Virtual Classroom platforms are only warming up
COVID-19’s unprecedented impact on education forced all teaching and learning to move to an online medium and the impact of the pandemic will arguably outlast the pandemic itself.
The ratio of online:in-person classes may never go back to what it was pre-pandemic. As per a 2019 Inside Higher-Ed survey, only 3% of all professors reported having taught a synchronous (or “live”) online course. The number may well be above 75% today.
So how do the current virtual classroom platform compare with each other? Read the comprehensive comparison between platforms below:
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About Acadly
Acadly is a Virtual Classroom platform with Zoom integration. Think of it as a “skin” for Zoom with additional features for teaching and training. You can learn more about Acadly on the website.
Why Acadly?
In an online course or training, what are your objectives? If realtime engagement, instant feedback, attendance automation, and continuous assessments feature in your list, a generic video-conferencing product would probably not help you meet your needs.
Acadly is not merely a video conferencing product. It’s an online learning tool meant to transform Zoom from a meeting platform to a platform meant for teaching and instruction. The video conferencing on Acadly is powered by Zoom, helping it inherit several of the great features that Zoom offers.
The real value of Acadly is in what it adds to the experience.
Share realtime learning activities
Keep learners engaged with polls, quizzes, word clouds, discussions, videos, and student-led Q&A.
Make sessions interactive to deliver a differentiated learning experience to your training attendees.
Tweak the options to suit your style
Make the experience flexible with deadlines, timers, anonymity, shuffling, scoring schemes, and tons of other options that accompany each activity.
You can also replicate activities using Acadly’s copy and bulk copy options.
Get instant reports on engagement during and after the meeting
Get instant feedback for each activity on Acadly’s at-a-glance dashboard. View individual response, question-wise reports, or view engagement with all activities in one place. All reports are downloadable for post-meeting analysis.
Amazing post-session experience
Give attendees a premium post-session experience with Acadly’s amazing post-meeting features:
- Discussions and Q&A stay active
- Activities stay active & available
- Recordings shared automatically
- All data is downloadable
- Records organized in a timeline
Last but not the least, attendance automation
Recording attendance in online classes can be a chore. Acadly Pro allows professors to record attendance at the tap of a button. Watch the video below to learn how it works!
Last update: November 2020
Disclaimer about mistakes: While it has been our sincere effort to keep this comparison error-free, mistakes do happen (and product updates do go unnoticed). If you notice anything wrong or outdated here, please let us know in the comments and we’ll correct it.
About features selected for comparison: This comparison focuses on the most important features for virtual instruction and training. This is not intended to be a guide for generic video conferencing platforms for meetings and collaboration.
