Renaissance myON® Reader vs Skillsoft Leadership Development Program | TrustRadius

What users are saying about

Score 8.6 out of 10

Based on 13 reviews and ratings

Score 7.1 out of 10

Based on 34 reviews and ratings

Pros

Students can choose books based on their reading level.
Students and teachers can read books together as if we were in reading circles.
Students can choose books by categories of interest.

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Teacher

Venice Christian schoolEducation Management, 11-50 employees

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Covers a wide-breadth of topics ranging from desktop / office skills to communications skills to leadership development
Offers knowledge portals (Knowledge Centers) around specific topic areas such as Management Development, Six Sigma, Professional Foundations, Sales, etc - that aggregate content from the large Skillsoft resources and present it in a way that is both meaningful and relevant to the learners. Plus, they have editors update the featured topic each month.
Include a wide variety of learning media such as eLearning courses, books, book summaries and videos.

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Michelle Braden, MBA

Director, Global Learning & Development

TELUS InternationalComputer Software, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

When using myON from a mobile device, the layout/icons can take some time to understand.
The Lexile level isn’t under each book title.
The avatar incentive could be updated for student engagement.

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Verified User

Employee in Other

Primary/Secondary Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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The platform does have room to improve their response time for assistance. Depending on the issue an internal "help team may be required"
They removed what was called "knowledge centers" which could be summed up as an accumulation of books, courses, exams, practice exams, articles and basically any asset within the platform surrounded by a particular subject. This was a great benefit to some of our customer. It was a one-stop-shop but now you would need to search independently for all of those assets.
Because the platforms library can be customized its a bit of a struggle to have certain assets changed or modified within Skillsoft. You basically are on their time when it comes to updates or any major changes you as a customer would like to make.

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Sales Support Associate

IEEE Computer SocietyEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

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Skillsoft Leadership Development Program 8.8

Based on 5 answers

I would recommend to renew as this is part of our employee development goals and we make a strong commitment to develop employees' people skills. I think SkillSoft has a very innovative approach to develop people's interpersonal skills other than traditional classroom learning.

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Tianyu Zhang, MILR, GPHR

Global HR Project Manager

Novartis Vaccines and DiagnosticsPharmaceuticals, 5001-10,000 employees

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Usability

No score

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Skillsoft Leadership Development Program 8.0

Based on 2 answers

The integration between the main Skillsoft portal and Books24x7 could use improvement. Most users don't realize there is actually a separate books portal because the link to it is not that visible. Yet, once they discover it, they realize that the books portal is actually easier to use to search for books, ebook summaries, and videos.

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Michelle Braden, MBA

Director, Global Learning & Development

TELUS InternationalComputer Software, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

Renaissance myON® Reader 7.3

Based on 3 answers

I believe this product provides students with faster and easier access to books. This increases their time spent on task reading. myON reader is a product that is great for students and teachers.

If there are any issues and concerns while using myON, there are many help resources available to offer assistance.

myON Reader works so well with the rest of the Renaissance Platform. This consistency is great for everyone!

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Verified User

Employee in Other

Primary/Secondary Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Skillsoft Leadership Development Program 9.0

Based on 2 answers

Very responsive, knowledge and helpful. They are always focused on ensuring they are doing the very best to support our success.

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Michelle Braden, MBA

Director, Global Learning & Development

TELUS InternationalComputer Software, 10,001+ employees

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Implementation Rating

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Skillsoft Leadership Development Program 7.0

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Just that it takes a village. It cannot be done alone. Everyone needs to know what you are doing and what their role is in the implementation. Tightly managing the project management schedule and resources is important in ensuring that everything gets done on time, and with quality. Education is KEY

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Michelle Braden, MBA

Director, Global Learning & Development

TELUS InternationalComputer Software, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

Easier to use and has a better availability to students reading habits.

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Teacher

PSJA ISDPrimary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees

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I used Skillsoft before discovering lynda.com at my current firm. Both have strong offerings. lynda.com has broader offerings and seems more technically oriented

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Curriculum Manager

Dixon Hughes Goodman LLPE-Learning, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

My students love getting on myON because they have so many choices between books and articles.
It has helped their A.R. testing scores.

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English Teacher

Selma City SchoolsEducation Management

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We are not fully utilizing it due to lack of human resources. It could be better, but there is little time to devote to it.

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Verified User

Administrator in Human Resources

Higher Education Company, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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