Topyx is a Social Learning Management System, employing a set of integrated social learning tools including Web conferencing, chat, scheduling, surveys, blogs, shout boxes, and pictures. There is a flat rate with no user fees. Topyx enhances social and informal learning environments while maintaining traditional learning management system functionality and SCORM certified environment.
Customizable with branded logos and colors, personalized URL, white label availability, and optional multi-skins
Separate user identities/roles including learner, instructor, manager, administrator, and groups
Catalog includes marketing tiles, sponsor links, cover flow, subject areas, and courses and materials tabs
Course management includes learning trees, webinars, enrollment, sessions with waitlists, attendance, content, quizzes, assignments, and grading
Certificates
Includes scheduled reports, standard reports, flexible reports, exportable reports, and Google Analytics
Profiles include personal schedule, bios and media gallery, communities, social networking plug-ins, friends, personal blog, and custom links
Social learning features include calendaring, chat, announcements, events, articles, polls, blogs, Shoutbox, pictures, documents, and forums
Social learning with public and private with moderator privileges
Administrative features include course and program creation, create learning paths, import/export function, management of users, subjects, and accreditations, and language groups, various settings including email and navigation, and transcripts
Advantages:
User-friendly dashboard
Social learning tools
Communities, chat, profiles, videos
All Internet browsers supported
Access via mobile devices, including training and collaboration materials
Supports most multi-media file types
Create standard, scheduled, or flexible reports, all fully exportable in Excel or PEDF format
Optional languages
Single Sign-on (SSO) technology
Eliminates user licensing fees with a fixed flat fee
Unlimited users, bandwidth, and storage for no additional cost
Free implementation, customer service, and branding
Disadvantages:
Because Topyx is a social learning platform, larger class sizes or larger organizations may not benefit from this learning management system
Students must be prepared for a different structure and learning routine, including more social interactions
TOPYX
Adrianne McKinney
The University of Montevallo
Overview of Topyx:
Topyx is a Social Learning Management System, employing a set of integrated social learning tools including Web conferencing, chat, scheduling, surveys, blogs, shout boxes, and pictures. There is a flat rate with no user fees. Topyx enhances social and informal learning environments while maintaining traditional learning management system functionality and SCORM certified environment.
The following video introduce Topyx:
Features:
Customizable with branded logos and colors, personalized URL, white label availability, and optional multi-skins
Separate user identities/roles including learner, instructor, manager, administrator, and groups
Catalog includes marketing tiles, sponsor links, cover flow, subject areas, and courses and materials tabs
Course management includes learning trees, webinars, enrollment, sessions with waitlists, attendance, content, quizzes, assignments, and grading
Certificates
Includes scheduled reports, standard reports, flexible reports, exportable reports, and Google Analytics
Profiles include personal schedule, bios and media gallery, communities, social networking plug-ins, friends, personal blog, and custom links
Social learning features include calendaring, chat, announcements, events, articles, polls, blogs, Shoutbox, pictures, documents, and forums
Social learning with public and private with moderator privileges
Administrative features include course and program creation, create learning paths, import/export function, management of users, subjects, and accreditations, and language groups, various settings including email and navigation, and transcripts
Advantages:
User-friendly dashboard
Social learning tools
Communities, chat, profiles, videos
All Internet browsers supported
Access via mobile devices, including training and collaboration materials
Supports most multi-media file types
Create standard, scheduled, or flexible reports, all fully exportable in Excel or PEDF format
Optional languages
Single Sign-on (SSO) technology
Eliminates user licensing fees with a fixed flat fee
Unlimited users, bandwidth, and storage for no additional cost
Free implementation, customer service, and branding
Disadvantages:
Because Topyx is a social learning platform, larger class sizes or larger organizations may not benefit from this learning management system
Students must be prepared for a different structure and learning routine, including more social interactions
References
TOPYX. (2016.). Retrieved February 02, 2016, from https://topyx.com/
TOPYX Integrations. (2016). Retrieved February 02, 2016, from https://www.getapp.com/hr-employee-management-software/a/topyx
/integrations/
[TOPYX LMS]. (2012, May 22). Learning Management System (LMS) TOPYX. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=es0ouvsl_G8