Alta from Knewton, a Wiley brand

Alta from Knewton, a Wiley brand

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Alta from Knewton, a Wiley brand	Score 7.9 out of 10	N/A	Alta is Knewton’s product for higher education. Alta is a courseware solution that combines Knewton’s adaptive learning technology with content, and is designed to deliver a personalized learning experience that is affordable, accessible and improves student outcomes. Knewton is a Wiley brand (acquired 2019).	N/A

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	Alta from Knewton, a Wiley brand
Considered Both Products	Alta from Knewton, a Wiley brand Verified User Professional Chose Alta from Knewton, a Wiley brand Compared to competitors, the Knewton system is much more adaptive and designed for mastery and learning rather than assessment. If those are your goals, then this is a good system to use. The complexity of the problems is generally lacking, so you will need to supplement with … Incentivized Helpful? ER Elana Reiser Professor Chose Alta from Knewton, a Wiley brand I have not used any other courseware but when making a decision I did look into a few others and meet with reps. By far [alta from Knewton] seemed like the best option for me because it was focused on students meeting standards rather than just getting a grade. I also love that … Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Alta from Knewton, a Wiley brand alta from Knewton is more of a homework platform with remediation. Topics for assignments are randomized. ALEKS is more of a teaching platform working on a single topic at a time. Incentivized Helpful? KH Kevin Hulke Instructor Chose Alta from Knewton, a Wiley brand alta from Knewton, a Wiley brand, is much less expensive than the other LMSes, not just for the students but for the institution, too. Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Alta from Knewton, a Wiley brand Cheaper than Pearson, and better customer support. The adaptive assignments are harder to fake your way through—guessing and modeling answers after the correct answers are shown doesn’t work since the questions change when a student misses a question. MyOpenMath is free, but … Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Customer support Pro User support Pro Customer service
Top Cons	Minus Due date

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	Alta from Knewton, a Wiley brand
Likelihood to Recommend	8.2 (7 ratings)
Usability	7.3 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Alta from Knewton, a Wiley brand
Likelihood to Recommend	Wiley It is appropriate as a learning system and helps your students gain mastery. I would not use it as much for an assessment system, although they have been slowly building up those capabilities. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Wiley Adaptive learning LMS integration Focus on meeting learning standards rather than just on grades Each student gets different questions so it can reduce cheating Explanations are included if students get problems wrong ER Elana Reiser Professor Read full review
Cons	Wiley I have yet to run into something that Wiley reps did not handle well. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	Wiley Easy to use Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Wiley alta from Knewton, a Wiley brand, is much less expensive than the other LMSes, not just for the students but for the institution, too. KH Kevin Hulke Instructor Read full review
Return on Investment	Wiley Higher pass rates. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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