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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LearnDash

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ALearnDash is a WordPress LMS designed to bring learning management and elearning delivery to the WordPress open-source platform.

    $159

    per year 1 site license

    Open LMS

    Score5.8 out of 10
    N/AOpen LMS (formerly Moodlerooms) is an open source learning management system for educational institutions, formerly supported by Blackboard, and now part of the Learning Technologies Group.

    $999

    per year

    Pricing
    LearnDashOpen LMS
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $159
    per year 1 site license
    Plus Package
    $189
    per year up to 10 site licenses
    Pro Package
    $329
    per year up to 25 site licenses
    Innovator
    $999
    per year
    Professional
    4,599
    per year
    Enterprise
    Contact for custom quote
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LearnDashOpen LMS
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll plans come with a 30-day money back guarantee.—
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    Features
    LearnDashOpen LMS
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of LearnDash and Open LMS
    Feature
    LearnDash
    6.7
    3 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Open LMS
    9.2
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Course authoring7.12 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Course catalog or library6.63 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Player/Portal6.23 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Learning content10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Mobile friendly8.63 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications6.73 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Assignments7.52 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Compliance management6.12 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Learning administration6.33 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics4.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Social learning5.12 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Gamification5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    LearnDashOpen LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    6.6
    (3 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    LearnDashOpen LMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    LearnDash
    Its a very flexible system so can be used in pretty much any scenario. The only time someone would perhaps not want to use it, is if they don't want to be responsible for maintaining the site (in terms of Wordpress backups, updates and security)
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    Learning Technologies Group
    I currently use, talk about and promote all educators using Moodlerooms. The functionality that Moodlerooms provides is unmatched in most software. It is well suited in all educational realms. Teachers that teach all online electronic courses could use this to post assignments online, separate the classes and post a variety of assignments, tasks, and activities. Additionally, in blended situations where some students are face to face and sometimes working at home, the Moodlerooms makes it easy to education and be a hands-on teacher and a hands-on learner. Less appropriately, I find using Moodlerooms in some of the private sector industries could be tougher. Moodlerooms provides people and content management, and to use it in advertising or marketing and accounting, it could be difficult to find an easy use and function for it.
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    Pros
    LearnDash
    • Integrate with the website and other plugins (woocommerce, etc.)
    • Simple lesson design
    • Offers different formats in which to offer your courses (free, paid, restricted access, with groups, etc.)
    • Integrarse con la web y con otros plugins (woocommerce, etc)
    • Diseño sencillo de las lecciones
    • Ofrece diferentes formatos en los que ofrecer tus cursos (gratuito, pago, acceso restringido, con grupos, etc)
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    Learning Technologies Group
    • Something that Moddlerooms does very well is that it allows teachers to structure their online classroom as one focused curriculum.
    • Moodlerooms also allows for customization of the layout. Being able to add and remove certain functions that Moodlerooms can perform definitely helps.
    • Moodlerooms is able to add different types of activities to the rooms for increased interaction.
    • Moodlerooms provides large chat opportunities to all students that are online at the same time.
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    Cons
    LearnDash
    • customer service is rough
    • out of the box, the platform looks absolutely awful and very hard to use
    • you have to invest in many plugins for common sense functions (increasing customer support issues)
    • I have worked with a developer for the ten years I have used LearnDash which gets expensive
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    Learning Technologies Group
    • Easier to change permissions.
    • Adding the ability to tweet.
    • Decrease bandwidth to improve back end loading times.
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    Usability
    LearnDash
    It does require some knowledge of Wordpdress (which isn't difficult) but everything is well laid out Documentation is also comprehensive.
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    Learning Technologies Group
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    LearnDash
    It's the only LMS that I have used.
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    Learning Technologies Group
    I would select Moodlerooms over many competitors as a result of what it offers in terms of functionality and control. Google classrooms has a definite place in education; however, Moodlerooms provides significantly more control for authors. As the owner and manager of the content, and as someone familiar with technology, I can incorporate a lot more functions and create different layouts with functionality boxes
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    Return on Investment
    LearnDash
    • It has allowed me to transform materials that were previously only for my students into scalable digital products, multiplying the income generated with certain resources by up to 50x.
    • I have been able to amortize the cost of the plugin with just a few sales.
    • It's allowed me to present my courses in a professional manner and on my own website. Although the impact is difficult to measure, this has also contributed to increasing my sales.
    • Me ha permitido transformar materiales que antes eran solo para mis estudiantes en productos digitales escalables, multiplicando hata x50 los ingresos generados con ciertos recursos.
    • He podido amortizar el coste del plugin con unas pocas ventas
    • Me ha permitido presentar mis cursos de una forma profesional y dentro de mi propia web. Aunque el impacto es difícil de medir, esto también ha contribuido a aumentar mis ventas.
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    Learning Technologies Group
    • Moodlerooms has given classes of mine a positive ROI because it improves the educational experience for all students. It has helped all of our students, and with this, we can even help students who can not get to the classroom for some reason.
    • It helps to improve student scores, GPAs, and college attendance.
    • The positive impact can be directly correlated with the improvement of grades for students. Being able to access work in person and via Moodlerooms helps students to learn anywhere and any time. Grades have improved, and that is due to Moodlerooms.
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