Codecademy from Skillsoft vs. Skillsoft Percipio (Skillport)

Codecademy from Skillsoft is well suited to persons who wish to quickly acquire practical knowledge and skills that can be immediately applied to support their work or project. On the other hand, Codecademy from Skillsoft is probably not appropriate for those looking for a more theoretical approach to the subject matter.

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It is well suited for enhancing your current curriculums and allowing learners the ability to expand their knowledge with current book selections. It is a valuable asset to eLearning courses and for developing your employees

Incentivized

• The content is relevant to our projects, and therefore adds value to our goals.
• The content is delivered in a way that is conducive to adult learning, e.g., chunked into bite-size amounts (not overwhelming), uses language that is easy to understand (no technical jargon), a good mix of didactic content and quizzes (the latter adds an element of interaction).
• The user interface is logical and user-friendly.
• Codecademy from Skillsoft makes it easy to track your progress, not only within a course, but also relative to your weekly target.

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• Good capability to host all kinds of training types (PDF, Powerpoint, captivate-created training content, etc.)
• Gives an easy way for me as an administrator to track completion of the training content through the reporting feature
• Easy to add and remove users to certain training groups as needed

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• Price too high, students cannot pay 150 euro per year
• There should be a way to pay for a single class, my student only cares about Java

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• I've had issues in the past when I have completed a training, but it doesn't show up that it is completed.
• I think Skillport could be more visually pleasing.

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Books 24x7 is a useful tool for growth, knowledge sharing, and overall intellectual health within the company. Our company has been very forward thinking in offering this to every employee. As a result, people have been able to grow in areas they may not have previously explored because of the free access to resources they may not have bothered with before they had free access to them.

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Skillsoft Percipio (Skillport) is easy to understand. Students didn't need much of an effort to understand how to use it, where to find the content, how to pass each course. It was also great that Skillsoft Percipio (Skillport) has this direct link to LinkedIn so the user can post their acquired skills on their professional history.

We have standing meetings every month with our support team along with having a customer service portal with Knowledge Base and online support

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Codecademy from Skillsoft is the most technically advanced platform to use for personal as well as your professional life.

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It all depends on your use case, budget, technology lift, quality, etc. My users need to be satisfied #1, or else we go with another provider. #2 the cost needs to be in line. #3 the user onboard needs to be easy, etc. Skillsoft Percipio works for us, hits all the marks.

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• Having improved our proficiency in web development and web design through Codecademy from Skillsoft , we are able to deploy new websites or update existing ones more quickly and efficiently.
• The courses in cybersecurity have enhanced our skills in protecting our business against malicious online threats. The benefits of keeping our data secure online is immeasurable.
• The courses in UI and UX design have given us a framework on which to design effective and user-centric websites in a consistent manner.

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• Access to quality educational content for employees to take advantage of and invest back into their work.
• Technology training at scale - Users can access courses at any time apart from dedicated training sessions.

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