Canvas vs. WorkRamp

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Canvas
Score 8.2 out of 10
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Instructure is an educational software company based in Sandy, Utah. It is the developer of the Canvas learning management system, which is a comprehensive software package that competes with such systems as Blackboard Learning System, SumTotal and Saba.N/A
WorkRamp
Score 8.5 out of 10
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WorkRamp, from the company of the same name in San Francisco, is presented as an end-to-end training platform for educating employees and customers at scale. WorkRamp offers solutions for sales (e.g. sales coaching, sales bootcamp), customer success and support, and also customers, to train users of the service on product usage, product pitch (sales), as well as provide in-context support to CS agents. It can be used to launch learning academies as well.N/A
Pricing
CanvasWorkRamp
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CanvasWorkRamp
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact vendor for pricing information.
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Community Pulse
CanvasWorkRamp
Features
CanvasWorkRamp
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Canvas
9.8
Ratings
18% above category average
WorkRamp
7.8
Ratings
5% below category average
Course authoring9.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Course catalog or library9.80 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Player/Portal9.90 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Learning content9.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Mobile friendly9.90 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications9.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Assignments9.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Compliance management9.80 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Learning administration9.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics9.90 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Social learning9.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Gamification9.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning9.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
CanvasWorkRamp
Small Businesses
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Schoology Learning
Schoology Learning
Score 9.7 out of 10
Schoology Learning
Schoology Learning
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
Schoology Learning
Schoology Learning
Score 9.7 out of 10
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
CanvasWorkRamp
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
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8.0
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Likelihood to Renew
9.3
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Usability
10.0
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8.0
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Support Rating
9.0
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In-Person Training
10.0
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Online Training
8.0
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Implementation Rating
8.5
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Product Scalability
8.0
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User Testimonials
CanvasWorkRamp
Likelihood to Recommend
If you have a school you can let teachers easily create new deadlines which [automatically] get shown in the calendar. Teachers can also [temporarily] hide deadlines [until] they've given the explanation about the tasks. [Besides] that the teacher can also choose what should be uploaded, should it be a link, file, pdf, link,...
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WorkRamp is a great tool that is easy to use and manage. Especially for trainings that need to be done once it is easy to set them up and make them flow together, set out different topics, link to internal documents, etc. For trainings that you want people to be able to repeat or refer back to often, it is not the best solution. It's hard to go back and find a specific module or section of a module once you have completed it unless you know exactly where to look.
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Pros
  • Learning management - Even as the educational landscape rapidly shifts due to current events, Canvas is a great LMS for providing a consistent learning environment for students.
  • Mobile accessibility - Students can access their courses on Canvas from a variety of devices, including their smartphones.
  • Rich content - Instructors have the ability to create dynamic and engaging content for their courses.
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  • Customer service.
  • Drag-and-drop course creation.
  • Great UX/UI for both users and admin.
  • Salesforce integration.
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Cons
  • Their integration with Big Blue Button was a bust for distance learning. Would be great to see them collaborate with Zoom or Google Meets.
  • Their "feature request" process is slow and cumbersome at times because it relies on user "up votes" to get ideas addressed by the developers.
  • They seem to have a lot of turn-over with their staff. We get a new Customer Success Manager far more frequently than with other vendors.
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  • Auto tagging resources by keywords being used can be helpful to the party in charge of maintaining the information.
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Likelihood to Renew
Several factors contribute to my "10" rating. First, our university just made an enormous switch to Canvas, after we were with Blackboard for almost a decade. So garnering buy-in was critical, and not something we took lightly. After nearly 18 months (start to finish) of training faculty, educating stakeholders, and migrating courses, I am not looking to make a change again anytime soon. But I am happy with the result and the product overall and that is also demonstrated in my rating.
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Usability
The functions in Canvas are well integrated and consistent across the application, and mostly intuitive. Overall navigation and setup is streamlined through integrated features and navigation. The feedback we've gotten from our program participants is that it is easy to learn to use. It also integrates well with third party software like Google Docs and Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing software
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WorkRamp has allowed us to keep employees up to date on the most recent trainings so that the entire workforce is working on the same information. It has also allowed us to roll out that training on an ad hoc basis vs gathering everyone together for live training, which can be delayed with calendar conflicts
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Support Rating
I do not personally use Canvas support since we have a central office that helps us. However, our central office always has the answers we need and are always able to solve our issues - so I would assume that get great support from the Canvas team on their end. They also offer great training, which uses materials directly from Canvas
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In-Person Training
The training sessions were broken down into several days as well as different levels depending upon the knowledge of the user
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Online Training
The online tutorials and videos are very clear and addressed the issues/questions that I had about using the system.
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Implementation Rating
Once you purchase and sign the contract there is nothing to install or hardware to buy. You can almost immediately start using it and have courses up and going within weeks. We signed in December and had pilot courses online ready to go for the start of school in January
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Alternatives Considered
Canvas is in the experience way better than Google Classroom. Canvas has a
more robust agenda system that also allows adding in new personal
deadlines. [Assignments] can be submitted past [the] deadline (if allowed),
this isn't allowed by Google [Classroom], If you're too late you can't
submit anything anymore. In Classroom [assignments], presentations/theory, and [announcements] are all put in 1 feed instead which gets confusing way
faster.
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WorkRamp has a very sophisticated solution that allows organizations to be nimble and flexible when it comes to rolling out training to employees. I like it for the ad hoc ability to move as fast as the organization needs to move
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Return on Investment
  • Teachers have consolidated their content onto one platform which has decreased reliance of students on so much support staff assistance to access content.
  • Canvas has helped make technology transitions more seamless for the school community.
  • Once teachers have set up their page, Canvas really takes care of it all- they have much more time to focus on content creation and synthesis rather than the actual learning management system.
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  • We are much more knowledgeable in our respective teams and across departments regarding what each team is working on or has control over.
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ScreenShots

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Screenshot of Learner Path (Onboarding)Screenshot of Content Collaboration Tools for EditorsScreenshot of Live Training Events (Instructor-Led)Screenshot of Pitch & Chat CertificationsScreenshot of Customer Training LMSScreenshot of Data Visualizations: In-App Reporting