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Director at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Real User
Oct 24, 2022
Gives better results for our learners than live sessions we previously ran, and enables us to scale the business
Pros and Cons
  • "There are so many valuable features: The structure of the platform is fantastic and the learner experience is very good."
  • "Most of the room for improvement is around my course design, the video content, and the structure of my courses so that they're more engaging and interactive. Whether the platform can help me deliver those outcomes, I'm not sure, but that will probably be my core focus over the next 12 months."

What is our primary use case?

I run an e-learning business providing training to accounting firms, and I use it as a platform for managing the learner experience for all of the learning courses. They're all self-paced courses.

How has it helped my organization?

We've been doing training for about 15 years, and the transition to a self-paced platform has been fantastic. It's actually given us better results with our learners than the live sessions that we were previously running. It has also allowed us to leverage and scale our business effectively and has been critically important for the growth of our business.

What is most valuable?

There are so many valuable features: The

  • structure of the platform is fantastic 
  • learner experience is very good
  • process for the assessment of tasks works very well and that is an important part of what we do, to make sure learners get good feedback and that they can act on that feedback.
  • feedback process is good as well. I get feedback from all my learners on how they're doing and they generally find the platform pretty easy to work through.

I use rules for a particular action when a particular task is completed. Gamification is a good example within that part of the platform. When learners reach a certain stage, or there's a certain outcome, they either get a certificate or a badge or the like. And when learners haven't accessed their course for a period of time, they get an automatic email asking them how things are going. Those are some basic actions or reactions around particular things that learners might do.

I am able to see who has not accessed the portal, using CYPHER Learning, and follow up with those people. This ability is very important and I have a person working full-time on it. It's our goal to make sure that learners complete their courses and we use the reporting and the platform to keep an eye on all of our learners. It doesn't lead directly to new registrations, but the learner experience is the most important thing for me. I'm keen to ensure that we give our learners all the support they can get to complete their courses.

Overall, for monitoring and checking student progress it's fantastic. It has everything that I need. I can print out reports showing me where learners are at, what their scores are, and how long it has been since they last accessed the platform. All that information is available.

What needs improvement?

The platform is fine. Most of the room for improvement is around my course design, the video content, and the structure of my courses so that they're more engaging and interactive. Whether the platform can help me deliver those outcomes, I'm not sure, but that will probably be my core focus over the next 12 months.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using CYPHER Learning for three or four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There has been no problem with the stability. I have never had any issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is up to me. The intention of getting a platform like this was to scale up my business, and that's something I'm working on at the moment. I can keep doing that, it's highly leverageable.

I have 1,500 learners, of which 500 would be engaged over the course of a month. Sometimes people go off a course for a period of time and come back to it.

How are customer service and support?

The responsiveness of their help desk is absolutely fantastic. If I have a question, I'll usually get a response within five minutes. That's very important to me because I've probably got over 500 learners at any one time and there are always little things that need to be addressed. They respond very quickly. 

And I'm continually improving our system with feedback from the people at CYPHER LEARNING.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

CYPHER Learning was my first experience with an online e-learning platform. I did spend six months starting to develop my own platform and then stopped very quickly when I realized that there were platforms available.

I can't tell you how I came across the solution, probably just through an online search. They were very easy to engage with and that's probably why I'm with them.

How was the initial setup?

The implementation was very easy. It was easy to convert some of my live content into self-paced online courses. The initial deployment was done within a month, to have it set up properly, make sure it was all working, and understand how the platform worked.

My implementation strategy involved making sure that the live content I had was transferable to a self-paced learning environment, and getting some learner feedback on how the course was operating.

Deployment of a new course, getting it set up on CYPHER Learning, takes about a day. There is very little maintenance. Once it's set up, there are only little fine-tuning things to do. I've got about 25 to 30 courses online now and I know how to set up new courses. Most of the effort is the background work, creating the content.

What about the implementation team?

I only used the CYPHER LEARNING people to help with the training. In the very early days, I even had the international CEO, Graham Glass, speak to me for an hour and give me some feedback. He went through it all with me. That was quite incredible actually.

What was our ROI?

The revenue that I generate is about 50 times the cost at the moment.

For each course, it has helped to significantly reduce administrative work, but now that we've been able to scale up, obviously, we spend more time on admin in general. But we don't spend so much time on the things that we were doing in the past to manage the learner experience. Our administrative time has gone into other things that add more value.

It has also absolutely saved us money on training facilities and travel, costs that used to be involved in training. It's all online now. We have learners throughout Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada, and the UK. It's scalable and people can access content anywhere.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is good. It's scalable, meaning you can start off at a cost level that is easy for a startup and then build on it from there. I've built up from nothing to a Platinum subscription. You can scale up as you need. It's pretty flexible and it works well.

If consultants or training are required, in the contract they have the ability to charge for a scope of work, but they've never charged me for anything that they've done. And they have spent significant time on some of my stuff.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I had a quick look around, but back then there weren't too many options available. 

What other advice do I have?

Find out how other organizations are using it. Get as much feedback on best practices as you can. And that's not just for this platform, but for other e-learning platforms. Get feedback on how to get the most value from them. Training and understanding of e-learning platforms, and the psychology of e-learning, are particularly important so that the courses are set up correctly. Ask as many questions as you have. They're pretty responsive.

I'm just working at the moment on gamification and getting that up and running, so I can't give a lot of feedback about that, but that's developing. I'm also putting another key element of the platform into place, mastery, which is developing core competencies around course content. Similarly, I have been implementing competency-based learning over the last month or so. CYPHER Learning have given me a fair amount of detail, training, and follow-up on that. Again, I can't give a lot of feedback, but it all works fairly well.

We're also in the process of implementing two-factor authentication for security. That has been up and running over the last month and we are getting our learners through that process at the moment, so that data and information are secure. That is a key project that we're working on, apart from gamification and competencies.

I don't have any complaints about the platform. At this stage, it's meeting my needs. My challenge is more in making sure that I'm using it to its full capabilities. For that reason, I'm in pretty regular contact with the people at CYPHER Learning to review where I'm at and identify what I could be doing better. I'm focusing on continual improvement.

The biggest lesson I have learned from using the platform is the need to keep refining and developing. There are always things that you don't know. There are always features of a platform like this that you're not aware of. It's important to always be looking for ways to improve and asking whether the platform can deliver those outcomes. The platform has a pretty healthy pipeline, and they'll generally listen to any suggestions.

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Coordinadora Centro de Idiomas y Docente de Inglés at a university
Real User
Aug 1, 2022
Students see and understand what is expected of them; teachers can identify and work with struggling students
Pros and Cons
  • "I also like the discussion board a lot because students can give their opinions there and interact with each other. For me, as an English teacher, it is also important because they practice writing in a real context."
  • "Perhaps there is room for improvement in the gamification part. I have used it but it has not been very clear to me. It may be my responsibility for not asking about it in the training sessions, but the way you use it is not so clear."

What is our primary use case?

It is the LMS that we use at our university. Personally, I am in the language department and am an English teacher. For the courses that I give, I use CYPHER Learning for practically everything. Everything is in it: the material, the tasks. It is a platform that helps us a lot in organizing our classes.

How has it helped my organization?

If I tell students that they have to do an essay, I create an evaluation rubric. They can see the rubric and understand exactly what they have to do in the essay. That makes it much clearer for students to see precisely what needs to be done. With rubrics, they can see progress transparently.

The system also helps when it comes to intervention strategies for students because, in the first weeks, you realize who is interacting in CYPHER Learning and who is not. You can see who is doing the units and who isn’t working and that gives you a chance to ask a student why they aren't doing their homework. In this way, you can develop strategies to help them. For example, you can try to change the content or advise the student to manage their time differently. These could be factors that influence how the student is interacting on the platform.

Compared to traditional ways of teaching, I would estimate CYPHER Learning saves 40 percent of my time.

The solution’s ability to bridge the learning gap for students is not bad, although each student is different so not everyone will go at the same pace. CYPHER Learning helps me in identifying each student’s mastery of the subject. I can deepen my work with students who are excelling as well as with students who are struggling. For those who are struggling, I can give them a little more time to complete the assignment. I don't think everyone progresses in the same way and CYPHER Learning gives me the tools to help students individually.

Another benefit is the time saved due to the reduction in administrative work. You can download marks to an Excel document and everything is already organized. In addition, I manage the language department and I can ask the teachers to send me Excels of their students' progress. That enables me to observe what the teachers are doing and see who has not worked much through CYPHER Learning. I can quickly talk to the teacher and solve any problems. The decrease in administration saves about 30 percent of my time.

It also helps save significant time at the end of the month. If a student has a complaint, we can see everything in the system. The evidence is always there.

And saving on paper is important to me, both as an individual and as a teacher. We are trying as a university not to use paper. Because all the tasks are in CYPHER Learning, everything is digital and online and I do not need to deliver so many paper reports.

What is most valuable?

Last year I participated in a contest in which we had to submit a video about something that I like a lot in CYPHER Learning. I sent in a video about the discussion board. I like it because you can upload any topic, video, reading, or quote, and the students can give their opinions and interact. That helps to deepen the discussion.

I also like the discussion board a lot because students can give their opinions there and interact with each other. For me, as an English teacher, it is also important because they practice writing in a real context. It helps them to have a voice and to know what they think about a certain topic.

Another valuable feature is that it makes it easy to see the progress of the students, and students themselves can follow their own progress.

In terms of automation, you can create your own units and place the necessary information in each unit. Although we in the language department use another platform where all our content is uploaded, with CYPHER Learning we can see if students are learning according to the tasks they are given. We can ask for videos and recordings and, in that way, it's automated. The process is more agile than the traditional process. The automation is good.

I also like the variety of options. An assignment can be just a simple essay, a paragraph, or the videos or recordings I mentioned. These options give students the opportunity to be creative.

Sometimes we do exercises that do not have a grade associated with them and that helps students to receive positive feedback without feeling evaluated. Students understand that it is not only about receiving a good grade but that it's also about self-improvement and they develop motivation as a result.

Also, the fact that they can see their grades through CYPHER Learning lets them know what they have to work on, according to their score. It is very organized.

And communicating with students is easy because we can send individual and group messages. This past semester, we sent several such messages. It's a feature that works very well. As an English teacher, I write everything in English and this provides my students with an additional way to learn the language. Sometimes, I ask them to send me an email in English in a more formal way, as well. For those reasons, communicating through the platform has helped me a lot.

Communication is very important, especially because of the pandemic. Sometimes, students have doubts, questions, or problems, but with the system’s communication tools, I can reply to them more easily. It saves us time and we can focus on more important things when we are in class.

What needs improvement?

Perhaps there is room for improvement in the gamification part. I have used it but it has not been very clear to me. It may be my responsibility for not asking about it in the training sessions, but the way you use it is not so clear. I know that there are tutorials, but I would like something more user-friendly that would explain how to use this feature.

They should also send out more questionnaires to receive feedback.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using CYPHER Learning since the second semester of 2020.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It seems to me that there were some problems with the internet in 2020, but they were our problems. This year, I have not seen any problems.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The fact that our university decided to buy this LMS is very instructive because not many universities in La Paz have something like this. With each semester, every student and teacher becomes more and more familiar with CYPHER Learning. Most other universities use Google Classroom.

In the language department, we have 10 teachers and each semester we manage approximately 600 students.

The solution is being used throughout the entire university.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

The university acquired CYPHER Learning due to the pandemic.

We have a platform that has English content specifically for our department. It is 70 percent similar to CYPHER Learning but we use it more for uploaded content than anything else. So for us, the changes and getting familiar with CYPHER Learning were not as strange and complex as they were for other departments. We continue to use other platforms, but everything is concentrated in CYPHER Learning.

How was the initial setup?

The first part was a bit complex. We received training from the university. The systems center also had a person in charge of everything, but the beginning was complex because there were many settings. Once the systems center took charge of that, it was much easier to use. Like any tool, at first, it will be complex until you practice using it. It's normal to face some difficulties.

We started the CYPHER Learning training in June and by August we were done. We already have a department that is in charge of providing orientation, follow-up, and courses and, if a teacher does not understand something, they receive the necessary support. If I have a question, I can write to them and they answer me quickly. For example, if I want to understand more about gamification, I can talk to the department to receive help.

Our deployment strategy was that the university put a person in charge of each department and CYPHER Learning trained those people. In our department, a colleague took on that position for everything related to CYPHER Learning tutorials. We had information regarding the schedule of the training sessions and which tutorials we had to watch, and we were also able to consult with that colleague. In each department, the leader provided that information. There was also a support team for students from the computer department. Now, we have a support department that focuses on CYPHER Learning.

Our systems center supports login or connection problems for both students and teachers. We also have a pedagogical monitoring team. There are probably 10 people involved on our side, but only one or two work directly with CYPHER Learning. In each department there is a coordinator who helps new teachers with questions and training.

What other advice do I have?

CYPHER Learning is a good option for a large organization because it makes it easier to organize massive amounts of content, including data, files, and exams, as well as assign and review tasks. It makes things clearer for students. You can create In general, it is a good product.

It has taught me about the importance of adaptation. At first, I was a little worried that the students might not be able to adapt, but in the end, all the teachers and the students handled it well. It has taught me to adapt and set an example as a role model by using the platform.

Foreign Language: (Spanish)

¿Cuál es nuestra razón de uso principal?

Es el LMS que usamos en nuestra universidad. Personalmente, estoy en el departamento de idiomas y soy profesora de inglés. Para los cursos que doy uso CYPHER Learning para prácticamente todo. Todo está en él: el material, las tareas. Es una plataforma que nos ayuda mucho a la hora de organizar nuestras clases.

¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?

Si les digo a los alumnos que tienen que hacer un ensayo, creo una rúbrica de evaluación. Pueden ver la rúbrica y entender exactamente lo que tienen que hacer en el ensayo. Eso hace que sea mucho más claro para los estudiantes ver con precisión lo que se debe hacer. Con las rúbricas, pueden ver el progreso de forma transparente.

El sistema también ayuda cuando se trata de estrategias de intervención para los estudiantes porque, en las primeras semanas, te das cuenta de quién está interactuando en CYPHER Learning y quién no. Puedes ver quién está haciendo las unidades y quién no está trabajando y eso te da la oportunidad de preguntarle a un estudiante por qué no está haciendo su tarea. De esta manera, puedes desarrollar estrategias para ayudarlos. Por ejemplo, puedes intentar cambiar el contenido o aconsejar al estudiante que administre su tiempo de manera diferente. Estos podrían ser factores que influyen en la forma en que el estudiante interactúa en la plataforma.

En comparación con las formas tradicionales de enseñanza, estimaría que CYPHER Learning LMS ahorra el 40 por ciento de mi tiempo.

La capacidad de la solución para cerrar las diferencias de conocimiento entre los estudiantes no es mala, aunque cada estudiante es diferente, por lo que no todos irán al mismo ritmo. CYPHER Learning me ayuda a identificar el dominio de la materia por parte de cada alumno. Puedo profundizar mi trabajo con estudiantes que sobresalen, así como con estudiantes que tienen dificultades. Para aquellos que tienen dificultades, puedo darles un poco más de tiempo para completar la tarea. No creo que todos progresen de la misma manera y CYPHER Learning me da las herramientas para ayudar a los alumnos individualmente.

Otro beneficio es el ahorro de tiempo debido a la reducción del trabajo administrativo. Puedes descargar todas las notas a un documento de Excel y todo ya está organizado. Además, gestiono el departamento de idiomas y puedo pedir a los profesores que me envíen Excels del progreso de sus alumnos. Eso me permite observar lo que están haciendo los profesores y ver quién no ha trabajado mucho a través de CYPHER Learning. Puedo hablar rápidamente con el maestro y resolver cualquier problema. La disminución en la administración ahorra alrededor del 30 por ciento de mi tiempo.

También ayuda a ahorrar mucho tiempo al final del mes. Si un estudiante tiene una queja, podemos ver todo en el sistema. La evidencia siempre está ahí.

Y ahorrar en papel es importante para mí, tanto como persona y como docente. Estamos tratando como universidad de no usar papel. Porque todas las tareas están en CYPHER Learning, todo es digital y online y no necesito entregar tantos informes en papel.

¿Qué es lo más valioso?

El año pasado participé en un concurso en el que teníamos que enviar un video sobre algo que me gusta mucho en CYPHER Learning. Envié un video sobre el foro de discusión. Me gusta porque puedes subir cualquier tema, video, lectura o cita, y los alumnos pueden opinar e interactuar. Eso ayuda a profundizar la discusión.

También me gusta mucho el foro de discusión porque los estudiantes pueden dar sus opiniones allí e interactuar entre ellos. Para mí, como profesora de inglés, también es importante porque practican la escritura en un contexto real. Les ayuda a tener voz y saber lo que piensan sobre un tema determinado.

Otra característica valiosa es que facilita ver el progreso de los estudiantes, y los propios estudiantes pueden seguir su propio progreso.

En términos de automatización, puede crear sus propias unidades y colocar la información necesaria en cada unidad. Aunque en el departamento de idiomas usamos otra plataforma donde se sube todo nuestro contenido, con CYPHER Learning podemos ver si los estudiantes están aprendiendo de acuerdo con las tareas que se les asignan. Podemos pedir videos y grabaciones y, de esa forma, está automatizado. El proceso es más ágil que el proceso tradicional. La automatización es buena.

También me gusta la variedad de opciones. Una tarea puede ser simplemente un ensayo simple, un párrafo o los videos o grabaciones que mencioné. Estas opciones dan a los estudiantes la oportunidad de ser creativos.

A veces hacemos ejercicios que no tienen asociada una nota y eso ayuda a que los alumnos reciban feedback positivo sin sentirse evaluados. Los estudiantes entienden que no se trata solo de obtener una buena calificación, sino que también se trata de superación personal y, como resultado, desarrollan motivación.

Además, el hecho de que puedan ver sus calificaciones a través de CYPHER Learning les permite saber en qué tienen que trabajar, según su puntaje. Es muy organizado.

Y comunicarse con los alumnos es fácil porque podemos enviar mensajes individuales y grupales. El semestre pasado, enviamos varios mensajes de este tipo. Es una característica que funciona muy bien. Como profesora de inglés, escribo todo en inglés y esto brinda a mis alumnos una forma adicional de aprender el idioma. A veces, también les pido que me envíen un correo electrónico en inglés de una manera más formal. Por eso me ha ayudado mucho comunicarme a través de la plataforma.

La comunicación es muy importante, sobre todo por la pandemia. A veces los alumnos tienen dudas, preguntas o problemas, pero con las herramientas de comunicación del sistema puedo responderles más fácilmente. Nos ahorra tiempo y podemos centrarnos en cosas más importantes cuando estamos en clase.

¿Qué necesita mejorar?

Quizás en la parte de la gamificación. Lo he usado pero no me ha quedado muy claro. Puede ser mi responsabilidad por no preguntarlo en las capacitaciones, pero la forma en que se usa no es tan clara. Sé que hay tutoriales, pero me gustaría algo más fácil que explicara cómo usar esta función.

También deberían enviar más cuestionarios para recibir comentarios.

¿Por cuánto tiempo he usado la plataforma?

He estado usando CYPHER Learning desde el segundo semestre de 2020.

¿Qué pienso sobre la estabilidad de la solución?

Me parece que hubo algunos problemas con la conexión al internet en el 2020, pero fueron nuestros problemas. Este año no he visto ningún problema.

¿Qué opino sobre la escalabilidad de la plataforma?

El hecho de que nuestra universidad decidiera comprar este LMS es muy instructivo porque no muchas universidades en La Paz tienen algo así. Con cada semestre, cada estudiante y maestro se familiariza cada vez más con CYPHER Learning. La mayoría de las otras universidades usan Google Classroom.

En el departamento de idiomas contamos con 10 profesores y cada semestre manejamos aproximadamente 600 alumnos.

La solución se está utilizando en toda la universidad.

¿Qué solución usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?

La universidad adquirió a CYPHER Learning debido a la pandemia.

Contamos con una plataforma que tiene contenido en inglés específicamente para nuestro departamento. Es un 70 por ciento similar a CYPHER Learning, pero lo usamos más para cargar contenido que para cualquier otra cosa. Entonces, para nosotros, los cambios y familiarizarnos con CYPHER Learning no fueron tan extraños y complejos como lo fueron para otros departamentos. Seguimos usando otras plataformas, pero todo se concentra en CYPHER Learning.

¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?

La primera parte fue un poco compleja, recibimos capacitación de la universidad y el centro de sistemas también tenía una persona a cargo de todo, pero el comienzo fue complejo porque habían muchos ajustes. Una vez que el centro de sistemas se hizo cargo de eso, fue mucho más fácil de usar. Como cualquier herramienta, al principio será compleja hasta que practiques su uso. Es normal enfrentar algunas dificultades.

Comenzamos el entrenamiento CYPHER Learning en junio y en agosto habíamos terminado. Ya contamos con un departamento que se encarga de brindar orientación, seguimiento y cursos y, si un docente no entiende algo, recibe el apoyo necesario y si tengo alguna duda les puedo escribir y me contestan rápido. Por ejemplo, si quiero entender más sobre la gamificación, puedo hablar con el departamento para recibir ayuda.

Nuestra estrategia de despliegue fue que la universidad pusiera a una persona a cargo de cada departamento y CYPHER Learning capacitó a esas personas. En nuestro departamento un compañero asumió ese cargo para todo lo relacionado con los tutoriales de CYPHER Learning. Teníamos información sobre el horario de los entrenamientos y qué tutoriales teníamos que ver y también pudimos consultar con ese colega. En cada departamento, el encargado proporcionaba ese tipo de información. También se contó con un equipo de apoyo a los alumnos del departamento de informática. Hoy en día, tenemos un departamento de soporte que se enfoca en CYPHER Learning.

Nuestro centro de sistemas se encarga de solucionar problemas de inicio de sesión o conexión tanto para estudiantes como para profesores. También contamos con un equipo de seguimiento pedagógico. Probablemente hay 10 personas involucradas de nuestro lado, pero solo una o dos trabajan directamente con CYPHER Learning. En cada departamento hay un coordinador que ayuda a los nuevos maestros con preguntas y capacitación.

¿Qué otro consejo tengo?

CYPHER Learning es una buena opción para una organización grande porque facilita la organización de grandes cantidades de contenido, incluidos datos, archivos y exámenes, así como tareas de asignación y revisión. Hace las cosas más claras para los estudiantes. En general, es un buen producto.

Me ha enseñado sobre la importancia de la adaptación. Al principio, estaba un poco preocupada de que los estudiantes no pudieran adaptarse, pero al final, todos los maestros y los estudiantes lo manejaron bien. Me ha enseñado a adaptarme y dar ejemplo como modelo a seguir usando la plataforma.

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It's the main way that we communicate with students
Pros and Cons
  • "CYPHER Learning is the main way to communicate with students. In CYPHER Learning, everything is recorded, including messages about tasks. I like that the messages are registered in the system. This way, I can keep track of students' efforts. We have a WhatsApp group and students also have my email, but I ask them to communicate through CYPHER Learning. The university administrators review teachers' data through CYPHER Learning. So, in case of any complaints, everything is registered there."
  • "There is a section where you can create games and tools. I don't know if it is because I didn't have the training, but I couldn't use the gamification tools. I would like them to create a link with a tutorial explaining how to do this from the platform."

What is our primary use case?

It is a tool that the university bought as the main platform to provide tools, call lists, upload content, and tasks as well as for synchronous and asynchronous teaching tools, e.g., forums and debates.

How has it helped my organization?

We created our own program to help us gather information based on skills and commitments. CYPHER Learning helps us to synchronize all the data.

We have had meetings in addition to our training. This way, the university knows if the purchase of the platform has been beneficial for teachers and students. The vast majority have evaluated the use of the platform as excellent and very positively. There were some older people who said that they had difficulty because of their low digital skills, which it forced them to update. In the graduate and postgraduate courses where there are older people, they are also forced to study and learn the platform.

CYPHER Learning has helped by providing a variety of activities to help students get engaged, developing their independence and higher-order thinking skills. The solution feeds these qualities. If students do not know how to upload a file, or they have doubts, then they can manage to learn on their own. This makes them continue being curious to discover the platform.

With CYPHER Learning, we have been able to save costs. Everything is digital so we have no need for printed materials. CYPHER Learning allows us to use links or codes where we can access PDF books, YouTube, or our own library, which makes it easier and saves a lot.

What is most valuable?

I find it very valuable. When a young person cannot participate in a postgraduate course because he needs to work in order to earn money and cannot go to face-to-face classes, they can instead upload their material which others did in person. A folder is opened for them where they can upload the presentation content. Not everyone can always be in face-to-face classes, so instead they have the opportunity to upload the materials to the platform.

During the pandemic, virtual learning was the only way. At the same time, it forced us to train ourselves in automation, which makes any tool simple, including CYPHER Learning. Now, there is a democratization of information and students have access to everything that a teacher can give them.

CYPHER Learning's adaptive learning is excellent for helping provide students personalized content based on their goals and performance. All the content that I offer as a teacher is available to students, e.g., welcome messages, units created, and different sections. Due to the university's requirements, it has to be attractive, creative, and original so a young student will have the opportunity to learn my subject in a pleasant, professional way. CYPHER Learning requires professionalism from a creator of creative, updated content. This way, young people can explore and enjoy a subject.

CYPHER Learning is the main way to communicate with students. In CYPHER Learning, everything is recorded, including messages about tasks. I like that the messages are registered in the system. This way, I can keep track of students' efforts. We have a WhatsApp group and students also have my email, but I ask them to communicate through CYPHER Learning. The university administrators review teachers' data through CYPHER Learning. So, in case of any complaints, everything is registered there.

What needs improvement?

There is a section where you can create games and tools. I don't know if it is because I didn't have the training, but I couldn't use the gamification tools. I would like them to create a link with a tutorial explaining how to do this from the platform.

It seems like there is now more personnel in charge of training teachers. There are now people who are playing the role of instructors, so there are even more personnel working on the platform than before.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using it since 2020.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a very well-made, stable tool. It is constantly updated and allows you to follow your work.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We are using it for postgraduate studies about any subject. It is being used for practically everything. It is a tool for evaluations, content, and work.

How are customer service and support?

We also have training days all the time. People constantly support us regarding the platform. We have phone numbers if we need to call support. 

I have never used CYPHER Learning technical support. I always go to the university trainers who always seem to know how to help. I would rate the technical support as 8.5 out of 10.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Since the pandemic started, we have always used CYPHER Learning. Before acquiring it, we only used Zoom or Google Meeting. However, CYPHER Learning was very much needed for information and qualification purposes.

How was the initial setup?

We received training. It was not difficult because they explained it to us step-by-step. They even told us to open CYPHER Learning and try everything to find out what we least understood. The trainers that the university hired have helped us a lot. We can always call them and ask for support.

It didn't take me long to order my material in the system.

What about the implementation team?

The university hired trainers who taught us all the basics, then divided us into small groups. That is how they implemented the platform in our institution.

There is a main instructor and five other people who constantly send us messages asking us if we are having difficulties or notifying us about a training meeting in the pedagogical area.

This same instructor also made very good video tutorials.

What was our ROI?

CYPHER Learning has helped us save time on intervention strategies for students, especially those who need guidance. The way that the solution is programmed means that we have our own library with contents. This allows us to be sure that all the work is well-organized, which saves us a lot of time.

We have seen savings in that administrative work when preparing content, qualifications, and basically everything related to teaching. CYPHER Learning allows us to store all our content, helping us be able to grade tasks and assignments. Reaching out for assistance is also much easier.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I don't know any other platforms, so I can't compare them, but practically CYPHER Learning is a very good platform.

What other advice do I have?

It is a good, clear platform that allows you to use teaching tools. In general, CYPHER Learning is an excellent tool for both teachers and students.

Digitally, CYPHER Learning offers you various ways of learning. I have used videos or movie links in a forum so students can debate or have a discussion including their opinions. They enjoy the idea of a debate. Sometimes, students find creative ways to communicate, e.g., uploading their homework with a video that they made on their own. However, I haven't managed to create a game on CYPHER Learning yet.

The most important thing that CYPHER Learning taught me was to be schematic and ordered, increasing my logic skills. It also taught me to be creative and that you never stop learning and exploring.

I would rate the solution as 10 out of 10.

Foreign Language: (Spanish)

¿Cuál es nuestra razón de uso principal?

Es una herramienta que la universidad compró como plataforma principal para proporcionar herramientas, listas de llamadas, cargar contenido y tareas, así como herramientas de enseñanza sincrónica y asincrónica, por ejemplo, foros y debates.

¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?

Creamos nuestro propio programa para ayudarnos a recopilar información basada en habilidades y compromisos. CYPHER Learning nos ayuda a sincronizar todos los datos.

Hemos tenido reuniones además de nuestra capacitación. De esta forma, la universidad sabe si la compra de la plataforma ha sido beneficiosa para profesores y alumnos. La gran mayoría ha valorado el uso de la plataforma como excelente y muy positivo. Hubo algunas personas mayores de edad que dijeron que tenían dificultad por su bajo nivel digital esto los obligó a actualizarse. En los cursos de grado y posgrado donde hay estudiantes mayores de edad también se ven obligados a estudiar y aprender la plataforma.

CYPHER Learning ha ayudado al proporcionar una variedad de actividades que ayudan a los estudiantes a participar, desarrollar su independencia y habilidades de pensamiento de orden superior, La solución alimenta estas cualidades. Si los estudiantes no saben cómo cargar un archivo, o tienen dudas, entonces pueden optar por intentar y aprender de manera independiente. Esto hace que sigan teniendo curiosidad por descubrir la plataforma.

Con CYPHER Learning hemos podido ahorrar costes. Todo es digital, por lo que no necesitamos materiales impresos. CYPHER Learning nos permite usar enlaces o códigos donde podemos acceder a libros en PDF, YouTube o nuestra propia biblioteca, lo que facilita y ahorra mucho.

¿Qué es lo más valioso?

En mi opinión la plataforma ayuda mucho a los alumnos de bajos recursos, Cuando un joven no puede participar en un posgrado porque necesita trabajar para ganar dinero y no puede ir a clases presenciales, puede subir su material que otros hicieron en persona. Simplemente se les abre una carpeta donde pueden cargar el contenido de la presentación. No todos pueden estar siempre en clases presenciales, por lo que tienen la oportunidad de subir los materiales a la plataforma, esto es muy valioso para mi.

Durante la pandemia, el aprendizaje virtual era la única forma. Al mismo tiempo, nos obligó a formarnos en la automatización, lo que hace que cualquier herramienta sea sencilla, incluida CYPHER Learning. Ahora, hay una democratización de la información y los estudiantes tienen acceso a todo lo que el docente les puede dar.

El aprendizaje adaptativo de CYPHER Learning es excelente para ayudar a proporcionar a los estudiantes contenido personalizado en función de sus objetivos y rendimiento. Todo el contenido que ofrezco como docente está disponible para los estudiantes, por ejemplo, mensajes de bienvenida, unidades creadas y diferentes secciones. Debido a los requisitos de la universidad el contenido tiene que ser atractivo, creativo y original para que el estudiante tenga la oportunidad de aprender mi materia de una manera amena y profesional. CYPHER Learning requiere profesionalidad de parte del docente, nos da la oportunidad de ser creadores de contenido creativo y actualizado. De esta manera, los estudiantes pueden explorar y disfrutar del tema en clase.

CYPHER Learning es la principal forma de comunicarse con los estudiantes. En CYPHER Learning, todo queda registrado, incluidos los mensajes sobre las tareas. Me gusta que los mensajes siempre están registrados en el sistema. De esta manera, puedo realizar un seguimiento de los rendimientos de los estudiantes. Tenemos un grupo de WhatsApp y los alumnos también tienen mi correo, pero les pido que se comuniquen por CYPHER Learning. Los administradores de la universidad revisan los datos de los profesores a través de CYPHER Learning. Entonces, en caso de cualquier queja, todo queda registrado allí.

¿Qué necesita mejorar?

Hay una sección donde puedes crear juegos y herramientas. No sé si es porque no tuve la formación, pero no pude usar las herramientas de gamificación. Me gustaría que crearan un enlace con un tutorial explicando cómo hacer esto desde la plataforma.

Parece que ahora hay más personal a cargo de capacitar a los maestros. Ahora hay personas que están desempeñando el papel de instructores, por lo que hay incluso más personal trabajando en la plataforma que antes.

¿Por cuánto tiempo he usado la solución?

Lo uso desde 2020.

¿Qué pienso sobre la estabilidad de la solución?

Es una herramienta muy bien hecha y estable. Se actualiza constantemente y te permite seguir tu trabajo de manera profesional.

¿Qué opino de la escalabilidad de la solución?

Lo estamos utilizando para estudios de posgrado sobre cualquier materia. Se está utilizando para prácticamente todo. Es una herramienta de evaluación, contenido y trabajo.

¿Cómo es el servicio de atención al cliente y el soporte?

Tenemos días de capacitación constantemente. Nuestro equipo tecnico nos apoya seguidamente con respecto a la plataforma. Tenemos números de teléfono si necesitamos llamar al soporte.

Nunca he utilizado el soporte técnico de CYPHER Learning. Siempre acudo a los formadores universitarios que siempre parecen saber cómo ayudar. Calificaría el soporte técnico como 8.5 de 10.

¿Cómo calificaría el servicio y soporte al cliente?

Positivo

¿Qué plataforma usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?

Desde que comenzó la pandemia, siempre hemos usado CYPHER Learning. Antes de adquirirlo, solo usábamos Zoom o Google Meeting. Sin embargo, CYPHER Learning era muy necesario para fines de información y calificación.

¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?

Recibimos capacitación. No fue difícil porque nos lo explicaron paso a paso. Incluso nos dijeron que abriéramos CYPHER Learning y que abrieramos todas las pestañas para descubrir qué era lo que menos entendíamos. Los formadores que contrató la universidad nos han ayudado mucho. Siempre podemos llamarlos y pedir apoyo.

No tardé mucho en ordenar mi material en el sistema.

¿Y el equipo de implementación?

La universidad contrató entrenadores que nos enseñaron todos los conceptos básicos y luego nos dividieron en pequeños grupos. Fue así como implementaron la plataforma en nuestra institución.

Hay un instructor principal y otras cinco personas que constantemente nos envían mensajes preguntándonos si tenemos dificultades o avisándonos de una reunión de capacitación en el área pedagógica.

Este mismo instructor también hizo muy buenos videos tutoriales.

¿Cuál fue nuestro Retorno de Inversión?

CYPHER Learning nos ha ayudado a ahorrar tiempo en estrategias de intervención para estudiantes, especialmente para aquellos que necesitan orientación. La forma en que está programada la plataforma hace que tengamos nuestra propia biblioteca con contenidos. Esto nos permite estar seguros de que todo el trabajo está bien organizado, lo que nos ahorra mucho tiempo.

Hemos visto ahorros en el trabajo administrativo a la hora de preparar contenidos, titulaciones y básicamente todo lo relacionado con la docencia. CYPHER Learning nos permite almacenar todo nuestro contenido, ayudándonos a poder calificar tareas y asignaciones. Solicitar ayuda también es mucho más fácil.

¿Qué otras plataformas evalué?

No conozco ninguna otra plataforma, así que no puedo compararlas, pero prácticamente CYPHER Learning es una muy buena plataforma.

¿Qué otro consejo tengo?

Es una plataforma buena y clara que te permite usar herramientas de enseñanza. En general, CYPHER Learning es una excelente herramienta tanto para profesores como para estudiantes.

Digitalmente, CYPHER Learning te ofrece diversas formas de aprender. He usado videos o enlaces de películas en un foro para que los estudiantes puedan debatir o tener una discusión incluyendo sus opiniones. Les gusta la idea de los debates. A veces, los estudiantes encuentran formas creativas de comunicarse, por ejemplo, cargando su tarea con un video que hicieron ellos mismos. Sin embargo, aún no he logrado crear un juego en CYPHER Learning.

Lo más importante que me enseñó CYPHER Learning fue a ser esquemática y ordenada, aumentando mis habilidades lógicas. También me enseñó a ser creativa ya que nunca dejas de aprender y explorar.

Calificaría la solución con un 10 sobre 10.

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Alfonso Alarcon - PeerSpot reviewer
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Jul 4, 2022
Makes the teacher-student relationship more transparent with feedback that helps students learn
Pros and Cons
  • "Compared to other platforms, it is very user-friendly and intuitive, and both teachers and students can easily find what they need and use the functions without extensive training."
  • "I would like to see an improvement in peer bonding and the possibility for students to share knowledge among themselves regarding the work that they do. That would greatly help in that it wouldn’t be a one-to-many communication format."

What is our primary use case?

Spaces are created for our subjects and courses and each teacher manages things according to their needs. I try to make content and sources of activities and actions that can be carried out by linking with other applications and I configure the grading aspect as well.

How has it helped my organization?

It has helped to make the relationship between the teacher and the student transparent in different ways. First of all, it allows the student and the teacher to know what progress the student has made. Second, in addition to the grading system, there are charts that both teachers and students can see, indicating the student's performance and their grades.

Transparency is one of the valuable aspects of the platform. I can be very transparent with students, both in terms of advancement in the subject and the production of knowledge. That is especially true in the areas of evaluations, qualifications, the possibilities for feedback and for corrections. That seems very important to me. CYPHER Learning gives me that ability and, in some cases, it motivates me to do extra work. Take, for example, a relatively mechanical quiz. Because there is an opportunity to give feedback, it makes it less mechanical and lets the students know where they were wrong and what the teacher's impression is. That seems important to me.

It has also allowed the incorporation of new tools linked to the platform. It is a day-to-day tool for me. Each step I take in the subject, whether it is virtual or face-to-face, has a corresponding feature in CYPHER Learning.

We're going through the pandemic and, with the confinement and quarantines, and even when there is a local outbreak, CYPHER Learning allows us to quickly turn to virtual education. We're embracing a type of hybrid education, and that has been fundamental during the pandemic.

It also allows me to have a source of reference for what is happening during the semester. It gives us a single record of face-to-face and virtual interactions, making it a more solid reference.

Another benefit is that it has helped save time on intervention strategies for students, especially those who need guidance. It has made that quite easy for me in particular cases. The fact that I can retrieve material from a library and upload it adaptively has saved me a lot of time and allows me to adapt to the situation.

The fact that the students have a point of reference on the platform means that classes are not fragmented. The platform allows the teacher to unify activities by focusing their students on instructions or content or activities. It creates pretty solid points of reference about the students.

It's also great that you don't have to print things. CYPHER Learning is not the only solution with this ability, as other applications allow you to do so. But we can link them with CYPHER Learning and that’s also good. The university has also included access to the international libraries and this means that students are not looking just anywhere for information but, instead, use these libraries. As a result, there have indeed been many cost savings. I prefer that students do work virtually instead of printing it.

What is most valuable?

Compared to other platforms, it is very user-friendly and intuitive, and both teachers and students can easily find what they need and use the functions without extensive training. Obviously, you need a minimum introduction to the system. 

There are a lot of built-in functionalities and many more functions than we use, things that we would need to know in detail.

In terms of automation, I have dedicated myself to doing tests or qualifications in a more automated way, but I have not delved into other things.

CYPHER Learning provides a variety of activities to help with student engagement. There are some students who are very limited when it comes to what the teacher offers them from the platform, but there are other students who exploit the resources of the platform quite well. Due to the lack of skills of some students in my country, there is no possibility of exploiting everything.

It allows the integration of different pedagogical approaches. While it is true that we cannot speak of a completely virtual scenario yet, what has been done instead is an adaptation from face-to-face to virtual. Many teachers have tried to recreate their face-to-face format, mediated by virtuality, and CYPHER Learning has been a source of material and of recorded and published classes. 

Some teachers have used other approaches, such as using the collaborative aspects that CYPHER Learning makes possible. That way, learning is not only via a shared class with explanations, but also includes activities that enable building and learning via collaboration. This is a leap that virtual education allows us. From my point of view, CYPHER Learning has both participatory and collaborative tools and this seems like a very good combination to me. It does not have everything, and it is true that there could be more applications adapted and included.

What needs improvement?

I wanted to use it as a source of communication with students, but that didn't work out very well. It is easy for educators to communicate with students, but CYPHER Learning is constituted as a formal communication tool. It shows what students and teachers say to each other, but for non-formal, practical notices, dialogues, and questions about what people did not understand, they use WhatsApp or Telegram a lot more. 

At the level of daily communications, CYPHER Learning is not the tool they use. It is only used for things like requesting permission or communicating with the whole class. The type of communication we have is quite horizontal in general, so there is a lot of non-formal communication, and that personal communication between the students and teachers is normally via WhatsApp or Telegram.

I would like to see an improvement in peer-bonding and the possibility for students to share knowledge among themselves regarding the work that they do. That would greatly help in that it wouldn’t be a one-to-many communication format. 

Another possibility would be incorporating additional applications to expand the functionalities of the platform. I don't know if they exist or not because I don't have administrator privileges, but that could be interesting.

Also, teachers do not have privileges compared to other platforms. We cannot connect applications that allow us to tune LMS or enhance it much.

Another point is that there are some jobs or tasks that cannot be seen by everybody. If someone submits jobs, I can see them but students do not have that possibility, or at least I have not discovered it.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using CYPHER Learning for a year and a half to two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have never had any problem with its availability. I know that there are students who have experienced problems that were linked to their browsers or to the internet access they had. But no problem has ever arisen with the platform itself. It has always worked quite well.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

As an institution, we haven't tested the scalability extensively. We are a university with headquarters in four cities and the distance between them is 400 kilometers. CYPHER Learning has given us the opportunity to have a single subject with a single teacher who works in a given location and that has been a form of scalability that did not exist before. We call it "inter-branching."

We have about 20,000 students and about 2,000 teachers as well as another 500 people who are linked to other services who are probably using it. I don't know exactly how many users we have.

The university offers us this platform and all teachers and students are linked to it. Each one takes advantage of it in a different way. In certain cases and specific situations, other platforms are still used and they are not always linked to CYPHER Learning. There are teachers who prefer using other platforms for certain things.

How are customer service and support?

I have never used the technical support but it is done via the platform, either face-to-face, in a phone call, or through a WhatsApp chat. From what I understand, they usually respond very quickly.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

I have worked with other platforms, so when I saw CYPHER Learning it was very intuitive for me and I had no problems. It is necessary to invest a little time to understand certain modalities, but it is simple and friendly, once you know the environment.

It took me a couple of weeks to configure the essential things, while the more complex things took months.

As part of our implementation strategy, our university did three things. First, it called a local expert who was not from the institution or from CYPHER Learning, and he did the initial training. There was another training round for the teachers that went a little deeper, helping them to investigate and use the tool, especially in the field of evaluation. Finally, there was a course organized by an Argentine university that uses CYPHER Learning for pedagogical strategies.

What about the implementation team?

We used an integrator at the beginning and a consultant later. Some of the training was more technical, about use of the platform itself and how it works. Other sessions were more about how to exploit it pedagogically. They were two different aspects but both were very helpful.

The consultant was a representative of the Catholic University of Salta in Argentina who gave us the more pedagogical aspects related to CYPHER Learning.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

If we compare CYPHER Learning with Modul, the latter is free but the problem is that the amount of time one must dedicate to the configuration of its tools is considerable. When you translate that time into money, it has economic weight. With CYPHER Learning, everything is ready, making it simple to use without having too many deep configurations or requirements for knowledge of languages or programming.

I don't know how much CYPHER Learning costs, but if you have the budget, it is worth it.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

At the beginning of the pandemic, we used a platform called Modul, which is open source, but it was less user-friendly for everyone. We also had a platform called Classroom but everything was a bit fragmented. CYPHER Learning has allowed us to unify all the teachers' and students' tasks in a single platform.

I have also used a paid platform called Docent, but with CYPHER Learning I have access to local platforms built by universities.

There are some other free online platforms and one where you have a trial version and then you can upgrade to a paid version and receive more tools. But it was very dedicated to the educational side, meaning the broadcasting of content and activities, but had very little in the way of evaluation or administrative management. In that sense, it did not provide the support we needed.

In the end, our university made CYPHER Learning the only official platform. Even if it hadn’t been mandatory, I would have chosen it anyway.

What other advice do I have?

When it comes to competency-based learning I do not know if it is fully enabled in our case. I can see that the students have badges or awards, and when they have been outstanding in one subject or another, but I have not been able to see a record of the student's performance. It is likely that it is not enabled.

In terms of the staff needed to manage the LMS, we have had to dispense with some functions and enable other functions. Some administrative management has been decreased, but the level of technical support for students and teachers has increased. Some people have had to assume the roles of technological and pedagogical advisors, while others have been able to reduce their involvement in qualifications because those processes are more automatic.

It is a fairly complete product that not only allows you to manage content and educational activities but also to manage things administratively. You can create learning communities, and it enables you to link many tools. There are also many options for accessing libraries in one place. It is suitable for a university. Other educational institutions may find it too big.

Overall, it is quite good and has the essentials.

Foreign Language:(Spanish)

¿Cuál es nuestra razón de uso principal?

Se crean espacios para nuestras asignaturas y cursos y cada profesor gestiona las cosas según sus necesidades. Intento crear contenido y fuentes de actividades y acciones que se puedan realizar mediante la vinculación con otras aplicaciones y también configurar el aspecto de calificación.

¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?

Ha ayudado a que la relación entre el profesor y el alumno sea transparente de diferentes maneras. En primer lugar, permite al alumno y al profesor saber qué progreso ha realizado el alumno. En segundo lugar, además del sistema de calificación, hay gráficos que tanto los profesores como los estudiantes pueden ver, que indican el desempeño del estudiante y sus calificaciones.

La transparencia es uno de los aspectos valiosos de la plataforma. Puedo ser muy transparente con los estudiantes, tanto en términos de avance en el tema como en la producción de conocimiento. Eso es especialmente cierto en las áreas de evaluaciones, calificaciones, las posibilidades de retroalimentación y correcciones. Eso me parece muy importante. CYPHER Learning me da esa capacidad y, en algunos casos, me motiva a hacer un trabajo extra. Tomemos, por ejemplo, un cuestionario relativamente mecánico. Debido a que existe la oportunidad de dar retroalimentación, lo hace menos mecánico y les permite a los estudiantes saber dónde se equivocaron y cuál es la impresión del maestro. Eso me parece importante.

También ha permitido la incorporación de nuevas herramientas vinculadas a la plataforma. Es una herramienta para mi día a día. Cada paso que doy en la materia, ya sea virtual o presencial, tiene una característica correspondiente en CYPHER Learning.

Estamos pasando por la pandemia y con el confinamiento y las cuarentenas, e incluso cuando hay un brote local, CYPHER Learning nos permite pasar rápidamente a la educación virtual. Estamos adoptando un tipo de educación híbrida, y eso ha sido fundamental durante la pandemia.

También me permite tener una fuente de referencia de lo que está pasando durante el semestre. Nos brinda un registro único de las interacciones presenciales y virtuales, lo que lo convierte en una referencia más sólida.

Otro beneficio es que ha ayudado a ahorrar tiempo en las estrategias de intervención para los estudiantes, especialmente para aquellos que necesitan orientación. Me lo ha facilitado bastante en casos particulares. El hecho de que pueda recuperar material de una biblioteca y cargarlo de forma adaptativa me ha ahorrado mucho tiempo y me permite adaptarme a la situación.

El hecho de que los alumnos tengan un punto de referencia en la plataforma hace que las clases no se fragmenten. La plataforma permite al docente unificar actividades enfocando a sus alumnos en instrucciones o contenidos o actividades. Crea puntos de referencia bastante sólidos sobre los estudiantes.

También es genial que no tengas que imprimir cosas. CYPHER Learning no es la única solución con esta capacidad, ya que otras aplicaciones te permiten hacerlo. Pero podemos vincularlos con CYPHER Learning y eso también es bueno. La universidad también ha incluido el acceso a las bibliotecas internacionales y esto significa que los estudiantes no buscan información en cualquier lugar, sino que utilizan estas bibliotecas. Como resultado, ha habido muchos ahorros de costos. Prefiero que los alumnos hagan el trabajo virtualmente en lugar de imprimirlo.

¿Qué es lo más valioso?

En comparación con otras plataformas, es muy fácil de usar e intuitiva, y tanto los profesores como los estudiantes pueden encontrar fácilmente lo que necesitan y utilizar las funciones sin tener una gran formación. Obviamente, necesitas una mínima introducción al sistema.

Hay un montón de funcionalidades integradas y muchas más funciones de las que usamos, cosas que necesitamos saber en detalle.

En cuanto a la automatización me he dedicado a hacer pruebas o calificaciones de forma más automatizada, pero no he profundizado en otras cosas.

CYPHER Learning ofrece una variedad de actividades para ayudar con la participación de los estudiantes. Hay algunos alumnos que se limitan en cuanto a lo que el profesor les ofrece desde la plataforma, pero hay otros alumnos que aprovechan bastante bien los recursos de la plataforma. Debido a la falta de habilidades de algunos estudiantes en mi país, no hay posibilidad de explotarlo todo.

Permite la integración de diferentes enfoques pedagógicos. Si bien es cierto que todavía no podemos hablar de un escenario completamente virtual, lo que se ha hecho en cambio es una adaptación de lo presencial a lo virtual. Muchos docentes han intentado recrear su formato presencial, mediado por la virtualidad, y CYPHER Learning ha sido fuente de material y de clases grabadas y publicadas.

Algunos profesores han utilizado otros enfoques, como el uso de los aspectos colaborativos que hace posible CYPHER Learning. De esa manera, el aprendizaje no es solo a través de una clase compartida con explicaciones, sino que también incluye actividades que permiten construir y aprender a través de la colaboración. Este es un salto que nos permite la educación virtual. Desde mi punto de vista, CYPHER Learning tiene herramientas tanto participativas como colaborativas y esta me parece una muy buena combinación. No lo tiene todo, y es cierto que podría haber más aplicaciones adaptadas e incluidas.

¿Qué necesita mejorar?

Quería usarlo como una fuente de comunicación con los estudiantes, pero eso no funcionó muy bien. Es fácil para los educadores comunicarse con los estudiantes, pero CYPHER Learning se constituye como una herramienta de comunicación formal. Muestra lo que se dicen alumnos y profesores, pero para avisos no formales, prácticos, diálogos y preguntas sobre lo que la gente no entendió, usan mucho más WhatsApp o Telegram.

A nivel de comunicaciones diarias, CYPHER Learning no es la herramienta que utilizan. Solo se usa para cosas como solicitar permiso o comunicarse con toda la clase. El tipo de comunicación que tenemos es bastante horizontal en general, por lo que hay mucha comunicación no formal, y esa comunicación personal entre alumnos y profesores es normalmente vía WhatsApp o Telegram.

Me gustaría ver una mejora en la vinculación entre pares y la posibilidad de que los estudiantes compartan conocimientos entre ellos sobre el trabajo que realizan. Eso sería de gran ayuda ya que no sería un formato de comunicación de uno a muchos.

Otra posibilidad sería incorporar aplicaciones adicionales para ampliar las funcionalidades de la plataforma. No sé si existen o no porque no tengo privilegios de administrador, pero eso podría ser interesante.

Además, los profesores no tienen privilegios en comparación con otras plataformas. No podemos conectar aplicaciones que nos permitan afinar LMS o potenciarlo mucho.

Otro punto es que hay algunos trabajos o tareas que no todos pueden ver. Si alguien envía trabajos, puedo verlos pero los estudiantes no tienen esa posibilidad, o al menos yo no la he descubierto.

¿Por cuánto tiempo he usado la plataforma?

He estado usando CYPHER Learning durante un año y medio o dos años.

¿Qué pienso sobre la estabilidad de la solución?

Nunca he tenido ningún problema con su disponibilidad. Sé que hay estudiantes que han tenido problemas que estaban relacionados con sus navegadores o con el acceso a Internet que tenían. Pero nunca ha surgido ningún problema con la plataforma en sí. Siempre ha funcionado bastante bien.

¿Qué opino de la escalabilidad de la solución?

Como institución, no hemos probado la escalabilidad de forma exhaustiva. Somos una universidad con sede en cuatro ciudades y la distancia entre ellas es de 400 kilómetros. CYPHER Learning nos ha dado la oportunidad de tener una sola asignatura con un solo profesor que trabaja en un lugar determinado y eso ha sido una forma de escalabilidad que antes no existía. Lo llamamos "interramificación".

Tenemos unos 20.000 alumnos y unos 2.000 profesores además de otras 500 personas que están vinculadas a otros servicios que probablemente lo estén utilizando. No sé exactamente cuántos usuarios tenemos.

La universidad nos ofrece esta plataforma y todos los profesores y alumnos están vinculados a ella. Cada uno lo aprovecha de una manera diferente. En determinados casos y situaciones específicas, se siguen utilizando otras plataformas y no siempre están vinculadas a CYPHER Learning. Hay profesores que prefieren usar otras plataformas para ciertas cosas.

¿Cómo son el servicio de atención al cliente y el soporte?

Nunca he utilizado el soporte técnico pero se hace a través de la plataforma, ya sea presencial, en una llamada telefónica o a través de un chat de WhatsApp. Por lo que entiendo, suelen responder muy rápido.

¿Cómo calificaría el servicio y soporte al cliente?

Positivo.

¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?

He trabajado con otras plataformas, así que cuando vi CYPHER Learning me resultó muy intuitivo y no tuve problemas. Es necesario invertir un poco de tiempo para entender ciertas modalidades, pero es sencillo y amigable, una vez que conoces el entorno.

Me llevó un par de semanas configurar las cosas esenciales, mientras que las cosas más complejas me llevaron meses.

Como parte de nuestra estrategia de implementación, nuestra universidad hizo tres cosas. Primero llamó a un experto local que no era de la institución ni de CYPHER Learning, y él hizo la capacitación inicial. Hubo otra ronda de formación para los profesores que profundizó un poco más, ayudándoles a investigar y utilizar la herramienta, especialmente en el ámbito de la evaluación. Finalmente, hubo un curso organizado por una universidad argentina que utiliza CYPHER Learning para estrategias pedagógicas.

¿Y el equipo de implementación?

Utilizamos un integrador al principio y un consultor después. Parte de la capacitación fue más técnica, sobre el uso de la plataforma en sí y cómo funciona. Otras sesiones fueron más sobre cómo explotarlo pedagógicamente. Eran dos aspectos diferentes, pero ambos fueron muy útiles.

El consultor fue un representante de la Universidad Católica de Salta en Argentina quien nos brindó los aspectos más pedagógicos relacionados con CYPHER Learning.

¿Cuál es mi experiencia con los precios, el costo de configuración y las licencias?

Si comparamos CYPHER Learning con Modul, Modul es gratuito pero el problema es que la cantidad de tiempo que hay que dedicar a la configuración de sus herramientas es considerable. Cuando traduces ese tiempo en dinero, tiene un peso económico. Con CYPHER Learning, todo está listo, lo que facilita su uso sin tener demasiadas configuraciones profundas o requisitos de conocimiento de lenguajes o programación.

No sé cuánto cuesta CYPHER Learning, pero si tienes el presupuesto, vale la pena.

¿Qué otras soluciones evalué?

Al comienzo de la pandemia, usábamos una plataforma llamada Modul, que es de código abierto, pero era menos fácil de usar para todos. También teníamos una plataforma llamada Classroom pero todo estaba un poco fragmentado. CYPHER Learning nos ha permitido unificar todas las tareas de profesores y alumnos en una única plataforma.

También he usado una plataforma paga llamada Docent, pero con CYPHER Learning tengo acceso a plataformas locales construidas por universidades.

Hay algunas otras plataformas en línea gratuitas y una de ellas tenía una versión de prueba y luego puedes actualizar a una versión paga y recibir más herramientas. estaba muy dedicada a la vertiente educativa, es decir, a la difusión de contenidos y actividades, pero tenía muy poco en cuanto a evaluación o gestión administrativa. En ese sentido, no proporcionó el apoyo que necesitábamos.

Al final, nuestra universidad convirtió a CYPHER Learning en la única plataforma oficial. Incluso si no hubiera sido obligatorio, lo habría elegido de todos modos.

¿Qué otro consejo tengo?

Cuando se trata de aprendizaje basado en competencias, no sé si está completamente habilitado en nuestro caso. Puedo ver que los alumnos tienen insignias o premios, y cuando se han destacado en una materia u otra, pero no he podido ver un registro del rendimiento del alumno. Es probable que no esté habilitado.

En cuanto al personal necesario para gestionar el LMS, hemos tenido que prescindir de algunas funciones y habilitar otras funciones. Se ha disminuido parte de la gestión administrativa, pero se ha incrementado el nivel de soporte técnico para estudiantes y profesores. Algunas personas han tenido que asumir roles de asesores tecnológicos y pedagógicos, mientras que otras han podido reducir su participación en las calificaciones porque esos procesos son más automáticos.

Es un producto bastante completo que no solo te permite gestionar contenidos y actividades educativas sino también gestionar cosas administrativamente. Puede crear comunidades de aprendizaje y te permite vincular muchas herramientas. También hay muchas opciones para acceder a las bibliotecas en un solo lugar. Es adecuado para una universidad. Otros tipos de instituciones educativas pueden encontrarlo demasiado grande.

En general, es bastante bueno y tiene lo esencial.

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Susan Adams - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Director of Teaching & Learning
Real User
May 18, 2022
Provides peer-to-peer learning experience and allows you to customize the platform as per your organization's vocabulary and look-and-feel
Pros and Cons
  • "We love the group feature allowing students to have peer-to-peer learning experiences. In our case, it is for students, but this feature could also be useful for a business to provide peer-to-peer learning experiences for employees. The group tool provides an opportunity for students to connect with their peers inside of their own digital space. One of the aspects that we love about the group tool is that it allows students to leave the course but engage in a digital space where they access materials that are personalized to their group."

    What is our primary use case?

    We offer transformative health programs. We offer self-paced and cohort-based learning experiences online for health and wellness.

    We are using its latest version.

    How has it helped my organization?

    CYPHER Learning is extraordinarily intuitive. It allows us to customize the design and the look-and-feel of all of our pages inside of a course. 

    It also allows us to direct students automatically from one task to the next, including creating their own reflections and personal goals. So, it really does support student agency, as we call it, as well as student success in completing tasks on their own.

    We are able to see who has not accessed the portal and follow up with those people. It is important for us because retention is one of the factors in evaluating the efficacy of a course.

    It enables us to monitor and check student progress. We don't use the mastery tool so much, but we do use the gamification tool where they get a set of scores or points once they complete something, and that badging system helps us track the completion. We've steered away from the grading tool and stuck with more of what I always call the rewards.

    What is most valuable?

    We love a couple of things. We love the group feature allowing students to have peer-to-peer learning experiences. In our case, it is for students, but this feature could also be useful for a business to provide peer-to-peer learning experiences for employees. The group tool provides an opportunity for students to connect with their peers inside of their own digital space. One of the aspects that we love about the group tool is that it allows students to leave the course but engage in a digital space where they access materials that are personalized to their group.

    We also like gamification. It allowed us to give our users scores and have a friendly competition to motivate their learning success.

    Another great feature is that it allows you to change the naming conventions of the tools. I've never seen an LMS that allows you to do that. All organizations have their own vocabulary, and this is just an extraordinary feature that gives you so much freedom to customize the platform to align with your organization's look-and-feel and vocabulary. 

    Their Support Forum was exemplary. I got answers within 25 minutes of my questions, and they were personalized to me, which made the Support Forum highly valuable. I love the fact other people could see the question and the answer I got, and I could see theirs.

    What needs improvement?

    I'm an instructional designer, so from a designer standpoint, it is important to have a user-friendly resource folder that allows us to organize our artifacts for easy access to pull into multiple pages and modules. The second feature that I need is an easier capacity to edit pages with images and customizable headings. 

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I started in November of 2019.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    It is highly stable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    It is absolutely scalable. Currently, we have 10 courses, and we could easily go way more.

    In terms of its users, we have a curriculum director who oversees content quality, and then we have course builders. Sometimes, the curriculum director takes on the course builder role, which means aligning the content into a cohesive format in CYPHER Learning. We have an admissions director who looks at the analytics to help us look at retention and other continuity needs.

    In terms of its usage, we're currently in a little bit of a holding pattern. We've done an initial launch, and we're now assessing and bringing on more content experts. So, we're back in what we call build mode with a plan to launch in the fall another set of courses.

    How are customer service and support?

    Their Support Forum is fantastic. The initial onboarding was easy with great technical support and relationship building with Alexia. I got a chance to get to know her really well because she's a designer. If I didn't get what I needed at the Support Forum, I could reach out to her directly. I would rate their support a 10 out of 10.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Positive

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    I am an instructional designer. So, I work with lots of learning management systems, but in particular, for this project, I didn't work with any other solution.

    How was the initial setup?

    It was straightforward. The company provided us with excellent onboarding training.

    The build took a long time, but that was not because of CYPHER Learning. I could probably build a full course in a week if I had all the content with me. 

    What about the implementation team?

    We implemented it on our own. In terms of maintenance, the curriculum director and the course builder both tag team to support the technical ends. They also need to communicate with the content experts of the courses to manage student expectations and technical needs. We had to set up a Google email account to make sure students had a place to get help.

    What was our ROI?

    We absolutely will see an ROI when we launch.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    Their plans are based on enrollment numbers. We're at the silver level with 100 active learners. So, you're really beholden to how many learners you're going to accommodate. There are no extra costs in addition to the standard licensing fees.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    I evaluated Thinkific, but it was nowhere near the level of features and customization that we needed.

    What other advice do I have?

    Maybe I'm being biased, but you definitely want to hire or have a course designer with the skills of course design and the understanding of how to leverage all the features that are available in an an LMS. The other piece of advice is to be very thoughtful and intentional about your initial setup by asking how it aligns with your goals and outcomes.  For example, we needed to think about the naming conventions of each feature to match our organization. So, instead of calling them courses, we called them journeys. Instead of calling them groups, we called them communities.

    The biggest lesson that I have learned from using this solution is to collaborate and work as a team to build the platform, and iterate, iterate, iterate.

    We connect it to HubSpot, which is for our tracking of marketing, but in CYPHER Learning, we haven't done a lot of automation. We also haven't used the competency-based learning feature. We're very new, and we do intend to use it, but we aren't there yet. We do use gamification and badging. 

    I would rate CYPHER Learning a nine out of ten.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

    Other
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    Teacher at a religious institution with 11-50 employees
    Real User
    Dec 13, 2022
    Enables us to track students on a competency basis through a mastery grid and understand student progress
    Pros and Cons
    • "We also use the platform for automation and adaptive learning purposes. The ability to set trigger rules that show or hide specific class sections or assignments is as optimal as possible. Because it is intuitive, it is easy to create content for students in a personalized way. And it is very intuitive for the students."
    • "The system should help us more in the area of evaluation. I don't think CYPHER Learning has exploited this topic enough. I can upload rubrics for evaluation, but there are no additional information sources or other instruments for student evaluation."

    What is our primary use case?

    It is the virtual platform of the school and my virtual classroom. I post the tasks and the lessons for the class through Zoom.

    How has it helped my organization?

    CYPHER Learning has helped us a lot with the situation where, because of health issues, students cannot attend school. Because we have this platform, students have the day-to-day lesson program available to them everywhere. If they are sick they can connect to the class from home via Zoom. They can access everything the teacher works on via the platform. It is no longer like it used to be that when a student missed school they had to copy all the content they had missed in class.

    In terms of administrative work, it has reduced the time spent on that by quite a lot. For example, it used to take us time to call names and see who was present at the beginning of a class. Now, we can do it more directly through CYPHER Learning. It has a more agile way of checking attendance. As a platform in general, it has helped us to simplify our procedures.

    It has definitely also helped in reducing the costs of physical materials because we don't print as many copies anymore. We exploit the platform quite a lot in this sense. If a textbook costs 150 soles, multiplied by four books for different subjects, that cost parents 600 soles. You can imagine the amount that parents save when CYPHER Learning is used instead of books.

    What is most valuable?

    Some of the most valuable features are the

    • real-time online assignments that don't limit you to working from one place only
    • comment forums
    • assignments.

    Teachers upload jobs to the platform and students upload all their answers to the platform and CYPHER Learning makes it easy for us to view them immediately.

    We also use the platform for automation and adaptive learning purposes. The ability to set trigger rules that show or hide specific class sections or assignments is as optimal as possible. Because it is intuitive, it is easy to create content for students in a personalized way. And it is very intuitive for the students. They only need to enter the platform and they see their particular courses on the home screen.

    And the competency-based learning is very visual and easy to use. The labeling is quite simple. It is very important because, beyond the content, we focus on the teaching of skills and these are embedded in the competencies. It is important that we have this tool to do evaluations as it helps us better know what the real status of a student is. The ability to track student progress on a competency basis through a mastery grid is very important for the school because we can see what the student's progress is, the time it takes, and the time he spends on the platform.

    Also, with the direct message tray, students can notify you of things, and it's very simple. That feature is excellent because it helps a lot with communication among teachers, parents, and students. As a teacher, I can also leave a comment on an assignment to give feedback.

    The types of activities the system has, help engage students and develop their independence and higher-order thinking skills. For example, the forums are used a lot because they help students with the ability to form arguments and express their own opinions. Thanks to CYPHER Learning, we can provide diverse activities. It has made the students perform better because they are no longer always doing the same routine tasks.

    And the solution’s gamified learning environment is quite interesting because it is a much more personalized way to communicate with the student. There are teachers who have obtained more knowledge through the use of CYPHER Learning than the rest of us and they can help us with this. Many times, these teachers find different aspects and activities and, as they use them, they share the process with their colleagues.

    Because it's the space where we upload materials, colleagues can share their knowledge with you. For example, I really like the library that the system has. It allows me to pull activities that are archived or a card that I can adapt as I want and then send it to a student who is having problems and needs guidance. This can help that student get to the same level as the rest of the class.

    What needs improvement?

    The system should help us more in the area of evaluation. I don't think CYPHER Learning has exploited this topic enough. I can upload rubrics for evaluation, but there are no additional information sources or other instruments for student evaluation.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    We have been using CYPHER LEARNING since the pandemic began, so approximately three and a half years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    In all the time we have used the platform, we have only had one network outage message. They told us that the system was going to be updated and that we wouldn't be able to use it during that period of time. It was only half a day and after that, we had no more problems.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    It is a platform that is constantly updated and constantly growing.

    We have almost 140 teachers, and we also have users who are students, directors, families, and our technical team.

    We are counting on continuing to use the platform, and part of our plans for the future is to increase the usage of it.

    How are customer service and support?

    The one time I had a problem with syncing CYPHER Learning with a Zoom meeting, I contacted their support team and they dealt with it as if it were an urgent matter. They responded and solved my issue quite quickly.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Positive

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    I used Google Classroom but it's not close to CYPHER Learning. The latter definitely offers many more possibilities. Google Classroom has improved a lot but, by then, we had acquired CYPHER Learning, so we haven't used Google Classroom anymore.

    How was the initial setup?

    Our systems team gave us training and tutorials. It was a period of about four weeks from the time CYPHER Learning arrived at the school until we started using it.

    What was our ROI?

    The peace of mind and satisfaction that I have from having a space where students and their families can find everything are invaluable.

    We have young students who sometimes don't entirely copy what they see in class. Now, parents can enter the system to find out what topics their children have seen and be more aware of what is happening with their children.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would recommend CYPHER Learning. It's so intuitive that anyone can handle it. You don't need much training. In our school, we use it from the initial grades with young children. For parents and students, the platform is very intuitive.

    I give it a nine out of 10. There are some additional features that I would like it to have, but it is a platform that meets the standards. We are very satisfied with our work in CYPHER Learning. It has streamlined our work with students.

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    ¿Cuál es nuestro caso de uso principal?

    Es la plataforma virtual del colegio y mi aula virtual. Publico las tareas y las lecciones para la clase a través de Zoom.

    ¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?

    CYPHER Learning nos ha ayudado mucho con la situación en la que, por problemas de salud, los estudiantes no pueden asistir a la escuela. Debido a que tenemos esta plataforma, los estudiantes tienen el programa de lecciones del día a día disponible en todas partes. Si están enfermos, pueden conectarse a la clase desde casa a través de Zoom. Pueden acceder a todo lo que el profesor trabaja a través de la plataforma. Ya no es como antes, cuando un estudiante faltaba a la escuela tenía que copiar todo el contenido que había perdido en clase.

    En términos de trabajo administrativo, ha reducido bastante el tiempo dedicado a eso. Por ejemplo, solía llevarnos tiempo decir nombres y ver quién estaba presente al comienzo de una clase. Ahora, podemos hacerlo de forma más directa a través de CYPHER Learning. Tiene una forma más ágil de controlar la asistencia. Como plataforma en general, nos ha ayudado a simplificar nuestros trámites.

    Definitivamente también ha ayudado a reducir los costos de los materiales físicos porque ya no imprimimos tantas copias. Explotamos bastante la plataforma en este sentido. Si un libro de texto cuesta 150 soles, multiplicado por cuatro libros de diferentes materias, eso le cuesta a los padres 600 soles. Puede imaginar la cantidad que los padres ahorran cuando se usa CYPHER Learning en lugar de libros.

    ¿Qué es lo más valioso?

    Algunas de las características más valiosas son

    • tareas en línea en tiempo real que no lo limitan a trabajar desde un solo lugar
    • foros de comentarios
    • Los maestros suben trabajos a la plataforma y los estudiantes suben todas sus respuestas a la plataforma y CYPHER Learning nos facilita verlos de inmediato.

    También utilizamos la plataforma con fines de automatización y aprendizaje adaptativo. La capacidad de establecer reglas de activación que muestran u ocultan secciones o tareas de clase específicas es lo más óptima posible. Debido a que es intuitivo, es fácil crear contenido para los estudiantes de forma personalizada. Y es muy intuitivo para los estudiantes. Con solo ingresar a la plataforma ya ven sus cursos particulares en la pantalla de inicio.

    El aprendizaje basado en competencias es muy visual y fácil de usar. El etiquetado es bastante simple. Es muy importante porque, más allá de los contenidos, nos enfocamos en la enseñanza de habilidades y estas están integradas en las competencias. Es importante que tengamos esta herramienta para hacer evaluaciones ya que nos ayuda a conocer mejor cuál es el estado real de un alumno. La capacidad de realizar un seguimiento del progreso de los estudiantes en función de las competencias a través de una cuadrícula de dominio es muy importante para la escuela porque podemos ver cuál es el progreso del estudiante, el tiempo que tarda y el tiempo que pasa en la plataforma.

    Además, con la bandeja de mensajes directos, los alumnos pueden avisarte de cosas, y es muy sencillo. Esa característica es excelente porque ayuda mucho con la comunicación entre maestros, padres y estudiantes. Como profesor, también puedo dejar un comentario en una tarea para dar retroalimentación.

    Los tipos de actividades que tiene el sistema ayudan a involucrar a los estudiantes y a desarrollar su independencia y habilidades de pensamiento de orden superior. Por ejemplo, los foros se usan mucho porque ayudan a los estudiantes con la capacidad de formar argumentos y expresar sus propias opiniones. Gracias a CYPHER Learning, podemos ofrecer diversas actividades. Ha hecho que los estudiantes se desempeñen mejor porque ya no están siempre haciendo las mismas tareas rutinarias.

    Y el entorno de aprendizaje gamificado de la solución es bastante interesante porque es una forma mucho más personalizada de comunicarse con el alumno. Hay profesores que han obtenido más conocimientos mediante el uso de CYPHER Learning que el resto de nosotros y nos pueden ayudar con esto. Muchas veces, estos docentes encuentran diferentes aspectos y actividades y, a medida que las utilizan, comparten el proceso con sus compañeros.

    Debido a que es el espacio donde subimos materiales, los compañeros pueden compartir sus conocimientos contigo. Por ejemplo, me gusta mucho la biblioteca que tiene el sistema. Me permite sacar actividades que están archivadas o una ficha que puedo adaptar a mi gusto y luego enviársela a un alumno que está teniendo problemas y necesita orientación. Esto puede ayudar a que el estudiante alcance el mismo nivel que el resto de la clase.

    ¿Qué necesita mejorar?

    El sistema debería ayudarnos más en el área de evaluación. No creo que CYPHER Learning haya explotado lo suficiente este tema. Puedo subir rúbricas para la evaluación, pero no hay fuentes de información adicionales u otros instrumentos para la evaluación de los estudiantes.

    ¿Por cuánto tiempo he usado la solución?

    Hemos estado usando CYPHER LEARNING desde que comenzó la pandemia, aproximadamente hace tres años y medio.

    ¿Qué pienso sobre la estabilidad de la solución?

    En todo el tiempo que hemos usado la plataforma, solo hemos tenido un mensaje de corte de red. Nos dijeron que iban a actualizar el sistema y que no lo podríamos usar durante ese tiempo. Fue solo medio día y después de eso, no tuvimos más problemas.

    ¿Qué opino de la escalabilidad de la solución?

    Es una plataforma en constante actualización y en constante crecimiento.

    Tenemos casi 140 docentes, y también tenemos usuarios que son estudiantes, directores, familias y nuestro equipo técnico.

    Contamos con seguir usando la plataforma, y parte de nuestros planes para el futuro es aumentar el uso de la misma.

    ¿Cómo son el servicio de atención al cliente y el soporte?

    La única vez que tuve un problema fue con la sincronización de CYPHER Learning con una reunión de Zoom, contacté a su equipo de soporte y lo trataron como si fuera un asunto urgente. Respondieron y resolvieron mi problema bastante rápido.

    ¿Cómo calificaría el servicio y soporte al cliente?

    Positivo

    ¿Qué solución usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?

    Usé Google Classroom pero no está cerca de CYPHER Learning ya que este definitivamente ofrece muchas más posibilidades. Google Classroom ha mejorado mucho pero, para entonces, habíamos adquirido CYPHER Learning, por lo que ya no usamos Google Classroom.

    ¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?

    Nuestro equipo de sistemas nos brindó capacitación y tutoriales. Fue un período de aproximadamente cuatro semanas desde que CYPHER Learning llegó a la escuela hasta que comenzamos a usarlo.

    ¿Cuál fue nuestro Retorno de Inversión?

    La tranquilidad y satisfacción que tengo de tener un espacio donde los estudiantes y sus familias pueden encontrar de todo son invaluables.

    Tenemos jóvenes estudiantes que a veces no copian del todo lo que ven en clase. Ahora, los padres pueden ingresar al sistema para saber qué temas han visto sus hijos y estar más al tanto de lo que sucede con sus hijos.

    ¿Qué otro consejo tengo?

    Recomendaría CYPHER Learning. Es tan intuitivo que cualquiera puede manejarlo. No necesitas mucho entrenamiento. En nuestra escuela lo usamos desde los grados iniciales con niños pequeños. Para padres y alumnos, la plataforma es muy intuitiva.

    Le doy un nueve sobre 10. Hay algunas características adicionales que me gustaría que tuviera, pero es una plataforma que cumple con los estándares. Estamos muy satisfechos con nuestro trabajo en CYPHER Learning. Ha agilizado nuestro trabajo con los estudiantes.

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    Maria Isabel Salazar Delgado - PeerSpot reviewer
    Teacher at a religious institution with 11-50 employees
    Real User
    Dec 6, 2022
    Helps me better organize classroom sessions and enables parents to participate in a child's progress
    Pros and Cons
    • "What CYPHER Learning has taught me is that parents are also part of the process of student progress. Thanks to the platform, they can participate. They are not outsiders and have become participants. They are aware of what their children are doing."
    • "I would also like to see them improve accessibility for younger kids. Perhaps they could enable us to customize folders in a more playful way."

    What is our primary use case?

    I use CYPHER Learning to post classes and daily sections, organize my work sessions, and post work and weekly programs. We use it to help better organize our work.

    How has it helped my organization?

    Before CYPHER Learning, we used another platform that was not as complete. We understood that CYPHER Learning is one of the best options and it has helped us so much. We can better organize sessions and use the tools to upload videos, songs, links, and interactive games. It has made it easier for us to upload the information in a coordinated, organized way, and work with students' families, which I find to be a very good aspect. 

    It strengthens our institution's relationship with students and parents. It seems to me that children learn through play and didactic activities. Linking to games, which is a facility that the platform gives me, is great. By uploading links I can quickly provide students with interesting content, which helps reinforce what they are learning. When we were in the middle of the pandemic, many students got sick and this forced us to close classrooms and work in quarantine. CYPHER Learning made it easier for us to do classes through Zoom at home. I can also send personalized information to a student. If, for example, I want to give something directly to a student who needs more reinforcement, I can send notes or images that are personalized for them. 

    It allows me to work on personalized content. If I want to work with a child on the correct use of words, for example, I can send them extra content to explain things to them. It makes it easy to focus on what I want to work on with each child. I have saved time when I have had to send personalized messages to children who have not done a project or who are in the process of doing a project that they have to present. 

    The messaging functionality helps me send reinforcement messages to parents. The messages are very useful. If we had not had the platform during the pandemic, it would have been very difficult to communicate with parents regarding what we wanted to emphasize for the students. It would not have been as easy to organize our classes and we would have had to invest three times as much time to carry out our work. 

    CYPHER Learning provides an evaluation indicator through which we can see what a student's progress is like. Those who enter the platform are able to reinforce what they do in the classroom. My students are four-year-olds, so they depend a lot on their families' involvement. Through the system, we can see the progress of the family and how the family is supporting the progress of their child. If the child achieves all their skills, it is because the family is involved and working positively with the child. 

    The platform makes it easy for me to visualize this process. It also gives parents organized information where they can see what their children are learning. They are no longer oblivious to what their children are doing and are more aware of how they can support their children. CYPHER Learning has helped integrate us with the families and facilitate the work of the teacher. 

    Our entire institution uses CYPHER Learning for the same purpose, so that we can present classes in an organized way, as a team, and so that parents know what is being worked on. The ease of communication makes our work easier and helps us to create more ties with the parents. 

    During the pandemic, it also helped me by making grading easier. If I needed evidence of something that happened in class, I could go to CYPHER Learning to see what happened. 

    The platform has also reduced administrative work because I can quickly upload all the lesson plans to the system. Before CYPHER Learning, we had to use a physical portfolio that was full of material. Now everything is in the cloud. It's a seven on a scale of one to 10, where one means "didn't save on administrative work" and 10 means "saved a lot on administrative work." I also no longer need notebooks or sheets. Now, everything is in the system.

    What is most valuable?

    There are a number of valuable features, such as the fact that you can organize a class session well and upload videos or songs, enabling parents to have access to the platform. 

    It's great that parents can see the work we are doing in the classroom and how the students are performing, from home. Also, if a student misses class due to illness, parents can enter the platform and see what the rest of the class is studying. This way, it is almost as if the student did not miss that day of school. 

    Because I am a teacher of young children, being able to educate them safely requires teamwork between teachers and parents. I have sent recommendations to parents through the platform regarding reinforcement on topics seen in class. I also like that students and their parents can see a student's progress, what is being worked on and how it is being worked on. 

    In addition, it allows me to see which students are actually in class and the ones that are not entering. During the pandemic, it was also great the way the platform gave my students the ability to upload videos and images of their work in response to the activities that I gave them. 

    I was also able to give feedback thanks to this tool. These features were very important for us at that time.

    What needs improvement?

    I had families that told me they could not enter the platform. We looked for a solution to that with the technical support team at school. And while we have used CYPHER Learning to keep everyone informed about a child's progress, I have not seen a tool that enables united communication yet: communication between all students, directive communications, and general communications. The platform could be improved in these ways. 

    I would also like to see them improve accessibility for younger kids. Perhaps they could enable us to customize folders in a more playful way.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using CYPHER Learning for three and a half to four years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    On some occasions during the pandemic, CYPHER Learning was undergoing maintenance and it was not possible to access it, but that happened very few times; once or twice. 

    In general, I have had no problems with it.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    It is a platform that is constantly growing and updating and one that will be used in the future for sure because it provides communication opportunities. Our entire school—pre-school, primary, and secondary levels—is using it. 

    There are about 1,200 users including students, teachers, the system administration team, directors, and coordinators who enter CYPHER Learning to supervise classes. Over time, it will be exploited more at the university level as well.  

    It seems to me that we will continue using the platform. It is a tool that helps us daily in the organization of classes and in communication with parents. Everything about it is positive. It enables us to use unique tools and gives us access to student progress. I think it's here to stay.

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    We used SieWeb. CYPHER Learning is better organized and more comprehensive. There is more variety to work with and these are the things that made our institution switch to it.

    How was the initial setup?

    We received training and workshops because, at first, we did not understand CYPHER Learning very well. We had to adapt due to necessity. With practice, we improved.  

    The teachers who learned faster helped and advised others. There was a lot of mutual help. But at first, it was difficult. It was a process of a few weeks in length. 

    Our school's system administrators, a team of four or five people, were the ones who received training first and they were the ones who trained us. They also sent out tutorial videos to help us.

    What was our ROI?

    It has helped me to manage my time better and to organize myself better. Now, all the necessary procedures are done in a more effective way.

    What other advice do I have?

    Focusing on communication with students' families, sending them messages, suggestions, and recommendations so that they can understand how to organize themselves better, is very important. Through this tool, we have been able to communicate with parents better. 

    What CYPHER Learning has taught me is that parents are also part of the process of student progress. Thanks to the platform, they can participate. They are not outsiders and have become participants. They are aware of what their children are doing. 

    Overall, it is worthwhile. It allows you to use various resources to organize your classes and to organize yourself as a teacher as well.

    Foreign Language: (Spanish)

    ¿Cuál es nuestro caso de uso principal?

    Uso CYPHER Learning para publicar clases y secciones diarias, para organizar mis sesiones de trabajo y publicar programas de trabajo semanales. Lo usamos para ayudar a organizar mejor nuestro trabajo.

    ¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?

    Antes de CYPHER Learning, usábamos otra plataforma que no era tan completa. Entendimos que CYPHER Learning es una de las mejores opciones y nos ha ayudado mucho.

    Podemos organizar mejor las sesiones y usar las herramientas para subir videos, canciones, enlaces y juegos interactivos. Nos ha facilitado subir la información de forma coordinada, organizada y trabajar con las familias de los alumnos, lo que me parece muy bueno. Fortalece la relación de nuestra institución con los estudiantes y padres de familia.

    Me parece que los niños aprenden a través del juego y de actividades didácticas. La vinculación a juegos, que es una facilidad que me da la plataforma, es genial. Al cargar enlaces, puedo proporcionar rápidamente a los estudiantes contenido interesante, lo que ayuda a reforzar lo que están aprendiendo.

    Cuando estábamos en medio de la pandemia, muchos estudiantes se enfermaron y esto nos obligó a cerrar las aulas y trabajar en cuarentena. CYPHER Learning nos facilitó hacer clases a través de Zoom en casa.

    También puedo enviar información personalizada a un alumno. Si, por ejemplo, quiero regalar algo directamente a un alumno que necesita más refuerzo, puedo enviar notas o imágenes personalizadas para él. Me permite trabajar en contenido personalizado. Si quiero trabajar con un niño en el uso correcto de las palabras, por ejemplo, puedo enviarle contenido extra para explicarle cosas. Me facilita concentrarme en lo que quiero trabajar con cada niño.

    Ahorró tiempo cuando tuvo que enviar mensajes personalizados a niños que no han hecho un proyecto o que están en proceso de hacer un proyecto que tienen que presentar. La funcionalidad de mensajería me ayuda a enviar mensajes de refuerzo a los padres. Los mensajes son muy utiles.

    Si no hubiéramos tenido la plataforma durante la pandemia, hubiera sido muy difícil comunicarnos con los padres sobre lo que queríamos enfatizar para los estudiantes. No hubiera sido tan fácil organizar nuestras clases y hubiéramos tenido que invertir el triple de tiempo para realizar nuestro trabajo.

    CYPHER Learning proporciona un indicador de evaluación a través del cual podemos ver cómo es el progreso de un estudiante. Quienes ingresan a la plataforma son capaces de reforzar lo que hacen en el salón de clases. Mis alumnos son niños de cuatro años, por lo que depende mucho de la participación de sus familias. A través del sistema, podemos ver el progreso de la familia y cómo la familia apoya el progreso de su hijo. Si el niño logra todas sus habilidades es porque la familia se involucra y trabaja positivamente con el niño. La plataforma me facilita visualizar este proceso.

    También brinda a los padres información organizada donde pueden ver lo que están aprendiendo sus hijos. Ya no son ajenos a lo que hacen sus hijos y son más conscientes de cómo pueden apoyar a sus hijos. CYPHER Learning nos ha ayudado a integrarnos con las familias y facilitar el trabajo del profesor.

    Toda nuestra institución utiliza CYPHER Learning con el mismo propósito, para que podamos presentar las clases de manera organizada, en equipo, y para que los padres sepan en qué se está trabajando. La facilidad de comunicación facilita nuestro trabajo y nos ayuda a crear más lazos con los padres.

    Durante la pandemia, también me ayudó al facilitar la calificación. Si necesitaba evidencia de algo que sucedió en clase, podría ir a CYPHER Learning para ver qué sucedió.

    La plataforma también ha reducido el trabajo administrativo porque puedo cargar rápidamente todos los planos de lecciones al sistema. Antes de CYPHER Learning, utilizó que usar un portafolio físico que estaba lleno de material. Ahora todo está en la nube. Es un siete en una escala del uno al 10, donde uno significa "no ahorré en trabajo administrativo" y 10 significa "ahorré mucho en trabajo administrativo".

    Además ya no necesito cuadernos ni hojas. Ahora, todo está en el sistema.

    ¿Qué es lo más valioso?

    Hay una serie de caracteristicas valiosas, como el hecho de que puede

    • organiza bien una sesion de clase
    • subir videos o canciones
    • permitir que los padres tengan acceso a la plataforma.

    Es genial que los padres puedan ver el trabajo que estamos haciendo en el salón de clases y cómo se están desempeñando los estudiantes, desde casa. Además, si un estudiante falta una clase por enfermedad, los padres pueden ingresar a la plataforma y ver qué está estudiando el resto de la clase. De esta manera, es casi como si el alumno no se hubiera perdido ese día de clases. Debido a que soy maestra de niños pequeños, poder educarlos de manera segura requiere un trabajo en equipo entre maestros y padres. He enviado recomendaciones a los padres a través de la plataforma en cuanto a reforzar los temas vistos en clase.

    También me gusta que los estudiantes y sus padres puedan ver el progreso de un estudiante, en qué se está trabajando y cómo se está trabajando. Además, me permite ver qué alumnos están realmente en clase y no son adecuados.

    Durante la pandemia, también fue excelente la forma en que la plataforma les dio a mis alumnos la posibilidad de cargar videos e imágenes de su trabajo en respuesta a las actividades que les di. También pude dar mi opinión gracias a esta herramienta. Estas características eran muy importantes para nosotros en ese momento.

    ¿Qué necesita mejorar?

    Tuve familias que me dijeron que no pudieron entrar a la plataforma. Buscamos una solución a eso con el equipo de soporte técnico de la escuela.

    Aunque hemos utilizado CYPHER Learning para mantener a todos informados sobre el progreso de un niño, todavía no se ha visto una herramienta que permita una comunicación unida: comunicación entre todos los estudiantes, comunicaciones directivas y comunicaciones generales. La plataforma podría mejorarse de esta manera.

    También me gustaría verlos mejorar la accesibilidad para los niños más pequeños. Quizás podrían permitirnos personalizar las carpetas de una manera más divertida.

    ¿Por cuánto tiempo usó la solución?

    Estuvo usando CYPHER Learning de CYPHER LEARNING durante tres años y medio o cuatro.

    ¿Qué pienso sobre la estabilidad de la solución?

    En algunas ocasiones durante la pandemia, CYPHER Learning estuvo en mantenimiento y no fue posible acceder a él, pero eso sucedió muy pocas veces; una o dos veces.

    En general, no ha tenido problemas con él.

    ¿Qué opina de la escalabilidad de la solución?

    Es una plataforma que está en constante crecimiento y actualización y que seguramente se mantendrá en el futuro porque brinda oportunidades de comunicación.

    Toda nuestra escuela, los niveles de preescolar, primaria y secundaria, lo están utilizando. Son alrededor de 1.200 usuarios entre estudiantes, docentes, equipo de administración del sistema, directores y coordinadores que ingresan a CYPHER Learning para supervisar clases.

    Con el tiempo, también se explotará más a nivel universitario.

    Me parece que vamos a seguir usando la plataforma. Es una herramienta que nos ayuda a diario en la organización de las clases y en la comunicación con los padres. Todo al respecto es positivo. Nos permite utilizar herramientas únicas y nos da acceso al progreso de los estudiantes. Pienso que llego para quedarse.

    ¿Qué solución usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?

    Utilizamos SieWeb. CYPHER Learning está mejor organizado y es más completo. Hay más variedad con la que trabajar y estas son las cosas que hicieron que nuestra institución cambiara a ella.

    ¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?

    Recibimos capacitaciones y talleres porque, al principio, no entendíamos muy bien el uso de CYPHER Learning. Tuvimos que adaptarnos por necesidad. Con la práctica, mejoramos.

    Los maestros que aprendieron más rápido ayudaron y aconsejaron a otros. Hubo mucha ayuda mutua. Pero al principio, fue difícil.

    Fue un proceso de unas pocas semanas de duración. Los administradores de sistemas de nuestra escuela, un equipo de cuatro o cinco personas, fueron los que primero se capacitaron y ellos fueron los que nos capacitaron. También enviaron videos tutoriales para ayudarnos.

    ¿Cuál fue nuestro Retorno de Inversión?

    Me ha ayudado a gestionar mejor mi tiempo y a organizarme mejor. Ahora, todos los trámites necesarios se realizan de una manera más efectiva.

    ¿Qué otro consejo tengo?

    Es muy importante enfocarse en la comunicación con las familias de los estudiantes, enviándoles mensajes, sugerencias y recomendaciones para que puedan entender cómo organizarse mejor. A través de esta herramienta, hemos podido comunicarnos mejor con los padres.

    Lo que CYPHER Learning me ha enseñado es que los padres también son parte del proceso de progreso de los estudiantes. Gracias a la plataforma, pueden participar. No son extraños y se han convertido en participantes. Son conscientes de lo que hacen sus hijos.

    En general, vale la pena. Te permite utilizar varios recursos para organizar tus clases y también para organizarte como profesor.

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    Docente at a religious institution with 11-50 employees
    Real User
    Nov 24, 2022
    Allows me to see how much a student is interacting with activities and help with any problems they have
    Pros and Cons
    • "I mainly use the storage folders that allow students to upload their work in an organized way. By providing a large storage capacity, the system allows students to upload videos and images. I can also rate students and give them feedback with comments or stickers."
    • "The vendor could improve on the chat system. Right now, the student only has access to messaging. Maybe it would be good to have a mini chat or the ability to do video calls with teachers if they have any questions about an assignment."

    What is our primary use case?

    CYPHER Learning is where we upload the class sections and create links so that students can connect to Zoom. These things were mostly done during the pandemic and part-time face-to-face education.

    Now that we have returned to full face-to-face education, I still upload the material to the platform but our use of the platform is lower.

    How has it helped my organization?

    CYPHER Learning was implemented in our institution at the time of the pandemic. Before that, things were quite messy because we had another platform that was used more as a scheduling calendar for the parents. Teachers did not know exactly how to use it and teachers could only send links individually. NEO LMS helped us to organize ourselves, both in terms of class schedules and organizing information about the academic year. It also helped us with direct communication with the students and parents.

    Another benefit is that it enables students to have a means of access to school information no matter where they are. For example, if a student is sick or is traveling, the system enables him to have the information he needs, to observe the material, and to see the comments of his classmates live.

    Using the platform is interesting and fast. I work with 11 and 12-year-old students who already handle the systems area a bit. It allows me to see how much a student is interacting with the activities. In that way, as a teacher, I can help them with any problems they have.

    The main way it helps in this regard is through the direct-message feature. This is the best tool in CYPHER Learning for intervening and correcting. Because my students are 11 and 12 years old, not all interventions can be done through the platform. Most of the time, we do personal meetings by Zoom to provide more active intervention.

    Also, during the pandemic, I saved a lot of time on administrative work by using CYPHER Learning, especially since I am a teacher of the same subject in different classes. Thanks to the platform, I was able to share the folders only once instead of having to duplicate or recreate them. I saved about four to five hours a week on administrative work.

    What is most valuable?

    I mainly use the storage folders that allow students to upload their work in an organized way. By providing a large storage capacity, the system allows students to upload videos and images. I can also rate students and give them feedback with comments or stickers.

    For me, the system is quite agile because I have it sorted by grade and sections within the grade. That way, if I want to send a message to the grade, I simply enter and send the message. It also allows me to send messages individually.

    I believe that communication is one of the main elements needed for education, whether it is virtual, semi-attendance, or face-to-face. There is not always a way to solve students' doubts immediately, but CYPHER Learning facilitates communication between students and teachers.

    I have also used tools such as the discussion forums where students can give their opinions. The forums allow students to compare their answers and to reply to the questions or opinions of their classmates. If they come across an opinion they like better, they can avoid waiting to ask the teacher questions. It has definitely helped on this topic.

    These activities are part of our educational goals: that students gain the ability to self-regulate, overcome, and seek better strategies, although during the pandemic it was used more than now in face-to-face education.

    But CYPHER Learning still allows them to do these activities. For example, sometimes I upload reinforcement activities and, although the students know that they are not going to be given any score for doing them, they prefer to do them anyway because they can receive an immediate response. They do these reinforcement activities autonomously to have a better idea of the kinds of topics they might see in an in-person exam.

    It is a fairly agile and intuitive environment. As the vendor updates things such as allowing sessions to be done only through Zoom, and the ease of manipulating the class sections, I feel more and more confident using the platform.

    What needs improvement?

    The vendor could improve on the chat system. Right now, the student only has access to messaging. Maybe it would be good to have a mini chat or the ability to do video calls with teachers if they have any questions about an assignment.

    Another improvement would be the ability to create groups. Currently, a teacher has to manually drag the names of the students. It would be better if the students themselves could create groups independently.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I started using CYPHER LEARNING two and a half years ago.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    It is very stable. In the time we have had it, it has only gone down a few times.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    While we were in virtual education mode, it allowed us as many resources as we needed. Now that we have returned to face-to-face education, our use has decreased a bit, but we will continue using it.

    We have about 2,000 users, including teachers, parents, and students.

    How are customer service and support?

    The technical support is quite good. No matter what time of day it was, when I went to the forums, I always received quick answers.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Positive

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    This is our first LMS.

    How was the initial setup?

    For me, the setup was quite simple. It was very automatic and the class sections are quite flexible. It took approximately two weeks.

    CYPHER LEARNING offered us an expert who assisted us in making full use of the platform. We had training meetings and practical exercises. The person who trained us showed us how to use it step by step. The training was divided into sections and classes, and if you had any questions, you shared your screen so that the administrators could help you. 

    Once the face-to-face training was completed, the system administrators were left in charge to advise us when there are questions.

    What was our ROI?

    Thanks to this LMS we had a more flexible way of managing the period of virtual education. We had the option to save time by uploading folders and grading the students' work. We were able to find everything we needed in a single place.

    What other advice do I have?

    We are in the process of learning about the whole subject of automation and adaptive learning. We recently had training where they taught us everything about auto-responses, qualifications, and automated messages to facilitate administrative work.

    Because my students, aged 11 and 12, are at a very initial level, they are still entering CYPHER Learning only to review the classes that the teacher uploads, so their use of its tools is very basic. During the pandemic, they were slowly directed on how to upload things. They have not yet mastered the platform.

    I would tell others who are looking into this product that it is a fairly agile platform, especially in educational management. It also eases the virtual and semi-face-to-face learning process, because it allows you to create independent users, such as parents or students in one area, where they can do a general scan of their academic progress. And the uploading and storage area of data is quite capable.

    CYPHER Learning taught me to get closer to my students and allowed me to do so. Now, there is a space where I can comment on any topic at any time. It has allowed me to speed up the process of communicating with them.

    Foreign Language:(Spanish)

    ¿Cuál es nuestra razón de uso principal?

    CYPHER Learning es donde cargamos las secciones de clase y creamos enlaces para que los estudiantes puedan conectarse a Zoom. Estas cosas se hicieron principalmente durante la pandemia y durante la educación semi-presencial.

    Ahora que hemos vuelto a la educación presencial completa, sigo subiendo el material a la plataforma pero nuestro uso de la plataforma es menor.

    ¿Cómo ha ayudado a mi organización?

    CYPHER Learning se implementó en nuestra institución en el momento de la pandemia. Antes de eso, las cosas estaban bastante desordenadas porque teníamos otra plataforma que se usaba más como un calendario de programación para los padres. Los profesores no sabían exactamente cómo usarlo y solo podían enviar enlaces individualmente. CYPHER Learning nos ayudó a organizarnos, tanto en los horarios de clases como en la organización de la información del curso académico. También nos ayudó con la comunicación directa con los estudiantes y los padres.

    Otro beneficio es que permite a los estudiantes tener un medio de acceso a la información escolar sin importar dónde se encuentren. Por ejemplo, si un estudiante está enfermo o está de viaje, el sistema le permite tener la información que necesita, observar el material y ver en vivo los comentarios de sus compañeros.

    Usar la plataforma es interesante y ágil. Trabajo con alumnos de 11 y 12 años que ya manejan un poco el área de sistemas. Me permite ver cuánto está interactuando un estudiante con las actividades. De esa manera, como docente, puedo ayudarlos con cualquier problema que tengan.

    La forma principal en que ayuda en este sentido es a través de la función de mensaje directo. Esta es la mejor herramienta de CYPHER Learning para intervenir y corregir. Debido a que mis alumnos tienen 11 y 12 años, no todas las intervenciones se pueden realizar a través de la plataforma. La mayoría de las veces, hacemos reuniones personales por Zoom para brindar una intervención más activa.

    Además, durante la pandemia, ahorré mucho tiempo en trabajo administrativo usando CYPHER Learning, especialmente porque soy profesor de la misma materia en diferentes clases. Gracias a la plataforma, pude compartir las carpetas solo una vez en lugar de tener que duplicarlas o recrearlas. Ahorré entre cuatro y cinco horas a la semana en trabajo administrativo.

    ¿Qué es lo más valioso?

    Uso principalmente las carpetas de almacenamiento que permiten a los estudiantes subir su trabajo de manera organizada. Al proporcionar una gran capacidad de almacenamiento, el sistema permite a los estudiantes cargar vídeos e imágenes. También puedo calificar a los estudiantes y darles retroalimentación con comentarios o calcomanías.

    Para mí el sistema es bastante ágil porque lo tengo ordenado por grado y secciones dentro del grado. De esa forma, si quiero enviar un mensaje al grado, simplemente entro y envío el mensaje. También me permite enviar mensajes individualmente.

    Considero que la comunicación es uno de los principales elementos necesarios para la educación, ya sea virtual, semipresencial o presencial. No siempre hay una forma de resolver las dudas de los alumnos de forma inmediata, pero CYPHER Learning facilita la comunicación entre alumnos y profesores.

    También he utilizado herramientas como los foros de discusión donde los alumnos pueden dar su opinión. Los foros permiten a los alumnos comparar sus respuestas y responder a las preguntas u opiniones de sus compañeros. Si se encuentran con una opinión que les gusta más, pueden evitar esperar para hacerle preguntas al maestro. Definitivamente ha ayudado en este tema.

    Estas actividades forman parte de nuestros objetivos educativos: que los alumnos adquieran la capacidad de autorregularse, superarse y buscar mejores estrategias, aunque durante la pandemia se utilizó más que ahora en la educación presencial.

    Pero CYPHER Learning aún les permite realizar estas actividades. Por ejemplo, a veces subo actividades de refuerzo y, aunque los alumnos saben que no les van a dar ningún puntaje por hacerlas, prefieren hacerlas de todos modos porque pueden recibir una respuesta inmediata. Realizan estas actividades de refuerzo de forma autónoma para tener una mejor idea de los tipos de temas que podrían ver en un examen presencial.

    Es un entorno bastante ágil e intuitivo. A medida que el proveedor actualiza cosas como permitir que las sesiones se realicen solo a través de Zoom y la facilidad de manipular las secciones de la clase, me siento cada vez más segura al usar la plataforma.

    ¿Qué necesita mejorar?

    El proveedor podría mejorar el sistema de chat. En este momento, el estudiante solo tiene acceso a la mensajería. Tal vez sería bueno tener un mini chat o la posibilidad de hacer videollamadas con los maestros si tienen alguna pregunta sobre una tarea.

    Otra mejora sería la posibilidad de crear grupos. Actualmente, un profesor tiene que arrastrar manualmente los nombres de los alumnos. Sería mejor si los propios estudiantes pudieran crear grupos de forma independiente.

    ¿Por cuánto tiempo he usado la solución?

    Empecé a usar CYPHER LEARNING hace dos años y medio.

    ¿Qué pienso sobre la estabilidad de la solución?

    Es muy estable. En el tiempo que lo hemos tenido, solo ha fallado un par de veces.

    ¿Qué opino de la escalabilidad de la solución?

    Mientras estábamos en modo de educación virtual, nos permitió los recursos que necesitábamos. Ahora que hemos vuelto a la educación presencial, nuestro uso ha disminuido un poco, pero lo seguiremos usando.

    Tenemos alrededor de 2,000 usuarios, incluidos maestros, padres y estudiantes.

    ¿Y el servicio de atención al cliente y el soporte?

    El soporte técnico es bastante bueno. Sin importar la hora del día que fuera, cuando iba a los foros, siempre recibía respuestas rápidas.

    ¿Cómo calificaría el servicio y soporte al cliente?

    Positivo

    ¿Qué solución usé anteriormente y por qué cambié?

    Este es nuestro primer LMS.

    ¿Cómo fue la configuración inicial?

    Para mí, la configuración fue bastante simple. Era muy automático y las secciones de clase son bastante flexibles. Tomó aproximadamente dos semanas.

    CYPHER LEARNING nos ofreció un experto que nos ayudó a aprovechar al máximo la plataforma. Tuvimos reuniones de capacitación y ejercicios prácticos. La persona que nos capacitó nos mostró cómo usarlo paso a paso. La capacitación se dividió en secciones y clases, y si teníamos alguna pregunta, compartimos nuestras pantallas para que los administradores pudieran ayudarnos.

    Una vez finalizada la formación presencial, se quedaron los administradores del sistema como encargados de asesorarnos cuando hubieran dudas.

    ¿Cuál fue nuestro Retorno de Inversión?

    Gracias a este LMS teníamos una forma más flexible de gestionar el periodo de educación virtual. Teníamos la opción de ahorrar tiempo cargando carpetas y calificando el trabajo de los estudiantes. Pudimos encontrar todo lo que necesitábamos en un solo lugar.

    ¿Qué otro consejo tengo?

    Estamos en el proceso de aprender sobre todo el tema de la automatización y el aprendizaje adaptativo. Recientemente tuvimos una capacitación donde nos enseñaron todo sobre respuestas automáticas, calificaciones y mensajes automatizados para facilitar el trabajo administrativo.

    Debido a que mis alumnos, de 11 y 12 años, están en un nivel muy inicial, todavía ingresan a CYPHER Learning solo para revisar las clases que sube el maestro, por lo que su uso de sus herramientas es muy básico. Durante la pandemia, se les instruyó lentamente sobre cómo subir cosas. Todavía no han dominado la plataforma.

    Les diría a otros que están investigando este producto que es una plataforma bastante ágil, especialmente en la gestión educativa. También facilita el proceso de aprendizaje virtual y semipresencial, ya que permite crear usuarios independientes, como padres o estudiantes en un área, donde pueden hacer un escaneo general de su progreso académico. Y el área de subir documentos y almacenamiento de datos es bastante capaz.

    CYPHER Learning me enseñó a acercarme a mis alumnos y me permitió hacerlo. Ahora, hay un espacio donde puedo comentar sobre cualquier tema en cualquier momento. Me ha permitido acelerar el proceso de comunicación con ellos.

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