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Sakai

Composite Score
8.3 /10
CX Score
8.4 /10
Category
Sakai
8.3 /10

What is Sakai?

Sakai provides a flexible and feature-rich environment for teaching, learning, research and other collaboration. As an open source software suite developed by its adopter community, the Sakai continually evolves in step with the needs of the students, faculty members and organizations it serves. Colleges, universities, governments and other organizations deploy Sakai’s rich toolset to expand the possibilities for technology-enabled learning across many facets of the educational experience.

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Awards & Recognition

Sakai won the following awards in the Education Learning Management category

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Sakai Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

81 Likeliness to Recommend

86 Plan to Renew

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+82 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Sakai?

6% Negative
20% Neutral
74% Positive

Pros

  • Respectful
  • Fair
  • Trustworthy
  • Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Online Learning

82

Course Management

81

Gradebook

81

Assessments and Quizzes

80

Classroom Management

79

Content Management

79

Instructor Led Training

78

Content Creation

77

Analytics and Reporting

77

Student Collaboration

76

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Business Value Created

79

Ease of Implementation

79

Vendor Support

78

Ease of Data Integration

78

Breadth of Features

78

Ease of IT Administration

77

Quality of Features

76

Availability and Quality of Training

76

Ease of Customization

76

Usability and Intuitiveness

76

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

75

Sakai Reviews

Brigitta Von G.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

Sakai LMS is amazing!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Sakai from other similar products?

The discussion board and forums tools work very well, and students are familiar with the view from going on forums of other websites. There are plenty of choices for fitting dates to release and reveal assignments to students, furthermore as when to close them out. The grading and equalization of a grade book are fairly simple and take a small amount of playing with to get used to. Once it’s set up, attaching assignments and the weight of these assignments becomes easier.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Sakai is an amazing tool for academics and students alike. The discussion boards and forums work all right and are simply accessible. The format of individual courses and assignments is simple to work out/understand and is organized well. Sakai provides a large number of choices to be able to set up release and end dates and assignments. Another wonderful feature is the simplistic setup for the grade book, creating it easy to return students’ assignments upon completion. The pliability for students to submit their work in a submission box or attach an individual, separate assignment is wonderful!

What do you dislike most about this product?

Although there’s plenty to love concerning Sakai, it does have its’ flaws. The format and style have been modified little, if at all. It is quite boring to check the same thing and not be updated with the times. While it’s simple to access every individual course, there could be a much better way to organize them so that they are all seen, rather than in a drop-down menu.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Sakai has been a consistent and useful gizmo for several years. If you are a fan of consistency and avoidance of change, then this can be the program for you. If you would like continual updates and things organized a bit otherwise visually speaking, then you might wish to try another program. I relish this for what it’s worth. I don’t have a choice in what program I use to run my courses; however, I even have no complaints about Sakai. They have been high-notch for me.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

Cons

  • Less Generous

Naveed A.

  • Role: C-Level
  • Industry: Education
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

Sakai is high quality LMS and with simple design

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Sakai from other similar products?

This product is high quality LMS. It is very flexible as compare to other products of the market.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Teachers and Students collaboration with online tasks assignments and quizzes is my favourite aspect of this product.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Discussion forums are difficult to navigate through.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is best product for high quality Learning Management System. I highly recommend it for higher education, colleges and schools.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Jill D.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2022

Most powerful education empowering tool

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Sakai from other similar products?

I have not used other Learning management systems though we are currently satisfied with the performance of Sakai LMS.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It has simple user apllication interface that allows employees to register for their preffered courses faster. The set up process is easy and the application can be accessed by both mobile and desktop devices.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I have not experienced any challenge that can interfere with the set organization training programs.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

We have achieved great from the overall learning programs. Employees have gained the modern skills for the competitive roles increasing production and fulfilling customer demands.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy
  • Unique Features

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