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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    OpenSesame

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AOpenSesame, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, offers online training courses for businesses.N/A

    Studio 360 (discontinued)

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AStudio 360 for PowerPoint, or formerly Articulate Studio, was a PowerPoint plugin used to develop elearning course content. It has been discontinued and is no longer receiving support.N/A
    Pricing
    OpenSesameStudio 360 (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    OpenSesameStudio 360 (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    OpenSesameStudio 360 (discontinued)
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of OpenSesame and Studio 360 (discontinued)
    Feature
    OpenSesame
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Studio 360 (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Course authoring8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    OpenSesameStudio 360 (discontinued)
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    Pluralsight Skills
    Score9.2 out of 10
    iSpring Suite
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    365 Data Science
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Articulate 360
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    A Cloud Guru (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Articulate 360
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OpenSesameStudio 360 (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OpenSesameStudio 360 (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OpenSesame
    Very good selection of products. However, some products which we thought were available in both English and Spanish were not, or there was an undisclosed added cost for providing the product in Spanish as well as English. More transparency needed on this.
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    Discontinued Products
    Articulate Studio is constantly surprising in terms of what it can do. It is like a "Swiss Army Knife" of functionality. I've used it to build portfolios, whole interactive websites, authoring videos and I often discover novel ways to make it useful on a pretty regular basis. What would be a situation where you would not want to use Articulate Studio? Well, even though you can use it to author video and to publish websites, it's not a replacement for a video editing package or a web platform like WordPress, but there are times when it will do certain things in an astoundingly simple way superior to other tools.
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    Pros
    OpenSesame
    • Very good selection of video products.
    • Good quality.
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    Discontinued Products
    • They made it very easy to understand how to add new content to the courses, including images, videos or audio, of course, you are still able to do text-based content as well.
    • Creating quizzes has never been easier. The ability to add controls to each question and what actions each answer creates, whether an additional question or passing to the next section. Customizing these actions are very easy to learn and add to your course.
    • Being able to use your own scoring mechanism is awesome! I like SCORM but there are many options to use including a custom one of your own. This ability allows you to pass your students over to a proprietary system that enrolls them in the next course, or use the built-in utilities to provide the next course or quiz, the choice is yours!
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    Cons
    OpenSesame
    • Some products are not available in multiple languages or, if they are, there are additional charges or fees.
    • Some videos do not play easily on certain mobile devices.
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    Discontinued Products
    • The audio editor is awful. Sometimes when you cut a section, it actually takes a different section that you selected. Especially when in zoom mode. You have to then undo the action, and re-do. Also, scrubbing through the audio is difficult. If you're exporting audio, it can glitch during the process. I avoid using the audio editor whenever I can.
    • After all these years, it's still a buggy program. You can be doing your recordings, and a sudden message appears saying that something went wrong and needs to close. I've done re-installs, contacted support, and I constantly clear the temp folder. Still happens. Also, it's a good idea to export your audio, and there have been times the program freezes up on me, and the audio file (in the .ppta file) gets corrupted and all audio is permanently lost.
    • The program can get slow when publishing, previewing or opening the audio editor.
    • The included Engage program is pretty good, but it needs more customization options. And I think they can add more modules that provide a little more engagement.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    OpenSesame
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    There is very little chance that this software wold not be renewed. It has become an integral part of our standard software for elearning development.
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    Usability
    OpenSesame
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    This is very useable software even for novice eLearning authoring users. People with some PowerPoint experience should be fine with this software and even Excel!
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    Support Rating
    OpenSesame
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    I've never really had any major issues with the product (Other than the registration loop error)and my ten out of ten rating is based on the assistance I got when we initially set up the extension in Power Point. I found the support folks to be professional, helpful and friendly
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    Alternatives Considered
    OpenSesame
    OpenSesame partnered with our LMS platform provider, and the provider recommended OpenSesame, so we use them.
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    Discontinued Products
    Articulate Studio is very much a leader in the e-learning space. It stacks up well against other tools designed to quickly and easily build and update CBTs by managers and super-users versus needing to invest time and effort in dedicated e-learning developers. Process improvement initiatives and cross-functional departments are empowered to develop their trainings themselves and identify areas for future development.
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    Return on Investment
    OpenSesame
    • Assisted us in compliance with harassment training requirements.
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    Discontinued Products
    • I only see positive impact since it is a very easy to use tool for rapid learning. The only point is to know what is possible to develop using this tool to avoid any kind of frustration afterwards.
    • Another positive impact is that we don't need a diversified development team. There is no need of technical professionals, and a creative instructional designer is enough to develop effective learning content using Studio.
    • The third positive impact is that Studio makes possible to realize short-term projects, mainly when there's already a PowerPoint presentation.
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