DigitalChalk
DigitalChalk is a great example of an eLearning tool that tries to be good at everything, and mostly succeeds.
Yes, “mostly” is the operative word here.
DigitalChalk’s two main goals are in the training and course creation ouvres, but it attempts to offer several other services as well. However, the lack of examples and the clunky, awkward way the site is presented always makes us leery of trusting this site blindly.
Our experiences with DigitalChalk, however, have been primarily very positive. The students we engaged had little trouble learning from the system, and we were overall fairly pleased with the way that the technology of the DigitalChalk eLearning platform performed.
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- DigitalChalk eLearning Tool: Summary Overview?
While DigitalChalk isn’t as easy to use as Moodle or as comprehensive as BlackBoard, there is a definite attempt to be a good, collected site that produces an excellent product.
While DigitalChalk claims that no IT experience is needed in order to set up the software in the first place, we highly recommend having a qualified implementation partner come and assist you if you choose to go with DigitalChalk. Check out our guide to Implementation Partners in this guide to find out which companies work with DigitalChalk in your local area, or outside of it.
- DigitalChalk: Who It’s For
The two primary motives of DigitalChalk are to enable people to sell courses and train staff.
This says very clearly that DigitalChalk is for companies and individuals who have a large volume of staff, and who are willing to spend money rather than time in training them well. DigitalChalk is a good website, and the prices are much more friendly than companies like BlackBoard and Kenexa Learning Suite which don’t even give an accurate pricing plan because they want to make sure they’re fitting your needs.
Companies will do well with DigitalChalk. However, any school may not do quite as well. There aren’t as many programs here for engaging students in active learning discourse. Yes, it could be used for that effect, but the primary focus of DigitalChalk seems to be less about making learning fun and interesting and more about making and saving money.
The other focus, as well as saving money, seems to be in making sure that employees get trained as quickly as possible
- DigitalChalk: Core eLearning Features
For the two plans primarily offered by DigitalChalk, the features are fairly comprehensive.
For the people who want to sell courses, that side of DigitalChalk is very helpful. It’s not as comprehensive as our favorite site for selling courses, Siminars, but it’s still a very solid platform through which you can design and create courses to sell.
If you think you have a market through which you can market a course, DigitalChalk is a great way to get your product name out there. The DigitalChalk eLearning platform can help market and promote a course, but the original content has to be yours.
For the people who want to train staff, the course creation is very simple, and can seriously work in your favor. DigitalChalk offers secure and cloud-based solutions, which means your content is accessible anywhere by you, at any time from your computer, mobile phone, or table. It is tablet and iPad compatible, so you don’t need to worry about switching it over.
Another great feature of DigitalChalk is the constant complimentary phone support and training. While we still recommend going with a local implementation partner of DigitalChalk for the setup, it is good to know that the system itself does provide free support, should anything go wrong and your technician be unable to come.
- DigitalChalk Review: What’s Great About DigitalChalk
One thing we like the most about DigitalChalk is that it’s a well-integrated system that manages to be fairly comprehensive while still maintaining a small stature. DigitalChalk offers a lot of services, but doesn’t go overboard. It’s not a system like BlackBoard, that offers systems and branches for every aspect of collegiate or business life.
Instead, it focuses on several things (too many, we think) instead of everything, and does them fairly well. The training of staff is a great way to make use of this project. If you can use it to train your staff all at the same time without time or space restrictions, it can be a fantastic asset to the future of your company’s training regimen.
- DigitalChalk Review: What’s Not So Great About DigitalChalk
While we like DigitalChalk, the site does get kind of bare-bones in a lot of places. For example, there are no testimonials except in video format, and very few examples of successful courses. When we created our own course, we weren’t walked through nearly as well as we were with our top pick of websites for course creation, Siminars.
When we let our students try the courses created on DigitalChalk, we got a few more complaints that they were “confusing” and “boring” than we did when trying out a lot of other companies.
This resulted in us being somewhat less than satisfied with the end product. However, we do want to mention that with a little extra time, we believe that we could have managed to create much better courses, once we had completely learned how to use the system. Learning just took us longer than we’d anticipated.
- DigitalChalk Pricing / Cost Explained
DigitalChalk is one of the only programs for eLearning that is straightforward and upfront about its pricing plan. There are three primary and customizable plans available: Pro, Business, and Enterprise.
Pro: Offers no hosting fees, a shopping card, free tech support, 1 administrator, and HDLearn. Cost: $4.95-$19.95 per unit, one-time set-up fee of $399.
Business: Offers no hosting fees, a shopping card, free tech support, 5 administrators, HDLearn, and API integration. Cost: $4.95-$19.95 per unit, one-time set-up fee of $799.
Enterprise: Offers no hosting fees, a shopping card, free tech support, 10 administrators, HDLearn, API Integration, Single Sign-on, and Facilitators. Cost: $4.95-$19.95 per unit, one-time set-up fee of $1,095.
- The Final Word: DigitalChalk Conclusion
We like DigitalChalk. We don’t love it, but we like it well enough. It’s a decent system. More than that, if you have the kind of needs that would benefit from a system like DigitalChalk, it’s probably the best one that a limited budget can afford.
If you don’t have a limited budget, it should go without saying that you should try BlackBoard instead. And if you have no budget at all, you certainly can’t do better than Moodle.
digital chalk has a lot of features online that i wish i could give a positive review to but unfortunately they are just not good overall
i have had NOTHING but great experiences here compared to everywhere else! i am thrilled to use them and they have so many different programs that it makes it very helpful
software like this is always a toss up and in this case it fell pretty flat. i think that they try to do too many different things on this website
a decent platform for business but not for schools. digital chalk falls kind of flat for me in that regard, just focus on one thing but not the other
this has worked really well for me so far! i have nothing but a high rating to give this website and i will continue to use all of their features in the future
scoured reviews like a hawk before i settled upon digital chalk and i’m glad that i did! overall it does a great job of organizing my content and i will use it again and again
AN AMAZING TOOL! i have used this for both business and for school related coursework and i have to say that it exceeds at both. AWESOME PROGRAM!
i went and gave this a test run and i am glad that i did. i really think that their business side of the site is a lot stronger but i have also utilized their course material too
platforms like this are a dime a dozen and at least this one is affordable…digital chalk is well organized but it suffers from the flaw of doing TOO MUCH
not the best elearning platform by far. pass on this one and focus on something that can really help you within your school system and is made to do just that
I AM SO HAPPY TO REVIEW THIS! digital chalk is by FAR my favorite elearning program and i have no qualms about using it again. it makes my courses look amazing online!
compared to other elearning materials i really feel like this one is the best there is! i have not had a SINGLE issue uploading or formatting with this site!
often times i feel like software just misses the mark entirely but this one does a pretty good job. there are some bumps along the road that i have found but as a general rule it seems to do the trick
NOT a platform that i will use again. digital chalk doesn’t focus on school systems at all and just wants to get the business deals. not for me.
very well deserving of a low rating. i am not happy with the results i had with my web courses. it is all extremely bare bones and not good.
I went through a ton of reviews before settling upon Digital Chalk. It works AMAZING for my business and really helps my staff learn the ins and outs before they start!
an amazing tool that i will never replace in my business. i think that this program is one of the best investments i have made and my business has flourished since then.
Take this for a test drive, you will not regret it. I do think there are some flaws and that it can be buggy at times, but they are upfront and easy to use
there are a dozen platforms out there that perform better than digital chalk. it doesn’t even take that long to find them! try out a few other programs before settling on this
for elearning i feel like this just falls flat on its face. it is a great business management site but there is nothing about this that does anything for school courses.
I am so pleased with digital chalk that i could cry. it really does everything i could ever want in a course management program and i am so happy to have something this nice
compared to a dozen other programs i have used, this one is amazing! my staff has already benefitted from it once and i will be using it for all of our courses in the future
one of the better business related learning software i have used though it is not my absolute favorite. it has a few bumps and bugs within it but overall it is good!
NOT a good elearning platform. pass on digital chalk if you are trying to manage courses online and teach, because it is not worth it. all about the business.
A++ rating! i really adore this program and think that it is amazing for both elearning and business. you can customize so many things about it!
reviews on this make me roll my eyes, digital chalk is REALLY not a good program for elearning, try it for business and that’s a different story
an extremely useful tool…i much prefer it for business over elearning but it does the trick either way…i will be with this program for my life!
NO CONTEST, THIS ONE PASSES THE TEST. that being said there ARE flaws, you just have to wade around them, you will get the results you want eventually
platforms like this are not the best in the world but they will do the trick in a pinch. digital chalk is REALLY bare bones for elearning and courses.
elearning is NOT what this is for. you need to rethink yourself if you want to utilize this in a classroom setting, save it for business and you will be much more better off
i can only give digital chalk a positive review! i have had nothing but success in using this for both business coursework as well as school based coursework.
compared to everything else i have tried so far this blows it away! i am super happy with the way my classes look online and i have only had my students do a good job in them
software like this is definitely a dime a dozen lol but i ended up liking this one well enough! it’s GREAT for my classes, and is extremely customizable
for a learning platform this does a good job. i am not SOLD on it for elearning but for business it is much better, digital chalk just needs to up the anty a bit otherwise
can’t give this one a good rating at all. there is nothing redeemable about it other than they are upfront about how overpriced they are for the crap they put out
found out about digital chalk through a bunch of reviews and i was STOKED to try it! i was not disappointed at all, they do a GREAT job for businesses!
a very useful tool for both businesses and schools. i focus mainly on school based coursework and i have found it to be a very reliable manager for my content management.
test this one out and see what works best for you. if you are a business, i can only recommend it. the schools one is a bit more bare bones but it does the trick
SAY NO TO DIGITAL CHALK AND ITS PLATFORMS. THERE IS VERY LITTLE IN HERE THAT IS ACTUALLY USEFUL AND YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF STRUGGLING WITH IT OVERALL
for elearning i really think that this is a great program! i have had no problems with it and the formatting is consistent and easy to accomplish. nothing but an A+ from me!
DIGITAL CHALK IS AWFUL. i could not wait to review this and crash it to the ground. i have had nothing but problems since i got it and will not be using it again.
compared to a bunch of other elearning materials, this one is amazing! i have found out that they have a much better business back end and i will be utilizing that for all of my staff in the future!
this software is consistent for the most part and i will be using it again in the future. the only complaint i have is that they sometimes are laggy and in general can mess up formatting
this is not my performed platform..digital chalk kind of is awful when it comes to managing coursework for school based things and i have found that out the hard way
nothing but an A rating for this one! i really think that this is consistently above the bar and it doesn’t hurt that they are so consistent in letting me know about prices as well!
so many positive reviews and i am really disappointed!!! what are you guys looking at honestly? digital chalk is a hot mess especially for school systems!
AN EXCEPTIONAL TOOL FOR BUSINESSES. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS WITH THEM AND I THINK EVERYONE RUNNING A STAFFED BUSINESS SHOULD GIVE THIS A TRY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE TESTS YOUR EMPLOYEES NEED TO TALK
if you give this one a test run, you might find yourself with an unexpected gem! that was my case and the only issue i have had is with formatting some of my content over onto this site.
never impressed by platforms like this anymore so digital chalk was just kind of eh to me. i have tried out so many and this one is just the same as everything else.
for elearnign this is a REALLY BIG NO. do NOT use this with school courses. it is too bare bones and your students will definitely suffer for it, try any other elearning program instead really
An A+ review from me on Digital Chalk. I really do love their business side of their content management and my employees have benefitted greatly from the learning materials we have posted.
when compared to a bunch of other elearning i have to say that this consistently comes out on top! i really love this program and have nothing but happy things to say!
software companies take note, this is how you do it. i have had nothing but good experiences EXCEPT WITH SOME FORMATTING ISSUES…just keep an eye out for those!
for me this platform is ‘meh’ at best. digital chalk really dropped the ball when it came to classwork management for schools and it shows in the differences
for this rating I really do have to give it an F. the classwork side of thing for schools is honestly unforgivable, they just have so many issues and it is so very bare bones
reviews led me here and i could not be happier about it. digital chalk does a great job for businesses and i have never found another software to help my employees like it does
this can be an AMAZING tool for you if you need a lot of content management and coursework! i have used it for both and in general, it seems to be better for businesses.
hopped on this site to test it out and was pleasantly surprised at how good it is. no complaints from me except that it can be buggy and laggy
platforms like this are very hit and miss, and i think digital chalk is kind of both. for businesses it seems quite good, but for classrooms, it is a total flop.
do NOT use this for elearning. it really is a waste of your time and effort trying to make this look nice for your students…i guess it is ok for businesses though
unfortunately digital chalk needs a negative review. it just isn’t up to par with the rest of the elearning software that i have used over the last few months of trying them out
COMPARED TO EVERYTHING ELSE I HAVE NEVER FOUND AN ELEARNING SITE AS GOOD AT THIS. IT COVERS ALL OF MY BASES, BOTH IN COURSES FOR BUSINESS AND SCHOOLS! YOU CAN’T BEAT THE PRICE EITHER!
software tends to be the one thing i am picky about and overall i am pretty pleased with what i have found on this website. i think that there is a tendency for this site to focus on business, though.
this is a pretty decent platform but i really do think digital chalk focuses far more on business…i am more of into the school courses however and i found that a little sparse and minimal
for my rating i really can’t go above a D. this is not a good program and i am really annoyed by how bare bones the school course version is compared to the business one
HOW DOES THIS HAVE GOOD REVIEWS? digital chalk is NOT good and i will never use it again after all of the bugs, glitches, and formatting issues that i have in general
a very helpful tool! i will not use any other elearning programs after this one because it just takes care of absolutely every need that i have, be it business or school related
i gave this one a test and i am glad i did. in general it covers all of my bases for businesses and coursework for them, but school coursework requires a bit more tweaking
platforms for elearning are sinking down to the ground and this is a prime example…no one cares about school elearning anymore and focuses on business just as digital chalk as demonstrated
NOT a good elearning system and you should avoid it in general. i think that if you want it for business it might be okay but otherwise stay away from it for schools
AN AMAZING ELEARNING TOOL, SO I HAVE TO GIVE DIGITAL CHALK A GREAT REVIEW. I HAVE NOT USED ANYTHING BETTER FOR MY CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND I WILL REC IT TO ALL OF MY CLIENTS
compared to the other crap i have been using this is GREAT!!! i will use this for every set of staff members i have in the future…it really covers all of my bases!
i didn’t expect much from this software but i am pleasantly surprised! overall an amazing job done with this software and i will be using it often, i just wish it wasn’t so bare bones for classrooms
NOT a good platform and i do not expect to use this in the future if i can help it. digital chalk really dropped the ball here and falls short of all of my marks.
have to give this one a low rating…sadly it just did not perform to my expectations and i find that the pricing is far too high for what it is.