform was in update mode was quite short so it has never been an obstacle.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
When we started CYPHER Learning, it was as an individual school but we quickly scaled with CYPHER Learning so that all three schools in our group were incorporated. We made adjustments to share domains and the growth process went perfectly. If we had to open new offices, everything would be perfectly integrated.
Currently, we manage about 1,500 students as well as 180 teachers. In addition, there is administrative staff.
We are using it intensively at the moment because here, in the Peruvian system, if someone gets sick, the students and teacher in that classroom must go into lockdown for five days. That makes CYPHER Learning perfect for us.
We still have a long way to go to exploit all the resources that CYPHER Learning gives us. We know that it is a very extensive and powerful platform from which we have seen great benefit, but we can continue to explore and take much more advantage of it.
How are customer service and support?
We have greatly appreciated the support we have received from the CYPHER Learning team. That has been vital for us. When we made the decision to work with CYPHER Learning, their staff was able to give us 24-hour assistance and, in four days, we had 85 percent of the school on the platform.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
When it looked probable that the country would be affected by COVID and that we would not be able to have in-person classes, we first used Google Classroom and another platform. We then understood that we needed to have a professional platform.
We evaluated different platforms and we found that what CYPHER Learning offered was very interesting. The layout is very friendly and the tools are quite powerful. We also felt that there was a high level of support. For these reasons, we built our distance-learning system with CYPHER Learning.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was easy, especially due to the support we received. In fact, when the lockdown came, we were making the decision to switch to CYPHER Learning but we had not yet registered our students. We were only at the stage of registering the lesson plans and the grading systems. They then suddenly announced that the lockdown was coming into effect in the next 24 hours. We had to register the students in bulk and we had difficulties transferring the CSV files. But with the help of CYPHER Learning's technical support, the problems were solved in a matter of two or three hours and, on the same day, we registered all our students in the system.
Overall, we had the system running in four days. Evidence of CYPHER Learning's versatility is in the fact that that was how long it took to have our school's entire educational system registered. It took us a total of seven days because we wanted to do internal tests, but that was proof, for me, of how flexible this solution is.
Once we created the environment, we had to integrate another school and this was done without any problems.
The deployment involved our head of technology, me as the director of studies, our three elementary and high school coordinators, and two support teachers who are strong in technology and academics.
What about the implementation team?
Everything was done with the support of CYPHER Learning. We had some training which was admirable because, as we understood at that time, CYPHER Learning had a lot of pressure worldwide. We felt taken care of in every way.
We have also received communication from CYPHER Learning on the upgrades and developments.
What was our ROI?
CYPHER Learning is much more profitable. I know of other institutions that went with other solutions that took a long time to implement. With CYPHER Learning, I did not have to create layouts or environments and I did not have issues of organization or coordination. The management abilities CYPHER Learning provides allow you to quickly define grades, sections, groups of students, and to decide the layouts for each one. It is much easier.
For us, the return on investment was when the parents accepted the platform and recognized the work that was being done in the school during the lockdown. We did not experience a paralysis in education. We only had four days without classes, which was time we needed to refine the platform. When we started using CYPHER Learning, we had students working 100 percent. Some schools opted for synchronous teaching which is very tiring. We opted for mixed synchronous teaching and that helped prevent students from becoming tired, as well as their parents. The students could get the best out of themselves.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
CYPHER Learning's price is good.
What other advice do I have?
I don't think there are any other tools that could be better than the internal systems we have slowly and strategically built in CYPHER Learning. Before implementing, you have to be clear about your educational objectives and how your educational system operates internally. You need to have your pedagogical system organized. For an institution that is in the process of making changes, and looking for an opportunity to improve, this could be a very good opportunity.
What I have learned from using CYPHER Learning is that technology allows us to personalize and differentiate education much more. It helps us to achieve learning objectives more easily, when we use it well. It also provides great engagement for students with technology. High-achievers and students with difficulties are also better taken care of and given special attention.
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¿Cuál es nuestra razón de uso principal?
Nuestra hipótesis de trabajo fue tener en mente la posibilidad de un evento en el que la escuela tuviera que cancelar las clases presenciales durante mucho tiempo debido al COVID. Necesitaríamos un sistema de educación en línea profesional. Lo abordamos como si nunca más fuéramos a optar por la educación presencial.
¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?
Sentimos que mientras otras instituciones han sufrido un poco más los efectos de la pandemia, el hecho de que adoptamos y desarrollamos una plataforma que es muy profesional desde el principio y explotamos sus recursos al máximo, permitió que nuestra institución mantuviera un alto nivel de educación. Creemos que en las próximas evaluaciones nacionales de este año nuestra escuela continuará logrando resultados de primer lugar.
Hemos podido completar todo nuestro plan de estudios en línea en un año y medio. CYPHER Learning resolvió rápidamente el problema de tener un medio para impartir el plan de estudios. Hemos podido enfocarnos en medio de la pandemia en el bienestar de los estudiantes , en su salud emocional y el apoyo a los padres. El nivel de aprendizaje ha sido bastante alto y el nivel de control emocional de los alumnos es óptimo.
También sentimos que los estudiantes se sienten seguros. Algo que ha sido bastante sorprendente es el uso de la tecnología en los primeros grados con alumnos de seis años. Éramos un poco escépticos sobre el tema de la tecnología para estudiantes tan jóvenes. Pero con un poco de ayuda inicial de los padres, los estudiantes dominan el uso de la tecnología como cualquier otra herramienta, y se mueven con facilidad. El nivel de autonomía que pueden alcanzar los niños es impresionante.
Los estudiantes fluyen con la plataforma, ya que tiene un proceso de gamificación y estímulos. Se relaciona muy bien con la esencia del refuerzo positivo de la conducta y me permite reconocer el buen trabajo de los alumnos cuando se realiza a través de la plataforma. Y el trabajo sincrónico que realizan los estudiantes les permite ver objetivamente su propio nivel de desempeño. También son conscientes de ser reconocidos por sus profesores por su trabajo, y esto aumenta su compromiso con el programa.
El ambiente de aprendizaje gamificado nos permite crear espacios curriculares diferentes a los cursos tradicionales que tiene el currículo. Un profesor, por ejemplo, puede decidir crear un nuevo taller o curso de especialización para los estudiantes que estén interesados en un tema específico. El profesor simplemente abre el canal y registra a los estudiantes. Pueden elegir que alumnos de diferentes grados interactúen entre ellos compartiendo un curso o un taller, y esto es interesante y novedoso.
CYPHER Learning también me ha reducido significativamente el papeleo, así como la necesidad de imprimir. Hay menos gasto en suministros de papel y CYPHER Learning se complementa con otras herramientas que me permiten interactuar con los estudiantes de inmediato. Ha reducido los costos de impresión en aproximadamente un 60 por ciento.
Sobre todo, lo que ha hecho es dotar a nuestro equipo de más tiempo disponible para centrarse en los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje. Me podría ayudar a reducir personal, pero hemos preferido utilizar el tiempo que le ha liberado a nuestros profesores para reforzarlos en el área pedagógica. Así es como creemos que lograremos mejores resultados.
¿Qué es lo más valioso?
El primer punto es la facilidad de uso. Es una plataforma muy fácil de usar, especialmente para estudiantes y familias, con un diseño muy amigable.
También cuenta con una serie de sistemas de apoyo, entre los que se encuentran la comunicación con padres, alumnos, la posibilidad de facturar cursos online, y otras cualidades que hacen que el sistema sea muy versátil y facilite el trabajo del docente.
Tiene un buen nivel de integración con diferentes aplicaciones.
Este LMS también nos permite hacer "instrucción diferenciada". Es una herramienta muy efectiva para crear tácticas específicas que me permiten trabajar con alumnos avanzados y con alumnos que tienen dificultades de aprendizaje. De esta forma, cada alumno tiene un programa educativo enfocado a sus características personales. Gracias a esto, nuestra escuela tiene resultados excepcionalmente altos en las pruebas del Ministerio de Educación.
El aprendizaje adaptativo de CYPHER Learning ayuda a proporcionar a los estudiantes contenido óptimo y personalizado en función de sus objetivos y rendimiento. Me gusta mucho esta capacidad de adaptación al desarrollo de los alumnos. Es una característica contemporánea, que debe ser seguida como un importante proceso educativo. Está facilitando mucho nuestro trabajo.
Los informes son fundamentales. Han sido súper útiles para el seguimiento personal con los alumnos. El hecho de que el sistema me ayude a hacer un seguimiento de los alumnos en la entrega de trabajos y el logro de competencias permite que nuestro equipo educativo interactúe con los padres y los niños para los casos en que sea necesaria una ayuda especial y enfocada. Esto es muy valioso. Hemos notado en las pruebas internas que los estudiantes han logrado los requisitos educativos a través del sistema de educación a distancia y que están trabajando duro. En otras palabras, los estudiantes que experimentaron algún tipo de vacío están llenando ese vacío al usar esta plataforma.
El hecho de que los profesores puedan realizar un seguimiento del progreso de los estudiantes en función de las competencias a través de una cuadrícula de dominio hace que nuestro trabajo sea mucho más fácil. Los estudiantes son evaluados por sus competencias, lo cual es vital para nosotros. Se adapta muy bien a un sistema moderno de enseñanza y evaluación. La evaluación realizada con la plataforma responde a las demandas contemporáneas y le da a la escuela la oportunidad de aplicarlas.
Prácticamente nos da otro lenguaje para comunicarnos. Como director, me gusta reconocer a los alumnos cuando han logrado un buen resultado o han participado en un campeonato. A través de la plataforma CYPHER Learning, puedo enviarles mensajes y generalmente recibo una respuesta inmediata de los estudiantes. De esta manera, como director, puedo llegar rápidamente a muchas personas con un mensaje de aliento. Va junto con la promoción de un comportamiento positivo. Esto también incluye a los estudiantes que tienen dificultades. Si no fuera por CYPHER Learning, tendría que pasar por un proceso mucho más complejo para comunicarme con ellos.
CYPHER Learning ofrece una variedad de actividades para ayudar a involucrar a los estudiantes y desarrollar su independencia. Somos una sociedad tecnológica que utiliza la tecnología de forma intensiva. Introducir a los estudiantes en este sistema, comenzar a automatizar ciertos procesos de enseñanza y facilitar a los estudiantes el acceso a los recursos es algo muy relevante en el siglo XXI.
Además, las estrategias de intervención de la plataforma para los estudiantes, especialmente para aquellos que necesitan orientación, son una gran fortaleza de este LMS. El hecho de que la plataforma me permita crear mi propia línea de trabajo ayuda mucho y permite que los estudiantes logren resultados y sean reconocidos por el sistema por sus éxitos. Es una herramienta fabulosa. Subo los trabajos a las plataformas y los estudiantes reaccionan y trabajan rápidamente. Puedo atenderlo personalmente y ayudar a los estudiantes a avanzar en el contexto.
La capacidad de la solución para cerrar la diferencia de aprendizaje de los estudiantes es absolutamente un gran resultado y una gran ventaja. Cuando los estudiantes reciben retroalimentación rápida, siempre están ansiosos por sobresalir en sus estudios y avanzar. Primero se crean temas en los que aumenta el nivel de dificultad, después el alumno logra los resultados deseados, se siente feliz, avanza y el profesor puede reconocer estos logros rápidamente.
¿En qué necesita mejorar?
Me gustaría ver una mayor integración con algunos programas que no están integrados de forma nativa. Google es un estándar. Todo se integra con él. La integración con Google es una tarea clave.
Además, sería interesante que se integre con el Bachillerato Internacional. Hay una plataforma llamada ManageBac que tiene este tipo de integración. Si CYPHER Learning lo usara como referencia, aumentaría su funcionalidad y escalabilidad.
¿Por cuánto tiempo ha usado la solución?
Llevamos dos años y medio usando CYPHER Learning.
¿Qué piensa sobre la estabilidad de la solución?
Nunca hemos tenido problemas de estabilidad con CYPHER Learning. Cualquier tiempo de inactividad debido a actualizaciones siempre ha estado precedido por avisos, y el tiempo que la plataforma estuvo en modo de actualización fue bastante corto por lo que nunca ha sido un obstáculo.
¿Qué opino de la escalabilidad de la solución?
Cuando comenzamos a trabajar con CYPHER Learning, era usado solamente en una sede, pero escalamos rápidamente con CYPHER Learning para que se incorporará las tres sedes de nuestra institución. Hicimos ajustes para compartir dominios y el proceso de crecimiento fue perfecto. Si tuviéramos que abrir nuevas oficinas, todo estaría perfectamente integrado.
Actualmente, gestionamos alrededor de 1.500 estudiantes y 180 profesores. Además, hay personal administrativo.
Lo estamos usando de manera intensiva en este momento porque aquí, en el sistema peruano, si alguien se enferma, los estudiantes y el maestro de esa sala deben estar confinados durante cinco días. Eso hace que CYPHER Learning sea perfecto para nosotros.
Todavía nos queda mucho camino por recorrer para explotar todos los recursos que nos brinda CYPHER Learning. Sabemos que es una plataforma muy extensa y potente de la que hemos visto un gran beneficio, pero podemos seguir explorando y sacarle mucho más provecho.
¿Cómo es el servicio de atención al cliente y el soporte?
Hemos apreciado mucho el apoyo que hemos recibido del equipo de CYPHER Learning. Eso ha sido vital para nosotros. Cuando tomamos la decisión de trabajar con CYPHER Learning, su personal pudo brindarnos asistencia las 24 horas. En solo cuatro días, teníamos el 85 por ciento de la escuela en la plataforma.
¿Cómo calificaría el servicio y soporte al cliente?
Positivo
¿Qué solución usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?
Cuando parecía probable que el país se vería afectado por el COVID y que no podríamos tener clases presenciales, primero usamos Google Classroom y otra plataforma. En ese momento entendimos que necesitábamos tener una plataforma profesional.
Evaluamos diferentes plataformas y descubrimos que lo que ofrecía CYPHER Learning era muy interesante. El diseño es muy amigable y las herramientas son bastante poderosas. También sentimos que hubo un alto nivel de apoyo. Por estas razones, construimos nuestro sistema de aprendizaje a distancia con CYPHER Learning.
¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?
La configuración inicial fue fácil, especialmente debido al soporte que recibimos. De hecho, cuando llegó el confinamiento, justamente estábamos tomando la decisión de cambiar a CYPHER Learning pero aún no habíamos registrado a nuestros estudiantes. Estábamos solo en la etapa de registrar los planes de lecciones y los sistemas de calificación. De repente anunciaron sobre la confinación nacional que entraría en vigencia en las próximas 24 horas. Tuvimos que registrar a los estudiantes de forma masiva y tuvimos dificultades para transferir los archivos CSV. Pero con la ayuda del soporte técnico de CYPHER Learning, los problemas se solucionaron en cuestión de dos o tres horas y, en ese mismo día, registramos a todos nuestros alumnos en el sistema.
En general, tuvimos el sistema funcionando en cuatro días. La prueba de la versatilidad de CYPHER Learning es que ese fue el tiempo que tomó tener registrado todo el sistema educativo de nuestra escuela. Nos tomó un total de siete días porque queríamos hacer pruebas internas, pero esta fue la prueba, para mí, de qué tan flexible es esta plataforma.
Una vez que creamos el ambiente, tuvimos que integrar otra escuela y esto se hizo sin ningún problema.
El despliegue involucró a nuestro jefe de tecnología, a mi como director de estudios, nuestros tres coordinadores de primaria y secundaria y dos maestros de apoyo que controlan el área de la tecnología.
¿Y qué me puedes decir sobre el equipo de implementación?
Todo se hizo con el apoyo de CYPHER Learning. Tuvimos una formación que fue admirable porque, como entendíamos en ese momento, CYPHER Learning tenía mucha presión a nivel mundial. Nos sentimos atendidos en todos los sentidos.
También hemos recibido comunicación seguida de CYPHER Learning sobre las actualizaciones y desarrollos.
¿Cuál fue nuestro Retorno de Inversión?
CYPHER Learning es mucho más rentable. Sé de otras instituciones que optaron por otras soluciones que tardaron mucho en implementar. Con CYPHER Learning, no tuve que crear diseños o entornos y no tuve problemas de organización o coordinación. Las capacidades de gestión que proporciona CYPHER Learning te permiten definir rápidamente grados, secciones, grupos de alumnos y decidir la disposición de cada uno. Es mucho más fácil.
Para nosotros, el retorno de la inversión fue cuando los padres aceptaron la plataforma y reconocieron el trabajo que se estaba haciendo en la escuela durante el confinamiento. No experimentamos una parálisis en la educación. Solo tuvimos cuatro días sin clases, tiempo que necesitábamos para afinar la plataforma. Cuando comenzamos a usar CYPHER Learning, teníamos estudiantes trabajando al 100 por ciento. Algunas escuelas optaron por la enseñanza sincrónica que es muy agotadora. Nosotros optamos por la enseñanza síncrona mixta y eso ayudó a evitar que los alumnos se cansaran, al igual que sus padres. Los alumnos podían sacar lo mejor de sí mismos.
¿Cuál es mi experiencia con los precios, el costo de configuración y las licencias?
El precio de CYPHER Learning es bueno.
¿Qué otro consejo tengo?
No creo que haya otras herramientas que puedan ser mejores que los sistemas internos que hemos construido lenta y estratégicamente en CYPHER Learning. Antes de implementarlo, debe tener claro cuáles son sus objetivos educativos y cómo funciona internamente su sistema educativo. Necesitas tener tu sistema pedagógico organizado. Para una institución que está en proceso de cambios y buscando una oportunidad de mejora, esta podría ser una muy buena oportunidad.
Lo que he aprendido usando CYPHER Learning es que la tecnología nos permite personalizar y diferenciar mucho más la educación. Nos ayuda a lograr los objetivos de aprendizaje más fácil cuando lo usamos de forma correcta. También proporciona un gran compromiso para los estudiantes con la tecnología. Tanto los alumnos de alto rendimiento como los estudiantes con dificultades están mejor atendidos y reciben una atención especial.
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August 2025

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Director of Virtuality and Institutional Relations at Corporación Tecnológica de Bogotá
Enables us to personalize learning for our students and empower them to achieve the grades they want
Pros and Cons
- "It is very easy for educators to communicate with students using CYPHER Learning. The entire community is on the platform and we all know the process. There is fluid, fast, and effective communication that consists of sources that give us what we need to continue our educational processes."
- "An important addition would be training so that we can exploit the platform much more. The platform is advancing and being updated. It is important to know and understand everything in more detail, and how to work with it."
What is our primary use case?
This is our institutional education platform. We use it for our virtual programs, to support face-to-face programs, and for teacher training.
How has it helped my organization?
The platform gives us the opportunity to help students advance and personalize their goals.
Using CYPHER Learning, we have been successful in identifying students who are not at the level they should be at. They can see a transparent and explicit rubric system that indicates what they have to do to get a good grade and that empowers students to achieve the grades they want.
CYPHER Learning saves us time on intervention strategies for students who need guidance, in particular. I don't know exactly how much time we save, but at the moment that a teacher identifies that a student is not handling a subject well, the teacher begins to use other didactic tools so that the student can commit. It also saves time in being able to correct exams. We are able to accurately monitor students, as the platform shows us who is behind and who is ahead, and that enables us to create strategies. The platform itself helps to systematize the process.
Students are not at the same level, and each one has their own learning process. Being able to also personalize learning through the platform makes it a very good tool for our educational progress. It helps generate a report so that we can follow up on students and that makes life much easier. Previously, that took a week, but now, it only takes a day to create that report.
Also, being able to generate creativity in students when working virtually, through games and other features, helps us to empower them while encouraging creativity and collaboration with classmates. The gamified learning environment is very satisfying, helping to make learning dynamic rather than static. The fact that students are empowered by that collaborative work makes the students begin to generate critical and analytical thinking and generate their own knowledge.
We have been able to reduce the number of professors and staff. We no longer have the entire research committee, the curricular committee, the direction of training, or new academic projects. We only have professors who teach the courses themselves, and a coordinator who monitors the program. It has saved us not only on personnel but also on the budget of our physical facilities. We have seen an improvement in the institution's financial resources.
It has also helped a lot to save money on printing and the need to buy books.
What is most valuable?
It is a very intuitive platform. We have been able to train adults, older people, who are not familiar with digital environments. These are people for whom it is usually a challenge to use a platform like this. When they use CYPHER Learning they develop well. The platform gives them training to help them on their way to excellence.
It is very easy for educators to communicate with students using CYPHER Learning. The entire community is on the platform and we all know the process. There is fluid, fast, and effective communication that consists of sources that give us what we need to continue our educational processes.
What needs improvement?
An important addition would be training so that we can exploit the platform much more. The platform is advancing and being updated. It is important to know and understand everything in more detail, and how to work with it. Other institutions haven't been able to handle it.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using CYPHER Learning since 2019.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The platform has made a good impression when it comes to stability. It very rarely happens that the platform crashes. It is very stable and the content doesn't get lost. Above all, having the platform outside of our institution has been an advantage.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is very good.
Within the platform we have 427 students, 29 teachers, 13 administrators who are program coordinators, the training coordinator, and the director.
We have plans to increase our use of CYPHER Learning. Little by little, we are growing. We are launching six new programs in virtual mode and we are offering continuous education in virtual mode. We have worked with international companies for training where we have had 300 participants, so we’re not only growing on a national level but also internationally.
How are customer service and support?
En una escala del uno al cinco, su apoyo es un cinco. Cuando haces un pedido de ayuda la respuesta es inmediata. No soy un profesional de la ingeniería, pero la ayuda que te brindan, la forma en que te orientan sobre cómo mejorar un proceso, es muy buena.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We met CYPHER Learning through a virtual education event. We were looking for a new vision for our institution and that was where our director encountered the platform for the first time.
We previously used Modul, but it does not offer us everything that CYPHER Learning offers. CYPHER Learning is more user-friendly.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was simple, due to the management of the platform, but complex due to the integrator who did the initial work on the platform.
What about the implementation team?
We are still implementing it. No implementation strategy was given. The integrator we had at first did a very basic virtualization and the experience with him was terrible. He set up the program and presented it but the virtualization did not function well.
Eventualmente, tuvimos que contratar a un experto para virtualizarlo adecuadamente. El experto es extranjero y conoce muy bien la plataforma.
What was our ROI?
When it comes to continuing education, we have seen a return on our investment in our courses. It has been very helpful to be able to start working with CYPHER Learning and that is the biggest return on investment for us.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
CYPHER Learning's pricing works perfectly for our institution. They have taken into account smaller institutions and that provides great value.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated Blackboard Learning Management and other platforms, but it was definitely CYPHER Learning that suited our budgets and needs.
What other advice do I have?
When it comes to CYPHER Learning's automation for helping to set trigger rules to show or hide specific content, I would rate it at 8.5 out of 10. It's not that the platform is not providing us with all the tools to develop things. Rather, it's not a 10 because, as the platform develops, we have to adapt again to every new version. I feel that we have fallen behind, but that is more on us and our capacity than the platform’s fault. The platform has updates and improvements and although our process of adapting to these changes is slow, we are still seeing great progress regarding the capacity of the platform.
I rate CYPHER Learning highly because of how well it is adapted for people who do not know how to handle digital environments. You can create content from scratch and potentiate it as much as you want. On other platforms, you feel limited and those platforms aren't so user-friendly. They cannot generate as many communication spaces as CYPHER Learning can. For example, if I am connected in CYPHER Learning and someone sees that I am connected, interactive chats are generated and a solution can be given to the students immediately.
It is a platform that will easily adapt to your school, whether it's basic, primary, or university education. It is a platform that provides many tools to help develop as an institution and generate educational and training progress for the community. It helps you to virtualize your institution.
Education is a subject we have to work on day by day. Everything is changing and evolving and we have to adapt to the processes of the new generation. Technology is part of the challenge of this new way of life, generating more relevance. That is what I have learned using CYPHER Learning.
Foreign Language:(Spanish)
¿Cuál es nuestra razón de uso principal?
Esta es nuestra plataforma de educación institucional. Lo usamos para nuestros programas virtuales, para apoyar los programas presenciales y para la capacitación de maestros.
¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?
La plataforma nos brinda la oportunidad de ayudar a los estudiantes a avanzar y personalizar sus objetivos.
Usando CYPHER Learning, hemos tenido éxito en identificar a los estudiantes que no están en el nivel en el que deberían estar. Pueden ver un sistema de rúbricas transparente y explícito que indica lo que tienen que hacer para obtener una buena calificación y que empodera a los estudiantes para lograr las calificaciones que desean.
CYPHER Learning nos ahorra tiempo en estrategias de intervención para estudiantes que necesitan orientación, en particular. No sé exactamente cuánto tiempo ahorramos, pero en el momento que un docente identifica que un alumno no está manejando bien un tema, el docente comienza a utilizar otras herramientas didácticas para que el alumno se comprometa. También ahorra tiempo al poder corregir exámenes. Podemos monitorear con precisión a los estudiantes, ya que la plataforma nos muestra quién está atrás y quién está adelante, y eso nos permite crear estrategias. La propia plataforma ayuda a sistematizar el proceso.
Los alumnos no están al mismo nivel, y cada uno tiene su propio proceso de aprendizaje. Poder personalizar también el aprendizaje a través de la plataforma la convierte en una muy buena herramienta para nuestro progreso educativo. Ayuda a generar un informe para que podamos dar seguimiento a los alumnos y eso hace la vida mucho más fácil. Anteriormente, eso tomaba una semana, pero ahora solo toma un día crear ese informe.
Además, poder generar creatividad en los estudiantes al trabajar virtualmente, a través de juegos y otras funcionalidades, nos ayuda a empoderarlos al mismo tiempo que fomentamos la creatividad y la colaboración con los compañeros. El entorno de aprendizaje gamificado es muy satisfactorio y ayuda a que el aprendizaje sea dinámico en lugar de estático. El hecho de que los estudiantes se empoderen de este trabajo colaborativo hace que los estudiantes comiencen a generar pensamiento crítico y analítico ya generar su propio conocimiento.
Hemos sido capaces de reducir el número de profesores y personal. Ya no tenemos todo el comité de investigación, el comité curricular, la dirección de formación y nuevos proyectos académicos. Solo tenemos profesores que imparten los cursos ellos mismos, y un coordinador que monitorea el programa. Nos ha ahorrado no sólo en personal sino también en el presupuesto de nuestras instalaciones físicas. Hemos visto una mejora en los recursos financieros de la institución.
También ha ayudado mucho a ahorrar dinero en la impresión y la necesidad de comprar libros.
¿Qué es lo más valioso?
Es una plataforma muy intuitiva. Hemos podido formar a personas adultas, mayores, que no están familiarizadas con los entornos digitales. Son personas para las que suele ser un reto utilizar una plataforma como esta. Cuando usan CYPHER Learning se desarrollan bien. La plataforma les brinda capacitación para ayudarlos en su camino hacia la excelencia.
Es muy fácil para los educadores comunicarse con los estudiantes usando CYPHER Learning. Toda la comunidad está en la plataforma y todos conocemos el proceso. Existe una comunicación fluida, rápida y efectiva que consiste en fuentes que nos brindan lo que necesitamos para continuar con nuestros procesos educativos.
¿Qué necesita mejorar?
Un añadido importante sería la formación para que podamos explotar mucho más la plataforma. La plataforma avanza y se actualiza. Es importante conocer y comprender todo con más detalle y cómo trabajar con ello. Otras instituciones no han sido capaces de manejarlo.
Un añadido importante sería la formación para que podamos explotar mucho más la plataforma. La plataforma avanza y se actualiza. Es importante conocer y comprender todo con más detalle y cómo trabajar con ello. Otras instituciones no han sido capaces de manejarlo.
¿Por cuánto tiempo he usado la solución?
Usamos CYPHER Learning desde 2019.
¿Qué pienso sobre la estabilidad de la solución?
La plataforma ha causado una buena impresión en lo que respecta a la estabilidad. Muy rara vez sucede que la plataforma se bloquea. Es muy estable y el contenido no se pierde. Sobre todo, tener la plataforma fuera de nuestra institución ha sido una ventaja.
¿Qué opino de la escalabilidad de la solución?
La escalabilidad es muy buena.
Dentro de la plataforma tenemos 427 estudiantes, 29 docentes, 13 administradores que son los coordinadores de programa, el coordinador de capacitación y el director.
Tenemos planes para aumentar nuestro uso de CYPHER Learning. Poco a poco, vamos creciendo. Estamos lanzando seis nuevos programas en modalidad virtual y estamos ofreciendo educación continua en modalidad virtual. Hemos trabajado con empresas internacionales para capacitaciones donde hemos tenido 300 participantes, por lo que no solo estamos creciendo a nivel nacional sino también a nivel internacional.
¿Cómo son el servicio de atención al cliente y el soporte?
En una escala del uno al cinco, su apoyo es un cinco. Cuando haces un pedido de ayuda la respuesta es inmediata. No soy un profesional de la ingeniería, pero la ayuda que te brindan, la forma en que te orientan sobre cómo mejorar un proceso, es muy buena.
¿Cómo calificaría el servicio y soporte al cliente?
Positiva.
¿Qué solución usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?
Conocimos a CYPHER Learning a través de un evento de educación virtual. Estábamos buscando una nueva visión para nuestra institución y ahí fue donde nuestro director conoció la plataforma por primera vez.
Anteriormente usábamos Modul, pero no nos ofrece todo lo que ofrece CYPHER Learning. CYPHER Learning es más fácil de usar.
¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?
La configuración inicial fue simple, debido a la gestión de la plataforma, pero compleja debido al integrador que realizó el trabajo inicial en la plataforma.
¿Y el equipo de implementación?
Todavía lo estamos implementando. No se proporcionó ninguna estrategia de implementación. El integrador que teníamos al principio hizo una virtualización muy básica y la experiencia con él fue pésima. Configuró el programa y lo presentó, pero la virtualización no funcionó bien.
Eventualmente, tuvimos que contratar a un experto para virtualizarlo adecuadamente. El experto es extranjero y conoce muy bien la plataforma.
¿Cuál fue nuestro Retorno de inversión?
Cuando se trata de educación continua, hemos visto un retorno de nuestra inversión en nuestros cursos. Ha sido muy útil poder empezar a trabajar con CYPHER Learning y ese es el mayor retorno de la inversión para nosotros.
¿Cuál es mi experiencia con los precios, el costo de configuración y las licencias?
El precio de CYPHER Learning funciona perfectamente para nuestra institución. Han tenido en cuenta instituciones más pequeñas y eso aporta un gran valor.
¿Qué otras soluciones evalué?
Evaluamos Blackboard Learning Management y otras plataformas, pero definitivamente NEOCYPHER Learningse adaptó a nuestros presupuestos y necesidades.
¿Qué otro consejo tengo?
Cuando se trata de la automatización de CYPHER Learning para ayudar a establecer reglas de activación para mostrar u ocultar contenido específico, lo calificaría con 8.5 de 10. No es que la plataforma no nos proporcione todas las herramientas para desarrollar cosas. Más bien no es un 10 porque, a medida que se desarrolla la plataforma, tenemos que volver a adaptarnos a cada nueva versión. Siento que nos hemos quedado atrás, pero eso depende más de nosotros y de nuestra capacidad que de la plataforma. La plataforma tiene actualizaciones y mejoras y aunque nuestro proceso de adaptación a estos cambios es lento, todavía estamos viendo un gran progreso en cuanto a la capacidad de la plataforma.
Valoro mucho a CYPHER Learning por lo bien que se adapta a las personas que no saben manejar entornos digitales. Puedes crear contenido desde cero y potenciarlo todo lo que quieras. En otras plataformas, te sientes limitado y esas plataformas no son tan fáciles de usar. No pueden generar tantos espacios de comunicación como CYPHER Learning. Por ejemplo, si estoy conectado en CYPHER Learning y alguien ve que estoy conectado, se generan chats interactivos y se puede dar una solución a los alumnos de forma inmediata.
Es una plataforma que se adaptará fácilmente a tu escuela, ya sea de educación básica, primaria o universitaria. Es una plataforma que brinda muchas herramientas para ayudar a desarrollarse como institución y generar progreso educativo y formativo para la comunidad. Te ayuda a virtualizar tu institución.
La educación es un tema que tenemos que trabajar día a día. Todo está cambiando y evolucionando y tenemos que adaptarnos a los procesos de la nueva generación. La tecnología es parte del desafío de esta nueva forma de vida, generando más relevancia. Eso es lo que he aprendido usando CYPHER Learning.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Google
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Teacher at San Antonio De Padua Catholic
Enables us to track students on a competency basis through a mastery grid and understand student progress
Pros and Cons
- "We also use the platform for automation and adaptive learning purposes. The ability to set trigger rules that show or hide specific class sections or assignments is as optimal as possible. Because it is intuitive, it is easy to create content for students in a personalized way. And it is very intuitive for the students."
- "The system should help us more in the area of evaluation. I don't think CYPHER Learning has exploited this topic enough. I can upload rubrics for evaluation, but there are no additional information sources or other instruments for student evaluation."
What is our primary use case?
It is the virtual platform of the school and my virtual classroom. I post the tasks and the lessons for the class through Zoom.
How has it helped my organization?
CYPHER Learning has helped us a lot with the situation where, because of health issues, students cannot attend school. Because we have this platform, students have the day-to-day lesson program available to them everywhere. If they are sick they can connect to the class from home via Zoom. They can access everything the teacher works on via the platform. It is no longer like it used to be that when a student missed school they had to copy all the content they had missed in class.
In terms of administrative work, it has reduced the time spent on that by quite a lot. For example, it used to take us time to call names and see who was present at the beginning of a class. Now, we can do it more directly through CYPHER Learning. It has a more agile way of checking attendance. As a platform in general, it has helped us to simplify our procedures.
It has definitely also helped in reducing the costs of physical materials because we don't print as many copies anymore. We exploit the platform quite a lot in this sense. If a textbook costs 150 soles, multiplied by four books for different subjects, that cost parents 600 soles. You can imagine the amount that parents save when CYPHER Learning is used instead of books.
What is most valuable?
Some of the most valuable features are the
- real-time online assignments that don't limit you to working from one place only
- comment forums
- assignments.
Teachers upload jobs to the platform and students upload all their answers to the platform and CYPHER Learning makes it easy for us to view them immediately.
We also use the platform for automation and adaptive learning purposes. The ability to set trigger rules that show or hide specific class sections or assignments is as optimal as possible. Because it is intuitive, it is easy to create content for students in a personalized way. And it is very intuitive for the students. They only need to enter the platform and they see their particular courses on the home screen.
And the competency-based learning is very visual and easy to use. The labeling is quite simple. It is very important because, beyond the content, we focus on the teaching of skills and these are embedded in the competencies. It is important that we have this tool to do evaluations as it helps us better know what the real status of a student is. The ability to track student progress on a competency basis through a mastery grid is very important for the school because we can see what the student's progress is, the time it takes, and the time he spends on the platform.
Also, with the direct message tray, students can notify you of things, and it's very simple. That feature is excellent because it helps a lot with communication among teachers, parents, and students. As a teacher, I can also leave a comment on an assignment to give feedback.
The types of activities the system has, help engage students and develop their independence and higher-order thinking skills. For example, the forums are used a lot because they help students with the ability to form arguments and express their own opinions. Thanks to CYPHER Learning, we can provide diverse activities. It has made the students perform better because they are no longer always doing the same routine tasks.
And the solution’s gamified learning environment is quite interesting because it is a much more personalized way to communicate with the student. There are teachers who have obtained more knowledge through the use of CYPHER Learning than the rest of us and they can help us with this. Many times, these teachers find different aspects and activities and, as they use them, they share the process with their colleagues.
Because it's the space where we upload materials, colleagues can share their knowledge with you. For example, I really like the library that the system has. It allows me to pull activities that are archived or a card that I can adapt as I want and then send it to a student who is having problems and needs guidance. This can help that student get to the same level as the rest of the class.
What needs improvement?
The system should help us more in the area of evaluation. I don't think CYPHER Learning has exploited this topic enough. I can upload rubrics for evaluation, but there are no additional information sources or other instruments for student evaluation.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using CYPHER LEARNING since the pandemic began, so approximately three and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
In all the time we have used the platform, we have only had one network outage message. They told us that the system was going to be updated and that we wouldn't be able to use it during that period of time. It was only half a day and after that, we had no more problems.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a platform that is constantly updated and constantly growing.
We have almost 140 teachers, and we also have users who are students, directors, families, and our technical team.
We are counting on continuing to use the platform, and part of our plans for the future is to increase the usage of it.
How are customer service and support?
The one time I had a problem with syncing CYPHER Learning with a Zoom meeting, I contacted their support team and they dealt with it as if it were an urgent matter. They responded and solved my issue quite quickly.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used Google Classroom but it's not close to CYPHER Learning. The latter definitely offers many more possibilities. Google Classroom has improved a lot but, by then, we had acquired CYPHER Learning, so we haven't used Google Classroom anymore.
How was the initial setup?
Our systems team gave us training and tutorials. It was a period of about four weeks from the time CYPHER Learning arrived at the school until we started using it.
What was our ROI?
The peace of mind and satisfaction that I have from having a space where students and their families can find everything are invaluable.
We have young students who sometimes don't entirely copy what they see in class. Now, parents can enter the system to find out what topics their children have seen and be more aware of what is happening with their children.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend CYPHER Learning. It's so intuitive that anyone can handle it. You don't need much training. In our school, we use it from the initial grades with young children. For parents and students, the platform is very intuitive.
I give it a nine out of 10. There are some additional features that I would like it to have, but it is a platform that meets the standards. We are very satisfied with our work in CYPHER Learning. It has streamlined our work with students.
Foreign Language:(Spanish)
¿Cuál es nuestro caso de uso principal?
Es la plataforma virtual del colegio y mi aula virtual. Publico las tareas y las lecciones para la clase a través de Zoom.
¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?
CYPHER Learning nos ha ayudado mucho con la situación en la que, por problemas de salud, los estudiantes no pueden asistir a la escuela. Debido a que tenemos esta plataforma, los estudiantes tienen el programa de lecciones del día a día disponible en todas partes. Si están enfermos, pueden conectarse a la clase desde casa a través de Zoom. Pueden acceder a todo lo que el profesor trabaja a través de la plataforma. Ya no es como antes, cuando un estudiante faltaba a la escuela tenía que copiar todo el contenido que había perdido en clase.
En términos de trabajo administrativo, ha reducido bastante el tiempo dedicado a eso. Por ejemplo, solía llevarnos tiempo decir nombres y ver quién estaba presente al comienzo de una clase. Ahora, podemos hacerlo de forma más directa a través de CYPHER Learning. Tiene una forma más ágil de controlar la asistencia. Como plataforma en general, nos ha ayudado a simplificar nuestros trámites.
Definitivamente también ha ayudado a reducir los costos de los materiales físicos porque ya no imprimimos tantas copias. Explotamos bastante la plataforma en este sentido. Si un libro de texto cuesta 150 soles, multiplicado por cuatro libros de diferentes materias, eso le cuesta a los padres 600 soles. Puede imaginar la cantidad que los padres ahorran cuando se usa CYPHER Learning en lugar de libros.
¿Qué es lo más valioso?
Algunas de las características más valiosas son
- tareas en línea en tiempo real que no lo limitan a trabajar desde un solo lugar
- foros de comentarios
- Los maestros suben trabajos a la plataforma y los estudiantes suben todas sus respuestas a la plataforma y CYPHER Learning nos facilita verlos de inmediato.
También utilizamos la plataforma con fines de automatización y aprendizaje adaptativo. La capacidad de establecer reglas de activación que muestran u ocultan secciones o tareas de clase específicas es lo más óptima posible. Debido a que es intuitivo, es fácil crear contenido para los estudiantes de forma personalizada. Y es muy intuitivo para los estudiantes. Con solo ingresar a la plataforma ya ven sus cursos particulares en la pantalla de inicio.
El aprendizaje basado en competencias es muy visual y fácil de usar. El etiquetado es bastante simple. Es muy importante porque, más allá de los contenidos, nos enfocamos en la enseñanza de habilidades y estas están integradas en las competencias. Es importante que tengamos esta herramienta para hacer evaluaciones ya que nos ayuda a conocer mejor cuál es el estado real de un alumno. La capacidad de realizar un seguimiento del progreso de los estudiantes en función de las competencias a través de una cuadrícula de dominio es muy importante para la escuela porque podemos ver cuál es el progreso del estudiante, el tiempo que tarda y el tiempo que pasa en la plataforma.
Además, con la bandeja de mensajes directos, los alumnos pueden avisarte de cosas, y es muy sencillo. Esa característica es excelente porque ayuda mucho con la comunicación entre maestros, padres y estudiantes. Como profesor, también puedo dejar un comentario en una tarea para dar retroalimentación.
Los tipos de actividades que tiene el sistema ayudan a involucrar a los estudiantes y a desarrollar su independencia y habilidades de pensamiento de orden superior. Por ejemplo, los foros se usan mucho porque ayudan a los estudiantes con la capacidad de formar argumentos y expresar sus propias opiniones. Gracias a CYPHER Learning, podemos ofrecer diversas actividades. Ha hecho que los estudiantes se desempeñen mejor porque ya no están siempre haciendo las mismas tareas rutinarias.
Y el entorno de aprendizaje gamificado de la solución es bastante interesante porque es una forma mucho más personalizada de comunicarse con el alumno. Hay profesores que han obtenido más conocimientos mediante el uso de CYPHER Learning que el resto de nosotros y nos pueden ayudar con esto. Muchas veces, estos docentes encuentran diferentes aspectos y actividades y, a medida que las utilizan, comparten el proceso con sus compañeros.
Debido a que es el espacio donde subimos materiales, los compañeros pueden compartir sus conocimientos contigo. Por ejemplo, me gusta mucho la biblioteca que tiene el sistema. Me permite sacar actividades que están archivadas o una ficha que puedo adaptar a mi gusto y luego enviársela a un alumno que está teniendo problemas y necesita orientación. Esto puede ayudar a que el estudiante alcance el mismo nivel que el resto de la clase.
¿Qué necesita mejorar?
El sistema debería ayudarnos más en el área de evaluación. No creo que CYPHER Learning haya explotado lo suficiente este tema. Puedo subir rúbricas para la evaluación, pero no hay fuentes de información adicionales u otros instrumentos para la evaluación de los estudiantes.
¿Por cuánto tiempo he usado la solución?
Hemos estado usando CYPHER LEARNING desde que comenzó la pandemia, aproximadamente hace tres años y medio.
¿Qué pienso sobre la estabilidad de la solución?
En todo el tiempo que hemos usado la plataforma, solo hemos tenido un mensaje de corte de red. Nos dijeron que iban a actualizar el sistema y que no lo podríamos usar durante ese tiempo. Fue solo medio día y después de eso, no tuvimos más problemas.
¿Qué opino de la escalabilidad de la solución?
Es una plataforma en constante actualización y en constante crecimiento.
Tenemos casi 140 docentes, y también tenemos usuarios que son estudiantes, directores, familias y nuestro equipo técnico.
Contamos con seguir usando la plataforma, y parte de nuestros planes para el futuro es aumentar el uso de la misma.
¿Cómo son el servicio de atención al cliente y el soporte?
La única vez que tuve un problema fue con la sincronización de CYPHER Learning con una reunión de Zoom, contacté a su equipo de soporte y lo trataron como si fuera un asunto urgente. Respondieron y resolvieron mi problema bastante rápido.
¿Cómo calificaría el servicio y soporte al cliente?
Positivo
¿Qué solución usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?
Usé Google Classroom pero no está cerca de CYPHER Learning ya que este definitivamente ofrece muchas más posibilidades. Google Classroom ha mejorado mucho pero, para entonces, habíamos adquirido CYPHER Learning, por lo que ya no usamos Google Classroom.
¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?
Nuestro equipo de sistemas nos brindó capacitación y tutoriales. Fue un período de aproximadamente cuatro semanas desde que CYPHER Learning llegó a la escuela hasta que comenzamos a usarlo.
¿Cuál fue nuestro Retorno de Inversión?
La tranquilidad y satisfacción que tengo de tener un espacio donde los estudiantes y sus familias pueden encontrar de todo son invaluables.
Tenemos jóvenes estudiantes que a veces no copian del todo lo que ven en clase. Ahora, los padres pueden ingresar al sistema para saber qué temas han visto sus hijos y estar más al tanto de lo que sucede con sus hijos.
¿Qué otro consejo tengo?
Recomendaría CYPHER Learning. Es tan intuitivo que cualquiera puede manejarlo. No necesitas mucho entrenamiento. En nuestra escuela lo usamos desde los grados iniciales con niños pequeños. Para padres y alumnos, la plataforma es muy intuitiva.
Le doy un nueve sobre 10. Hay algunas características adicionales que me gustaría que tuviera, pero es una plataforma que cumple con los estándares. Estamos muy satisfechos con nuestro trabajo en CYPHER Learning. Ha agilizado nuestro trabajo con los estudiantes.
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Teacher at San Antonio De Padua Catholic
Helps me better organize classroom sessions and enables parents to participate in a child's progress
Pros and Cons
- "What CYPHER Learning has taught me is that parents are also part of the process of student progress. Thanks to the platform, they can participate. They are not outsiders and have become participants. They are aware of what their children are doing."
- "I would also like to see them improve accessibility for younger kids. Perhaps they could enable us to customize folders in a more playful way."
What is our primary use case?
I use CYPHER Learning to post classes and daily sections, organize my work sessions, and post work and weekly programs. We use it to help better organize our work.
How has it helped my organization?
Before CYPHER Learning, we used another platform that was not as complete. We understood that CYPHER Learning is one of the best options and it has helped us so much. We can better organize sessions and use the tools to upload videos, songs, links, and interactive games. It has made it easier for us to upload the information in a coordinated, organized way, and work with students' families, which I find to be a very good aspect.
It strengthens our institution's relationship with students and parents. It seems to me that children learn through play and didactic activities. Linking to games, which is a facility that the platform gives me, is great. By uploading links I can quickly provide students with interesting content, which helps reinforce what they are learning. When we were in the middle of the pandemic, many students got sick and this forced us to close classrooms and work in quarantine. CYPHER Learning made it easier for us to do classes through Zoom at home. I can also send personalized information to a student. If, for example, I want to give something directly to a student who needs more reinforcement, I can send notes or images that are personalized for them.
It allows me to work on personalized content. If I want to work with a child on the correct use of words, for example, I can send them extra content to explain things to them. It makes it easy to focus on what I want to work on with each child. I have saved time when I have had to send personalized messages to children who have not done a project or who are in the process of doing a project that they have to present.
The messaging functionality helps me send reinforcement messages to parents. The messages are very useful. If we had not had the platform during the pandemic, it would have been very difficult to communicate with parents regarding what we wanted to emphasize for the students. It would not have been as easy to organize our classes and we would have had to invest three times as much time to carry out our work.
CYPHER Learning provides an evaluation indicator through which we can see what a student's progress is like. Those who enter the platform are able to reinforce what they do in the classroom. My students are four-year-olds, so they depend a lot on their families' involvement. Through the system, we can see the progress of the family and how the family is supporting the progress of their child. If the child achieves all their skills, it is because the family is involved and working positively with the child.
The platform makes it easy for me to visualize this process. It also gives parents organized information where they can see what their children are learning. They are no longer oblivious to what their children are doing and are more aware of how they can support their children. CYPHER Learning has helped integrate us with the families and facilitate the work of the teacher.
Our entire institution uses CYPHER Learning for the same purpose, so that we can present classes in an organized way, as a team, and so that parents know what is being worked on. The ease of communication makes our work easier and helps us to create more ties with the parents.
During the pandemic, it also helped me by making grading easier. If I needed evidence of something that happened in class, I could go to CYPHER Learning to see what happened.
The platform has also reduced administrative work because I can quickly upload all the lesson plans to the system. Before CYPHER Learning, we had to use a physical portfolio that was full of material. Now everything is in the cloud. It's a seven on a scale of one to 10, where one means "didn't save on administrative work" and 10 means "saved a lot on administrative work." I also no longer need notebooks or sheets. Now, everything is in the system.
What is most valuable?
There are a number of valuable features, such as the fact that you can organize a class session well and upload videos or songs, enabling parents to have access to the platform.
It's great that parents can see the work we are doing in the classroom and how the students are performing, from home. Also, if a student misses class due to illness, parents can enter the platform and see what the rest of the class is studying. This way, it is almost as if the student did not miss that day of school.
Because I am a teacher of young children, being able to educate them safely requires teamwork between teachers and parents. I have sent recommendations to parents through the platform regarding reinforcement on topics seen in class. I also like that students and their parents can see a student's progress, what is being worked on and how it is being worked on.
In addition, it allows me to see which students are actually in class and the ones that are not entering. During the pandemic, it was also great the way the platform gave my students the ability to upload videos and images of their work in response to the activities that I gave them.
I was also able to give feedback thanks to this tool. These features were very important for us at that time.
What needs improvement?
I had families that told me they could not enter the platform. We looked for a solution to that with the technical support team at school. And while we have used CYPHER Learning to keep everyone informed about a child's progress, I have not seen a tool that enables united communication yet: communication between all students, directive communications, and general communications. The platform could be improved in these ways.
I would also like to see them improve accessibility for younger kids. Perhaps they could enable us to customize folders in a more playful way.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using CYPHER Learning for three and a half to four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
On some occasions during the pandemic, CYPHER Learning was undergoing maintenance and it was not possible to access it, but that happened very few times; once or twice.
In general, I have had no problems with it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a platform that is constantly growing and updating and one that will be used in the future for sure because it provides communication opportunities. Our entire school—pre-school, primary, and secondary levels—is using it.
There are about 1,200 users including students, teachers, the system administration team, directors, and coordinators who enter CYPHER Learning to supervise classes. Over time, it will be exploited more at the university level as well.
It seems to me that we will continue using the platform. It is a tool that helps us daily in the organization of classes and in communication with parents. Everything about it is positive. It enables us to use unique tools and gives us access to student progress. I think it's here to stay.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used SieWeb. CYPHER Learning is better organized and more comprehensive. There is more variety to work with and these are the things that made our institution switch to it.
How was the initial setup?
We received training and workshops because, at first, we did not understand CYPHER Learning very well. We had to adapt due to necessity. With practice, we improved.
The teachers who learned faster helped and advised others. There was a lot of mutual help. But at first, it was difficult. It was a process of a few weeks in length.
Our school's system administrators, a team of four or five people, were the ones who received training first and they were the ones who trained us. They also sent out tutorial videos to help us.
What was our ROI?
It has helped me to manage my time better and to organize myself better. Now, all the necessary procedures are done in a more effective way.
What other advice do I have?
Focusing on communication with students' families, sending them messages, suggestions, and recommendations so that they can understand how to organize themselves better, is very important. Through this tool, we have been able to communicate with parents better.
What CYPHER Learning has taught me is that parents are also part of the process of student progress. Thanks to the platform, they can participate. They are not outsiders and have become participants. They are aware of what their children are doing.
Overall, it is worthwhile. It allows you to use various resources to organize your classes and to organize yourself as a teacher as well.
Foreign Language: (Spanish)
¿Cuál es nuestro caso de uso principal?
Uso CYPHER Learning para publicar clases y secciones diarias, para organizar mis sesiones de trabajo y publicar programas de trabajo semanales. Lo usamos para ayudar a organizar mejor nuestro trabajo.
¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?
Antes de CYPHER Learning, usábamos otra plataforma que no era tan completa. Entendimos que CYPHER Learning es una de las mejores opciones y nos ha ayudado mucho.
Podemos organizar mejor las sesiones y usar las herramientas para subir videos, canciones, enlaces y juegos interactivos. Nos ha facilitado subir la información de forma coordinada, organizada y trabajar con las familias de los alumnos, lo que me parece muy bueno. Fortalece la relación de nuestra institución con los estudiantes y padres de familia.
Me parece que los niños aprenden a través del juego y de actividades didácticas. La vinculación a juegos, que es una facilidad que me da la plataforma, es genial. Al cargar enlaces, puedo proporcionar rápidamente a los estudiantes contenido interesante, lo que ayuda a reforzar lo que están aprendiendo.
Cuando estábamos en medio de la pandemia, muchos estudiantes se enfermaron y esto nos obligó a cerrar las aulas y trabajar en cuarentena. CYPHER Learning nos facilitó hacer clases a través de Zoom en casa.
También puedo enviar información personalizada a un alumno. Si, por ejemplo, quiero regalar algo directamente a un alumno que necesita más refuerzo, puedo enviar notas o imágenes personalizadas para él. Me permite trabajar en contenido personalizado. Si quiero trabajar con un niño en el uso correcto de las palabras, por ejemplo, puedo enviarle contenido extra para explicarle cosas. Me facilita concentrarme en lo que quiero trabajar con cada niño.
Ahorró tiempo cuando tuvo que enviar mensajes personalizados a niños que no han hecho un proyecto o que están en proceso de hacer un proyecto que tienen que presentar. La funcionalidad de mensajería me ayuda a enviar mensajes de refuerzo a los padres. Los mensajes son muy utiles.
Si no hubiéramos tenido la plataforma durante la pandemia, hubiera sido muy difícil comunicarnos con los padres sobre lo que queríamos enfatizar para los estudiantes. No hubiera sido tan fácil organizar nuestras clases y hubiéramos tenido que invertir el triple de tiempo para realizar nuestro trabajo.
CYPHER Learning proporciona un indicador de evaluación a través del cual podemos ver cómo es el progreso de un estudiante. Quienes ingresan a la plataforma son capaces de reforzar lo que hacen en el salón de clases. Mis alumnos son niños de cuatro años, por lo que depende mucho de la participación de sus familias. A través del sistema, podemos ver el progreso de la familia y cómo la familia apoya el progreso de su hijo. Si el niño logra todas sus habilidades es porque la familia se involucra y trabaja positivamente con el niño. La plataforma me facilita visualizar este proceso.
También brinda a los padres información organizada donde pueden ver lo que están aprendiendo sus hijos. Ya no son ajenos a lo que hacen sus hijos y son más conscientes de cómo pueden apoyar a sus hijos. CYPHER Learning nos ha ayudado a integrarnos con las familias y facilitar el trabajo del profesor.
Toda nuestra institución utiliza CYPHER Learning con el mismo propósito, para que podamos presentar las clases de manera organizada, en equipo, y para que los padres sepan en qué se está trabajando. La facilidad de comunicación facilita nuestro trabajo y nos ayuda a crear más lazos con los padres.
Durante la pandemia, también me ayudó al facilitar la calificación. Si necesitaba evidencia de algo que sucedió en clase, podría ir a CYPHER Learning para ver qué sucedió.
La plataforma también ha reducido el trabajo administrativo porque puedo cargar rápidamente todos los planos de lecciones al sistema. Antes de CYPHER Learning, utilizó que usar un portafolio físico que estaba lleno de material. Ahora todo está en la nube. Es un siete en una escala del uno al 10, donde uno significa "no ahorré en trabajo administrativo" y 10 significa "ahorré mucho en trabajo administrativo".
Además ya no necesito cuadernos ni hojas. Ahora, todo está en el sistema.
¿Qué es lo más valioso?
Hay una serie de caracteristicas valiosas, como el hecho de que puede
- organiza bien una sesion de clase
- subir videos o canciones
- permitir que los padres tengan acceso a la plataforma.
Es genial que los padres puedan ver el trabajo que estamos haciendo en el salón de clases y cómo se están desempeñando los estudiantes, desde casa. Además, si un estudiante falta una clase por enfermedad, los padres pueden ingresar a la plataforma y ver qué está estudiando el resto de la clase. De esta manera, es casi como si el alumno no se hubiera perdido ese día de clases. Debido a que soy maestra de niños pequeños, poder educarlos de manera segura requiere un trabajo en equipo entre maestros y padres. He enviado recomendaciones a los padres a través de la plataforma en cuanto a reforzar los temas vistos en clase.
También me gusta que los estudiantes y sus padres puedan ver el progreso de un estudiante, en qué se está trabajando y cómo se está trabajando. Además, me permite ver qué alumnos están realmente en clase y no son adecuados.
Durante la pandemia, también fue excelente la forma en que la plataforma les dio a mis alumnos la posibilidad de cargar videos e imágenes de su trabajo en respuesta a las actividades que les di. También pude dar mi opinión gracias a esta herramienta. Estas características eran muy importantes para nosotros en ese momento.
¿Qué necesita mejorar?
Tuve familias que me dijeron que no pudieron entrar a la plataforma. Buscamos una solución a eso con el equipo de soporte técnico de la escuela.
Aunque hemos utilizado CYPHER Learning para mantener a todos informados sobre el progreso de un niño, todavía no se ha visto una herramienta que permita una comunicación unida: comunicación entre todos los estudiantes, comunicaciones directivas y comunicaciones generales. La plataforma podría mejorarse de esta manera.
También me gustaría verlos mejorar la accesibilidad para los niños más pequeños. Quizás podrían permitirnos personalizar las carpetas de una manera más divertida.
¿Por cuánto tiempo usó la solución?
Estuvo usando CYPHER Learning de CYPHER LEARNING durante tres años y medio o cuatro.
¿Qué pienso sobre la estabilidad de la solución?
En algunas ocasiones durante la pandemia, CYPHER Learning estuvo en mantenimiento y no fue posible acceder a él, pero eso sucedió muy pocas veces; una o dos veces.
En general, no ha tenido problemas con él.
¿Qué opina de la escalabilidad de la solución?
Es una plataforma que está en constante crecimiento y actualización y que seguramente se mantendrá en el futuro porque brinda oportunidades de comunicación.
Toda nuestra escuela, los niveles de preescolar, primaria y secundaria, lo están utilizando. Son alrededor de 1.200 usuarios entre estudiantes, docentes, equipo de administración del sistema, directores y coordinadores que ingresan a CYPHER Learning para supervisar clases.
Con el tiempo, también se explotará más a nivel universitario.
Me parece que vamos a seguir usando la plataforma. Es una herramienta que nos ayuda a diario en la organización de las clases y en la comunicación con los padres. Todo al respecto es positivo. Nos permite utilizar herramientas únicas y nos da acceso al progreso de los estudiantes. Pienso que llego para quedarse.
¿Qué solución usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?
Utilizamos SieWeb. CYPHER Learning está mejor organizado y es más completo. Hay más variedad con la que trabajar y estas son las cosas que hicieron que nuestra institución cambiara a ella.
¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?
Recibimos capacitaciones y talleres porque, al principio, no entendíamos muy bien el uso de CYPHER Learning. Tuvimos que adaptarnos por necesidad. Con la práctica, mejoramos.
Los maestros que aprendieron más rápido ayudaron y aconsejaron a otros. Hubo mucha ayuda mutua. Pero al principio, fue difícil.
Fue un proceso de unas pocas semanas de duración. Los administradores de sistemas de nuestra escuela, un equipo de cuatro o cinco personas, fueron los que primero se capacitaron y ellos fueron los que nos capacitaron. También enviaron videos tutoriales para ayudarnos.
¿Cuál fue nuestro Retorno de Inversión?
Me ha ayudado a gestionar mejor mi tiempo y a organizarme mejor. Ahora, todos los trámites necesarios se realizan de una manera más efectiva.
¿Qué otro consejo tengo?
Es muy importante enfocarse en la comunicación con las familias de los estudiantes, enviándoles mensajes, sugerencias y recomendaciones para que puedan entender cómo organizarse mejor. A través de esta herramienta, hemos podido comunicarnos mejor con los padres.
Lo que CYPHER Learning me ha enseñado es que los padres también son parte del proceso de progreso de los estudiantes. Gracias a la plataforma, pueden participar. No son extraños y se han convertido en participantes. Son conscientes de lo que hacen sus hijos.
En general, vale la pena. Te permite utilizar varios recursos para organizar tus clases y también para organizarte como profesor.
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Professor of Theory of Knowledge and History at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
Helps supervisors follow up on teachers and helps teachers follow up on students, making us more organized
Pros and Cons
- "The feature I use the most is the rubrics tool. I have built all my rubrics in the platform and, using them, I can mark the scores that the students have and it provides transparency between the students and the teachers."
- "We have teachers of all ages and those who are a little older hardly interact with the platform. It needs greater accessibility and more detailed updates and information regarding all its tools."
What is our primary use case?
I am a professor of social sciences and I use it to organize the course. In this way, the students can enter the platform and see the content we are going to work with. They can also find their evaluations and classifications. All class dynamics are carried out via CYPHER Learning.
How has it helped my organization?
By using CYPHER Learning, our institute, as a team, is better organized. Supervisors and area advisers can follow up on each of their teachers and we, as teachers, can follow up on the students as well.
During the pandemic, CYPHER Learning was a very important tool. Thanks to the platform we were able to share content with students. In one way we were "forced" to learn a new system, but otherwise, we acquired a very good tool.
It has saved time on intervention strategies for students. Because I do give feedback, sitting down with each one of them is difficult. On the other hand, with CYPHER Learning, I can do it in a more agile way. It has saved me approximately one hour on the entire intervention topic. And when it comes to administrative work, it has saved me time, especially in terms of the use of paper and documents. Now, they are virtual. We upload everything to the platform and the procedures that were done before are not necessary. It hasn't saved that much time regarding administrative work, maybe half an hour.
We have also integrated Zoom with CYPHER Learning and thanks to that we scheduled Zoom sessions through the system. This was exactly what we needed: a single channel of communication with the students.
What is most valuable?
The feature I use the most is the rubrics tool. I have built all my rubrics in the platform and, using them, I can mark the scores that the students have and it provides transparency between the students and the teachers.
Another tool that I use is the ability to load multimedia files within the CYPHER Learning environment. I can send videos and images to students for them to download, if I want.
The solution's automation involving trigger rules that show or hide specific class sections or assignments is also quite agile. It allows me to show students certain sections that I want them to have access to. And there is even the ability to automatically see how long they spent reading a document, the percentage of tasks they have completed, or the sum of their scores they have received, which I can access through the rubrics.
Another feature that helps a lot is the adaptive learning for providing students with personalized content. It allows me to give them each personalized information without being in physical proximity to them. For example, if they want, they can submit their assignments online and I can put details in the comments. This helps their personal development. Everything is arranged chronologically so that they can review the content at home if they miss a class.
It's also very easy for educators to communicate with students. For example, if you send a direct message to them through the platform, or comment on a task they’re doing, when the student answers it often becomes a dialogue and, after that, it practically becomes a forum. Communication is very important and we always try to make clear and transparent communication a priority.
What needs improvement?
We have teachers of all ages and those who are a little older hardly interact with the platform. It needs greater accessibility and more detailed updates and information regarding all its tools.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using CYPHER Learning since 2020.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
There was a network outage but that was in 2020. Since then, the system has not been down. The platform is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
CYPHER Learning has high capacity and our school wants to exploit it more. More training has been proposed so that we better understand the platform. The goal is that we continue to increase its use and the variety of strategies that we can use, as teachers, continue to grow.
We have about 500 users who are teachers, system administrators, and the team of supervisors who certify the teachers. In addition, we have about 1,000 students who use it. It is used at all levels, primary and secondary. We have plans for it to be used a lot more in our institution.
How are customer service and support?
I have not had the opportunity to contact their technical support, but I know that when a query has been made they have always responded.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We use SieWeb as well but it is more for communicating with parents and sharing students' scores.
We understood that we needed CYPHER Learning because we needed a place where the entire weekly class content is organized. We wanted students to have a unique place for that information and a single channel of communication with the teacher.
How was the initial setup?
Our initial implementation was a bit slow because there was no training. Our technical systems area was responsible for helping with any problem that arose in general, but we did not receive specific training. It took us about two months to deploy.
There are three people, the general managers, who are in charge of managing the platform, but now each teacher manages their own class. The general managers only contact CYPHER LEARNING if there is an anomaly or systemic problem.
What other advice do I have?
Investigate CYPHER Learning to the maximum to become informed about it before the implementation, and to look into the potential of the platform, because it can be used for many things.
We recently received training on the use of automation in CYPHER Learning and I'm only just starting to understand how it works: How to send automated messages as feedback, how to schedule courses, and how to see students' achievements as they explore a course’s content. I'm discovering more and more features within CYPHER Learning. In the beginning, it was just for uploading material, but with the last training, we received we understood that there are many more possibilities within the system. I did not know that interactive things, videos or 360 views, could be uploaded.
In terms of getting students engaged with the platform, that has happened partially, but there are still many students who are used to face-to-face education, so not all of them make good use of CYPHER Learning. There are many functionalities in the platform that they still do not take advantage of. There are a few students who take the lead on being autonomous and use everything in CYPHER Learning to advance on their own. All these activities are very important for our institute. Because our school opts for a diploma program, it is one of our objectives, and requirements, that students develop autonomy and self-manage their time, as well as search for information and sources. NEO LMS, in part, gives them a route to follow.
CYPHER Learning is not so influential in terms of getting students to the same level or closing the learning gap. That's not necessarily because of the platform but because there are other problems, whether personal or social, that limit students in various ways. The platform helps me understand which students are falling behind, but I wouldn't say that it motivates them in any way.
I believe that CYPHER Learning provides important tools to develop student engagement in class. In physical classes, it is very difficult for everyone to participate, but through this system they have the option of responding in a more personalized way when it comes to their opinions and thoughts. And it has taught me to adapt to change.
Foreign Language:(Spanish)
¿Cuál es nuestro caso de uso principal?
Soy profesor de ciencias sociales y lo uso para organizar el curso. De esta forma, los alumnos pueden ingresar a la plataforma y ver el contenido que vamos a trabajar. También pueden encontrar sus valoraciones y clasificaciones. Todas las dinámicas de clase se realizan a través de CYPHER Learning.
¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?
Al usar CYPHER Learning, nuestro instituto, como equipo, está mejor organizado. Los supervisores y asesores de área pueden dar seguimiento a cada uno de sus docentes y nosotros como docentes podemos dar seguimiento a los alumnos también.
Durante la pandemia, CYPHER Learning fue una herramienta muy importante. Gracias a la plataforma pudimos compartir contenido con los estudiantes. Por un lado, nos vimos "obligados" a aprender un nuevo sistema, pero por otro lado, adquirimos una muy buena herramienta.
Ha ahorrado tiempo en estrategias de intervención para los estudiantes. Debido a que doy retroalimentación, sentarse con cada uno de ellos es difícil. En cambio, con CYPHER Learning puedo hacerlo de una forma más ágil. Me he ahorrado aproximadamente una hora en todo el tema de la intervención. Y en lo que respecta al trabajo administrativo, me ha ahorrado tiempo, especialmente en términos de uso de papel y documentos. Ahora, son virtuales. Subimos todo a la plataforma y no son necesarios los trámites que se hacían antes. No ha ahorrado tanto tiempo en cuanto a trabajo administrativo, tal vez media hora.
También hemos integrado Zoom con CYPHER Learning y gracias a eso programamos sesiones de Zoom a través del sistema. Esto era exactamente lo que necesitábamos: un único canal de comunicación con los estudiantes.
¿Qué es lo más valioso?
La característica que más uso es la herramienta de rúbricas. He construido todas mis rúbricas en la plataforma y, al usarlas, puedo marcar los puntajes que tienen los estudiantes. De esta manera las rúbricas brindan transparencia entre los estudiantes y los maestros.
Otra herramienta que utilizo es la capacidad de cargar archivos multimedia dentro del entorno CYPHER Learning. Puedo enviar vídeos e imágenes a los estudiantes para que los descarguen, si quiero.
La automatización de la solución que involucra reglas de activación que muestran u ocultan secciones o tareas de clases específicas también es bastante ágil. Me permite mostrar a los estudiantes ciertas secciones a las que quiero que tengan acceso. E incluso existe la posibilidad de ver automáticamente cuánto tiempo pasaron leyendo un documento, el porcentaje de tareas que completaron o la suma de las puntuaciones que recibieron, a las que puedo acceder a través de las rúbricas.
Otra característica que ayuda mucho es el aprendizaje adaptativo para proporcionar a los estudiantes contenido personalizado. Me permite darles a cada uno información personalizada sin estar cerca físicamente de ellos. Por ejemplo, si quieren, pueden enviar sus tareas en línea y puedo poner detalles en los comentarios. Esto ayuda a su desarrollo personal. Todo está ordenado cronológicamente para que puedan revisar el contenido en casa si faltan a una clase.
También es muy fácil para los educadores comunicarse con los estudiantes. Por ejemplo, si le envías un mensaje directo a través de la plataforma, o comentas en una tarea que está haciendo, el alumno responde y muchas veces se convierte en un diálogo y, después, prácticamente se convierte en un foro. La comunicación es muy importante y siempre intentamos que la comunicación clara y transparente sea una prioridad.
¿Qué necesita mejorar?
Tenemos profesores de todas las edades y los que son un poco mayores apenas interactúan con la plataforma. Necesita mayor accesibilidad y actualizaciones e información más detallada de todas sus herramientas.
¿Por cuánto tiempo he usado la solución?
Usamos CYPHER Learning desde 2020.
¿Qué pienso sobre la estabilidad de la solución?
Hubo una interrupción de la red, pero eso fue en 2020. Desde entonces, el sistema no se ha caído. La plataforma es muy estable.
¿Qué opino de la escalabilidad de la solución?
EO LMS tiene una gran capacidad y nuestra escuela quiere explotarla más. Se ha propuesto más formación para que entendamos mejor la plataforma. El objetivo es que sigamos aumentando su uso y que la variedad de estrategias que podemos utilizar, como docentes, siga creciendo.
Tenemos alrededor de 500 usuarios que son docentes, administradores de sistemas y el equipo de supervisores que certifican a los docentes. Además, tenemos alrededor de 1.000 alumnos que lo utilizan. Se utiliza en todos los niveles, primaria y secundaria. Tenemos planes para que se use mucho más en nuestra institución.
¿Cómo son el servicio de atención al cliente y el soporte?
No he tenido la oportunidad de contactar con el soporte técnico, pero sé que cuando se ha hecho una consulta siempre han respondido.
¿Cómo calificaría el servicio y soporte al cliente?
Positivo
¿Qué solución usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?
También usamos SieWeb, pero es más para comunicarse con los padres y compartir las calificaciones de los estudiantes.
Entendimos que necesitábamos CYPHER Learning porque necesitábamos un lugar donde se organizara todo el contenido de la clase semanal. Queríamos que los alumnos tuvieran un lugar único para esa información y un único canal de comunicación con el profesor.
¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?
Nuestra implementación inicial fue un poco lenta porque no hubo capacitación. Nuestra área técnica de sistemas se encargaba de ayudar con cualquier problema que surgiera en general, pero no recibimos capacitación específica. Nos tomó cerca de dos meses implementarlo.
Hay tres personas, los directores generales, que se encargan de gestionar la plataforma, pero ahora cada profesor gestiona su propia clase. Los gerentes generales solo contactan a CYPHER LEARNING si hay alguna anomalía o problema sistémico.
¿Qué otro consejo tengo?
Investigar al máximo CYPHER Learning para informarse antes de la implementación y ver el potencial de la plataforma, ya que se puede utilizar para muchas cosas.
Recientemente recibimos capacitación sobre el uso de la automatización en CYPHER Learning y recién estoy comenzando a entender cómo funciona: cómo enviar mensajes automatizados como comentarios, cómo programar cursos y cómo ver los logros de los estudiantes mientras exploran el contenido de un curso. Estoy descubriendo más y más características dentro de CYPHER Learning. Al principio era solo para subir material, pero con la última capacitación que recibimos entendimos que hay muchas más posibilidades dentro del sistema. No sabía que se podían subir cosas interactivas, videos o vistas 360.
En términos de involucrar a los estudiantes con la plataforma, eso ha sucedido parcialmente, pero todavía hay muchos estudiantes que están acostumbrados a la educación presencial, por lo que no todos hacen un buen uso de CYPHER Learning. Hay muchas funcionalidades en la plataforma que aún no se aprovechan. Hay algunos estudiantes que toman la iniciativa de ser autónomos y usan todo en CYPHER Learning para avanzar por su cuenta. Todas estas actividades son muy importantes para nuestro instituto. Debido a que nuestra escuela opta por un programa de diplomado, es uno de nuestros objetivos y requisitos que los estudiantes desarrollen autonomía y autogestión de su tiempo, así como la búsqueda de información y fuentes. NEO LMS, en parte, les da una ruta a seguir.
CYPHER Learning no es tan influyente en términos de llevar a los estudiantes al mismo nivel o cerrar la brecha de aprendizaje. Eso no se debe necesariamente a la plataforma, sino a que existen otros problemas, ya sean personales o sociales, que limitan a los estudiantes de varias maneras. La plataforma me ayuda a entender qué estudiantes se están quedando atrás, pero no diría que los motiva de ninguna manera.
Creo que CYPHER Learning proporciona herramientas importantes para desarrollar la participación de los estudiantes en clase. En las clases físicas es muy difícil que todos participen, pero a través de este sistema tienen la opción de expresar sus opiniones y pensamientos de manera más personalizada. CYPHER Learning me ha enseñado a adaptarme al cambio.
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Staff at San Antonio De Padua Catholic
Favors individual work as well as teamwork, helping students know how to write but also how to communicate
Pros and Cons
- "I have many students in my charge and thanks to the automation provided by CYPHER Learning, it is possible to apply any class to any classroom and, in that way, replicate the same content for all classrooms."
- "There is room for improvement in the way competencies for each area are designated. I would like the exact activities to be specified somewhere to clarify for the students what they need to complete each activity."
How has it helped my organization?
Before CYPHER Learning, our school was very traditional and did not use any type of online documentation. The pandemic made us look for new ways of doing things and that's when CYPHER Learning arrived. At first, it seemed very difficult to understand because we were not used to a student being able to archive their work and manage their learning in such an independent way. But this new modality of having the information online and using the CYPHER Learning application on a cell phone to see your work progress is something that has helped our institution.
It seems to me that CYPHER Learning is very didactic. You can count on forums and teamwork. It greatly favors individual work as well as teamwork. It is very important that students know how to write, but also that they know how to communicate. CYPHER Learning also facilitates socializing through the platform.
The solution has also helped save time, about 40 percent, on intervention strategies for students. For example, I have students who may take time to deliver assignments because they find them more complex. CYPHER Learning enables me to ask a student to do everything in a more creative way, such as by uploading a video or a canvas. In that way, life is made easier for them. Progress is faster thanks to NEO. Students can access a folder designed especially for them, according to their specific needs. NEO allows me to focus on exactly what they need and helps me close the learning gap.
And in terms of administrative work, it helps me do everything faster. Before, I had to see the grades separately. Now I can see them through CYPHER Learning and it helps a lot to consolidate the grades faster.
We also save money on modules and books, and students have the information wherever they are.
CYPHER Learning has taught me how to be organized. It used to be complicated for me to review and correct papers, but CYPHER Learning streamlines the process and provides the option of giving quick feedback, from both students and teachers.
What is most valuable?
In CYPHER Learning, all learning sessions are uploaded so that students can preview them before class, and students can upload their activities in class. We also use the synchronization with Zoom.
The fact that you can organize all the information so that you have an order regarding the topics that the students review, and the way in which CYPHER Learning archives all the work done by the students, seems very useful to me.
I have many students in my charge and thanks to the automation provided by CYPHER Learning, it is possible to apply any class to any classroom and, in that way, replicate the same content for all classrooms.
Each student has different needs. In the comments section, they can express their needs and I, as a teacher, can provide them with some additional detail about what to do in the activity. It is a mini-chat where teachers communicate with students. I can talk privately with the student about those sections of the class where they need reinforcement.
It is very easy for educators to communicate with students using CYPHER Learning. The comments section in the projects makes our lives a lot easier. I can make observations on how to improve their work and if the student has any questions they reply immediately. In this way, there is constant feedback. The student feels fully cared for. Before CYPHER Learning, they had to wait until the next class to see the teacher and communicate with him. It is very important to be able to communicate. That gap that existed before between teachers and students is reduced when the student feels they will get a quick and effective response from the teacher. They feel looked after.
Also, the student has a bar that shows his progress. CYPHER Learning organizes all the evaluations and summarizes things. In addition to that, because we are between virtual and face-to-face classes nowadays, the content uploaded in CYPHER Learning is an advanced type of "information spoiler" about what they are going to do each semester. And the exercises they do give us feedback regarding the level of each student.
What needs improvement?
There is room for improvement in the way competencies for each area are designated. I would like the exact activities to be specified somewhere to clarify for the students what they need to complete each activity.
For how long have I used the solution?
We started using CYPHER Learning in 2020, when the pandemic started.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I have never had connection problems. The platform is very stable and has always worked well.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I feel that CYPHER Learning has everything I need, in terms of infrastructure and communication with students. CYPHER LEARNING is always innovating. Recently, they showed us new tools. They care about meeting needs as time goes by.
We have about 1,500 users, including students, teachers, and supervisors. We are using it to its maximum, so there is no way to increase our usage of it.
How are customer service and support?
I haven't had any issues so I haven't had any experience with their technical support.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
The other solution we have is SieWeb but it is just for uploading notes so it's not comparable to CYPHER Learning.
How was the initial setup?
It was complex at the beginning. It was the first time we interacted with a platform of this type. However, it is intuitive and, by exploring, you understand its functionalities.
We had three training sessions, each lasting approximately two weeks, and then teachers began to use it independently. But it really depends on how much the teacher tries to manage and experiment with it. Our older teachers had difficulties.
At first, a small number of teachers were trained, and then general training was given. In each area there was an advisor. And one teacher, who predominated in the platform, advised the rest of the team and shared what they knew about it.
What about the implementation team?
In the general training, there was a CYPHER Learning implementer, but we didn't really need a lot of help because we were able to help each other and answer questions.
My experience with the implementer was quite good. He was very didactic, he tried to answer questions very calmly and make himself understood, and he was very patient.
What was our ROI?
Our ROI is that the students and teachers feel comfortable with the solution. The fact that we are all satisfied with the work means that the investment was worth it.
What other advice do I have?
Look into whether it is useful for your school. CYPHER Learning has fast statistical data and many resources.
The tools for tagging classes and assignments with competencies don't really help me in the subject that I teach. Where it does help is in all the options that the student has to write, such as forums and exercises. Perhaps during the pandemic it was more necessary but now it is used less frequently.
The innovation and deployment of CYPHER Learning was very useful. In our school there are always surveys, and CYPHER Learning is something that everyone sees as necessary.
Foreign Language:(Spanish)
¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?
Antes de CYPHER Learning, nuestra escuela era muy tradicional y no utilizaba ningún tipo de documentación en línea. La pandemia nos hizo buscar nuevas formas de hacer las cosas y ahí llegó CYPHER Learning. Al principio parecía muy difícil de entender porque no estábamos acostumbrados a que un alumno pudiera archivar su trabajo y gestionar su aprendizaje de forma tan independiente. Pero esta nueva modalidad de tener la información en línea y usar la aplicación CYPHER Learning en un celular para ver el avance de tu trabajo es algo que ha ayudado a nuestra institución.
Me parece que CYPHER Learning es muy didáctico. Puedes contar con foros y trabajo en equipo. Favorece mucho el trabajo individual así como el trabajo en equipo. Es muy importante que los alumnos sepan escribir, pero también que sepan comunicarse. CYPHER Learning también facilita la socialización a través de la plataforma.
La solución también ayudó a ahorrar tiempo, alrededor del 40 por ciento, en estrategias de intervención para los estudiantes. Por ejemplo, tengo alumnos que pueden tardar en entregar las tareas porque las encuentran más complejas. CYPHER Learning me permite pedirle a un estudiante que haga todo de una manera más creativa, como subir un video o un lienzo. De esa manera, la vida se les hace más fácil. El progreso es más rápido gracias a CYPHER Learning. Los alumnos pueden acceder a una carpeta diseñada especialmente para ellos, según sus necesidades específicas. CYPHER Learning me permite concentrarme exactamente en lo que necesitan y me ayuda a cerrar la brecha de aprendizaje.
Y en cuanto al trabajo administrativo, me ayuda a hacer todo más rápido. Antes tenía que ver las calificaciones por separado. Ahora puedo verlos a través de CYPHER Learning y ayuda mucho a consolidar las calificaciones más rápido.
También ahorramos dinero en módulos y libros, y los estudiantes tienen la información donde sea que estén.
CYPHER Learning me ha enseñado a organizarme. Antes me resultaba complicado revisar y corregir trabajos, pero CYPHER Learning agiliza el proceso y ofrece la opción de dar feedback rápido, tanto de alumnos como de profesores.
¿Qué es lo más valioso?
En CYPHER Learning, todas las sesiones de aprendizaje se cargan para que los estudiantes puedan obtener una vista previa antes de la clase y los estudiantes puedan cargar sus actividades en clase. También usamos la sincronización con Zoom.
Me parece muy útil el hecho de que puedas organizar toda la información para que tengas un orden respecto a los temas que revisan los alumnos, y la forma en que CYPHER Learning archiva todo el trabajo realizado por los alumnos.
Tengo muchos alumnos a mi cargo y gracias a la automatización que brinda CYPHER Learning, es posible aplicar cualquier clase a cualquier aula y, de esa manera, replicar el mismo contenido para todas las aulas.
Cada estudiante tiene necesidades diferentes. En la sección de comentarios, pueden expresar sus necesidades y yo, como docente, puedo brindarles algún detalle adicional sobre qué hacer en la actividad. Es un mini-chat donde los profesores se comunican con los alumnos. Puedo hablar en privado con el alumno sobre aquellas secciones de la clase en las que necesita refuerzo.
Es muy fácil para los educadores comunicarse con los estudiantes usando CYPHER Learning. La sección de comentarios en los proyectos nos hace la vida mucho más fácil. Puedo hacer observaciones sobre cómo mejorar su trabajo y si el estudiante tiene alguna pregunta, responde de inmediato. De esta manera, hay una retroalimentación constante. El estudiante se siente totalmente atendido. Antes de CYPHER Learning, tenían que esperar hasta la próxima clase para ver al maestro y comunicarse con él. Es muy importante poder comunicarse. Esa brecha que existía antes entre profesores y alumnos se reduce cuando el alumno siente que obtendrá una respuesta rápida y eficaz por parte del profesor. Se sienten atendidos.
Además, el estudiante tiene una barra que muestra su progreso. CYPHER Learning organiza todas las evaluaciones y resume las cosas. Además de eso, debido a que hoy en día estamos entre clases virtuales y presenciales, el contenido subido en CYPHER Learning es una especie de "spoiler informativo" avanzado sobre lo que van a hacer cada semestre. Y los ejercicios que hacen nos retroalimentan respecto al nivel de cada alumno.
¿Qué necesita mejorar?
Hay margen de mejora en la forma en que se designan las competencias para cada área. Me gustaría que las actividades exactas se especifiquen en alguna parte para aclarar a los estudiantes lo que necesitan para completar cada actividad.
¿Por cuánto tiempo he usado la solución?
Empezamos a usar CYPHER Learning en 2020, cuando empezó la pandemia.
¿Qué pienso sobre la estabilidad de la solución?
Nunca he tenido problemas de conexión. La plataforma es muy estable y siempre ha funcionado bien.
¿Qué opino de la escalabilidad de la solución?
Siento que CYPHER Learning tiene todo lo que necesito, en cuanto a infraestructura y comunicación con los estudiantes. CYPHER LEARNING siempre está innovando. Recientemente, nos mostraron nuevas herramientas. Se preocupan por satisfacer las necesidades a medida que pasa el tiempo.
Tenemos alrededor de 1500 usuarios, entre estudiantes, profesores y supervisores. Lo estamos utilizando al máximo, por lo que no hay forma de aumentar nuestro uso.
¿Cómo son el servicio de atención al cliente y el soporte?
No he tenido ningún problema, así que no he tenido ninguna experiencia con su soporte técnico.
¿Qué solución usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?
La otra solución que tenemos es SieWeb, pero es solo para cargar notas, por lo que no es comparable con CYPHER Learning.
¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?
Fue complejo al principio. Era la primera vez que interactuábamos con una plataforma de este tipo. Sin embargo, es intuitivo y, al explorarlo, comprendes sus funcionalidades.
Tuvimos tres sesiones de capacitación, cada una de las cuales duró aproximadamente dos semanas, y luego los maestros comenzaron a usarla de forma independiente. Pero realmente depende de cuánto el maestro intente manejarlo y experimentar con él. Nuestros maestros mayores tenían dificultades.
Al principio, se capacitó a un pequeño número de maestros y luego se impartió capacitación general. En cada área había un asesor. Y un docente, que predominó en la plataforma, aconsejó al resto del equipo y compartió lo que sabían al respecto.
¿Y el equipo de implementación?
En la capacitación general, hubo un implementador de CYPHER Learning, pero realmente no necesitábamos mucha ayuda porque pudimos ayudarnos entre todos y responder preguntas.
Mi experiencia con el implementador fue bastante buena. Era muy didáctico, trataba de responder a las preguntas con mucha calma y hacerse entender, y tenía mucha paciencia.
¿Cuál fue nuestro Retorno de Inversión?
Nuestro retorno de inversión es que los estudiantes y profesores se sienten cómodos con la solución. El hecho de que todos estemos satisfechos con el trabajo significa que la inversión valió la pena.
¿Qué otro consejo tengo?
Mira si es útil para tu escuela. CYPHER Learning tiene datos estadísticos rápidos y muchos recursos.
Las herramientas para etiquetar clases y tareas con competencias realmente no me ayudan en la materia que enseño. Donde sí ayuda es en todas las opciones que tiene el alumno para escribir, como foros y ejercicios. Quizás durante la pandemia era más necesario pero ahora se usa con menos frecuencia.\
La innovación y el despliegue de CYPHER Learning fue muy útil. En nuestra escuela siempre hay encuestas, y CYPHER Learning es algo que todos ven necesario.
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Digital Education Manager at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
Reduced our administrative costs substantially and provides us with numerous must-have features
Pros and Cons
- "E-commerce is still one of the exotic features, meaning that not all LMS providers offer it. It is critical for us. We have had no trouble implementing payment gateways with this system and it works out-of-the-box without any special tricks."
- "There is a great feature that enables self-registration for a user and it comes with an access code. Unfortunately, there is only one access code and it works for all portals. We would appreciate a dedicated access code for different portals."
What is our primary use case?
We were searching for a learning management system that had unusual features to meet our requirements, including the ability to sell our course.
How has it helped my organization?
A significant improvement is the performance we get. Our other system has performance issues. Sometimes, it takes that system ages to upload the content, to set up users and enroll a course, et cetera. With CYPHER Learning, it's just a matter of clicks and the system reacts immediately. And there is definitely very solid IT performance in the back end. It's a huge time saver.
The system is also responsive, which is highly appreciated among our clients and customers, as well as our staff, as they can do everything on their mobile devices.
In terms of administrative work and costs, with CYPHER Learning, they are about a quarter of what they were. In the dental business, it's necessary to have hands-on training, but we also have a lot of remote training activities, so we still have a certain collection of tools to provide everything, but we are on our way to integrating everything under one roof with CYPHER Learning.
What is most valuable?
When looking for a solution, we defined a certain set of must-have features as well as some advanced features that would be good to have. And CYPHER Learning has both.
The core functionality includes
- an intuitive, multilingual user interface
- responsive design
- proper content and user management
- support for blended learning
- flexible testing and assessment options
- integration with customer-relations management
- payment gateways
- reporting and e-commerce functionality
E-commerce is still one of the exotic features, meaning that not all LMS providers offer it. It is critical for us. We have had no trouble implementing payment gateways with this system and it works out-of-the-box without any special tricks. This is probably the most critical feature for us.
It also was important that we have a multi-portal architecture so that we could run several systems under one roof. And stability and performance were important to us. We have another solution to compare it with and we were searching for improvements over that solution's performance.
The system offers a lot of features and they are very well structured. I have been involved in software development for over 30 years and, from that perspective, it's a great system. It would be really challenging to make it simpler. I get along with the system very well, and colleagues of mine, without any IT or software development background, also get along quite well with it. It's very user-friendly.
The advanced features include
- artificial intelligence-driven features
- social learning support
- mobile delivery methods
- real-time learning analytics.
What needs improvement?
So far we have only made one suggestion. There is a great feature that enables self-registration for a user and it comes with an access code. Unfortunately, there is only one access code and it works for all portals. We would appreciate a dedicated access code for different portals. So far, this is the only feature we would appreciate having, but we can live without it.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using CYPHER Learning for over 15 months.
We are still in the setup phase, not full deployment. The system is in place and we already have some portals, but we are still not completely alive.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It has the highest possible stability. We have had no downtime, connections lost, or any data loss. The system is absolutely stable and reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's probably the most scalable LMS I have ever seen.
We already have a number of small, dedicated portals for our subsidiary. We also set up a dummy LMS portal for our top customers, to show them how it can work. And we have a little pilot group of 25 people who are testing what we are uploading.
How are customer service and support?
We get great support. We have one person from the sales team who is extremely skilled, and we also have a dedicated technical assistant. He is extremely skilled in all technical questions, but he also provides us with great best practices. We can also get questions answered from the community, which is quite huge, and from help material.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We had several systems in the house because some providers bound the sharing of content with their own LMSs, so we could only get the content if we took their systems. We still have some old LMSs from a "previous life", so to speak. And we have a learning management system as part of a document management system. But the key needs haven't been covered by these systems and that is why we picked up another one, and we are working on content migration to shut down one of our learning management systems.
How was the initial setup?
One of the reasons we bought this solution was because the system is in place as soon as you enter the credit card number. It's a SaaS and, compared to other systems that are deployed over a certain period of time, we received everything out of the box from the very beginning. It was absolutely straightforward.
The only part that was challenging was a lack of knowledge of best practices, given that there are so many ways to set it up. But from a technical perspective, there were absolutely no issues. We messed up a couple of things, but those were our fault. The system provides extremely good information videos as well as some printed material and documentation. That was more than enough for us.
The deployment itself took about two days. The only thing we had to do was customize the colors and put up some images and that was it.
As I already had some experience with learning management systems, and we have four systems in-house, based on this experience, we knew what to do fairly well. It was a real pleasure to realize that the system provides a better solution, compared to others. We didn't need to cap existing workflows.
For the deployment and maintenance, one person is needed. I was responsible for the overall process: evaluation, negotiation, deployment, and completion.
What was our ROI?
We have already generated so many savings with this platform that it's paid out, and it's not a huge investment. I hardly believe it could be less expensive. The value for money is unbeatable.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
For us, it's great savings in terms of money. The system is not cheap but it's affordable. The pricing is fair. And CYPHER LEARNING has flexible plans, depending on the number of active users there are, and not on the number of licenses. This allows us to cover all our needs with a lower number of users. If we don't have a lot of active users we pay less, and if we have a lot of action in the system, we pay more, which is absolutely fine.
There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fee. The cherry on top was that we received all the functionality with the simplest plan, the one with the minimal number of users. It couldn't be any better.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I evaluated 52 systems. After the first round, I selected 16, and in the last round, there were seven. I had extensive hands-on experience with all seven and CYPHER Learning beat them all.
What other advice do I have?
My advice is that you should definitely know what you're searching for because there are so many learning management systems. A good source to start with is first-hand reports. It's also a question of experience. Some people know some learning management systems from previous lives or previous jobs.
The solution enables us to see who has not accessed the portal but that feature is less important for us because the information we provide is for people who are searching for it, so there is no pressure from our side. There is a need on the user's side to access it.
Also, its competency-based learning feature is far beyond our needs. We would like to implement this in the near future because the feature itself is awesome, and the way it's implemented is great, but our needs are more simple at the moment.
I have already had several calls from potential CYPHER Learning customers. it's such a great product and they have such lovely people, so it's a pleasure to help them acquire more customers.
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