Compare SoftChalk и Totara Learn

Benefits:

Softchalk provides the capability to make LMS lessons look so professional, and the interactive activities are fantastic! Crosswords, embedded vide... Read more

Softchalk provides the capability to make LMS lessons look so professional, and the interactive activities are fantastic! Crosswords, embedded videos, matching, drag and drop are just a few of the possibilities. And it integrates with the LMS Gradebook.

Drawbacks:

There are some glitches in the coding that make you have to completely quit and restart the app, sometimes losing work in the process.

Summary:

Benefits:

SoftChalk Cloud allows me to create interactive tutorials for my students, with a large variety of types of activity and formative assessment, as w... Read more

SoftChalk Cloud allows me to create interactive tutorials for my students, with a large variety of types of activity and formative assessment, as well as embedded videos and iFrames. It's compatible with multiple learning management systems, so I retain the ability to use the tutorials even if the university changes systems in the future, or if I change universities, or if I want to share a tutorial with a colleague elsewhere.

Drawbacks:

Formatting the tutorial pages isn't always intuitive, and it can be difficult to get things to look quite how I want them. When the tutorial is emb... Read more

Formatting the tutorial pages isn't always intuitive, and it can be difficult to get things to look quite how I want them. When the tutorial is embedded in my LMS, security settings often result in blocking iFrames and some graphics, so students have to disable browser security to complete the tutorial.

Summary:

I've been able to move my research methods course to a hybrid format where students learn to use new databases and tutorials online. Since I can em... Read more

I've been able to move my research methods course to a hybrid format where students learn to use new databases and tutorials online. Since I can embed the database or search box right in the tutorial, students can read my text, test out the tools, answer questions, and get feedback all in one place. Plus grades can be sent to the gradebook automatically, so I don't have to monitor their sign-ins.

Benefits:

I racked my brain to try to find something positive to say about Softchalk but I just couldn't.

Drawbacks:

It looks like 90's internet software and brings up memories of Netscape Navigator and Webcrawler...I find the setup tedious and cumbersome. I canno... Read more

It looks like 90's internet software and brings up memories of Netscape Navigator and Webcrawler...I find the setup tedious and cumbersome. I cannot recommend this software.

Summary:

Benefits:

SoftChalk helps me help faculty create accessible and original content in our LMS. Using it allows us to make content more engaging with activitie... Read more

SoftChalk helps me help faculty create accessible and original content in our LMS. Using it allows us to make content more engaging with activities and we encourage users to stop the slide presentations and convert to this instead.

Drawbacks:

It's a little clunky and hard for some faculty to get a hang of. The SC cloud improved it a bit, but there is learning curve on it. Most faculty c... Read more

It's a little clunky and hard for some faculty to get a hang of. The SC cloud improved it a bit, but there is learning curve on it. Most faculty can't just jump in and start using it, they'll need to watch the help videos or get a walk through.

Summary:

It could save time and help since many institutions are being pressured to more toward OER content. This makes is easy to build and share in an LM... Read more

It could save time and help since many institutions are being pressured to more toward OER content. This makes is easy to build and share in an LMS.

Benefits:

I have tried this platform and I think it is very complete, since it allows you to educate other people individually and train both employees and c... Read more

I have tried this platform and I think it is very complete, since it allows you to educate other people individually and train both employees and clients, very good

Drawbacks:

Despite being very good, its interface is not competitive with other platforms, they have to develop a better interface because this platform has p... Read more

Despite being very good, its interface is not competitive with other platforms, they have to develop a better interface because this platform has potential

Summary:

Benefits:

The product is easy to implement - it is fairly intuitive for the learner and easy to brand and upkeep as an administrator.

Drawbacks:

The moodle base means you have to be careful about retakes - it only records the first one - so if you need certifications updating then plan ahead

Summary:

Really happy with the supplier support and the way the software keeps evolving

Benefits:

It is hosted off-site so we don't need to rely on our small Systems team. This is really the true value to me as an LMS administrator as previousl... Read more

It is hosted off-site so we don't need to rely on our small Systems team. This is really the true value to me as an LMS administrator as previously it was impossible to upgrade our Moodle versions. Navigating to the courses is very simple. The look and feel is decent. So far it's been pretty stable.

Drawbacks:

I would like to see more features that are not already available in the free Moodle LMS system. I would like to see the Reporting features better i... Read more

I would like to see more features that are not already available in the free Moodle LMS system. I would like to see the Reporting features better implemented. I would also like to see support for plug-ins that are currently supported in free Moodle, particularly H5P.

Summary:

Benefits:

The flexibility that an admin has in configuring this software.

Drawbacks:

Inconsistency in different reports. e.g. SCORM reports are filtered differently where as other USer reports are filtered differently.

Summary:

We have been using Totara Learn for past 2 years (almost). We love it even more because of the exceptional customer support by our vendor Kineo. Si... Read more

We have been using Totara Learn for past 2 years (almost). We love it even more because of the exceptional customer support by our vendor Kineo. Since we moved from Learnforce LMS, which had a completely different interface, some ulearners find it difficult but LMS admins love the flexibility now they have to configure even things like custom fields etc.