mapEDU vs OpenCurriculum

mapEDU is a web platform that uses AI to map health professions curricula to learning objectives and highlight gaps, duplicated coverage, and accreditation needs. It maps lectures, handouts, presentations, and assessments against program, course, and session objectives. Curriculum heatmaps and reports summarize objective coverage and instructional and assessment methods; assessments are also aligned with course content and objectives. The service offers accreditation assistance and national benchmarking reports for self-study. Schools can use pre-set outcomes relevant to their program type, including standards associated with USMLE, AACOM, AACN, AACP, CODA, AVMA, CAPTE, ACOTE, and ARC-PA. The listed audience spans allopathic, osteopathic, nursing, dental, pharmacy, veterinary, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and physician assistant programs. Integrations include Canvas, ExamSoft, Brightspace, Panopto, Blackboard, Mediasite, Box, Google, SharePoint, and Dropbox. Uploads can include PDF, PowerPoint, Word, audio, and video files. The FAQ describes curricular data as encrypted in transit, in processing, and at rest. A free plan and trial option are listed; paid subscription prices are not published, and features depend on the selected version.

OpenCurriculum is a curriculum planning tool for creating lessons and units with an editor and a library of teaching materials. Its library includes hundreds of lessons, strategies, activities, formative assessments, discussion questions, and worksheets contributed by teachers, researchers, and publishers. Plans can be viewed by course, unit, or lesson in planner, calendar, and semester or academic-term views. A standards picker supports national and state standards as well as school-created learning targets. Sharing permissions, department or PLC Groups, Libraries for organizing materials, and school-wide search support collaboration. The plan comparison lists Google Drive and Google Calendar integrations, along with reporting on standards, planning processes, vocabulary, learning objectives, and assessments. School leaders can use custom templates, learning outcomes, course catalogs, and activity templates. The free Teacher plan is for one user and up to 10 courses; the free Team plan supports up to 10 users and 50 courses. School costs $5 per user per month with a 10-user minimum and unlimited courses. Network pricing is custom. OpenCurriculum describes itself as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.