Open LMS vs. PowerSchool Unified Classroom

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Open LMS
Score 4.2 out of 10
N/A
Open 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
PowerSchool Unified Classroom
Score 6.2 out of 10
N/A
PowerSchool Unified Classroom is a learning management and classroom collaboration solution suite. It aims to empower teachers with real-time student interaction inside and outside the classroom, bringing in more social and collaborative learning. Teachers can quickly create and deliver rich engaging lessons, electronically collect, annotate, and grade work, and easily collaborate and share with other educators. Unified Classroom includes PowerSchool solutions Assessment, Gradebook, Learning,…N/A
Pricing
Open LMSPowerSchool Unified Classroom
Editions & Modules
Innovator
$999
per year
Professional
4,599
per year
Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Open LMSPowerSchool Unified Classroom
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Open LMSPowerSchool Unified Classroom
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Open LMS
9.2
1 Ratings
12% above category average
PowerSchool Unified Classroom
8.1
2 Ratings
1% below category average
Course authoring10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Course catalog or library10.01 Ratings6.72 Ratings
Player/Portal8.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Learning content10.01 Ratings8.32 Ratings
Mobile friendly10.01 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications6.01 Ratings7.92 Ratings
Assignments10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Compliance management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning administration10.01 Ratings8.32 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics9.01 Ratings8.92 Ratings
Social learning10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Schoology Learning
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Open LMSPowerSchool Unified Classroom
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.9
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Open LMSPowerSchool Unified Classroom
Likelihood to Recommend
Moodlerooms
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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PowerSchool Group LLC
In the classroom it is very well suited. For classroom teachers, and for school systems in general. It is appropriate in this capacity because it creates a streamlined sense of communication for all stakeholders: teachers, parents, students, and administration. It makes parent meetings very easy, it makes interventions for students easy, and it helps administration keep tabs on overall progress
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Pros
Moodlerooms
  • 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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PowerSchool Group LLC
  • Hand in/Hand Out Assignments
  • Standards Based Assessments
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Cons
Moodlerooms
  • Easier to change permissions.
  • Adding the ability to tweet.
  • Decrease bandwidth to improve back end loading times.
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PowerSchool Group LLC
  • The user interface is a little blocky and not entirely user-friendly.
  • It does take more training than we'd like with new staff.
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Support Rating
Moodlerooms
No answers on this topic
PowerSchool Group LLC
They are very responsive to the issues that we have and follow through with their assistance. Having a live assist that is available when our teachers need it is essential too. They also seem to listen to suggestions on making improvements and have been transparent with us when renovations are done.
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Alternatives Considered
Moodlerooms
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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PowerSchool Group LLC
I have used markbook and gradebook. Each system had good features that were slightly different but the fact that this one is web based and accessible makes it the best of the 3 I have used. The learning curve to using the program is similar to the other 2 and overall has allowed me to save time reporting to students and parents.
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Return on Investment
Moodlerooms
  • 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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PowerSchool Group LLC
  • Positive impact- i don't know how much it costs but every teacher spends probably 1-4 hours on powerschool every week but it streamlines communication
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