Overview
What is DigitalChalk, by Sciolytix?
The DigitalChalk LMS, from Sciolytix gives users the tools and control to launch engaging, interactive, online courses. Users can create courses featuring animated PowerPoint, SCORM content, HD videos, audio, quizzes, exams and more.
DigitalChalk offers great value with no nonsense implementation and administration
DigitalChalk for Universities
Pricing
Essential
$35.00
Professional
$79.00
Premier
$189.00
Entry-level set up fee?
- $399 Required
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Product Details
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What is DigitalChalk, by Sciolytix?
DigitalChalk, by Sciolytix Features
- Supported: Online Course Editing Suite
- Supported: PowerPoint Converter
- Supported: PCI Compliant Shopping Cart
- Supported: Mass User Registration
- Supported: Single Sign-On
- Supported: Web Service API Integration
- Supported: Logo & Theme Branding
- Supported: Secure Custom Domain
- Supported: Unlimited Storage
- Supported: Tracking & Reporting
- Supported: SCORM Compliant
- Supported: iPad & Tablet Compatible
- Supported: Secure Online Tests
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DigitalChalk, by Sciolytix Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | No |
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DigitalChalk has been a go-to platform for users over the past five years, allowing them to effortlessly create online training courses for asynchronous learning. This product offers a clear and concise platform that meets all safety needs by providing easy access and flexible timelines. Users appreciate DigitalChalk's turnkey approach, as it handles tasks such as charging students, issuing refunds, and resolving student issues. While there is a learning curve, the tech support team is highly praised for their assistance in navigating the system. This ease of use, affordability, and continuous improvement make DigitalChalk an excellent option for organizations looking to deliver web-based courses effectively. Customers are impressed by the company's fast and responsive support, which is constantly enhancing the product based on user feedback. The interface is user-friendly for both administrators and learners, making it ideal for staff and volunteer training needs. With its highly structured approach to course management, DigitalChalk facilitates engagement, learning, and certification. Users have benefited from the low-cost and hands-off management capabilities of this product, allowing them to scale their courses, increase participant numbers, and reach a wider audience without significant expenses. The streamlined course management processes have helped organizations save time and resources by automating various aspects of their training programs. Overall, DigitalChalk's cost-effective solution has received high praise from users because it enables them to allocate resources more effectively while maintaining a high level of engagement in their courses.
Easy-to-use platform: Many users have stated that DigitalChalk provides an easy-to-use platform that is effective and user-friendly. They appreciate the clear and intuitive menu, making it easy to navigate and access various features. Some users have even compared DigitalChalk to other learning management systems and found it to be one of the easiest to learn, use, and administer.
Exceptional customer service: Several reviewers have praised the exceptional customer service provided by DigitalChalk. Users have mentioned that the support team is highly responsive, often providing assistance within an hour or less. The support team has been described as polite, helpful, and responsive, going above and beyond to resolve any issues or provide guidance.
Real-time monitoring and reporting: Users appreciate DigitalChalk's ability to enable real-time monitoring of student growth and performance. They find it valuable to easily give tests and quizzes while being able to track progress in real-time through comprehensive reports. This feature allows instructors to effectively monitor student engagement and identify areas for improvement.
Search Function: Multiple users have expressed difficulties in finding necessary materials due to a non-functional search function. This issue has been reported by several reviewers, highlighting the need for improvement in this area.
User Interface: Some reviewers have mentioned that the student interface feels outdated and could benefit from improvements in terms of navigation and overall design. Enhancements to the user interface would contribute to a better user experience.
Integration with Blackboard/Moodle: A drawback mentioned by several users is the lack of integration with popular learning management systems like Blackboard or Moodle. This limitation hampers seamless integration between platforms and may inconvenience users who are accustomed to using these systems alongside DigitalChalk.
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(1-2 of 2)- Digital Chalk has a great video integration feature, which allows you to add pauses and questions to your video training to check user comprehension.
- Our learners are typically older and not very tech-savvy. The user interface of Digital chalk is very clean, simple, and functional. It was very easy for our learners to find their way around and take the training they needed.
- The administration of Digital Chalk is very easy. The function I think may be missing is an easy way to add revisions and assign them to the students who need them. For example, when you update a piece of a course it would have an indication that it is version xxx and would ask who would like to assign it to - everyone who has taken it before or just new students.
- It would nice to have the system recognize when a student has already completed an element of a course that may be used in another course. For example, if video A is part of courses 1 and 2, and the student already watched it in course 1, it would ask the administrator if they should get automated credit for it in course 2, as well.
- Course authoring
- 80%8.0
- Course catalog or library
- 90%9.0
- Player/Portal
- 100%10.0
- Learning content
- 100%10.0
- Mobile friendly
- 100%10.0
- Progress tracking & certifications
- 100%10.0
- Assignments
- 100%10.0
- Compliance management
- 90%9.0
- Learning administration
- 100%10.0
- Learning reporting & analytics
- 90%9.0
- Social learning
- N/AN/A
- Digital Chalk allowed us to move the vast majority of our leadership development training online. This allowed our field managers to spend more time on coaching and mentoring than delivering training. Previously, our field managers were having to spend 48-72 hours training, plus travel expenses.
- Many of our learners had prior negative experiences using online training. After switching to Digital Chalk our learning engagement increased over 100%. The vast majority of feedback receive is positive in regards to the software.
I've worked with Cornerstone, Saba, SuccessFactors, and Blackboard. As an administrator, those systems are a beast to learn and require someone to spend a large portion of their time supporting them. Once you are their customer, their customer support is almost nonexistent. There are so many functions and settings that it's just overwhelming.
By contrast, we had Digital Chalk up and running in a week with minimal issues. The administrative side is so much easier and doesn't require hours of involvement. The customer support is the best support I've ever had with any software, even outside of LMSs.
DigitalChalk for Universities
- While I used the platform, it improved its integrations with PowerPoint, making it easy to convert slides to the DigitalChalk format.
- The editing layers for audio underneath the slides is very user-friendly and easy to use.
- While we didn't use the quiz randomization, I liked how there was a structure built to it so that those who had more robust usage situations than ours would be able to improve engagement and assess learning at a higher level.
- DigitalChalk really fit our usage scenario well - structured, hands-off course delivery and management. For anyone doing something else outside of this realm, DigitalChalk might not be the best platform.
- DigitalChalk uses its own software to manage its customer support content, and that has both good points and bad points. Not in its favor - because of the limitations, the overall online support experience was not great. I got more out of working with a specific support agent than I did with the website.
- DigtialChalk's ROI is positive - the cost model of low up-front costs to get started, then paying a small amount per course participant means that organizations implementing DigitalChalk as their platform get more than their money's worth from it. It returns profit quickly and on a consistent basis.
- The asynchronous nature of the platform, combined with the targeted usage situation of hands-off course delivery and management, means that resources to create, deliver, and maintain courses can be held with either one person (like an instructional designer) or even an outside contractor. This means that there's little impact to the fixed operating costs involved with hiring someone else to manage it.
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