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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    iSpring LMS

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AiSpring LMS is an LMS developed by iSpring Solutions. iSpring LMS automates corporate training and helps to improve employee retention through quality onboarding, on-the-job training, gamification and engagement mechanics. With iSpring LMS, training and development professionals can launch eLearning fast, without any technical skills. Also, account owners can customize or white-label the learner portal to reflect their corporate branding. iSpring LMS's features…

    $16,050

    per year for 300 users (minimum)

    Renaissance Star Assessments

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AStar Assessments are a suite of assessments for reading, math, and early literacy, in both English and Spanish, boasting users among over 30,000 schools. Star Assessments helps educators to gain accurate insights into student learning, growth, and achievement—so they can help all learners reach their full potential. The full Star Assessment suite includes the computer-adaptive Star Reading (K–12), Star Math (K–12), and Star Early Literacy (pre-K–3) assessments; a formative assessment tool, Star…N/A
    Pricing
    iSpring LMSRenaissance Star Assessments
    Editions & Modules
    Business - 300 users
    $16,050.00
    per year
    Business - 500 users
    $23,790.00
    per year
    Business - 1000 users
    $42,930.00
    per year
    Enterprise
    Custom Quote
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    iSpring LMSRenaissance Star Assessments
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsNo fees for storage or bandwidth.—
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    Community Pulse
    iSpring LMSRenaissance Star Assessments
    Considered Both Products
    iSpring Solutions Inc
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    Renaissance Learning
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    31 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    48 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    37 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    46 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    37 Answers
    Features
    iSpring LMSRenaissance Star Assessments
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of iSpring LMS and Renaissance Star Assessments
    Feature
    iSpring LMS
    8.6
    37 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Renaissance Star Assessments
    -
    Ratings
    Course authoring9.036 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal9.333 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content6.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly8.927 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications8.834 Ratings00 Ratings
    Assignments9.331 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance management7.228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration10.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.935 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning8.422 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gamification7.724 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning8.317 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Intellum
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    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    iSpring LMSRenaissance Star Assessments
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (44 ratings)
    9.4
    (71 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    9.2
    (9 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (30 ratings)
    9.1
    (15 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    iSpring LMSRenaissance Star Assessments
    Likelihood to Recommend
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    My specific scenario is, that I need to deliver courses in two languages to multiple departments, so iSpring helps me with that from beginning and creating courses, to translating, and then enrolling people. What could be better is how reports works. Right now you can check report either by course or by department/person, but I would need to see everything on one page, like every single enrolment.
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    Renaissance Learning
    Renaissance Star Assessments are great for students who already know English and know how to use a device, especially a tablet. The children can listen to the question, choose an answer, then move on to the next question. These assessments are less appropriate for students learning English as a second language. Since the questions are in English, and most students primarily speak another language, they do not understand the questions and get many of them wrong. As a result, they score low and it appears as if the child has not been learning when in fact the low score is due to a language barrier. I think there should also be some type of block to choosing an answer until after the question is presented because some children like to press answers before the question is finished and then try to move on. I think having the answers be unclickable before the question is finished would be a benefit for the children to pay more attention to the question.
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    Pros
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    • Automatically re-enrolling employees when a certificate expires. Set it and forget it!
    • If set up properly from the beginning, you don't have to do much, with the roles and groups settings, you can automate a large portion of the course management.
    • I can provide visibility to anyone about any employee necessary, allowing me to put more responsibility on my managers, instead of doing it all myself.
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    Renaissance Learning
    • Renaissance Star Assessments gives me a look at each student as an overall reader.
    • Renaissance Star Assessments shows me the areas of which my students are struggling.
    • Renaissance Star Assessments is linked with Nearpod, so I can assign lessons based on what each student needs.
    • Star CBM helps me see whether my students' fluency is improving or not.
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    Cons
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    • Some limitations where you can't create exactly what you want either in the design of interactions or lack of varied interactions
    • Images cannot be moved to where you want them on the interaction slides
    • Layout of interactions can't be adjusted and overides your powerpoint background
    • If you have to edit a course and delete it off iSpring Learn then the records of all the people associated to that course are swiped and there's not a way of retrieving the information.
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    Renaissance Learning
    • The graphs for each subject are not consistently the same. (ie. some graphs are by 5s and some are by 50s.) It's very confusing to read them.
    • The questions are not rigorous enough for state standards.
    • Different reports will show data that does not align. If 'state' is chosen, then all reports should show the same data. The Parent Report will show the child in 'green', but every sub-skill is in 'red'. That is super confusing for parents and teachers.
    • All reports should be based on the same score, but they are not. It is like comparing apples to oranges on the same child.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    In the past I could not encourage my students to take online training. The results and the questions were hard to be given. When I used the iSpring Suite along with iSpring Learn, my dreams came through and most of the time my students are online and take good training with my programme.
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    Renaissance Learning
    Star Assessments and Renaissance is the best educational products at this time. They are found worldwide, easy to use and informational for districts teachers and families. Information will follow a student if they change districts and give previous information to new districts and teachers
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    Usability
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    Sometimes, things just aren't intuitive enough. For example, burying the catalog in the settings area makes no sense at all. The same goes for permissions and year reviews. It was a massive oversight that really caused a lot of confusion for all of our managers. It caused distrust in the LMS simply because someone who designed and developed it did not think that an employee review should be private to them, their direct supervisor, or the supervisor above. Instead, ANY manager could read ANY employee review. I have mentioned this several times throughout these questionnaires, and as you can see, I still find it incomprehensible that a company that wants to promote its software as a multifaceted solution could be so blind to something so critical, especially in terms of privacy.
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    Renaissance Learning
    It is very user friendly and intuitive. I have had minimal training on the system and was able to access many of the features. I was able to easily create student accounts and set up testing for our students. I was able to find appropriate reports that provide the right data for our team and our parents.
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    Reliability and Availability
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    I never experienced any unavailability
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    Renaissance Learning
    It’s wonderful
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    Performance
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    Everything runs smoothly.
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    Renaissance Learning
    I absolutely love this program
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    Support Rating
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    iSpring Learn’s customer support receives high praise for responsiveness. Live chat and tutorials are noted as highly effective in promptly resolving technical issues. iSpring Learn is a strong LMS for organizations focused on efficiency, engagement, and ease of use, with excellent support to ensure adoption success. iSpring Learn is a strong LMS for organizations focused on efficiency, engagement, and ease of use, with excellent support to ensure adoption success.
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    Renaissance Learning
    I have been very happy with the support. By phone or email I have found the support very good and they get back to me quickly. This survey however is wa6 overdone, expecting me to come up with 50 words on each question. It becomes very repetitive and very laborious.
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    In-Person Training
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    We can say that most of my students attend my classes twice a week and that's not enough for someone to learn. I put some training for them to do at home and they really enjoy doing them. The kind of progress they make is really satisfying for them and they are always learning.
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    Renaissance Learning
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    Online Training
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    As a teacher, I used to spend a lot of time correcting my students' papers. Now with iSpring Learn, my time has been saved and everything is done automatically. All the time I can check my students' progress and I know which exams they have taken or they should take. On the whole, online training has really helped a lot of teachers
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    Renaissance Learning
    I just feel this way.
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    Implementation Rating
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    When I talked to my colleagues or informed them to search for a programme before iSpring Learn, they were not successful in designing and implementing a programme like this. I am sure they have done a lot to implement it in the best and educational way. That was not that easy as we thought.
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    Renaissance Learning
    When presenters show us how to use the program they need to have a full class size of data. During training, there were only 5 or 6 sample students. Classes are more like 25 and that makes the training more realistic to have similar data to what we will use.
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    Alternatives Considered
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    iSpring is a more entry level LMS. It does not have the same level of features and benefits. For example, it does not have the same level of communication capability. It does not have the same level of reporting functionality. It does not have the same ability to build reporting. It also does not have the same level of communication capabilities
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    Renaissance Learning
    Renaissance Star Math Assessment provided a proven data collection tool. This was also being used at the lower grades in our district, so it made sense to continue with its use to provide a more reliable and accurate picture of our students entering the middle school. The continuation of the data trail should continue to help their overall growth.
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    Scalability
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    Awesome. We have 10+ department, around 10 to 100 people in each and it is still very manageable
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    Renaissance Learning
    Great overall program with lots of advice in implementation
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    Return on Investment
    iSpring Solutions Inc
    • iSpring has enabled me to deliver professional education to very high-level learners.
    • Due to the reviews of my users, many more learners have purchased my courses.
    • Several professional colleagues have inquired about my experience setting up online courses on iSpring Learn. I told them it was easy, logical, and no hassle; they will love the level of support.
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    Renaissance Learning
    • It has positively impacted student time to learn by reducing testing times and allowing more time for instruction
    • The reduced testing time also positively impacted our schools by freeing the computer labs and making the planning and creation of testing schedules easier. This has allowed more computer lab use for education and learning.
    • It has negatively impacted the time and effort required by support staff, administrators, and some teachers by requiring more time spent on looking up results or going to multiple spots and manually combining results because a larger group couldn't easily be made.
    • Another negative impact on our district is that it has also taxed those few educators with more technical ability and data knowledge moreso than other programs. The need to create/summarize/write programs to deal with full, raw data export files since the smaller, more specific reports and summaries are not downloadable into a format that can be manipulated easily (pdf only, not csv exports), and to constantly back up data exports and to have to search through them when the State wants results on past students etc.
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