BanqO vs LSIM

BanqO is a web platform for creating, managing, and reviewing Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and Transition Programs. It supports students, parents, teachers, remedial teachers, psycho-educators, and other stakeholders. Its goals directory covers learning needs for ages 4–21 and contains more than 25,000 goals. BanqO describes the goals as compliant with the Quebec Education Program and linked to Quebec Progression of Learning standards, and says it can adapt to education standards in other provinces or countries. Users can tailor goals to students, set criteria and conditions, add content, and collect goals for reuse. Team members can share plans and exchange notes by email, while the platform supports strategy assignment, progress monitoring, and student reports. Each plan can be downloaded or printed as a PDF. BanqO offers group rates for schools and school boards, as well as individual annual subscriptions covering one user and that user's students. The listed Center or Clinic Membership starts at $900 a year; the site also offers a 10-day free trial that renews into a subscription unless canceled.

LSIM is a web application for managing student records linked to Individual Education Plans and Student Learning Plans. Learning Support Coordinators, teachers, and Educational Assistants can view or enter plan information. IEP records may contain goals, objectives, strategies, evaluation criteria, daily progress levels, and related logs. Student Learning Plans track campus-specific details and activity logs for students needing assistance, while schools can customize adaptations, assessments, and plan fields by campus. Reports include IEPs, SLPs, monthly IEP progress, term IEP reports, and activity logs. Active Directory integration provides access control and single sign-on through network credentials. LSIM can receive periodic read-only updates from a school’s master student database; a PowerSchool solution is already in place. Communications are encrypted, and access is restricted by student assignment and role permissions. Major browsers supported include Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Safari. Listed hosting requirements are Microsoft SQL Server 2014 or higher and Microsoft IIS 8.5 or higher on Windows Server 2012 R2 or higher. Pricing is by annual school subscription and requires a quote.