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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Schoolbox

    Score4.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Because learners thrive in a connected community. Schoolbox is an integrated, all-in-one learning management system (LMS), community portal, and engagement platform for K-12 schools. Schoolbox is designed to present a robust solution that connects the entire school community, and drives innovative teaching and learning. Schoolbox is self or cloud hosted, integrated, flexible, and secure to simplify communication and collaboration in schools, and improve teaching and learning.

    $10

    per student

    Pricing
    Open LMSSchoolbox
    Editions & Modules
    Innovator
    $999
    per year
    Professional
    4,599
    per year
    Enterprise
    Contact for custom quote
    Basic
    $10.00
    per student
    Pro
    $13.00
    per student
    Elite
    $15.00
    per student
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Open LMSSchoolbox
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$4,000 per installation
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    Features
    Open LMSSchoolbox
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Open LMS and Schoolbox
    Feature
    Open LMS
    9.2
    1 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Schoolbox
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Course authoring10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Course catalog or library10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Learning content10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications6.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Assignments10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Compliance management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics9.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Social learning10.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Open LMSSchoolbox
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Open LMSSchoolbox
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Schoolbox
    Schoolboxn is well suited to being a school portal. You can manage user accounts, access to information and communicate to users individually or as a group. The pages allow for a great range of media types, you can use blog, forum or chat and embed videos and images easily. As an LMS, this system is great. Student accounts link to class information easily by the back end sync tools. Giving students instant access to their information. Assessments are easily submitted and feedback given by teachers can be viewed by students and parents.
    A situation where this system is less suitable is if you work in a school that already has a dedicated portal and/or LMS.
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    Pros
    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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    Schoolbox
    • Learning management
    • Feedback management
    • Communications - email/news posting
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    Cons
    Learning Technologies Group
    • Easier to change permissions.
    • Adding the ability to tweet.
    • Decrease bandwidth to improve back end loading times.
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    Schoolbox
    • User interface
    • System search
    • Quiz builder
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Schoolbox
    Canvas is purely an LMS. Whilst it is a good system, it didn’t allow us to manage parent communication or use it as a portal. In the end we didn’t want to manage 2 separate systems. Schoolbox is the only all in one system we found that stacked up. Other systems did the portal well, or the LMS well, but not both together.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Schoolbox
    • It’s a time saver for teachers as course information can be re-used
    • User administration rules allows for automation
    • Parent comms are centralised and easily managed
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    ScreenShots

    Schoolbox Screenshots

    Screenshot of DevicesScreenshot of School News FeedScreenshot of Calendar - eDiaryScreenshot of My ClassesScreenshot of Class MarkbookScreenshot of Inline Grader.