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Overview

Help learners, instructors and institutions achieve their goals with Blackboard Learn by Anthology, a market-leading Learning Management System (LMS) that integrates with the world’s most holistic EdTech ecosystem.

LearnDash is a cloud-based WordPress plugin and learning management system (LMS) for businesses, universities, training organizations, and other enterprises. The platform offers tools for turning WordPress sites into learning management systems, creating custom courses, and selling them online.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

9500

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

29

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.1

537

5

4

3

2

1

225

207

76

21

8

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
56%
would recommend this app

4.6

280

5

4

3

2

1

194

63

15

4

4

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
80%
would recommend this app

Pros

“In an education and learning oriented environment, it’s a platform that really allows to centralize courses, documents and exchanges in one same place.”
SS

Scott S.

Project Manager

“Blackboard Learn, now Anthology, revolutionized online and distance learning with amazing features in one place; its intuitive interface, different tools and integrations are all there to make the learning process smooth and enjoyable.”
MC

Mohamed C.

Lecturer

“Educators can manage courses and users in few clicks, have an idea about their activity stream, set assignments and tests with the help of Ai.”
MC

Mohamed C.

Lecturer

Pros

“We run online courses in nautical education and certification, and until recently we were very satisfied with the platform.”
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Marcus H.

CEO

“Overall, LearnDash served its purpose well for our training programs — it’s affordable, reliable for smaller deployments, and easy to navigate for learners and admins.”
KB

Kristina B.

Director of Marketing

“The course builder is simple, and I love how customizable it is with features like quizzes, drip content, and certificates.”
BK

Bala K.

Marketing manager

Cons

“The company was very monopolistic and sued just about every competing Learning Management System (LMS) vendor for creating online learning environments as they seemed to think that they invented teaching and learning online.”
JA

Jeffrey A.

Software Developer Senior

“data storage and collaboration was lacking and hard to navigate”
DH

David H.

Technical Support

“Communication is not as efficient as other programs.”
CB

Chelsea B.

Student

Cons

“Based on our current experience, we cannot recommend LearnDash to businesses that rely on their LMS for commercial operations.”
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Marcus H.

CEO

“What makes this even more disappointing is the lack of proactive communication.”
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Marcus H.

CEO

“We were happy LearnDash customers for several years, which makes this situation especially disappointing.”
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Marcus H.

CEO

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review5 months ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review5 months ago

Key features

  • Total features72
  • API
  • Academic/Education
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Admissions Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Assessment Management
  • Assignment Management
  • Asynchronous Learning
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Blended Learning
  • Built-in Course Authoring
  • Built-in LMS
  • Certification & Licensing
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication Management
  • Community Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Content Library
  • Content Management
  • Corporate/Business
  • Course Authoring
  • Course Management
  • Course Publishing
  • Course Tracking
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management
  • Enrollments/Onboarding
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Feedback Management
  • For Higher Education
  • For Schools
  • Gamification
  • Generative AI
  • Gradebook
  • Individualized Assessments
  • Interactive Learning
  • K-12
  • Learner Portal
  • Learning Management
  • Learning Paths/Tracks
  • Media Import
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Learning
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-User Collaboration
  • Performance Metrics
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Question Library
  • Registration Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • SCORM Compliance
  • Scoring
  • Self-paced Learning
  • Social Learning
  • Storyboarding
  • Student Information/Records
  • Student Management
  • Summary Reports
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Synchronous Learning
  • Test/Quiz Creation
  • Tests/Assessments
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Training Administration
  • Training Companies
  • Training Management
  • User Management
  • Video Conferencing
  • Visual Analytics
  • eCommerce Management
  • eLearning Companies
  • Total features46
  • API
  • Academic/Education
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Admissions Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Assessment Management
  • Assignment Management
  • Asynchronous Learning
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Blended Learning
  • Built-in Course Authoring
  • Built-in LMS
  • Certification & Licensing
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication Management
  • Community Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Content Library
  • Content Management
  • Corporate/Business
  • Course Authoring
  • Course Management
  • Course Publishing
  • Course Tracking
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management
  • Enrollments/Onboarding
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Feedback Management
  • For Higher Education
  • For Schools
  • Gamification
  • Generative AI
  • Gradebook
  • Individualized Assessments
  • Interactive Learning
  • K-12
  • Learner Portal
  • Learning Management
  • Learning Paths/Tracks
  • Media Import
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Learning
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-User Collaboration
  • Performance Metrics
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Question Library
  • Registration Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • SCORM Compliance
  • Scoring
  • Self-paced Learning
  • Social Learning
  • Storyboarding
  • Student Information/Records
  • Student Management
  • Summary Reports
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Synchronous Learning
  • Test/Quiz Creation
  • Tests/Assessments
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Training Administration
  • Training Companies
  • Training Management
  • User Management
  • Video Conferencing
  • Visual Analytics
  • eCommerce Management
  • eLearning Companies

Integrations

  • Total integrationsN/A
  • Bento
  • Easy Digital Downloads
  • Elementor
  • Gravity Forms
  • Kit
  • MemberPress
  • Paid Memberships Pro
  • PayPal
  • Razorpay
  • Restrict Content Pro
  • SamCart
  • Slack
  • Stripe
  • Weglot
  • WooCommerce
  • WordPress
  • Zapier
  • Total integrations17
  • Bento
  • Easy Digital Downloads
  • Elementor
  • Gravity Forms
  • Kit
  • MemberPress
  • Paid Memberships Pro
  • PayPal
  • Razorpay
  • Restrict Content Pro
  • SamCart
  • Slack
  • Stripe
  • Weglot
  • WooCommerce
  • WordPress
  • Zapier

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