Maria Isabel Salazar Delgado - PeerSpot reviewer
Teacher at San Antonio De Padua Catholic
Real User
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.

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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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Liseth Espinoza - PeerSpot reviewer
Docente de 1er grado at San Antonio De Padua Catholic
Real User
Students can review the classes before attending them and parents can access the resources
Pros and Cons
  • "With class folders in place, it is possible to follow up on the children. I know when students have seen the material that has been uploaded to the platform and, thus, understand if they are following the classes."
  • "There could be improvements in the dynamic and accessibility tools for the youngest students. For example, I create or attach links from other pages, and I use activities and games, such as roulettes, that encourage student participation."

What is our primary use case?

I use the platform to upload classes, provide a space for students so that they can also upload their projects, to comment on the work they deliver, and to give feedback while they progress in their assignments.

I am a first-grade teacher and there are certain parts of the solution that I still cannot use because of the young age of the students. My use is more basic.

How has it helped my organization?

Thanks to the folders that we upload to CYPHER Learning, the children can review the classes before coming to them and parents have the opportunity to access the resources being provided. 

With tools for students to upload their work, and for teachers to calculate their achievement of skills, teachers can provide feedback to the parents so that they understand in which subjects their children need reinforcement. The platform also enables parents to witness their child's development in class. It gives us better communication with parents. More than anything, it has helped me save on communication.

The system also helps save administrative time because I can provide information directly to the parents, getting them more involved in the content that's being sent to students. Before CYPHER Learning, I had to explain things to each parent who had any questions. Now I can upload the data to the platform and it reaches all the parents in an equivalent way. That has helped reduce administrative work by 25 percent.

What is most valuable?

My favorite tools include

  • those that enable students to send in files or assignments
  • the comments section
  • the organization of folders for uploading classes
  • the option of attaching files and links, especially when uploading a lot of content information. CYPHER Learning allows you to upload heavy documents.

We are working on establishing an order of topics on the platform to help us manage an adequate path for students to achieve skills. With class folders in place, it is possible to follow up on the children. I know when students have seen the material that has been uploaded to the platform and, thus, understand if they are following the classes. It is important that students have an order to follow and something that creates a habit of reviewing the material that they receive through the platform.

More than anything, it has helped students with the organization part. The folders have links, activities, or videos that help the learning process. That's the way we can reinforce first graders through CYPHER Learning, by linking to outside resources or features.

Tracking student progress on a competency basis is very important as it helps us to do reinforcement and follow-up. It helps us know that the children are progressing according to our objectives, and we can follow up, with the help of the parents, and provide feedback.

What needs improvement?

There could be improvements in the dynamic and accessibility tools for the youngest students. For example, I create or attach links from other pages, and I use activities and games, such as roulettes, that encourage student participation.

For how long have I used the solution?

I started using CYPHER LEARNING three years ago.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

When the classes were only virtual, there were network drops. This year we have seen fewer issues as we returned to face-to-face classes. These were not continuous problems but, if they happened, we had to inform the parents that the platform was not working.

There were also bugs. For example, when we attached links, for some reason it was not possible to access them.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have three levels: initial, primary, and secondary and among them, we have 100 users. It is used by teachers, students, advisors, and system administrators.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is okay. When the network has gone down, it has been possible to resolve things without much inconvenience.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

This is our first virtual environment.

How was the initial setup?

Our three system administrators did all the implementation work. They simply installed CYPHER Learning for us, uploaded all the necessary data, and gave us training.

What was our ROI?

I believe the return on investment is imminent. It has helped teachers, students, and parents with better organization to follow the progress of the children and their achievement of skills.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Perhaps there was an evaluation, but it was not up to us teachers. But by choosing CYPHER Learning, they understood that it was perfect for what we needed.

What other advice do I have?

In first grade, we do work according to competencies, but we do not use CYPHER Learning as a means of tracking achievement of those standards. Still, in general, it is a tool that helps students a lot in demonstrating the skills they have and helps educators understand a student's level of understanding.

There is no gamification because we are talking about first graders. There isn't any functionality that helps in the dynamic or playful sense. Any additional material I include comes from other pages. Being able to attach content saves time, but that content itself is not from the platform.

Although the system has communication tools, in the case of my first-grade students, it is not easy to communicate using them because they are still learning to write. As a means of communication, it is more to send the work to parents. The parents then download the content and hand it to the students. Slowly, the students are also learning to use the platform more independently.

The biggest lesson I have learned from using the solution is that there is a better way to give feedback to students. Also, even first-grade students can become independent within a totally new platform for everyone. I now understand that younger students can undertake an unknown platform in an optimal way.

Foreign Language:(Spanish)

¿Cuál es nuestra razón de uso principal?

Utilizo la plataforma para subir clases, brindar un espacio para que los estudiantes también puedan subir sus proyectos, para comentar sobre los trabajos que entregan y para dar retroalimentación mientras avanzan en sus tareas.

Soy maestra de primer grado y hay ciertas partes de la solución que todavía no puedo usar debido a la corta edad de los estudiantes. Mi uso es más básico.

¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?

Gracias a las carpetas que subimos a CYPHER Learning, los niños pueden revisar las clases antes de acudir a ellas y los padres tienen la oportunidad de acceder a los recursos que se les brindan.

Con herramientas para que los estudiantes carguen su trabajo y para que los maestros calculen el logro de sus habilidades, los maestros pueden brindar una retroalimentación a los padres para que comprendan en qué materias sus hijos necesitan refuerzo. La plataforma también permite a los padres presenciar el desarrollo de sus hijos en clase. Nos da una mejor comunicación con los padres. Más que nada, me ha ayudado a ahorrar en términos de comunicación.

El sistema también ayuda a ahorrar tiempo administrativo porque puedo proporcionar información directamente a los padres, lo que los involucra más en el contenido que se envía a los estudiantes. Antes de CYPHER Learning, tenía que explicar las cosas a cada padre que tenía alguna pregunta. Ahora puedo subir los datos a la plataforma y llega a todos los padres de manera equivalente. Eso ha ayudado a reducir el trabajo administrativo en un 25 por ciento.

¿Qué es lo más valioso?

Mis herramientas favoritas incluyen..

  • aquellos que permiten a los estudiantes enviar archivos o tareas
  • la sección de comentarios
  • la organización de carpetas para subir clases
  • La opción de adjuntar archivos y enlaces, especialmente cuando se sube mucha información de contenido. CYPHER Learning te permite subir documentos pesados.

Estamos trabajando en establecer un orden de temas en la plataforma que nos ayude a gestionar un camino adecuado para que los estudiantes adquieran habilidades. Con las carpetas de clase es posible hacer un seguimiento de los niños. Sé cuando los alumnos han visto el material que se ha subido a la plataforma y así saber si están siguiendo las clases. Es importante que los alumnos tengan un orden a seguir y algo que les genere el hábito de revisar el material que reciben a través de la plataforma.

Más que nada ha ayudado a los alumnos en la parte de organización. Las carpetas tienen enlaces, actividades o videos que ayudan al proceso de aprendizaje. Esa es la forma en que podemos reforzar a los alumnos de primer grado a través de CYPHER Learning, vinculándolos a recursos o funciones externas.

El seguimiento del progreso de los estudiantes por competencias es muy importante ya que nos ayuda a reforzar y hacer un seguimiento. Nos ayuda a saber que los niños van progresando de acuerdo a nuestros objetivos, podemos hacer un seguimiento, con la ayuda de los padres y de esta forma dar retroalimentación.

¿Qué necesita mejorar?

Podría haber mejoras en las herramientas de dinámica y accesibilidad para los más pequeños. Por ejemplo, yo creo o adjunto enlaces de otras páginas y uso actividades y juegos, como ruletas, que fomentan la participación de los estudiantes.

¿Por cuánto tiempo he usado la solución?

Empecé a usar CYPHER LEARNING hace tres años.

¿Qué pienso sobre la estabilidad de la solución?

Cuando las clases eran solo virtuales, había caídas de red. Este año hemos visto menos problemas ya que volvimos a las clases presenciales. Estos no eran problemas continuos pero, si ocurrían, teníamos que informar a los padres que la plataforma no estaba funcionando.

También hubo errores de accesibilidad. Por ejemplo, cuando adjuntamos enlaces, por alguna razón no era posible acceder a ellos.

¿Qué opino de la escalabilidad de la solución?

Tenemos tres niveles: inicial, primario y secundario y entre ellos tenemos 100 usuarios. Es utilizado por profesores, estudiantes, asesores y administradores de sistemas.

¿Y el servicio de atención al cliente y el soporte?

El soporte técnico está bien. Cuando la red se ha caído, se han podido solucionar las cosas sin mayores inconvenientes.

¿Cómo calificaría el servicio y soporte al cliente?

Positivo

¿Qué solución usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?

Este es nuestro primer entorno virtual.

¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?

Nuestros tres administradores de sistemas hicieron todo el trabajo de implementación. Simplemente instalaron CYPHER Learning para nosotros, cargaron todos los datos necesarios y nos dieron capacitación.

¿Cuál fue nuestro Retorno de Inversión?

Creo que el retorno de la inversión es inminente. Ha ayudado a maestros, estudiantes y padres con una mejor organización para seguir el progreso de los niños y el logro de sus habilidades.

¿Qué otras soluciones evalué?

Tal vez hubo una evaluación, pero no nos correspondía a los docentes. Pero al elegir CYPHER Learning entendieron que era perfecto para lo que necesitábamos.

¿Qué otro consejo tengo?

En primer grado, trabajamos de acuerdo con las competencias, pero no usamos CYPHER Learning como un medio para rastrear el logro de esos estándares. Aún así, en general, es una herramienta que ayuda mucho a los estudiantes a demostrar las habilidades que tienen y ayuda a los educadores a comprender el nivel de comprensión de un estudiante.

No hay gamificación porque estamos hablando de niños de primer grado. No hay ninguna funcionalidad que ayude en el sentido dinámico o lúdico. Cualquier material adicional que adjunto proviene de otras páginas. Poder adjuntar contenido ahorra tiempo, pero ese contenido en sí no es de la plataforma.

Si bien el sistema cuenta con herramientas de comunicación, en el caso de mis alumnos de primer grado no es fácil comunicarse utilizándolas porque aún están aprendiendo a escribir. Como medio de comunicación, es más para enviar el trabajo a los padres. Luego, los padres descargan el contenido y se lo entregan a los estudiantes. Lentamente, los estudiantes también están aprendiendo a usar la plataforma de manera más independiente.

La lección más grande que aprendí al usar la solución es que hay una mejor manera de dar retroalimentación a los estudiantes. Además, incluso los estudiantes de primer grado pueden independizarse dentro de una plataforma totalmente nueva para todos. Ahora entiendo que los estudiantes más jóvenes pueden emprender una plataforma desconocida de manera óptima.

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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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Integration with our CRM creates a seamless onboarding process for doctors taking our courses
Pros and Cons
  • "The usability makes it easy for our doctors to find whatever they're looking for. The groups help them interact with each other, creating a kind of network and a place of engagement. It's not just a platform to go and learn and get out. It's a place where they can actually interact with other doctors and share experiences."
  • "Improvement is needed to the reporting options and system because sometimes it's not very accurate. We feel that there are not enough aspects to report on. We need some more advanced reporting."

What is our primary use case?

Our company provides aligners to align your teeth, instead of braces. We have a network of doctors and we use CYPHER Learning for our academy where we have courses on how to do specific things with aligners and to explain the treatment. We use it to explain orthodontic procedures and we have a list of courses that we share with our doctors.

How has it helped my organization?

There are a few benefits we have seen. First, it helps us create a more seamless onboarding journey for any doctor. We've integrated the LMS with our CRM system and whenever we have a new doctor in the CRM system, they automatically get login instructions for our academy. They then have to go through certification for our treatment. After that, they can move on to the other courses and start submitting their aligner cases for their patients. CYPHER Learning enables this cycle and it has made the journey more seamless for new doctors. 

And for doctors who are already in our CRM, of course, it helps us in giving them the knowledge they need, because some of them lack some skills. Instead of doing one-to-one calls and support with our clinical team, now they can watch specific courses and get the knowledge they need.

The solution has saved us costs because we used to have many one-to-one calls with the clinical team and commercial teams. Some of the courses now substitute for that. They can go ahead and watch them instead of speaking to one of our team members.

And there are some new features that are important for us. The branded mobile app is one because, now, everyone is surfing on their mobiles instead of their computers. That's going to be a value-add. And while we haven't utilized the point system a lot yet, when we give specific points to specific courses and then link that to our loyalty program, it's going to make a difference.

What is most valuable?

Some of the features we like are the 

  • usability of the interface
  • group feature 
  • points system.

The usability makes it easy for our doctors to find whatever they're looking for. The groups help them interact with each other, creating a kind of network and a place of engagement. It's not just a platform to go and learn and get out. It's a place where they can actually interact with other doctors and share experiences.

It also enables us to see who has not accessed the portal and we send them reminders to log in. And for those who, for example, have already enrolled in one course, we try to upsell them to enroll in more courses and complete them.

That follow-up ability is very important internally because we need to see more interaction with the academy. We want our doctors to have the knowledge they need to use the treatment. We believe that the academy has the right skills and knowledge that they need, so we try to push as much as we can for them to go into the academy and learn as much as they can from the courses we offer.

What needs improvement?

Improvement is needed to the reporting options and system because sometimes it's not very accurate. We feel that there are not enough aspects to report on. We need some more advanced reporting.

There should also be some more customization for admin roles and what specific things an admin should have permissions on, instead of having just one kind of admin role.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using CYPHER Learning for six months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's pretty stable. In the six months there has not been any downtime for the platform.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I think it's pretty scalable, even if you have different organizations or if you want to white label it.

We have 350 active doctors in our academy. We have done some interviews and surveys and their feedback about it is pretty good.

We onboard new doctors every month and we're trying to increase utilization from our current doctors. We've invited around 1,000 doctors. We're putting together plans on how to increase usage from the doctors who haven't logged in, and from those who have logged in to enroll in more courses.

How are customer service and support?

CYPHER LEARNING's support replies very fast. Most of them are very knowledgeable and get back to you on-point. It's excellent.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used to work with Mindflash LMS. We switched because we were not fully utilizing their features and we wanted to find a platform that suits our new requirements. CYPHER Learning fit those better and at a really convenient price.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of CYPHER Learning was very straightforward. The process of onboarding it was very easy. Whenever I had a question, I posted it on the support forum and they were very responsive and fast in replying to what I needed. They always solved whatever problem I had. And generally, the platform itself is very intuitive. You don't need major IT skills or other skills to upload your content to it. It was very simple.

It took about a week to deploy it.

We had all our content ready, so we just created the branding for the platform. We uploaded that and our content and we built the logic behind the courses. For example, some courses should be completed before others. And then we imported the contacts from our CRM to the academy, which automatically sent them their login instructions.

What was our ROI?

For now, we're offering our courses for free, so we're not monetizing them. But if we look into the return from a different aspect, we're arming our doctors with the knowledge they need to increase their patient case submissions to us. They're going to be feeling more confident to submit cases and start treating them with aligners, which is going to be beneficial for us.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We've looked into many solutions. Generally, CYPHER Learning fit our needs and the pricing was a very important factor in our decision.

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Teacher of Social Sciences and Religious CC at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
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Helped us facilitate critical thinking
Pros and Cons
  • "It has 100% helped me organize my time. It provides more time for interaction and feedback with my students, both in the classroom or personally. This is why I consider the solution as an achievement. It feels more collaborative in the sense that planning not only depends on me, but also on my students."
  • "The parents' training was not adequate. Parents say that it wasn't user-friendly for them."

What is our primary use case?

It is my work platform for every single use case at the school.

How has it helped my organization?

The task system in CYPHER Learning provides a tool that helps us improve as an institute. We can see the progress report of each student in a general way. By watching the progress of all students, we can receive transparent feedback.

It helped us facilitate critical thinking. This is important because it facilitates the individual commitment and autonomy of the student in their learning. For example, I upload different materials, both audiovisual or visual, then the student can order their own material according to their own learning rhythm. It is also able to create it in a way that is not boring.

CYPHER Learning has a high capacity to work with a range of learning styles and rhythms. It was friendly and didactic enough to be able to adapt to the COVID situation. I keep my jobs and projects uploaded through CYPHER Learning. I also do this for my face-to-face classes.

The solution has given the rest of the technical team more time for other functions within the educational center. There are only two people dedicated to CYPHER Learning. Administratively, this reduces the cost of expenses and personnel. It has been good for distributing personnel into other technical information management functions.

What is most valuable?

I can share the learning experience with a variety of people. I have had the opportunity to do it through a video call and a phone call as well as through audio, images or files that I can send. The diversity of educational styles is something fascinating.

We use CYPHER Learning for automation and adaptive learning purposes. It seems to me that the service it provides is a nine out of ten.

The solution’s competency-based learning is very good. Its planning and presentation are good. I would give it an eight or nine out of ten because it facilitates the personal organization of students.

In general, it is easy for educators to communicate with students using CYPHER Learning.

It adapts to the various study and learning abilities of my students.

What needs improvement?

CYPHER Learning's adaptive learning for helping provide students personalized content based on their goals and performance varies since they could provide the student with a pre-entry message or a type of login board menu so the student could access the specific information that they want. In this area, I would give it a seven out of ten.

The training of teachers should be simpler. There are some teachers who are not using these platforms to communicate. Instead, they are using it for uploading material since they are not very technological and the training wasn't easy for them.

While the solution’s gamified learning environment facilitates critical thinking and encourages self-learning, it could be improved by creating an online evaluation strategy for students when they work on a specific topic.

It has room for improvement in the areas of presentation and ease of use. I would like them to make the options clearer and more approachable for a student. They could create a training platform to give direction. I would also like a friendlier alert message regarding the activities that you have to develop.

The parents' training was not adequate. Parents say that it wasn't user-friendly for them. It is important to take this into account. Also, CYPHER Learning could do more advertising on its YouTube channel for free videos so parents feel more involved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using it for two and a half years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have only had one difficulty, and that was in August of last year. The platform simply froze. They did not inform me what the problem was, but told me it was from CYPHER Learning's side, I do not know exactly what happened.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

In our school, we have a divided impression on the platform. A part of the staff prefers something simpler. They do not handle technology as the main means of teaching, while other staff see it as more feasible because it provides us a more personalized means of education. It favors administrative work, but some staff say that it increases their administrative work.

We have 1,500 students, 250 teachers, and five people on the technical team.

How are customer service and support?

CYPHER Learning's team has been a bit distant this year. Sometimes, the representatives of the institute in charge of CYPHER Learning give us faster answers. Whereas, consultations with CYPHER Learning usually take eight to 10 days.

I would give it a seven out of 10. I have not personally dealt with customer service, but I have heard of a lack of communication that happens at the institution level.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used Seeweb, which is a communications platform. It was very simple, but we saw slower learning and skill development with students.

CYPHER Learning is much better in terms of profitability by up to 90%. CYPHER Learning facilitates a group to have easy accessibility. It is also much friendlier. 

How was the initial setup?

The implementation, presentation, management, and introduction to the tools were all simple. I have experience in the use of platforms, so it seemed simple.

Our deployment took a week.

Our implementation strategy was mostly creating feedback amongst the whole team. We manifested different topics, such as uploading tasks. Thus, we discovered faster group strategies to use the platform.

What about the implementation team?

There was a consultant from CYPHER Learning who trained three people in our institution to have continuous service in case any difficulties arose. My experience with him was very good. He was very nice and practical with his answers. Although, I would have liked him to send me more video tutorials or material to read.

We needed three people: a technician and two administrative people.

What was our ROI?

It has helped me save a lot of time when working with students with special abilities. I have saved 75% of time with its easy presentation of material.

It has 100% helped me organize my time. It provides more time for interaction and feedback with my students, both in the classroom or personally. This is why I consider the solution as an achievement. It feels more collaborative in the sense that planning not only depends on me, but also on my students.

It has helped us save from 90% to 100% of our costs. The most valuable thing that we have earned in the last three years is time, e.g., my personal time versus my work time. There is more harmony.

What other advice do I have?

Go into schools who are using it. Ask both adult and student users to get an idea of how feasible the product has been for them.

Understand that any investment made in CYPHER Learning will be successful.

This year, our usage of CYPHER Learning has been reduced by 60% since we returned to face-to-face education. Our usage projection going forward will depend on this year's evaluations and final exams.

Biggest lesson learnt: How organized time can be.

I would rate this solution as eight out of ten.

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¿Cuál es nuestra razón de uso principal?

Es mi plataforma de trabajo para cada uso en la escuela.

¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?

El sistema de tareas en CYPHER Learning proporciona una herramienta que nos ayuda a mejorar como instituto. Podemos recibir un informe de progreso de cada alumno. Al observar el progreso de todos los estudiantes, podemos recibir retroalimentación transparente.

Nos ha ayudado a facilitar el pensamiento crítico. Esto es importante porque facilita el compromiso individual y la autonomía del alumno en su aprendizaje. Por ejemplo, subo diferentes materiales, tanto audiovisuales como visuales, luego el alumno puede ordenar su propio material de acuerdo a su propio ritmo de aprendizaje y también da la opción de crearlo de una manera que no sea aburrida.

CYPHER Learning tiene una alta capacidad para trabajar con una variedad de estilos y ritmos de aprendizaje. Fue lo suficientemente amigable y didáctico para poder adaptarse a la situación del COVID. Mantengo mis trabajos y proyectos subidos a través de CYPHER Learning, también usó estos recursos para mis clases presenciales.

La solución ha dado al resto del equipo técnico más tiempo para otras funciones dentro del centro educativo. Solo hay dos personas dedicadas a CYPHER Learning. Administrativamente, esto reduce el costo de los gastos y el personal. Ha sido bueno para distribuir personal en otras funciones de gestión de informática.

¿Qué es lo más valioso?

Puedo compartir la experiencia de aprendizaje con una variedad de estudiantes simultáneamente. Tengo diferentes formas de hacerlo, por ejemplo, a través de una videollamada, de una llamada telefónica así como a través de audios, imágenes o archivos que puedo enviar. La diversidad de estilos educativos a través de esta plataforma es algo fascinante.

Usamos CYPHER Learning con fines de automatización y aprendizaje adaptativo. Me parece que el servicio que da es un 9 sobre 10.

El aprendizaje basado en competencias de la solución es muy bueno. Su planificación y presentación son buenas. Le daría un 8 o 9 sobre 10 porque facilita la organización personal de los alumnos.

En general, es fácil para los educadores comunicarse con los estudiantes usando CYPHER Learning.

Se adapta a las diversas capacidades de estudio y aprendizaje de mis alumnos.

¿Qué necesita mejorar?

El aprendizaje adaptativo de CYPHER Learning para ayudar a proporcionar a los estudiantes contenido personalizado en función de sus objetivos y rendimiento varía, ya que podrían proporcionar al estudiante un mensaje previo al inicio de sesión o un tipo de menú de tablero de bienvenida para que el estudiante pueda acceder a la información específica que desea. En este apartado le daría un 7 sobre 10.

La formación de los profesores debería ser más sencilla. Hay algunos profesores que no están usando estas plataformas para comunicarse. En cambio, lo están usando para subir material ya que no son muy tecnológicos y la capacitación no les resultó fácil.

Si bien el entorno de aprendizaje gamificado de la solución facilita el pensamiento crítico y fomenta el autoaprendizaje, podría mejorarse creando una estrategia de evaluación en línea para los estudiantes cuando trabajan en un tema específico.

Podría mejorar en las áreas de presentación y facilidad de uso. Me gustaría que hicieran las opciones más claras y accesibles para el estudiante. Podrían crear una plataforma de tutoriales para dar dirección. También me gustaría un mensaje de alerta más amigable con respecto a las actividades que los estudiantes deben desarrollar.

La formación de los padres no fue tampoco adecuada. Los padres dicen que no fue fácil de usar para ellos. Es importante tener esto en cuenta. Además, CYPHER Learning podría hacer más publicidad en su canal de YouTube subiendo videos gratuitos para que los padres se sientan más involucrados.

¿Por cuánto tiempo he usado la solución?

Lo he estado usando durante dos años y medio.

¿Qué pienso sobre la estabilidad de la solución?

Solo hemos tenido una dificultad, y eso fue en agosto del año pasado. La plataforma simplemente quedó congelada. No me informaron cuál era el problema de manera específica, pero me dijeron que era de parte de CYPHER Learning, no sé exactamente qué pasó.

¿Qué opino de la escalabilidad de la solución?

En nuestra escuela, tenemos una impresión dividida sobre la plataforma. Una parte del personal preferiría algo más simple. No manejan la tecnología como principal medio de enseñanza, mientras que otros miembros del personal lo ven más factible porque les brinda un medio de educación más personalizado y favorece el trabajo administrativo, algunos funcionarios dicen lo contrario, que aumenta su trabajo administrativo.

Contamos con 1.500 alumnos, 250 docentes y 5 personas en el equipo técnico.

¿Cómo son el servicio de atención al cliente y el soporte?

El equipo de CYPHER Learning ha estado un poco distante este año. A veces, los representantes en el instituto que están a cargo de CYPHER Learning nos dan respuestas más rápidas. Mientras que las consultas con CYPHER Learning suelen tardar entre 8 y 10 días.

Le daría un 7 de 10. No he tratado personalmente con el servicio al cliente, pero he oído hablar de una falta de comunicación que sucede a nivel de la institución.

¿Cómo calificaría el servicio y soporte al cliente?

Neutral

¿Qué solución usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?

Anteriormente usábamos Seeweb, que es una plataforma de comunicaciones. Era muy simple, pero vimos un aprendizaje y desarrollo de habilidades más lento con los estudiantes.

CYPHER Learning es mucho mejor en términos de rentabilidad hasta en un 90%. CYPHER Learning facilita que un grupo tenga fácil accesibilidad y también es mucho más amigable.

¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?

La implementación, presentación, gestión e introducción a las herramientas fue sencilla. Tengo experiencia en el uso de plataformas, así que me pareció sencillo.

Nuestro despliegue tomó una semana.

Nuestra estrategia de implementación consistía principalmente en crear comentarios entre todo el equipo sobre el uso de la plataforma. Manifestamos diferentes temas, como la carga de tareas. Por lo tanto, descubrimos estrategias grupales más rápidas para usar la plataforma.

¿Y el equipo de implementación?

Hubo un consultor de CYPHER Learning que capacitó a tres personas de nuestra institución para tener un servicio continuo en caso de que surgieran dificultades. Mi experiencia con él fue muy buena. Fue muy amable y práctico con sus respuestas. Aunque, me hubiera gustado que me enviara más videotutoriales o material para leer.

En general requerimos de tres personas: un técnico y dos administrativos.

¿Cuál fue nuestro Retorno De Inversión?

Me ha ayudado a ahorrar mucho tiempo cuando trabajo con estudiantes con habilidades especiales. He ahorrado el 75% del tiempo con su fácil presentación del material.

Me ha ayudado al 100% a organizar mi tiempo. Brinda más tiempo para la interacción y la retroalimentación con mis alumnos, tanto en el aula como personalmente. Por eso considero la solución como un logro. Se siente más colaborativo en el sentido de que la planificación no solo depende de mí, sino también de mis alumnos.

Nos ha ayudado a ahorrar del 90% al 100% de nuestros costos. Lo más valioso que hemos podido ahorrar exitosamente en los últimos tres años es el tiempo, por ejemplo, mi tiempo personal versus mi tiempo de trabajo. Ahora hay más armonía.

¿Qué otro consejo tengo?

Antes de usar el producto diríjase a los centros educativos que lo estén usando. Pida tanto a los docentes como a los estudiantes que le den una idea de lo factible que ha sido el producto para ellos.

Cualquier inversión que hagas en CYPHER Learning será exitosa.

Este año, nuestro uso de CYPHER Learning se ha reducido en un 60 % desde que volvimos a la educación presencial. Nuestra proyección de uso en el futuro dependerá de las evaluaciones y exámenes finales de este año.

Mi mayor lección aprendida usando CYPHER Learning fue aprender a organizar mi tiempo de la mejor manera.

Calificaría esta plataforma con un 8 de 10.

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Docente at San Antonio De Padua Catholic
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Allows me to see how much a student is interacting with activities and help with any problems they have
Pros and Cons
  • "I mainly use the storage folders that allow students to upload their work in an organized way. By providing a large storage capacity, the system allows students to upload videos and images. I can also rate students and give them feedback with comments or stickers."
  • "The vendor could improve on the chat system. Right now, the student only has access to messaging. Maybe it would be good to have a mini chat or the ability to do video calls with teachers if they have any questions about an assignment."

What is our primary use case?

CYPHER Learning is where we upload the class sections and create links so that students can connect to Zoom. These things were mostly done during the pandemic and part-time face-to-face education.

Now that we have returned to full face-to-face education, I still upload the material to the platform but our use of the platform is lower.

How has it helped my organization?

CYPHER Learning was implemented in our institution at the time of the pandemic. Before that, things were quite messy because we had another platform that was used more as a scheduling calendar for the parents. Teachers did not know exactly how to use it and teachers could only send links individually. NEO LMS helped us to organize ourselves, both in terms of class schedules and organizing information about the academic year. It also helped us with direct communication with the students and parents.

Another benefit is that it enables students to have a means of access to school information no matter where they are. For example, if a student is sick or is traveling, the system enables him to have the information he needs, to observe the material, and to see the comments of his classmates live.

Using the platform is interesting and fast. I work with 11 and 12-year-old students who already handle the systems area a bit. It allows me to see how much a student is interacting with the activities. In that way, as a teacher, I can help them with any problems they have.

The main way it helps in this regard is through the direct-message feature. This is the best tool in CYPHER Learning for intervening and correcting. Because my students are 11 and 12 years old, not all interventions can be done through the platform. Most of the time, we do personal meetings by Zoom to provide more active intervention.

Also, during the pandemic, I saved a lot of time on administrative work by using CYPHER Learning, especially since I am a teacher of the same subject in different classes. Thanks to the platform, I was able to share the folders only once instead of having to duplicate or recreate them. I saved about four to five hours a week on administrative work.

What is most valuable?

I mainly use the storage folders that allow students to upload their work in an organized way. By providing a large storage capacity, the system allows students to upload videos and images. I can also rate students and give them feedback with comments or stickers.

For me, the system is quite agile because I have it sorted by grade and sections within the grade. That way, if I want to send a message to the grade, I simply enter and send the message. It also allows me to send messages individually.

I believe that communication is one of the main elements needed for education, whether it is virtual, semi-attendance, or face-to-face. There is not always a way to solve students' doubts immediately, but CYPHER Learning facilitates communication between students and teachers.

I have also used tools such as the discussion forums where students can give their opinions. The forums allow students to compare their answers and to reply to the questions or opinions of their classmates. If they come across an opinion they like better, they can avoid waiting to ask the teacher questions. It has definitely helped on this topic.

These activities are part of our educational goals: that students gain the ability to self-regulate, overcome, and seek better strategies, although during the pandemic it was used more than now in face-to-face education.

But CYPHER Learning still allows them to do these activities. For example, sometimes I upload reinforcement activities and, although the students know that they are not going to be given any score for doing them, they prefer to do them anyway because they can receive an immediate response. They do these reinforcement activities autonomously to have a better idea of the kinds of topics they might see in an in-person exam.

It is a fairly agile and intuitive environment. As the vendor updates things such as allowing sessions to be done only through Zoom, and the ease of manipulating the class sections, I feel more and more confident using the platform.

What needs improvement?

The vendor could improve on the chat system. Right now, the student only has access to messaging. Maybe it would be good to have a mini chat or the ability to do video calls with teachers if they have any questions about an assignment.

Another improvement would be the ability to create groups. Currently, a teacher has to manually drag the names of the students. It would be better if the students themselves could create groups independently.

For how long have I used the solution?

I started using CYPHER LEARNING two and a half years ago.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is very stable. In the time we have had it, it has only gone down a few times.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

While we were in virtual education mode, it allowed us as many resources as we needed. Now that we have returned to face-to-face education, our use has decreased a bit, but we will continue using it.

We have about 2,000 users, including teachers, parents, and students.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is quite good. No matter what time of day it was, when I went to the forums, I always received quick answers.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

This is our first LMS.

How was the initial setup?

For me, the setup was quite simple. It was very automatic and the class sections are quite flexible. It took approximately two weeks.

CYPHER LEARNING offered us an expert who assisted us in making full use of the platform. We had training meetings and practical exercises. The person who trained us showed us how to use it step by step. The training was divided into sections and classes, and if you had any questions, you shared your screen so that the administrators could help you. 

Once the face-to-face training was completed, the system administrators were left in charge to advise us when there are questions.

What was our ROI?

Thanks to this LMS we had a more flexible way of managing the period of virtual education. We had the option to save time by uploading folders and grading the students' work. We were able to find everything we needed in a single place.

What other advice do I have?

We are in the process of learning about the whole subject of automation and adaptive learning. We recently had training where they taught us everything about auto-responses, qualifications, and automated messages to facilitate administrative work.

Because my students, aged 11 and 12, are at a very initial level, they are still entering CYPHER Learning only to review the classes that the teacher uploads, so their use of its tools is very basic. During the pandemic, they were slowly directed on how to upload things. They have not yet mastered the platform.

I would tell others who are looking into this product that it is a fairly agile platform, especially in educational management. It also eases the virtual and semi-face-to-face learning process, because it allows you to create independent users, such as parents or students in one area, where they can do a general scan of their academic progress. And the uploading and storage area of data is quite capable.

CYPHER Learning taught me to get closer to my students and allowed me to do so. Now, there is a space where I can comment on any topic at any time. It has allowed me to speed up the process of communicating with them.

Foreign Language:(Spanish)

¿Cuál es nuestra razón de uso principal?

CYPHER Learning es donde cargamos las secciones de clase y creamos enlaces para que los estudiantes puedan conectarse a Zoom. Estas cosas se hicieron principalmente durante la pandemia y durante la educación semi-presencial.

Ahora que hemos vuelto a la educación presencial completa, sigo subiendo el material a la plataforma pero nuestro uso de la plataforma es menor.

¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?

CYPHER Learning se implementó en nuestra institución en el momento de la pandemia. Antes de eso, las cosas estaban bastante desordenadas porque teníamos otra plataforma que se usaba más como un calendario de programación para los padres. Los profesores no sabían exactamente cómo usarlo y solo podían enviar enlaces individualmente. CYPHER Learning nos ayudó a organizarnos, tanto en los horarios de clases como en la organización de la información del curso académico. También nos ayudó con la comunicación directa con los estudiantes y los padres.

Otro beneficio es que permite a los estudiantes tener un medio de acceso a la información escolar sin importar dónde se encuentren. Por ejemplo, si un estudiante está enfermo o está de viaje, el sistema le permite tener la información que necesita, observar el material y ver en vivo los comentarios de sus compañeros.

Usar la plataforma es interesante y ágil. Trabajo con alumnos de 11 y 12 años que ya manejan un poco el área de sistemas. Me permite ver cuánto está interactuando un estudiante con las actividades. De esa manera, como docente, puedo ayudarlos con cualquier problema que tengan.

La forma principal en que ayuda en este sentido es a través de la función de mensaje directo. Esta es la mejor herramienta de CYPHER Learning para intervenir y corregir. Debido a que mis alumnos tienen 11 y 12 años, no todas las intervenciones se pueden realizar a través de la plataforma. La mayoría de las veces, hacemos reuniones personales por Zoom para brindar una intervención más activa.

Además, durante la pandemia, ahorré mucho tiempo en trabajo administrativo usando CYPHER Learning, especialmente porque soy profesor de la misma materia en diferentes clases. Gracias a la plataforma, pude compartir las carpetas solo una vez en lugar de tener que duplicarlas o recrearlas. Ahorré entre cuatro y cinco horas a la semana en trabajo administrativo.

¿Qué es lo más valioso?

Uso principalmente las carpetas de almacenamiento que permiten a los estudiantes subir su trabajo de manera organizada. Al proporcionar una gran capacidad de almacenamiento, el sistema permite a los estudiantes cargar vídeos e imágenes. También puedo calificar a los estudiantes y darles retroalimentación con comentarios o calcomanías.

Para mí el sistema es bastante ágil porque lo tengo ordenado por grado y secciones dentro del grado. De esa forma, si quiero enviar un mensaje al grado, simplemente entro y envío el mensaje. También me permite enviar mensajes individualmente.

Considero que la comunicación es uno de los principales elementos necesarios para la educación, ya sea virtual, semipresencial o presencial. No siempre hay una forma de resolver las dudas de los alumnos de forma inmediata, pero CYPHER Learning facilita la comunicación entre alumnos y profesores.

También he utilizado herramientas como los foros de discusión donde los alumnos pueden dar su opinión. Los foros permiten a los alumnos comparar sus respuestas y responder a las preguntas u opiniones de sus compañeros. Si se encuentran con una opinión que les gusta más, pueden evitar esperar para hacerle preguntas al maestro. Definitivamente ha ayudado en este tema.

Estas actividades forman parte de nuestros objetivos educativos: que los alumnos adquieran la capacidad de autorregularse, superarse y buscar mejores estrategias, aunque durante la pandemia se utilizó más que ahora en la educación presencial.

Pero CYPHER Learning aún les permite realizar estas actividades. Por ejemplo, a veces subo actividades de refuerzo y, aunque los alumnos saben que no les van a dar ningún puntaje por hacerlas, prefieren hacerlas de todos modos porque pueden recibir una respuesta inmediata. Realizan estas actividades de refuerzo de forma autónoma para tener una mejor idea de los tipos de temas que podrían ver en un examen presencial.

Es un entorno bastante ágil e intuitivo. A medida que el proveedor actualiza cosas como permitir que las sesiones se realicen solo a través de Zoom y la facilidad de manipular las secciones de la clase, me siento cada vez más segura al usar la plataforma.

¿Qué necesita mejorar?

El proveedor podría mejorar el sistema de chat. En este momento, el estudiante solo tiene acceso a la mensajería. Tal vez sería bueno tener un mini chat o la posibilidad de hacer videollamadas con los maestros si tienen alguna pregunta sobre una tarea.

Otra mejora sería la posibilidad de crear grupos. Actualmente, un profesor tiene que arrastrar manualmente los nombres de los alumnos. Sería mejor si los propios estudiantes pudieran crear grupos de forma independiente.

¿Por cuánto tiempo he usado la solución?

Empecé a usar CYPHER LEARNING hace dos años y medio.

¿Qué pienso sobre la estabilidad de la solución?

Es muy estable. En el tiempo que lo hemos tenido, solo ha fallado un par de veces.

¿Qué opino de la escalabilidad de la solución?

Mientras estábamos en modo de educación virtual, nos permitió los recursos que necesitábamos. Ahora que hemos vuelto a la educación presencial, nuestro uso ha disminuido un poco, pero lo seguiremos usando.

Tenemos alrededor de 2,000 usuarios, incluidos maestros, padres y estudiantes.

¿Y el servicio de atención al cliente y el soporte?

El soporte técnico es bastante bueno. Sin importar la hora del día que fuera, cuando iba a los foros, siempre recibía respuestas rápidas.

¿Cómo calificaría el servicio y soporte al cliente?

Positivo

¿Qué solución usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?

Este es nuestro primer LMS.

¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?

Para mí, la configuración fue bastante simple. Era muy automático y las secciones de clase son bastante flexibles. Tomó aproximadamente dos semanas.

CYPHER LEARNING nos ofreció un experto que nos ayudó a aprovechar al máximo la plataforma. Tuvimos reuniones de capacitación y ejercicios prácticos. La persona que nos capacitó nos mostró cómo usarlo paso a paso. La capacitación se dividió en secciones y clases, y si teníamos alguna pregunta, compartimos nuestras pantallas para que los administradores pudieran ayudarnos.

Una vez finalizada la formación presencial, se quedaron los administradores del sistema como encargados de asesorarnos cuando hubieran dudas.

¿Cuál fue nuestro Retorno de Inversión?

Gracias a este LMS teníamos una forma más flexible de gestionar el periodo de educación virtual. Teníamos la opción de ahorrar tiempo cargando carpetas y calificando el trabajo de los estudiantes. Pudimos encontrar todo lo que necesitábamos en un solo lugar.

¿Qué otro consejo tengo?

Estamos en el proceso de aprender sobre todo el tema de la automatización y el aprendizaje adaptativo. Recientemente tuvimos una capacitación donde nos enseñaron todo sobre respuestas automáticas, calificaciones y mensajes automatizados para facilitar el trabajo administrativo.

Debido a que mis alumnos, de 11 y 12 años, están en un nivel muy inicial, todavía ingresan a CYPHER Learning solo para revisar las clases que sube el maestro, por lo que su uso de sus herramientas es muy básico. Durante la pandemia, se les instruyó lentamente sobre cómo subir cosas. Todavía no han dominado la plataforma.

Les diría a otros que están investigando este producto que es una plataforma bastante ágil, especialmente en la gestión educativa. También facilita el proceso de aprendizaje virtual y semipresencial, ya que permite crear usuarios independientes, como padres o estudiantes en un área, donde pueden hacer un escaneo general de su progreso académico. Y el área de subir documentos y almacenamiento de datos es bastante capaz.

CYPHER Learning me enseñó a acercarme a mis alumnos y me permitió hacerlo. Ahora, hay un espacio donde puedo comentar sobre cualquier tema en cualquier momento. Me ha permitido acelerar el proceso de comunicación con ellos.

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Angelo Guzman - PeerSpot reviewer
Professor of Theory of Knowledge and History at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
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Top 20
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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Pros and Cons
  • "I really like the fact that it's cloud-based. That means you don't have to look for updates. They happen automatically, which is great. It's also an easy, plug-and-play type of application. It is quite user-friendly and modern."
  • "When they bring on new partners, like Udemy, we do find that there are quite a few bugs in the system. They brought them on more than a year ago and there are still a few bugs, just pulling things through to CYPHER Learning. Integration bugs are a bit of an issue."

What is our primary use case?

Our company is both a reseller of CYPHER Learning solutions in South Africa and we use it ourselves.

How has it helped my organization?

One of our clients has implemented CYPHER Learning into their company. They have different divisions, contractors, and outside partners all learning on the platform. It is great for them to make training available to everyone across the globe. Through features such as creating organizations within the platform and using filters, they can make content available to the relative parties.

CYPHER Learning also offers the ability to make a course part of compliance. This offering has numerous settings which work well. Through notifications, learners are reminded about upcoming training which needs to be completed.

Administrators are also able to report on various data sets with very little effort.

Learning and development within this company have reached new heights.

CYPHER Learning has, in most parts, replaced traditional training. This saves costs through printing, facilitation venue hire and catering.

What is most valuable?

CYPHER Learning is a cloud-based solution. This means you don’t have to do any updates. It is an easy system to understand with great UI/UX.

It is easy to report on learners’ progress and their competencies.

There is also a gamification aspect in the platform, which we really enjoy.

What needs improvement?

When CYPHER Learning partners with an outside product/service (which you can find via the App Center), there are usually a few issues where the two systems don’t communicate correctly. Perhaps a bit more testing before it gets released.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using CYPHER Learning since April 2020.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is very stable. I have no complaints.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is quite good. This solution is excellent for small, medium and enterprise companies.

We have clients with +3,000 users on the system. And they have stretched it like bubble gum, using the solution creatively and getting great results.

How are customer service and support?

They really have a fantastic support team.

You can ask questions/advice and they reply quickly and with relevant feedback.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

Setup from scratch is quite straightforward. If the company has multiple divisions, some upfront planning and mapping of the overview are advised.

If you are migrating from another system, it is advisable to first understand how the two systems are similar and different from each other.

What was our ROI?

It is hard to put a price on having been able to map out training paths and carry on with developing the last couple of years during the pandemic.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

If you go for an open-source solution, the development costs add up and the customisation process can be frustrating. Although CYPHER Learning is not cheap, especially from a South African point of view, because of the exchange rate, you definitely get your money's worth. CYPHER Learning has an online support team who always helps and guides you with any issue/question. Their response time is speedy as well.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

One of our clients moved from Moodle to CYPHER Learning. They moved as there was a lot of custom development which needed upkeeping on Moodle. CYPHER Learning is an out the box plug and play solution with automatic integrated updates.

What other advice do I have?

The LMS is constantly being improved through new developments, integrations (new partners) and better UX/UI.

I would definitely recommend the CYPHER Learning, it's a great solution.

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Updated: May 2024
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