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iSpring Suite Reviews: 4.6/5 — Highly Rated
iSpring Suite is a perfect authoring toolkit for those who need to create diverse eLearning content quickly, with no previous experience in course development or special training. The software works as a PowerPoint add-in, so you can build courses in the familiar PPT environment. You can start with an existing presentation and enrich it with more advanced learning content: quizzes, screencasts, video lectures, role-play simulations, and interactions.
To allow you to create polished courses even faster, iSpring’s Content Library includes over 134,000+ royalty-free templates, characters, locations, icons, and buttons. iSpring Suite also comes with a shared drive for content collaboration. You can store all your content and collect feedback on it from your team in a shareable online space.
| Company | iSpring Solutions Inc |
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| Year founded | 2001 |
| Company size | 201-500 employees |
| Headquarters | Alexandria, VA |
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| Deployment | Desktop Windows, On-Premise Linux |
| Support | 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support |
| Training | Documentation |
| Languages | English |
I am using it mostly converting Powerpoints to Scorm packages.Especially text to speech and dialogue features work like a charm and offers unlimited opportunities. As it supports animation feature of powerpoint you can create interactive sessions. It is easy to use and powerfull beyond you can imagine.
It is embedded in powerpoint. It would be better if you can use it as standalone software without the need of powerpoint.
To create scorm packages out of our powerpoints easily and fast. With a short amount of investment and after a really short training, you can make your team to create interactive and powerfull scorm packages.
My main purpose for using Ispring was being able to convert our courses into SCORM format to include in the LMS that we use. The user experience is good for a user at my intermediate level. The online guides would be good for an entry level user and I can other functionality that we would like to use in the future.
When creating a module, the files (specifically the quiz files) that exist before converting into SCORM can sometimes be hard to locate as I want to store all the files in the one folder. You'll need the original quiz file if you want to edit it after sonverting it to SCORM.
Giving me the ability to create SCORM files from existing Presentations that fit within out LMS. Also being able to have customised quizzes helps too.
How-to webinars Text-to-speech function Ease of use
Limitations of built-in functions like quizzes Inability to easily skip to another section of the work screen while programming Inability to move files without unlinking everything, even if moving all associated folders
Making informative videos for our website Offering our clients budget-friendly eLearning
This software is very easy to use. However, that does not mean it is skimpy. It has robust features that can turn a regular course to an amazing one.
Nothing! Everything is user friendly and tech support is always ready to assist.
We needed ato create a safety and compliance course.
I think iSpring is very user friendly and straight forward to use.
Sometimes file sizes can be a bit on the large size for emailing purposes. Although no fault to iSpring.
We needed it as a solution to create internal e-learning and it has exceeded expectations.
I like that it integrates with PowerPoint easily and the customer support is fantastic. I also benefit from the many webinars that they offer.
Some of the features take some real thought into learning.
It is solving our Faculty and Staff employee development
I enjoy the interactive testing elements. They are helpful in creating the product I am building
I wish it was built on Canva instead of Powerpoint, this would offer more design control.
Creative, engaging content for users
I like the ease of use, the software is intuitive to use.
There is a learning curve with referance to setting up the finer details of the presentations.
The software provides a simple way to complete SCORM wrapping for loading into the LMS.
It had all the features we were looking for - quizzes, departments, ability to upload videos, tracking, etc - and all at a reasonable price.
Not a huge deal, but to create quizzes, you need to download separate software. Still a pretty easy process for uploading the quizzes into the account though.
It allows us to have consistency throughout our training for new hires, since we have locations in multiple states. It also allows up to streamline the onboarding process.
This is an affordable,versatile, and engaging eLearning software tool
Overall it is very good but I'd like to see more interaction types.
ISpring enhances student engagement by creating visually appealing, interactive learning content.
The most helpful aspect of the tool is the ability to work within PowerPoint so collaboration with non L&D content creators becomes seamless. This sets it apart from other harder to use standalone design products.
The outputs are less polished than some of the 'big names' but the simplicity and speed of creation makes this an easy to overcome issue. Some of the interactions can be a little clunky.
Converting PowerPoint based content into courses that can be hosted by LMS. Creating quick content that is easy for learners to navigate and including quizzes for engagement.
We are an accounting firm, and having no previous experience of using such tools, we are able to generate professionally looking quiz and contents just by using PowerPoint with iSpring. It is easy to use, and certainly make it fun to tranform our materials into e-learning.
We use another LMS to post materials and keep tracks of completions, instead of iSpring LMS, due to price difference. It would be nice if there can be some synchronisation of quizes responses summary (via email currently) between iSpring and external LMS (just to track completion, without further details). The character and screen background is awesome to use, however, it is only part of the yearly suite package.
It solves boring training material/ slides, because it can create interaction and pre-requisites. It also generates quizes with a lot of choices and functionality. We benefits from the flexibility available from the quiz function
Easy to use, intuitive and helpful being able to use Powerpoint as the base.
Can be a bit cumbersome to tutorials with many screens involved, but the benefits out weigh the cons.
We create tutorials for our customers.
Itegrates fully with Powerpoint. Detailed Features that allow you to process a powerpoint into a SCORM file. Full support for all SCORM Formats. Allows editing of sound and can sync sound with animations using the built in editors.
It will take some time to understand all of the features. Could use a few more built in tutorials. Sound and Animation features have greatly improved but could still be improved.
Creating SCORM files for our LMS. Editing those same courses for our clients.
Met iSpring heb je vanuit PowerPoint alles bij de hand. Het is menu van iSpring is zeer overzichtelijk en logisch opgebouwd. Het maken van dialogen met Talkmaster werkt goed en is een waardevolle tool om lessen te verrijken.
De opslag van iSpring bestanden is niet zo makkelijk te beheren, het komt nauw waar alles staat. Verder is het jammer dat de output van scorm toetsen geen details bevat.
De uitstraling van de e-learningmodules is veel professioneler zonder dat hier heel veel tijd in gaat zitten. Dus in korte tijd kunnen nieuwe modules gemaakt worden.
iSpring Suite is simple yet powerful, with a modern and up-to-date UI for a great end-user experience. I enjoy this software since it is much easier to comprehend than Captivate and not buggy.
I disliked nothing about iSpring Suite except for the price and the fact that you must use an iSpring email for your username. In a world with different logins and passwords, it would be much simpler (and easier) to use the standard login system as others.
iSpring helps us create courses with quizzes embedded. This will allow us to increase engagement from our field workers. We have realized that end users also put on the training and then leave while the training runs. With the embedded quiz, we can prevent that from happening.
As a plug-in for PowerPoint, iSpring Suite allows almost any user to create effective eLearning for their company. When paired with iSpringLearn, the product shines. Easily create courses and publish them to an LMS, allowing learners to view courses on both desktop and mobile. QuizMaker has several options when developing knowledge checks and quizzes. If any issues arise, iSpring support staff are quick to respond and helpful. The product is continually being improved and updated.
Like any boxed software, it won't have all the options you would want from the start. Support will work with you and record any feature requests for future enhancements.
Our problem was producing, maintaining and recording results for 50-60 courses. This used to require an application developer skillset but now can be accomplished with limited knowledge in this field.
It is straightforward to use. Every day is incorporating more functionalities. I am a content creator, and iSpring is very helpful in delivering high-standard presentations and courses!
Nothing in particular, but it would be fantastic if iSpring was designing more animated gifts to let the users know how great they are doing or not. Maybe more backgrounds or possibilities to manipulate the characters, more outfits for the same characters, more Spanish voice-overs
I love the incorporation of voice- over but would be great if we have a wider range of ages ( kids, old people, etc) iSpring is saving lots of time and money in resources. It gives you lots of independency.
Easily create elearning from existing PPT, build some simple interactions and add a quiz and you have some more engaging, assessable and trackable content then simply sharing collaterals.
Sometimes difficult to find the interaction or quiz files when creating different versions of the course. Easier modification to themed templates would also be great.
agility in building out interactive internal training courses and assessing if learning objectives have been achieved.
The iSpring platform allows me to work through Microsoft PowerPoint--already very familiar to me--but add learner interactions (ex., quizzes, knowledge checks, and opinion polls). That's the initial reason I chose it.
The annual subscription cost is high for those who don't have a large institution to pay for it, and a year goes by quickly. A one-time, lifetime software purchase plus a much smaller annual fee for the iSpring platform to host the trainings would be a more feasible model for most trainers I know.
I can easily incorporate a wide variety of learner engagement activities (for example, "choose your own adventure") into a formally boring PowerPoint. I love the diverse characters I can add and have used them to "host" trainings and to "interact" with each other and the learner. I've gotten great feedback from learners, including that the interactive presentations are actually fun. Depending on how creative you are and how much time you have, the sky's the limit with learner engagement. Another big plus for our team is that we can set the training certification quizzes to email us when trainings are completed, so we can see who passed the certification. And I can track user opinions from embedded polls.
I chose iSpring Suite because I needed to develop online courses for our LMS without spending a good deal of time (as well as a large chunk of my budget) becoming proficient at Captivate or Articulate Storyline. I found that iSpring has most of the features I need, including quizzes, simulations and collaborative development, while being very easy to learn and affordable. Responsive customer service and community.
Transitions between slides require a little explanation to learners, but otherwise, I have no complaints.
I'm able to develop courses quickly and respond to requests from my learners.
- Easy to convert MS PowerPoint presentation into SCORM format for import into LMS. - Good technical support. They have been able to answer any questions I have had.
We haven't had too many issues with the product. We had a learning curve when initially importing content into our LMS, and had to change some of the configurations of the SCORM in iSpring
iSpring Suite allows us to create our own content for our Learning Management System. We can insert videos, develop tests, set required viewing times, etc. If you know how to use PowerPoint, you can use iSpring
The platform is so easy to use, intuitive, and has all the features I need to design our digital / e-learning courses. I like the interactions the most as it adds value to the learner experience. I have all the tools I need - I can edit videos, whereas for some other authoring tools, I would need several different tools to do what I need. iSpring is a one-stop shop!
I haven't found anything that I dislike; it's more of the compatibility issue between our LMS and the quality when uploaded as SCORM or video...but nothing to do with iSpring.
A lot of our training has to be done online, and iSpring allows me to create material that engages learners through interactions, video editing and voice-over capabilities. The diversity in characters is a nice touch too.
I like that I can both train and test students. I like their customer support. I like the training webinars they offer for free.
The expense to renew. I wish I could practice along with the webinar demonstrations.
It makes my presentations look more professional. It has many options, including text-to-voice for lecture slides, so I don't have to record them myself.
The program is quite user-friendly, even without taking any of the training videos, you can figure it out. One of the best features is the text-to-speech option
There were times the audio recordings wouldn't save because of wi-fi connectivity issues. Wish I had known that before trying to re-record several times
Helping us create professional learning solutions without the price tag
I love the Text to speech feature, but also the tech support is great, the techies go the extra step to help you get the most out of the program, and make it work for you. They check if they have answered your question, and are happy to help.
I dont have any dislikes at the moment, except it takes a minute to switch to ispring from PPT - which I know is nothing. but this is all I have at the moment.
I am using ispring for mandatory online learning and it is helping me create professional packages, with a great voice over.
Being able to sync audio and media files easily.
Any name changes to the folder (the one that is automatically created after adding audio to your slides) lead to complete loss of your hard work.
creating e-learning materials for co-workers.
The tech support is fantastic - they are always available over the phone or chat. The program itself is easy to use and makes our elearning courses interactive and fun.
It would be amazing if iSpring could have a Mac compatible version. I understand there are factors out of their control, but our entire team uses Macs and our IT department will not allow Parallels or other similar programs to run iSpring. Therefore I am the only person able to use iSpring software. Making a Mac-compatible version (especially since most competitors do not offer that either) would be HUGE for their business and for iSpring users.
We use iSpring for training our new hires at the company. They have asynchronous modules through iSpring and a live training demonstration with a trainer. iSpring makes the modules way more interactive and engaging and helps learning.
It is very easy to use, when you already know PowerPoint it is a user-friendly tool.
It is expensive. The license per user is very expensive and for a medium to small companies it is not profitable to have several licenses as they need.
The time consuming when we do onboardings or courses for clientes.
The forms are easy to use and intuitive.
The Help can be vague when it comes to details and search functionality.
It simplifies and makes repeatable training output, particularly for SCORM and LMS.