TrustRadius Insights for WizIQ LMS are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Pros
Easy Course Creation: Many users have found creating online courses with WizIQ to be quite easy and convenient. They appreciate the platform's intuitive interface for uploading content and its structure that streamlines the process. Some reviewers have mentioned that they were able to put together courses of different durations, ranging from 6 weeks to one year.
Convenient Virtual Class Experience: Several users have highlighted the convenience of accessing virtual classes and having a good virtual class experience with WizIQ. They find it helpful in reaching out to clients and learners at their convenience. The ability to keep a record of learner feedback and discussion inputs within the course platform is also appreciated by some users, as it makes tracking progress and interactions throughout long duration courses easier.
Extensive Features and Cost-Effectiveness: Many reviewers have praised WizIQ for its extensive features, which include online assignment and assessment facilities, integration of videos and presentations, support for various content formats, interactive whiteboard, screen sharing, YouTube video play, media content upload options, etc. Users mention that these features make teaching online more engaging and effective. Additionally, several users consider WizIQ to be cost-effective compared to other platforms in the market.
We purchased this plug-in (Jan 22) for our online classroom as they have been aggressively promoting their new Webtec product with enhanced features. The plug-in is used in our WP-Moodle Platform. We have had issues since the plug-in was installed (3-4 Jan), a demo was conducted with teachers and students. However, there are many issues escalating at the user end for us almost every day. The issues we've experienced are: As we are dealing with little children - fonts cannot be enlarged on the whiteboard, documents uploaded cannot be enlarged or reduced on the board, pages cannot be flipped or turned, PowerPoint ( .ppsx ) interactive presentations don't work, whiteboard tabs cannot be edited, chat transcript is not possible, classrooms cannot be rescheduled or edited if the classes are canceled nearer the time or well ahead of the launch time of the scheduled class. Recordings don't have serial numbers they have a static number for the recordings and it's difficult to identify the recording unless they are downloaded and played to identify the recordings. The class description does not show in the class or the class schedule! The plugin basically hangs or takes time to respond, the users are blamed for poor internet speed and other reasons. We have several users in the UAE and Etisalat provides one of the best internet solutions. Those outside of the UAE are regular users of Zoom, Google meet, and other virtual classroom software without any internet issues. There are several chronic issues with this plugin and WizIQ support is in total denial in my opinion. These are just a few things we have discovered over the last 2 - 3 weeks and have been requesting a refund. These are essential for our day-to-day navigation and seamless classrooms for young learners. Furthermore, they have advised that the breakout rooms will be available in Feb-March! We had the plugin installed on the 3-4 Jan, demo conducted on the 7th, an intimation of a refund if things don't work on the 5th of Jan and continued to request for a refund for several weeks since we started to experience chronic issues with this plugin. Being a small operation, we have invested app LK rupee 80,000 for this plugin and WizIQ is refusing to grant us a refund over the last 3 weeks. They also refuse to give me contact for customer service or senior management to resolve this issue. My feedback is to bring awareness of our experience to the WizIQ product and team.
Pros
They had a better support team in the past in my opinion.
The response for technical issues are prompt.
Cons
Customer Service and client loyality
All of the features that are not available are essential
Org.wiziq was a better product although the recordings were in .exe format
Likelihood to Recommend
Sorry, but I would never recommend them to anyone anymore. In the past, their new or potential clients have contacted me for feedback and on 2 occasions I have given positive feedback.
I came across this platform for online learning while doing my job. I participated in the courses offered by renowned Instructors on this platform that helped me grow as a professional. The portal is quite easy to use on any device and their support team is there to assist the user at any given time since they provide 24/7 support to their users. Moreover, this platform provided courses and [teachings across] the world. I even enrolled myself in a Spanish learning program that helped me gain [a] stronghold in [a] new language and with this, I now can speak 4 different languages. Kudos to the Team.
Pros
Online live classes
Online quizzes
Online assessment submissions
Online course content
Cons
Downloadable content
Likelihood to Recommend
For students and professionals, it's a great tool for [the] online learning provided. There are many companies now who are using online tools for training programs, which helps [their] candidates to grow as professionals.
VU
Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology (201-500 employees)
I am using WizIQ online virtual classroom to conduct product demos for my clients. I am using this LMS platform for the last 4 years and am very satisfied with it as It provides great features and features updates from time to time. It is easy to access and has a user-friendly interface. One can use this platform for teaching, online meeting, and training, etc. as per requirements.
Pros
WizIQ virtual classroom offers an Interactive whiteboard, Screen Sharing, youtube video play, media content upload option.
Class Recording in MP4
It provides you with a wonderful experience of a Virtual classroom with better Audio and Video streaming.
The platform offers courses feature where users can create a paid course, enroll the student in a course and earn.
Search functionality to find courses/classes from the list
24*7 after sales customer service
Supported languages for the virtual classroom: English, Arabic, Spanish, Czech, French, Greek, German, Turkish, Hindi
It provides a Virtual Classroom integration option with Moodle, WordPress, Joomla, Java, PHP, .NET websites.
Cons
Content upload file size is limited to 1 GB.
Breakout room feature
Likelihood to Recommend
One can use this platform for teaching, online meeting, and training, etc. as per requirements.
I am a teacher of premed course. Must prepare my students for exams at fixed dates.
Pros
WizIQ is full of problems that are not solved. Sound problems in class, Class recordings lost, recordings with NO SOUND!
Often problems. WizIQ caused me lots of stress and extra work. I DO NOT TRUST WIZIQ .
Cons
IN MY OPINION, WIZIQ MUST IMPROVE A LOT. By making a better and trustworthy product without the very frequent issues. Must improve their ability to solve and handle problems.
Virtual classroom Software which was supposed to help the company transition to e-learning during COVID-19 Pandemic. It was meant to assist nearly 200 children learn from home, when they couldn't attend in-person english and maths classes. Unfortunately, this product does not function properly and the customer support and technical support team have not fixed the problems (which were reported by my team in July and August 2020) in nearly 6 months. Refund has been requested and the company contacts have been reported.
Cons
Does not function properly. Wordpress plugin full of bugs. Don't bother reporting bugs, you're not taken seriously
Does not function properly, no customer support. Last email received on 30th October 2020, it's now 15th December 2020.
WizIQ has been a long partner with our LMS, works really fine and has a unique in the market but practical whiteboard.
Their past classes on demand access are really useful.
Pros
Whiteboard design.
On demand videos.
Security.
Cons
Rare hiccups.
Likelihood to Recommend
Suited for each & every school/college/e-learning academy.
VU
Verified User
Analyst in Professional Services (51-200 employees)
I was interested in moving to a new online classroom so looked at various alternatives including WizIQ LMS. Their product looked good but had no recurring classes function, which is crucial for my business. They offered me their old, outdated site with this feature, which was not acceptable to me. The rep told me recurring classes could be enabled with the new classroom and so I decided to sign up.
When we paid our annual fee ($6000) and I logged in, there was no recurring classes option. I was assured this was an oversight. I received a new log-on, but now for their old platform with a connection to the new classroom. This horrible mash-up of the two sites did not represent an improvement on the simple system we currently use.
As I was within 5 days of sign up, I invoked their 30-day satisfaction policy to request a refund, but it was refused despite the fact their policy has no conditions other than whether or not the customer is satisfied. They are now ignoring my messages. I would not recommend WizIQ to anyone.
Pros
The new site looks impressive.
Cons
Their old site is cluttered and contains more links and features than most users need.
Total refusal to provide the refund they promise in their 30 day refund policy.
Aggressive sales.
Likelihood to Recommend
If their new site works for your business then you will probably be fine, but if the product you end up with does not match your expectations, don't expect to get your money back, despite what their website says.
VU
Verified User
Director in Research & Development (11-50 employees)
The WizIQ is being used by our organization as an internal LMS for our staff to improve their learning by doing online course and assessments. The whole organization uses this app for self-learning with different types of accounts:
1. User-created as a learner to access course content. 2. User as Teacher:- A user who can also create courses for the other user. 3. User as Admin: - Who perform admin operations on our internal WizIQ LMS.
I have explored all the three versions and my experience with WizIQ has been a good learning experience.
Pros
WizIQ provides a well-structured report including the rank of a learner.
The teacher can also log in as a learner to explore the other teacher's course.
One time uploaded resource can be used multiple times for developing a new course.
Course Instructor will get a notification when a learner enrolls in the course.
It provides completion status by which we can identify in which stage the common learner is facing difficulties.
It supports various types of contents formats like .ppt, .pdf, .mp4 and many more.
Cons
The biggest issue in WizIQ is the repository of its courses, we can't even search the courses on the platform.
Sharing or saving a link, of course, is the only medium to share the course with others.
Likelihood to Recommend
Earlier we faced difficulties in rolling out new programs, application or developing particular skills of our employees. The WizIQ LMS platform solved our problems at some levels. It has all the capabilities of a common LMS so now we introduce the new things or programs by launching a simple course on WizIQ's.
In my opinion, It has only one drawback which is the searchability of courses. If you have a lot courses on the platform then you will definitely find it difficult to search in this LMS.
We are a small teaching service who was looking for a LMS that could support remote teachers giving classes to students in Brazil. During an initial trial of the online classroom with a WizIQ salesperson and two of our team members, we experienced some slow audio/video but were assured that when we upgraded our internet speed in Brazil (as we already planned to do), then the problems would cease. Perhaps misguidedly, we went ahead and purchased one year of Premium membership+Online Academy—aka, $1,600.
Pros
Convincing salespeople
Good marketing
Good website
Cons
Audio/visual quality
Dedication of sales team/account managers
Unwillingness of team to be proactive when trying to help customers
Likelihood to Recommend
After multiple tests with our team members, we could never make the WizIQ platform work when more than 4 students were logged on. Our lead teacher also noticed that (even after emailing multiple times asking for assistance) her account was always listed as ’Trial’ and not ‘Premium’. When we never received clear information about the Trial/Premium confusion, and when it became clear that the software simply COULD NOT support more than 4 students, we knew this platform would not allow us to offer high quality classes…especially since our enrollment was growing quickly.
The process to close the account and request a refund was painful. A month and a half of email tag—where our team would say “please close our account and refund us” and the WizIQ team would send a stock response of “please let us do another technical troubleshooting session” took far too much of our team’s most precious resource: Time.
Last night the problems came to a head when, after one WizIQ employee told us we would receive a refund, another told us that the breakdown in communication had happened inside our own team and that WizIQ was not at fault. Regardless of how big or small the customer’s organization is, it is the job of WizIQ to dig into issues and discover problems to ensure customer satisfaction.
To us, it felt like WizIQ made a huge effort to seem like they were helping…while in reality nothing ever got resolved and we were left with the same questions that made us frustrated with WizIQ in the first place. Now we are so exhausted that even the refund doesn’t feel worth any additional contact with WizIQ. We are posting this review as a matter of public interest, in the hope that another young company does not encounter the same problems with WizIQ that we did.
If you are looking for a user-friendly, inexpensive, reliable LMS that has great domestic+international technical support and works beautifully when teachers/students are attending from different countries, try Canvas.