We performed a comparison between Blackboard Learning Management and CYPHER Learning based on our users' reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Blackboard Learning Management is a highly efficient platform for consolidating grading information and monitoring student involvement. CYPHER Learning distinguishes itself with its training videos, gamification, personalized content, and user-friendly interface. Blackboard Learning Management could better manage large files, monitor student activity, incorporate video feedback, and improve the assignment viewing pane. CYPHER Learning should focus on enhancing its grading system, integration, reporting options, and mobile app integration.
Service and Support: Blackboard Learning Management has a well-staffed customer service team. CYPHER Learning is praised for its accessible support team, prompt responses, knowledgeable staff, and commitment to implementing customer suggestions.
Ease of Deployment: Blackboard Learning Management has a straightforward initial setup, but some faculty members have encountered issues. CYPHER Learning has received positive feedback for its easy initial setup and excellent onboarding training.
Pricing: Blackboard Learning Management is considered an expensive option, whereas many users describe CYPHER Learning's price as competitive and reasonable.
ROI: Users did not see any return on investment with Blackboard Learning Management. CYPHER Learning resulted in cost savings, reduced workforce, and increased efficiency and productivity.
Comparison Results: CYPHER Learning is generally preferred over Blackboard Learning Management. Users value CYPHER Learning's product training videos, personalized content, and gamification. CYPHER Learning has an intuitive interface, and the cloud-based platform requires minimal maintenance. Users also praise CYPHER Learning's customer service and support. The pricing is competitive, offering good value for the features provided. Users consider CYPHER Learning a more efficient and cost-effective solution for managing and tracking learners than Blackboard Learning Management.
"It encompasses various components, including course delivery modules, content management, community engagement features, digital classrooms, and mobile integration."
"The modules and courses are flexible."
"Blackboard enables instructors to collectively gather all the grading data into one place. If students upload content or post it to a Google Doc, I can do my grading and calculate the grades. It is an excellent holding place for all of that data"
"One of the most important features is the possibility of creating unlimited subdomains."
"It is scalable."
"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 I do a survey, CYPHER Learning is helpful because then I can more quickly peruse students' responses. I don't have to go through question by question. Grading-wise, it has certainly helped, when giving a survey, to streamline my grading for that assignment."
"Creating courses for our resources is one of the best features of CYPHER Learning."
"One of the things that we are really excited about is being able to tie the state or national standards as competencies. Then, when students complete a course, they are awarded certain competencies or standards that we have aligned with the course. This shows schools evidence that students are meeting standards. Right now, we are not tying any of our courses with how schools are testing and assessing students. However, our company goals are to provide access to STEM for all students and help schools engage with communities to develop the STEM talent and workforce, which then impacts a community's economic development."
"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's just fully managed online and manages the whole process from the start of the student engagement all the way through their training, communicating with them via the platform, and completion of their training. It's one of the few platforms that just works."
"There are so many valuable features: The structure of the platform is fantastic and the learner experience is very good."
"We love the group feature allowing students to have peer-to-peer learning experiences. In our case, it is for students, but this feature could also be useful for a business to provide peer-to-peer learning experiences for employees. The group tool provides an opportunity for students to connect with their peers inside of their own digital space. One of the aspects that we love about the group tool is that it allows students to leave the course but engage in a digital space where they access materials that are personalized to their group."
"The solution must provide better integration with third-party software."
"The system falls short in terms of managing assessments and exams effectively."
"Blackboard has limitations in terms of delivering content and assessing student assignments because it can't handle large file sizes. It's also limited in its ability to track student activity. Instructors can see the student's most recent login, but they can't follow the activity."
"It would be ideal to create a more responsive or more intuitive template for access from telephones or tablets."
"The solution is not flexible."
"While the number of apps available for integration with CYPHER Learning has increased over the years, I would love to see this number continue to grow. I believe this would help solidify its position amongst other learning management systems as a viable option for educators and schools."
"In terms of face-to-face education, a suggestion for CYPHER LEARNING is that it give more presence to CYPHER Learning as an entity in the school by teaching more about how to exploit the tools: how to create games, and more about the use of SCORM."
"Perhaps there is room for improvement in the gamification part. I have used it but it has not been very clear to me. It may be my responsibility for not asking about it in the training sessions, but the way you use it is not so clear."
"Most of our wish list for CYPHER Learning has already been addressed. One that we are still asking them for is to include competencies from different industries, since they have industry partners. These would be the competencies that these industries need so that we can make sure that we are developing our students toward those competencies or skill sets."
"As an administrator of our LMS, there are a lot of things that could be improved, but these are not seen by students or professors. One is the admin features for adding students."
"I would like to see an improvement in peer bonding and the possibility for students to share knowledge among themselves regarding the work that they do. That would greatly help in that it wouldn’t be a one-to-many communication format."
"I would like to see better integration of the platform with Zoom or Meet so that programming of video conferences would be much more interactive within those platforms. Currently, if we have to do a conference in Zoom or Meet, we have to leave the platform because we cannot do so directly within it."
"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."
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Blackboard Learning Management is ranked 7th in Learning Management Systems (LMS) with 6 reviews while CYPHER Learning is ranked 1st in Learning Management Systems (LMS) with 50 reviews. Blackboard Learning Management is rated 7.8, while CYPHER Learning is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Blackboard Learning Management writes "Expandable with good real-time live interactions but is very expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of CYPHER Learning writes " Rules engine allows us to automate aspects of our training, and we get full visibility into individual students' progress". Blackboard Learning Management is most compared with Google Classroom and ELITE LMS, whereas CYPHER Learning is most compared with Moodle, Canvas LMS, TalentLMS, Cornerstone Learning and Google Classroom. See our Blackboard Learning Management vs. CYPHER Learning report.
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