Blackboard Learn by Anthology vs. Sakai

Blackboard Learn by Anthology

205 Reviews and Ratings

Sakai

22 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Blackboard Learn by Anthology	Score6 out of 10	N/A	Blackboard Inc. is an enterprise learning management systems vendor. Blackboard was founded in 1997 and became a public company in 2004. The company provides education, mobile, communication, and commerce software and related services to clients including education providers, corporations and government organizations. As of December 2010, Blackboard software and services are used by over 9,300 institutions in more than 60 countries. Blackboard Learn is the company's flagship LMS, supporting…	N/A
Sakai	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	Sakai is an open source learning management system provided by the Apero Foundation. The LMS provides what it calls Core and Expanded Features. The Core Features encompass an integrated tool set that is tested by the Sakai community members and is then included with each new release. The tool set can be configured by: instructors, students, research investigators and project leaders. The other set of tools, known as “Contrib Tools” are specific to Sakai tools and innovations that are developed…	N/A

Pricing

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Pricing Offerings
Blackboard Learn by Anthology	Sakai
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

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No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Blackboard Learn by Anthology	Sakai
Considered Both Products	Anthology, Inc Matthew Deakyne Academic Services Manager in Information Technology at The University of Kansas (Higher Education, 10,001+ employees) Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology We did a formal evaluation of the LMS a few years ago, and selected to remain self-hosted on Blackboard Learn. At the time, we were not ready to upgrade or migrate and it was easier to remain with the system we already had. If we started from scratch - Canvas is the clear … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Sakai does not measure up well against Blackboard because it takes lots of manpower to maintain. It was also buggy. From the reviews and my ability to play around in a demo account, Canvas is greatly superior to Blackboard. It is among the LMS products we would consider should … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Canvas is Blackboard's biggest competitor... I've been in the room when the CEO of Blackboard stated this fact. Their agility and ability to integrate well with other products makes their product very attractive. Canvas was not available at the time we selected Blackboard, and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology I have evaluated Moodle, Sakai, Desire2Learn, and more recently (indirectly) Canvas. By far, Canvas is the most promising of the bunch and accomplishes much of what it seems Blackboard would hope to achieve, but cannot or does so poorly. Moodle is the most interesting for its … Helpful?	Apereo Sarah Daggett Lecturer, Department of Communication & Theatre at Pacific Lutheran University (Higher Education, 501-1000 employees) Chose Sakai Before using Sakai, we used Blackboard. Ultimately, I think moving to Sakai was a financial decision (it was cheaper), but I believe it ended up being better accepted by faculty and students as well. At the time (this was several years ago), Blackboard's UI wasn't as … Incentivized Helpful? Chani Loeb Administrative Assistant in Customer Service at Bais HaMedrash & Mesivta of Baltimore (Education Management, 11-50 employees) Chose Sakai Courses are organized into tabs. Teachers use the program to list assignments with due dates for students in each course. Students use the program to upload assignments before they are due. Teachers upload syllabi along which the students can follow the progress of the … Incentivized Helpful? Dave Eveland Instructional Designer/Technologist in Information Technology at Johnson University (Higher Education, 501-1000 employees) Chose Sakai When considering an LMS there are multiple factors to consider, and typically those factors are not co-equal amongst all stakeholders. Some institutions select an LMS based on C-Level directive; others narrow the field based on feedback from the largest constituent user base or … Incentivized Helpful? Terry Golightly Assistant Director Online Instructional Design & Technology at Kentucky Christian University (Higher Education, 51-200 employees) Chose Sakai We were for a year or two on WebCT, which has been acquired by Blackboard. It was hard to learn and difficult to administer. Changing to Sakai not only meant a great deal of financial savings, but it was easier to use and more responsive to institutional and consortial needs. … Incentivized Helpful? Jason Smith, DPA Instructional Technologist in Information Technology at Pomona College (Higher Education, 201-500 employees) Chose Sakai Every few years we evaluate LMSs. Each time Sakai comes out ahead due to cost, customizations, and the Sakai community. We like to keep things in house because it allows us an extra amount of reliability and control that you will have to give up when running most other … Incentivized Helpful? Andi Sciacca Faculty Member at The Food Business School (Higher Education, 51-200 employees) Chose Sakai I was not part of the selection committee, but I believe the ability to white label Sakai was very significant to the choice being made. In another institution I taught (not the one in which I used Sakai) the decision was made to go with MoodleRooms due to the need for support … Incentivized Helpful? Samantha J. Blevins Instructor in Information Technology at Radford University (Higher Education, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Sakai I did not personally select Sakai. However, it is fairly easy to use and customize. That being said, this product is being abandoned by developers/universities and should not be adopted by an organization. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Sakai As an adjunct professor, I didn't pick Sakai for the university. I have experience with Moodle, Blackboard, eCollege, iBoard and now Sakai. I would have to say that Sakai is one of my all time favorite LMSs to use as it is very easy to navigate. Incentivized Helpful? Becky Roehrs Distance Learning Coordinator/Learning Technologies Specialist in Information Technology at Durham Technical Community College (Higher Education, 501-1000 employees) Chose Sakai Our faculty found Moodle difficult to use-we tried at least two different releases of it with different vendors. It may have changed greatly since we worked with it in 2010-2012, but that was our experience. Blackboard was what we were familiar with, but some of its tools were … Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Blackboard Learn by Anthology

Sakai

Comparison of Learning Management features of Blackboard Learn by Anthology and Sakai
Feature	Blackboard Learn by Anthology 8.6 30 Ratings	Sakai 7.9 5 Ratings
Course authoring	9.024 Ratings	8.05 Ratings
Course catalog or library	9.024 Ratings	7.04 Ratings
Player/Portal	8.021 Ratings	8.02 Ratings
Learning content	6.127 Ratings	8.05 Ratings
Mobile friendly	9.030 Ratings	7.05 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications	7.024 Ratings	8.05 Ratings
Assignments	9.030 Ratings	10.05 Ratings
Compliance management	9.017 Ratings	7.04 Ratings
Learning administration	10.025 Ratings	9.05 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics	9.026 Ratings	6.05 Ratings
Social learning	9.022 Ratings	9.04 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning	9.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

User Ratings
	Blackboard Learn by Anthology	Sakai
Likelihood to Recommend	9.9 (58 ratings)	9.0 (14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	4.6 (11 ratings)	10.0 (3 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (5 ratings)	7.4 (3 ratings)
Support Rating	7.7 (14 ratings)	8.1 (3 ratings)
Online Training	7.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)