About NEO LMS
NEO LMS is a cloud-based intelligent learning platform (ILP) for schools and universities trusted by millions of users from 20,000 institutions worldwide. The platform is available in 40+ languages, easy to onboard, and accommodates a remote learning experience thanks to its mobile app (iOS & Android). NEO is a product of CYPHER LEARNING, a company that specializes in providing learning platforms to schools, organizations, and entrepreneurs around the world.
Content creation possibilities
With NEO, you don’t have to worry about installing your software or storing backups since they are stored in NEO’s cloud (on AWS and Azure), with an average of 99.9% server uptime. NEO LMS covers the following options, among others, for providing content to your classes:
- Plain/HTML text
- All MS Office files
- Google Docs and One Drive files
- PDFs
- Images
- Audio
- Video
- SCORM 1.2
- H5P
- xAPI
- LinkedIn Learning, Udemy, Go1
Other standards supported include LTI, LDAP, SMTP/POP3, while NEO integrates natively with Turnitin, GoToMeeting, Zoom, LinkedIn Learning, Mailchimp, Kaltura, and Zapier to name a few. You will need to activate those integrations from the App Center, though.
Learning features
NEO approaches both synchronous and asynchronous teaching, offering different class types such as instructor-led, blended, self-paced, or micro learning. Each class can be further configured to include gamification features such as quizzes, points, badges, and certificates to engage students. Adaptive and competence-based learning are major features that help teachers create personalized learning experiences and track how well they understand a specific class subject. These features are powered by automation and there is also the possibility to configure your school portal, making NEO LMS an all-in-one tool for middle-to-large teaching institutions.
Communication tools
NEO offers a variety of communication tools to keep teachers and students connected, from chat and a color-coded calendar to wikis, blogs, chat rooms, and forums. Teachers can further group students into public or private groups and even teams to run reports and automate specific actions. In return, students can add their classmates as friends and see who is online to chat with them. On the web-conferencing end, NEO makes it possible to schedule synchronous classes from MS Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, WebEx, GoToMeeting, GoToTraining, and GoToWebinar right from within its calendar.
Tracking and reporting
Tracking student progress in NEO is primarily done through the advanced analytics features, which show student progress in classes. There is also a gradebook and mastery grid, where teachers can evaluate how well students understand a particular lesson or assignment on a competency basis. In terms of reports, you can run built-in reports for essential data such as assignment grades, class completion, and so on, or you can create custom reports by selecting a variety of fields, filtering options, and chart outputs. These reports can easily be dragged and dropped inside your dashboard as ad-hoc widgets.
Costs and fees
NEO offers a free version for all those who want to test it firsthand, with a 400 student limit in place. However, the free version doesn’t include the customizable school portal, learning paths, adaptive learning, and web conferencing integrations. For more functionality, the Premium package accommodates 500+ users at a custom pricing that depends on the institution’s size – free support and onboarding are guaranteed.
What is special about NEO LMS?
NEO allows teachers to create classes and customize their school portal without prior technical knowledge, thanks to its rich content authoring tools. It also relies heavily on automation that saves time by taking care of repetitive actions such as student enrollments or recommending students content based on their goals and performance – where a goal can be tied to the desired job title or set of competencies. Aside from this, the hidden content, underlined links, high contrast themes, and screen reader text are all accessibility features that make NEO usable for everyone.
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Conclusion
NEO is an all-in-one learning management system that works for both schools and universities. The platform’s ease of customization, from the school portal to its dashboards, makes it a popular choice for educational institutions that want a straightforward yet robust platform at the same time. The core – competency-based learning, automation, and gamification – together with the iOS and Android mobile apps that replicate the full web experience, increases everyone’s satisfaction towards their teaching and learning journeys.
Social media
NEO has an active social media presence and can be found on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.