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    BYJU'S Learning

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ABYJU’S delivers a learning experience with tools that sit at the cross-section of mobile, interactive content and personalized learning methodologies. BYJU’S geography-agnostic solutions help teachers to make learning engaging with visual and contextual programs that adapt to the unique learning style, skill level and pace of each student.N/A

    SchoolSpeak

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASchoolSpeak offers an elementary, middle school, or preschool school management system oriented around the needs of private entities. It is a VenturEd brand.N/A
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    BYJU'S LearningSchoolSpeak
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    BYJU'S LearningSchoolSpeak
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    BYJU'S LearningSchoolSpeak
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    BYJU'S LearningSchoolSpeak
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BYJU'S
    1. While it provides an exhaustive list of courses for every field, the cost associated with it is very high. It is difficult to justify the ROI of using the software.
    2. Last moment mock test and previous years question paper are much helpful and becomes the deal breaker
    3. The tool is made to be super interactive, so the sessions does not get tiring
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    VenturEd Solutions
    Specifically speaking, SchoolSpeak is best used and only really utilized in education. From K-12 it serves a great purpose in terms of parent interaction and direct communication with parents about child performance, attendance, and scores in school. At younger ages, I think it will be even more appropriate for it to be used to create strictly parent platforms for helping them enroll in things they can do at home for their kids, teach their own children, and monitor their own children—especially if they are stay-at-home parents, homeschooling, or the children are not enrolled in school yet. I think a great idea would be creating a parent portal for newborns with daily activities to do from birth through age three, when they may go to pre-school. This is the only additional option I think that SchoolSpeak could serve.
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    Pros
    BYJU'S
    • Good teacher's
    • Great environment
    • Positive attitude
    • Providing good knowledge
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    VenturEd Solutions
    • One thing it does well is one of the tools it incorporation, volunteer forms. These forms work for parents, teachers, and students. One of the hardest things to do is to get confirmation sign-ups and support. This streamlines the process of organizing events.
    • The gradebook interface is easy to use and understand. In order to take attendance, complete grades and give assignments, SchoolSpeak actually is an easy platform to learn and is smoothly integrated.
    • Archiving of past classes is easy to do and important because schools need to retain records for a long time after students have moved on.
    • The platform lets you organize students and find them quickly by graduation.
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    Cons
    BYJU'S
    • The major drawback is the expense of the platform. Should be made more cost effective
    • Post exam analytics can be made better
    • Faculty feedback mechanism can be improved
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    VenturEd Solutions
    • It can definitely have room for improvement in the design and template options. Using a more appealing layout like WIX or WEEBLY offer, but integrating the school speak platform into it would be a wonderful layout and great functionality.
    • I would love to see social media integration. For business courses and media courses, there should be the ability to have social platforms connect directly and load within ShcoolSpeak. Social Media is the newest marketing strategy and it is left out of functionality here.
    • Custom font downloads would make the design much easier and more attractive. The fonts they allow you to use are basic and overly common.
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    BYJU'S
    I selected Byju's for my civil services preparation because it is affordable and gives me good vibes for preparation.
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    VenturEd Solutions
    Moodle Rooms is a free platform but involves the need to be computer savvy. It is easy to use as well as SchoolSpeak. However, SchoolSpeak does have a direct communication platform with parents something that Moodle does not currently offer. This itself is a huge competitive advantage. The comparison then becomes, would you like to do less work but purchase SchoolSpeak, or do more work using multiple platforms but they are free. The SchoolSpeak platform does offer much more for the investment. Longer term and with full school integration, the investment is worth it. If you were to mandate using a platform, it should be SchoolSpeak because there are fewer risks associated with having to coach and education teachers, and less risk of complaints.
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    Return on Investment
    BYJU'S
    • The cost per session gets too high, does not justify the ROI
    • Provides last minute much needed help with their mock test series
    • Majority of the teachers are knowledgable and teaches really really well
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    VenturEd Solutions
    • Positively speaking, it has a positive ROI. Although expensive, the platform does solve issues that we as educators have in giving parents daily information about their child in school. It is difficult to email all parents or call all parents, but a one-click platform really saves time and is worth the investment.
    • Negatively, there is a cost associated, and therefore, sometimes teachers can be given more work instead of buying a platform like this. Using other free tools could be more time consuming but cheaper.
    • Using School Speak we have seen parent involvement increase.
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