Deck.Toys vs iSpring LMS

Deck.Toys is a classroom engagement platform for teachers building interactive lessons for students. Lessons can combine PowerPoint slides, PDFs, videos and activities arranged on a map with connected paths. Teachers can use Study Set questions in self-paced games or multiplayer Arcade games, and collect student text, drawings, photos and uploads on slides. Teacher Sync keeps students with the teacher’s current slide; Free Mode lets them explore at their own pace. The platform tracks student progress in real time and provides classroom reports. Teachers can share classroom URLs through learning platforms including Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Canvas, Schoology and SLS. Teachers can register with Google or Microsoft; students can join with those accounts, as guests or with a username and password. It works in Chrome, Safari or Firefox on connected devices including Chromebooks, iPads, laptops and smartphones. Student access to a teacher’s classroom may be free. Pro costs $8 a month, billed annually at US$ 96 billed annually.

iSpring LMS is a platform for employee onboarding, assessment, training, development, and engagement. Teams can use AI course creation and an assistant that generates text, quiz questions, images, and translations. Courses, assessments, and other materials can be grouped into learning tracks, with an optional completion order. The LMS supports content made with authoring tools that use SCORM, xAPI, or AICC. Customers can register any number of users and pay for those who log in at least once in a month. Business plans are listed at $6.91 a year for 100 users, $4.46 a year for 300 users, and $3.97 a year for 500 users; the listed annual totals are $8,286, $16,050, and $23,790. Enterprise is a custom plan. A full-featured 30-day trial requires no credit card. Learners can study offline in the free iOS and Android apps, which sync progress after reconnecting. The service is a cloud subscription or can be deployed on a customer’s own network in an isolated environment. Integrations include Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Salesforce, Outlook calendars, Shopify, Udemy, Go1, and LinkedIn Learning.