Cornerstone LMS

Pros

This platform is very simple and suitable for specific requirement. Instructor-led, virtual and interactive modules of the training meets the organization's expectation

Cons

It provides various option for the training assignment like based on job role, self registration

Pros

A personalized learning platform for your employees in one place and tracking of the learning path, compliance courses for company, analytics designed to increase optimization along with overall performance measures, key performance indicators based upon your position.

Cons

Need additional customer success and services upskilling learning.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to Cornerstone LMS

Pros

- Cornerstone LMS is excellent for managing and delivering online learning content, especially with multiple learning audiences. as the platform is highly customizable to meet the needs of different specific audiences.- The reporting and analytics features are robust.

Cons

- The pricing for Cornerstone LMS can be quite high- Reliability and performance are serious concerns- Customization options can be overwhelming, requiring a significant amount of time and effort to set up and maintain.

Pros

The customizable learning paths and the interactive content tools make Cornerstone LMS a standout platform. The learning path is perfect for new users onboarding, as it allows users to create individual training programs based on different roles or skill levels. By incorporating these features, users are kept involved through every step of the training journey and thereby receive a genuine, personalized learning experience.

Cons

Cornerstone LMS needs to improve one area: their reporting dashboard, which gets complex for beginners. Also, features of the mobile app don't match up to what's on the desktop platform, so if users are predominantly using mobile for training, they often have to disrupt their learning.

Pros

Breadth of Capabilities and a clean and robust user interface.

Cons

Could be difficult to admin for new users to an LMS

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Choosing Cornerstone LMS

Reasons for Switching to Cornerstone LMS

Pros

-Interactive lessons
-Content Library
-Great dashboard
-Good Customer service

Cons

-Doesn't work well with Internet Explorer.
-Customer Service is great, but took time to get someone on the line.

Pros

What I liked most about Cornerstone LMS was its comprehensive reporting functionality. It allowed for detailed insights into training progress and completion rates, making it easier to assess the effectiveness of learning initiatives.

Cons

I feel that navigating the reporting tools can be time-consuming. Some of the features felt overly complex, which occasionally slowed down the data retrieval process.

Pros

It was easy to follow the videos to learn.

Cons

Videos are sometimes long and drawn out especially for refreshers.

Pros

I really like the integration of courses and exams, the ability to pull transcripts, and assign courses.

Cons

Reporting in the system can be confusing and clunky.

Pros

Has a lot of trainings and resources, available anytime and from different devices.

Cons

Has a look&feel still antiquated, I expected a bit more and a better user experience from one of the best solutions in the market.

Pros

Works in almost any Android or OS. Is user friendly. Has genuine indepth content. Works well with collaboration too. Best experience for learners and teachers.

Cons

Nothing in particular. User friendly. Especially for beginners.

Pros

Many nice features, like Playlists - you can create a playlist with any links you want and share with employees (e.g. leadership Inspirational videos/articles).

Easy to assign training for a big group of employees (very easy to create a specific group based on employees' features like a place where they work).

The end result, e.g. assigned training, looks good from the user's perspective. Easy to re-assign which is very useful for mandatory training.

Cons

The biggest problem for me is a very unfriendly administration panel - to create anything, you need a lot of "clicks", and in every part of the system, it looks different (e.g. you have to sometimes click 'done' to add something, and in another place just click on '+'). Sometimes it seems to have no logic (even Cornerstone employees have sometimes problems answering how the given feature will work...).

It is also difficult to edit anything in many places, which means that you have to start work from scratch (e.g. when creating a test, you can set that user will receive partial points for multiple-choice questions, but if you did not choose it when creating the question, you have to create the question from scratch)

And the last annoying thing for me - practically nothing can be deleted from the system if it has been used at least once, which creates a long list of unnecessary materials / tests / training / etc and makes it very difficult to find what you need.

Alternatives Considered

Pros

- easy to use/intuitive end user experience
- highly customizable
- stable/quick response when issues arise
- quarterly upgrades offer frequent improvement
- robust help functionality (knowledge articles, training, etc)

Cons

- administration can be complex (by-product of high customization)
- functionality can be hidden/unavailable to even the overall system admin until vendor enables, making it easy to miss helpful updates
- mix of old/new functionality can be confusing: as updates are rolled out piece by piece it can feel a bit disjointed

Pros

It is functionally rich with a clear and visible roadmap of future product development and in recent years clients have had some level of influence and input into this.

Cons

It is a hugely configurable platform which is both a strength and also a weakness, particularly when first implementing. Rapid innovation in emerging areas such a skills and learning in the flow of work whilst critical, does carry the cost of leaving some parts of the platform looking a little tired and in need of overhaul (e.g. managing events and sessions).

Pros

This is a flashy LMS. It looks great to the user. For a large organization, this was helpful with tracking regulatory trainings and more. It has all the bells and whistles.

Cons

The reason I would never recommend this to a colleague is because of the price and admin functions. First, the price. We were shown from the beginning, everything the system could offer, which we obviously loved, but shame on us for not asking additional questions. What we saw and what we got were different. For additional pricing, we could add on. Even customer service hours were charged. In the end this costed triple what we originally thought.

Furthermore, my second issue was the admin functionality. It was extremely complicated. We had 12 trainers working on the back end to get it implemented, on top of that we eventually hired 3 full time employees to work on the admin part for upgrades, running reports, etc. That is obviously another cost.

As much as the system was user friendly... It wasn't worth the cost when there are plenty of learning management systems that are user and admin friendly, for less.

Pros

Once we figured out how to use Cornerstone it has been very easy to use. We have multiple training managers and the product has been easy to teach to many others. Our employees have found it convenient and easy to find available training.

Cons

Some of the set up process has been difficult to figure out. Creating certification or attestation forms has been difficult.

Pros

The Performance and learning modules are used the most and we were able to accomplish what we needed as we switched from a different deliverable.

Cons

Some pieces within the modules do not have the same behavior across the board which can make it very frustrating at times.

Pros

Cornerstone offers a large base of resources to use and learn the system. Not only is it user friendly for employees, but also allows for ease of tracking training from an admin perspective. Although security can be complicated, the system offers many choices in how companies would like to set up user access. The ability to customize the system to meet organizational needs is great. Continuous updates to the system in order to make improvements and add enhancements is definitely a plus.

Cons

Some older features can use a facelift. When questions are submitted, the response time is slow. Instead of removing features in order to add new ones, would be beneficial to leave those that work well while adding additional features instead of removing those that clients appreciate in order to make room for new features. Improvements to the mobile app are needed in order for it to be a full experience for users as it is on the web.

Pros

Great implementation experience, the customer success center is top notch, and the ease of use is there for the end-user

Cons

If you have casual administrators who aren't in the system often, it can be cumbersome to navigate the back end - this is why the cornerstone success center is such a blessing

Alternatives Considered

Switched From

Reasons for Switching to Cornerstone LMS

Pros

Easy to deploy, Good update cycle and support, adaptive and configurable

Cons

Can be clunky for end user, lots of clicks, upgrades in different areas run counter to each other

Pros

I liked it when Cornerstone has made it possible to have a separate software just for managing the training, certifications, and more for the employee goal setting. The modules provided are straightforward and are very useful and customizable depending on your department's processes. Cornerstone LMS helped our team to track our progress in our quarterly goals, and I think this is what the managers use to see the percentage reports in our team's output.

Cons

Similar to Cornerstone HR, I wish that Cornerstone LMS's UI and UX will be improved and better simplified for a nicer viewing of the progress. The website's workflow can be intimidating and confusing at first, especially the grouping of the navigation bars and menus.

Pros

Excellent UI and End User experience. Great product and customer teams, quarterly updates that always add meaningful, high quality new features.

Cons

Lots of configuration, you really have to know what you want to achieve, rather than just take it off the shelf.

Alternatives Considered

Pros

Edge, Learning Assignment Tool, Learner Home

Cons

Reporting (does not have a robust Dashboard creation for managers to have a holistic view of their team performance), ILT creation is still very complicated and not user friendly

Pros

We use the Learning, Performance and Succession Modules. I really like the fact that each module "talks" to each other. It makes for a more robust platform and reporting is so easy!

Cons

The Succession Module works but there are times that it can be a bit clunky. Overall I do like how they all work together.

Pros

There are an infinite number of ways to build and customize learning programs.

Cons

There are some areas of the portal that are outdated in regards to the UI.