Application+Comparison+Chart

=Application Comparison Chart=

This chart is an open work in progress, meant to provide stakeholders and interested parties a place to compare various networked applications used in educational environments.

I've found that frequently the names of different applications are bandied about in conversation, with only a partial understanding of what they do. I started this chart after being introduced to one application, Saywire, to help me better understand it's features and how it compared to other solutions. I invite you all to use and update this page as you see fit.

|| ** One Hub ** || ** Rcampus.com ** || ** Wikispaces private label ** || ** Schoolwires ** [|http://www.schoolwires.com] || ** Saywire ** [|http://www.saywire.com] || ("...Students can upload their assignments (any file format) to the server..." []) || || || || || || || No || No || Yes || No ||
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 * Students Able to Submit Assignments online via a Drop Box? || Yes
 * Public Website Creation and Maintenance? || No || || || No || Yes || No ||
 * Secure Wikis? || Yes (security via an 'enrolment key' []) || || || || || ||
 * Secure Blogs? || Yes (security via an 'enrolment key' []) || || || || || ||
 * Email address required for student log-in? || || || || || || No ||
 * Ability to give or set up online tests or quizzes? || Yes || || || || || ||
 * Teachers Able to Post Homework Assignments? || Yes || || || || || ||
 * Ability to store documents in the cloud w/o compatibility concerns || || || || || || ||
 * Word Processing SW? || || || || || || ||
 * Spreadsheet SW? || || || || || || ||
 * Presentation SW? || || || || || || ||
 * ‘Sheltered Garden’ environment? || || || || || || ||
 * Ability to securely communicate with other SayWire Schools? || No || No
 * Pricing || Free || || Free || $100/month or $1000/year || || ||
 * Storage || || || || 40 GB of Storage || || ||
 * # of Users || Unlimited || || || Unlimited || || ||

Saywire [|http://www.saywire.com] social learning networking platform Web 2.0 and necessarily secure social networking site

Schoolwires [|http://www.schoolwires.com] strategic solution for connecting K-12 communities website management solution connects district to community

Moodle http://moodle.org/ Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites.

OneHub http://onehub.com/ Onehub is a web application that provides everything you need to easily and securely share business information and files with partners, customers, coworkers, and suppliers.

Rcampus http://www.rcampus.com/ RCampus is a comprehensive Education Management System and a collaborative learning environment. At RCampus, you can do all your school-related work from building personal and group websites to managing your courses, eportfolios, academic communities, and much more.

Wikispaces private label [] Your Own Wiki Environment. Secure. Hosted. your own entirely independent wiki environment where you can create as many wikis and users as you want, managed under your own brand.