Best K-12 Course or Learning Management Solution

Recognizes the best system designed for K-12 educators to manage curriculum-based content, student access and use, diagnostic and remediation programs, data management and reporting tools. Includes course and content-based learning management systems used by students.

Products nominated here are eligible for the Best Education Administrative Solution and Best K-12 Education Solution supercategories.

BrainHoney - Agilix Labs BrainHoney is learning infrastructure. It is core learning technology, digital content, assessment and alignment that powers virtual schools, university systems, traditional and blended schools, teacher training programs, and other custom solutions. Unlike other systems that require you to adapt to their way of teaching and learning, BrainHoney adapts what you need it to be and grows with your organization's needs. The popular BrainHoney LMS has been used in all 50 states and more than 50 countries, and powers hundreds of thousands of blended and virtual enrollments from elementary schools to graduate schools. BrainHoney enables rapid creation and deployment of custom education technology solutions for less total cost of ownership than implementing off-the-shelf products or building solutions from scratch. And, because of its individualized learning and collaborative capabilities, the BrainHoney LMS has been heralded as the forerunner in next-generation learning technologies. There are five primary areas of the BrainHoney platform that form the basis of efficient and effective learning solutions. These primary areas are: Assessment BrainHoney provides robust functionality for both automatically graded assessments as well as instructor graded activities. Its extensible framework enables standard quiz items, custom interactive items, algorithmic questions, symbolic math items, item banks, collaborative authoring, assignment dropbox, rubrics, peer evaluation, and much, much more. Web services, javascript and SCORM API’s enable developers to create new and innovative interactive assessments that range from new question types to immersive environments. All assessment types can be directly aligned to and tracked against learning outcomes. Digital Content BrainHoney deploys a “content-cloud” model for the creation, editing, sharing, and management of digital content. Authors create learning content using WYSIWYG tools, integrate content from third-party sources, share content with other authors and instructors, import standards-based packages, or upload content exported from web sites, LMSs, or other sources. Innovative content management tools reduce maintenance costs, enable multi-tiered versioning of content, and ensure exact alignment to learning outcomes. Search functionality supports both highly structured queries as well as page-rank “Google-like” search algorithms. Learning Outcomes Learning outcomes are integral to the BrainHoney platform. All items in BrainHoney – from individual quiz items to large scale group projects to discussion forums to digital content – can be aligned to learning outcomes. These outcomes include state and national learning objectives and can be extended with custom outcome sets. Integrated logic enables individual learning plans based on both outcome mastery and prior performance. Collaboration Collaboration tools in the BrainHoney platform facilitate collaboration not only in traditional forms such as online discussions, blogs, wikis, and journals, but also during the creation and management of digital curriculum. Instructors can share materials, quiz items, and other resources with each other to leverage the power of the community. Rights and Permissions One of the toughest challenges when deploying learning solution is managing the rights and permissions of the users. BrainHoney secures personal information, distributes extremely granular access rights, ensurse content access matches license agreements, and provides robust administration tools. BrainHoney APIs enable rapid customization with standard authentication schemes, SISs, and portal technologies. Go To Agilix Labs' Web Site Go To Product Site
LaunchPad - ClassLink, Inc. ClassLink LaunchPad-2011 reinvents the experience of instructional technology. It’s a true blended learning solution that delivers a personalized learning experience to any device, anywhere. Students and teachers can access tools for creative thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity. Leveraging virtualization and cloud computing, this is the future of instructional technology. Go To ClassLink, Inc.'s Web Site Go To Product Site
Stars Suite - EdOptions, Inc. EdOptions Stars Suite� is a comprehensive Web-based content and delivery system. Stars Suite� features adaptive technology and rigorous curriculum designed to keep students engaged in the learning process and help middle school, high school, and adult learners reach their academic goals. Go To EdOptions, Inc.'s Web Site Go To Product Site
Haiku LMS - HAIKU Learning Systems, Inc. Haiku Learning is the simplest way to bring the Web to your classroom and your classroom to the Web. We believe in the importance of engineering a lightweight and streamlined software application that follows our rule of the essential 80%, while offering teachers and students a full suite of tools to teach and learn with. Here is a sampling of our features and what our users have to about them. It is easy to see why Haiku LMS is the Best K12 Course Management Solution. GOOGLE APPS AND GOOGLE DOCS INTEGRATION Haiku LMS plays well with Google Apps because it is part of the Google Apps Marketplace. Teachers and students can view and edit files without having to upload and download... bringing files directly from Google Docs. You can even upload a Word document and convert it to a Google Doc right in Haiku! 'Haiku LMS exceeded my expectations for what an interface could be, and has made my online class better than I have even hoped for. It is easy to learn, easy to use and easy to navigate.' ~ Heather Mannella, Westover School and Online School for Girls HOMEWORK ANNOTATOR This one always elicits a WOW! from teachers. With Haiku LMS, educators can quickly annotate directly in the browser, writing on top of Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, Google Docs and even PDFs! To annotate, you just swipe and type. 'I must say, I am impressed with your teams ability and dedication to your product. The ease of use, flexibility, and power of this system is impressive when I compare it to different systems I have been involved with.' ~ George Ballane, Academy of the Holy Angels WIKIPROJECTS WikiProjects allow students to work together as a class or in groups for team projects. Students have nearly the same tools educators have for creating and posting content...such as Aviary image editing and Embed the Web. Collaborative projects are a great way for teachers to evaluate progress, and teachers can easily grade and comment on WikiProjects. 'With Haiku, you have to retrain yourself (especially if you have worked with other LMSs) to think simply.' ~ Robert Craven, Saddleback Valley USD EPORTFOLIO Our ePortfolio streamlines the steps so your students can easily capture content from any of their classes to showcase in their ePortfolio. Students have the same powerful toolset that teachers use to design their classes, which means they can place rich media content, create new work and export it as a portable website in HTML. 'Haiku LMS is so user-friendly, I do not know how anyone could not love this online learning environment.' ~ Joanna Ray, IUPUI 'Thank you so much! This is going to be such an easy way for parents and students to say current with class assignments, events, and resources!' ~ Annie Call, Tomas Rivera Elementary, RUSD Go To HAIKU Learning Systems, Inc.'s Web Site Go To Product Site

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