Go beyond grades
Understand what students know, personalize what's next, and help them build competencies to put into practice.
Traditional way vs CYPHER’s approach
Traditional approaches can make grades, completion, and time spent in class the primary measures of progress. CYPHER connects learning to measurable competencies, giving educators a clearer understanding of what students know and helping them personalize what happens next.
Traditional way
What you get with CYPHER
Award-winning platform for education
In the past year, we’ve received over two dozen awards for our innovative learning technology, including Forbes Advisor’s “Best Overall Employee Training Software” and “Best LMS.”
A learning platform for competency-based learning
See how the CYPHER platform can improve educational experiences with competency-based learning
Teaching method options
Teachers can choose from instructor-led, self-paced, blended, or micro-learning classes, depending on which type of teaching they wish to do. Instructor-led classes are a good fit for face-to-face or rotation models, while self paced classes are great for self blend models.
Integrate multiple learning resources
The CYPHER platform integrates with a wide range of external tools and platforms such as Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, various web conferencing tools like MS Teams and Zoom, and educational content platforms like Coursera and Udemy. These integrations help accommodate different learning styles and sources, allowing students to learn through various mediums and at their own pace.
About integrations
Combine the power of CYPHER Agent with your unique content
With options to have CYPHER Agent pull exclusively from your uploaded content, you can quickly create courses tailored to the classes you teach. Upload lecture videos, PDFs, materials from past years, and more. CYPHER Agent will take care of the rest. Create a full course from the materials, complete with quizzes, gamification, competencies, and more.
About CYPHER Agent for course creators
Automatic competency mapping
CYPHER Agent can automatically map competencies to content, assessments, and reporting so you can easily assess and track progress. Instead of spending your summer break creating courses, use CYPHER Agent and cut down on the burdensome mundane work of aligning competencies with coursework that takes weeks and even months.
Customized learning paths
Create personalized learning paths for students to encourage continual learning and guide progression. In competency-based learning, where students progress at their own pace, this feature enables learners to focus on areas they need to develop, mastering one competency before moving to the next.
Adaptive learning automation
Set up automation tools to strategically reveal or conceal content based on performance, maximizing relevance and engagement and ensuring learners engage with material that matches their skill level. Define mastery rules that unlock advanced modules, ensuring learners are constantly progressing.
About automation
Certification and badges
Automatically award certificates and badges upon completion of competencies or courses. This motivates students and acknowledges their mastery in specific areas.
Promote teacher-student and peer communication
CYPHER includes various collaboration tools such as chat, wikis, forums, and blogs. It also has a built-in messaging system with email integration and calendaring features. These tools facilitate communication and collaboration among students and teachers.
About human connection
Measure and track student progress
Tailor courses to individual students to help them achieve mastery-level proficiency. CYPHER combines competency-based learning with advanced analytics to enable detailed tracking. Easily determine whether students are on track or falling behind in classes so you can intervene and ensure students receive the additional support they need.
About reporting
Assessment tools
Choose from our 16 assessment tools – quizzes, assignments, projects, and more – to assess students' mastery of competencies. The assessments can be aligned with specific competencies to ensure that the evaluation is relevant and effective.
About assessment and evaluation
Competency frameworks
Educators can define and organize competencies, associate them with courses or learning materials, and track students' progress in acquiring these competencies. Create your own competency framework or choose from 5,000+ pre-included competencies.
About competency-based learning
Real customers, real impact
“With CYPHER, we can now create, personalize, and adapt learning at scale. This has shifted our training strategy from static and reactive to dynamic and skills-driven. The platform’s skills-driven approach allows administrators to track actual competency progression rather than just "clicks" and completions.”
“The impact of the CYPHER platform has been nothing short of a total transformation. By achieving a 100% completion rate for their course development goals, the Integrated School of Science has ensured that every student has access to a robust, competency-aligned curriculum.”
"Personalized learning paths and tailored content have helped students achieve a deeper understanding of subjects, leading to increased competency levels across various disciplines. We have transformed our educational experience, achieving new heights in student engagement, performance, and satisfaction."