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Lindsey
Non-Profit Organization Management, 2-10 employees
Used monthly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2020
Great Platform with Reasonable Cost
NextThought allowed us the ability to shift quickly to a virtual event with the staff skill set we currently have without breaking the budget. They were quick to respond, willing to adapt and listened to our feedback. Great experience!
PROSOur small team was able to build out and implement our virtual conference quickly and easily from the administrator side. The learner experience was seamless for the most part with NextThought receiving very high ratings in the post-conference survey. The scalability of the platform is brilliant giving us the ability to build one simple course or a multi-day virtual conference with 80+ sessions. Learners are able to track progress and download certificates within the platform which is critical for our audience.
CONSThe discussion feature on videos is not a real time chat therefore losing engagement and we can't track CEUs for individual sessions when using the platform as a multi-session conference module. Surveys were a little tricky. We look forward to the full Zoom integration, but we will utilize the LTI in the meantime.
Reason for choosing NextThought
cost, user interface, scalability, CEU tracking, certificates
Jennifer
Computer Software, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2020
NextThought Review
Overall our experience with NextThought was great! The team was phenomenal - Always kind and helpful. We went through three project managers during our implementation: [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] All three of them were on top of things and readily available to help us with whatever questions we came up with. Our project included some very specific integrations with our own software, and the NextThought programming team was easy to work with. I think our learners have really enjoyed using the platform, and we are pleased with the final product!
PROSMy favorite part of this software is how simple it is to use. We were able to get our online courses created quickly. It's easy to re-enter courses and edit them if needed. We were also able to integrate NextThought into our own software and make a seamless login transition for our current users. The NextThought team was really great to work with throughout the entire process, and we are happy with the end result!
CONSThe only con is that we are not able to choose the order in which our courses display for our learners. I understand that this is something that the NextThought team is working on developing, so we are hoping this will be a possibility in the future.
Paige
Non-Profit Organization Management, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2020
Great Team to Work With
Simple to navigate. Lots of options. Great support.
CONSJust the learning curve of moving training to a virtua platform
Heidi
Human Resources, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2020
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Working with Next Thought's team has been truly wonderful. They listen, and help us figure out the optimal ways to accomplish what we need or want to within the LMS. Sometimes what we desire is "outside of the box," and they collaboratively partner with us to help us provide the learner experience we are after.
PROSThe fact that Next Thought very easily allows us to integrate learning assets from a variety of sources has been terrific. We can grow our catalog of courses pretty rapidly as we bring them in to this environment. It is very straightforward and easy to use.
CONSA missing feature is the ability for learners to keep a repository of documents they develop or work on associated w courses in the LMS. This would allow learners to continually access and work on a project (doc or slides) over the duration of a course - and choose when to have a course facilitator review and provide feedback.
Reason for choosing NextThought
I chose Next Thought over others due to its simple functionality (it wasn't trying to be everything...just a solid LMS). The price point also made it a great system for our organization to use an LMS for the first time. I know we can continue to grow using Next Thought as the underlying framework for our learning experiences we develop and provide.
Justin
Public Safety, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2020
Cutting Edge Technology Powered by Great People
We conceptualized a new product not found in our industry. NextThought helped us making our concept a reality through a custom adaptation of their existing platform. While their platform was instrumental in our success, the relationship we developed during the process was even more vital. NextThought went above and beyond to ensure our launch was a success. We hope our relationship continues well into the future.
PROSThe platform is user-friendly, modern, and is backed by a world-class support team.
CONSWe would like additional user access controls and permissions.
Ben
Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2020
A Great Partner
Excellent
PROSThe collaboration component is easy and fosters spontaneous conversation and teamwork and increases information sharing throughout the organization
CONSThe reporting features could be better but there has been much improvement and the responsiveness to request more functionality has been great
Reasons for switching to NextThought
More flexibility and capability with the product
Patrick
Sports, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2020
Nothing but good things to say about NextThought
My experience with NextThought has been tremendous. The software is great. The customer service is even better.
PROSI love being able to communicate with other learners/teachers from directly within the app. It allows learners to ask questions about the lesson as they are going through the lesson.
CONSI don't have any complaints about the software.
Carolyn
E-Learning, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2020
E-learning made fun and functional!
They have a great help guide that included most of what I had questions about, but their team has also been fast and supportive as we launched our online learning during a pandemic. We are grateful that their platform was easy to use as it made it that much more possible for us to pivot and continue connecting with our students and barely skip a beat.
PROSWe love how easy it is to get content on there! We can use Youtube or Vimeo just by adding the link and everything populates itself. It's also a colorful and customizable site which makes it appealing for our students (11-17). The platform also has built-in analytics which is very useful for us to see what students are gravitating to versus not, which helps us continue to shape our lessons to be the best that they can be. We've seen students just intuitively start using the site and we rarely get questions on how to use the platform.
CONSI wish I could embed pictures directly to assignments, but knowing the NextThought team, they're probably already working on this!
Lynne
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2021
NextThought LMS Is our Choice for a Statewide LMS
The support during the evaluation and now that we have started rolling it out has been stellar. Quick responses to any questions.
PROSEverything about this system was easy during the evaluation period. Easy to build courses, easy to take them, easy to track results. We needed an LMS that allowed for unlimited users as we are promoting a CDC healthcare initiative to every healthcare worker in Maryland. Many of these learners will return in the future for additional training. NextThought offered everything we needed at a very reasonable price.
CONSI have yet to encounter any functionality problems.
Reason for choosing NextThought
NextThought and Coassemble both offered unlimited users. Accord and Canvas would have required monthly adjustments on invoices based on users. NextThought is a small US business and we did not encounter any problems during the evaluation. Their customer service from sales to support remains amazing.
Brandon
E-Learning, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2020
Love it!
I love how the platform is built around community and engaging students.
CONSI would like to see some updates to the community board, assessments, and mutual library of content.
chris
Human Resources, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2020
Feedback
Fantastic platform, great experience with course intake, creation, etc. Wonderful support team.
PROSEase of use and support staff, very open to dev updates
CONSNeed more customized features. More use of the space when inside of the course (see the boarders)
Jill
Non-Profit Organization Management, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2021
Good solution for a medium sized business
Really seems more like a partner than a vendor
PROSFeatures and cost and that we were connected quickly
CONSTook me a bit to understand how to build a course but the support was so inviting and non-judgemental so I got it done.
Reason for choosing NextThought
Had what we needed, would allow for growth and affordable