CYPHER Indie Features

Here is an overview of the LMS features that are included in each CYPHER Indie™ pricing plan. CYPHER Indie LMS is for use by individuals and entrepreneurs that wish to sell self-paced online courses.

If you represent a corporation, training company, or other professional or non-profit organization, please have a look at CYPHER Matrix™, our LMS for Business.

Bronze

Silver

Gold

CYPHER Matrix

for L&D pros

User experience

Graphical dashboards
Beautiful, modern, easy-to-use interface
Fully responsive design works on all devices
Drag and drop dashboard widgets
Native mobile app for Android
Native mobile app for iOS	In progress	In progress	In progress
Offline mode for native apps
Graphical profile pages
Public profiles
Avatars and profile pictures
Accessibility features
Support for 50+ languages
Animated activity indicators and widget
Dark mode
Home dashboard welcome widget

Courses

Self-paced courses
Drag and drop course dashboard widgets
Course dashboard welcome widget
Learner course dashboard
Course syllabus
Table of contents
Splash pages
Time limits for courses
Drip content
Required video completion
Ratings and reviews
Course archival
Certificates of completion
Instructor-led and blended courses
Third party content via the course catalog (Go1 and Udemy)
Course templates
Course content synchronization
Waitlists
Proctored assessments
SCORM
H5P
Course prerequisites
Seating charts
Compliance features

Course catalog

Graphical tile and text views
Display courses, bundles, subscriptions, and digital media
Integrated e-commerce							Add-on
Support for nested categories and cross-listings
Alphabetical ordering or customize using drag and drop
Catalog search
Options for featured courses, category links, and custom content
Define items that will show in the course catalog using visibility filters
Calendar view of courses

Content authoring

Modern HTML editor
Image editor
Equation editor
Save/reuse/share HTML fragments directly from the editor
Spell check
Embed PDF, PPT, and other common formats into a web viewer
Record audio from browser
Record video from browser
Video transcoding
Embed MS Teams and Google Meet meetings links

Customization

Customizable portal
Visual portal editor
Customizable welcome widgets for home and course dashboard
Use your own URL
Custom logo
Custom color scheme
Custom terminology
Custom CSS
Use your own email server
Branded mobile apps

Automation

Integrated rules engine with point and click interface
Set rules at the course, group, and site level
Execute one or more actions when a rule is triggered
Rich set of rule actions to choose from
Rule browser

Gamification

Badges gallery and badge builder
Custom game levels
Use automation to award points and badges
Customizable leaderboard
Course and site-wide games
Group players into teams

Skills development

Add competencies as learning goals							Add-on
Add jobs as learning goals							Add-on
Allow learners to add their own learning goals							Add-on
Automated actions when completing goals							Add-on
Recommendations engine							Add-on
Q&A forum							Add-on
Goals widget on the dashboard							Add-on
Goals section on the user profile page							Add-on
Goal overview dashboard							Add-on

Quiz system

Modern user interface including drag and drop
6 types of question, including true/false, multiple choice and fill-in-the-blanks							8 types
Hotspot question type
Freeform questions that may be manually scored by instructors
Timed quizzes
Question banks
Multiple question banks per quiz
Multiple criteria for how questions should be selected from each bank
Select questions based on tags
Select questions based on competencies
Option to randomize question order
Option to provide scoring and feedback as you go, or all at once at the end
Option to review quiz responses before submitting
Option whether students see the correct answers at the end
Option to select latest score or best score
Analytics on quiz results
Import/export question banks using the QTI standard

Assessments and scoring

Quizzes and surveys
Essay, Dropbox, and many other assessment types
Scoring grid
Rubrics
Portfolios
Plagiarism detection using Turnitin and Unicheck
Personalized assessments
Printable attendance forms
Export attendance data
SCORM assessments
H5P assessments
Custom LTI assessments
Proctored assessments
Grading scales per business, course, and assessment
Point grading scales
Peer reviewed assessments

Analytics and reporting

Completion progress
Time tracking
Analytics
Canned reports
Ad-hoc reporting
Integrate dashboard widgets with ad-hoc reports
Reports history
Saved and scheduled reports
Learner activity timelines
Compliance management

Collaboration and communication

Graphical resources catalog
Groups
Social networking
Activity feeds
Collaboration tools (chat, forums)
Built-in messaging system with email integration, CC, BCC, and forwarding
Display of online users
Automatic translation of communications
Portal blog
Use with your favorite web conferencing product
Calendar integration with web conferencing
Wikis and blogs
Calendaring
Community groups

E-commerce

Shopping cart							Add-on
Abandoned shopping cart recovery							Add-on
Sell courses							Add-on
Sell learning paths							Add-on
Bundles							Add-on
Subscriptions (requires Stripe gateway)							Add-on
Digital media							Add-on
Coupons							Add-on
Bulk purchases							Add-on
PayPal basic and professional payment gateways							Add-on
Stripe payment gateway							Add-on
Authorize.net payment gateway							Add-on
Flywire payment gateway							Add-on
PagSeguro payment gateway							Add-on
PayUbiz payment gateway							Add-on
PayU Latam payment gateway							Add-on
YooMoney payment gateway							Add-on
Mercado Pago payment gateway							Add-on
Telr payment gateway							Add-on
Conekta payment gateway							Add-on
PCI compliant							Add-on
VAT support							Add-on
Integrated with automation system							Add-on

Marketing features

SEO features
Social media integration
Affiliate programs
MailChimp integration

Administration

App center
Super admin account
Administrator accounts	1	2	2	Unlimited
Instructor accounts	1	5	5	Unlimited
Active learner accounts	1000	10000	50000	Tiered
Trash can
Bulk import/export
User popups
Login history
Custom account fields
Inactivity management
Policy documents (including terms and conditions, cookie policies)
Session timeouts
Prevent simultaneous logins
Communications monitoring
Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Auth0, and custom single sign-on
Networking of sites
Resell under your own brand				Add-on

Standards

QTI import/export
Common cartridge import/export
SMTP/POP3
iCal
SCORM
H5P
LTI
LDAP
xAPI

Integrations

Google Drive
Google Assignments
Google Fonts
Cometchat
Webhooks
MailChimp
Integration with 1,500+ apps via Zapier
Kaltura
Panopto
SAML single sign-on
MS Teams web conferencing
Google Meet web conferencing
Webex web conferencing
GoToMeeting web conferencing
GoToTraining web conferencing
GoToWebinar web conferencing
Zoom web conferencing
Google Workspace
OneDrive and OneDrive for Business
OneDrive and OneDrive for Business
MS Immersive Reader
OneNote LTI Integration
Turnitin
Unicheck
Safe Exam Browser
Microsoft 365, Auth0, and custom single sign-on
Go1
Udemy
Equella
MathJax
Salesforce

Open API

Create any number of individually customizable API keys
Admin user interface for managing API keys
Enable/disable API keys
Set expiration dates for API keys
Limit API key access to a specific set of IP addresses
Specify the set of methods that can be invoked for each API key
Open source clients

Help

Guides and how-to videos
Rapid-response technical support
Learner help desk

Security

All web pages and videos served over HTTPS
Encrypted personal passwords
Encrypted URLs to prevent unauthorized sharing
2 factor authentication (Q4 2020)

Storage

Unlimited storage
Max individual file size	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB
Unlimited archiving of learners

Backups

Automated on-site and off-site data backups
Export account information as CSV for backups
Export courses as Common Cartridge for backups

Micro learning

Micro courses
Streamlined format for bite-sized learning

Learning paths

Create courses where you can add as goals other courses and certificates
Create paths that combine course and certificate goals with other kinds of sections such as content pages and assessments
Define the order that the items must be completed
Track progress towards the goal
Integrated with automation system
Path templates
Path archival
Personalize path goals
Sell learning paths through the course catalog

Adaptive learning

Personalize classes dynamically
Hide/show lessons based on assignment scores and mastery
Seamlessly integrated with the automation system

Mastery and Competency-based learning

Create or upload competencies							Add-on
Associate competencies with a class							Add-on
Tag modules and assessments with competencies							Add-on
Track and view learner competency							Add-on
Integrated with automation system							Add-on
Coverage analysis							Add-on
Associate competencies with rubrics							Add-on
Associate competencies with individual quiz questions							Add-on

Organizations and Teams

Organizations
Teams

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