PowerSchool Unified Classroom vs. WileyPLUS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PowerSchool Unified Classroom
Score 6.2 out of 10
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PowerSchool Unified Classroom is a learning management and classroom collaboration solution suite. It aims to empower teachers with real-time student interaction inside and outside the classroom, bringing in more social and collaborative learning. Teachers can quickly create and deliver rich engaging lessons, electronically collect, annotate, and grade work, and easily collaborate and share with other educators. Unified Classroom includes PowerSchool solutions Assessment, Gradebook, Learning,…N/A
WileyPLUS
Score 9.4 out of 10
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WileyPLUS is a learning and assesment platform which can be added to many popular LMS, from Wiley.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
PowerSchool Unified Classroom
8.1
Ratings
1% below category average
WileyPLUS
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Ratings
Course authoring9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Course catalog or library6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Player/Portal9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning content8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile friendly5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Assignments10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning administration8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Social learning8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
PowerSchool Unified ClassroomWileyPLUS
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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9.4
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Likelihood to Renew
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9.1
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Usability
-
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8.2
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Support Rating
8.9
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Implementation Rating
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8.6
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User Testimonials
PowerSchool Unified ClassroomWileyPLUS
Likelihood to Recommend
We use PowerSchool Unified Classroom with our Teacher/Student work. Teachers can hand out assignments and have them edited and returned to the teacher in an organized folder, in which the teacher can review, grade, and send back to the student. Papers are never lost this way. Another way that PowerSchool Unified Classroom is used is to deliver assessments for district tests.
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It's a good platform that has some very good content. We use Canvas as our learning management platform. It is nice to be able to integrate some of the pre-build WileyPLUS course modules into our Canvas course. Other publishers are good too and they sync with Canvas, but I find Wiley's Canvas modules easy to use and customize.
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Pros
  • It easily makes calculations for you to come up with a mark easily.
  • It allows me to put my comments on assignments into the grade so that students get feedback quickly and easily.
  • It is easy to use.
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  • Great instructor support and training.
  • Seek instructor feedback and input and keep implementing new updates.
  • Adaptive Practice definitely helps student success and brings consistency across multiple sections, often taught by new part-time instructors.
  • Integration into LMS has made the experience seamless for students and added the ease of automatic input in to the LMS gradebook.
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Cons
  • I teach 15 different sections of classes and it is hard to view sections all at once to enter grades in
  • Navigating through all of the tabs to know how to view grades is hard- whether it is Assignments view, or by students, etc.
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  • Integration could be a little challenging at times
  • More quantitative examples-excel based questions. This is just for the book that I use so it should not be considered a missing functionality.
  • More algorithmic questions. This is just for the book that I use so it should not be considered a missing functionality.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Reliable effective tool.
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Usability
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Easy to use, directions are clear, [and] able to get help any time.
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Support Rating
They are very responsive to the issues that we have and follow through with their assistance. Having a live assist that is available when our teachers need it is essential too. They also seem to listen to suggestions on making improvements and have been transparent with us when renovations are done.
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24-7 support is available by phone, chat, or email. They also hold annual events which I have been blessed to attend twice. The staff is excellent. They are knowledgeable and genuinely care about you and your students. There are online forums for instructors to collaborate, learn, and have fun. Instructors receive gift cards for their participation too!
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Alternatives Considered
PowerSchool is similar to Schoology but actually has one less component: assignment uploads. Schoology is very helpful because it also students to upload their assignments on dropbox, which syncs automatically to the grade book, which allows me to view who has submitted things on time and who hasn't. I'm able to create Rubrics in Schoology itself which also helps the grading process because it ties in directly to their overall grade after I submit their rubric scores. Powerschool is helpful because it allows for attendance and access across the board with all parties.
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I like the mechanistic approach and taught that way for several years. Klein makes a nice meeting point between the traditional, by-the-functional-group way of approaching the material and the mechanistic approach with common patterns pointed out and grouped along the way. It is one of the best, clearly written texts on Organic Chemistry on the market!! It isn't overly dry and intimidating, but more conversational - like a tutor guiding you through the foundational topic or thought process. The graphics are clear and understandable with good use of color. The canvas integration is wonderful! The adaptive practice is growing on me - I started a skeptic, but students really like the by-learning-objective feedback. From term to term, you can easily turn your homework assignments over for the next term if you like to assign specific questions.
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Return on Investment
  • PowerSchool has successfully helped us create a database on our students and allow staff to quickly access student information.
  • We have been able to coordinate the arrival of new students to multiple teams for student support.
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  • Before Wiley Plus, my students didn't do homework, because it was not possible for me to grade all their work. Now they do it to earn points needed to pass the class.
  • Before Adaptive Assignment, my students really struggled with the multiple-choice part of the exam. Now my students have the opportunity to practice a plethora of questions provided to them in Adaptive Assignment. Now the exam grades are much better!
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