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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Nearpod

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ANearpod is an education-focused learning management software solution offered by Nearpod.

    $159

    per year

    TeacherEase

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ATeacherEase is a learning management system (LMS) for technology-rich K-12 classrooms -- especially 1:1 computing, BYO programs, or frequent users of laptop carts, designed to help teachers move through the technology adoption curve, from Common Goal Systems.N/A
    Pricing
    NearpodTeacherEase
    Editions & Modules
    Gold
    $159
    per year
    Platinum
    $397
    per year
    Silver
    Free
    Premium Plus
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    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NearpodTeacherEase
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsNearpod has a free version for all teachers. There are paid options for individual teachers, as well as schools and districts, for increased features and access.—
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    Features
    NearpodTeacherEase
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Nearpod and TeacherEase
    Feature
    Nearpod
    -
    Ratings
    TeacherEase
    9.4
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Player/Portal00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Mobile friendly00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Assignments00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    NearpodTeacherEase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NearpodTeacherEase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Renaissance Learning
    Nearpod is great for teachers who want data to help gauge how engaged students are during lessons. Additionally, teachers in one-to-one schools can better use these tools with a lesson delivery system like Nearpod. Nearpod is especially effective when a presenter has to deliver information to a large class.
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    Common Goal Systems
    TeacherEase is very user friendly for teachers to enter grades. It is more simplified and fewer steps than most student management programs. Other teachers find no problems following a few simple steps to enter grades. Other programs have multiple steps with multiple screens to complete the task of entering grades.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Renaissance Learning
    • Provide timely and individualized feedback.
    • Allow for the teacher to check for understanding, for the entire class, in one view.
    • Present an array of different interactive lesson items, at the fingertips of every student.
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    Common Goal Systems
    • Attendence -Teachers enter attendace or students check in, Office personel processes the attendence.
    • Gradebook - Teachers are able to keep track of student grades and post to the report cards.
    • Parent communication- parents are able to see students grades in real time, teachers are able to message parents with ease.
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    Cons
    Renaissance Learning
    • I would love Nearpod to have more free activities.
    • I would love Nearpod to be free for educators.
    • I would love if teachers could assign homework on Nearpod.
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    Common Goal Systems
    • Reports : are often difficult to figure out what report to run to get the information needed.
    • Posting grades : are sometimes confusing could be done in fewer steps.
    • Synching with other programs such as google classroom. This feature is difficult to use.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Renaissance Learning
    Goal is to continue our subscription for the 2019-2020 school year
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    Common Goal Systems
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Renaissance Learning
    While there is some learning curve to fully understand and know how to lead a lesson with Nearpod, once mastered successfully, Nearpod lessons are simple to create and deliver. When leading a lesson, it is relatively simple to see how everyone in the class performs and how well they participate and understand.
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    Common Goal Systems
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    Support Rating
    Renaissance Learning
    The support staff for Nearpod is top-notch. I have not had technical issues, but I did have a concern about my bill and they reached out to me nearly immediately to address the problem. I was very satisfied with how they handled the interaction from beginning to end. They did a great job.
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    Common Goal Systems
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    Alternatives Considered
    Renaissance Learning
    I don't know of a product off hand that does what Nearpod can do. Between the library of pre-made lessons, the ability to create your own lesson content, the ability to add interactive content, Nearpod offers a unique engagement platform for instruction
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    Common Goal Systems
    TeacherEase provides so many integrations of student management into one seamless program. Other programs are just one facet of the functions TeacherEase provides. TeacherEase encompasses so many of the features that other vendors provide as standalone products.
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    Return on Investment
    Renaissance Learning
    • The impact is awesome. It gives students a digital option other than PowerPoint for presentations.
    • The feedback tool allows you to follow students in realtime.
    • The shallow learning curve made it easy encourage other faculty to try it.
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    Common Goal Systems
    • The district was able to reduce time-consuming training that other student management software needed in order to use them. TeacherEase was much more user friendly.
    • TeacherEase combined the student information as well as the gradebook into the same software. This alleviated having to have multiple software vendors or pay for multiple modules to operate.
    • TeacherEase is userfriendly and alleviates the constant need for tech support.
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