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Thinkific
¿Qué es Thinkific?
Thinkific es una plataforma de cursos en línea integral que permite crear rápidamente y ofrecer impresionantes cursos en un propio sitio de marca. Ya sea que tu objetivo sea educar a los clientes, vender cursos para obtener ingresos o simplemente hacer crecer tu marca e involucrar a tu audiencia, Thinkific lo hace fácil.
Únete a miles de consultores, expertos, autores, oradores, capacitadores, profesores, entrenadores, asociaciones profesionales y empresas y comienza a vender cursos sobre Thinkific hoy mismo.
¿Quién usa Thinkific?
Todos, desde consultores, expertos, autores, oradores y formadores hasta asociaciones profesionales, organizaciones de membresía, empresas y universidades, utilizan hoy Thinkific.
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Conseguí testar en mercado un curso online en cuestión de horas
Comentarios: Gracias a Thinkific he podido testar mi primer producto de curso online y contenidos para mi negocio sin tener casi experiencia previa como usuario. He tenido menos dificultad para construir módulos, sub menús, subir archivos de audio y vídeo muy rápido e incluso ahora me resulta divertido! Si no te importa mucho la imagen de marca minimalista que se consigue con Thinkific para tu negocio, esta plataforma entonces es ideal para escalar tu negocio online.
Puntos a favor:
He probado otras plataformas de e-learning y he de decir que de momnto he conseguido con Thinkific la versión más completa en calidad y precio para poder lanzar una prueba de producto online al mercado.Arrastrar y soltar todos mis contenidos desde la barra de construcción ya es algo que no puedo dejar de usar y no me espero menos de una plataforma como esta. Quizás esto es justamente lo que me permite construir mis cursos muy rápido para luego pasar a configurarlos con opciónes como la de dosificar por días o semanas cada módulo o para anunciar la disponibilidad y acceso por e-mail a todos mis clientes. De momento aunque es básica la estética y diseño, la encuentro suficiente para tener un curso rápido y funcional principalmente.
Contras:
Extraño un poco la posibilidad de diseñar módulos, detalles visuales, tipografías más alineadas con mi imagen de marca etc... Está muy limitado para mi gusto esta posibilidad. Pero si lo que buscas es conseguir crear de una manera eficiente, rápida y sólida tu academia y curso online, y no te importa mucho la imagen más minimalista de presentación de tu curso, entonces Thinkfic es ideal para que empieces tu emprendimiento de cursos online. Otra cosa que me gustaría que mejorara thinkific es la seguridad o protección para archivos. Sería ideal que se pudieran bloquear aquellos contenidos en vídeo y audio que no deseo que sean descargables o copiados por los usuarios.
Outstanding course-hosting platform that makes your life easy
Comentarios: Overall the experience has been excellent over the past four years. I have to add that the Thinkific Helpdesk is genuinely helpful, and their response time is lightning fast. They have an option for "how urgent is your issue?" when you submit your help ticket, and if you select "urgent," they actually get back to you very quickly, as in, within a few hours. This is essential when your income comes from your course website and you need help updating or fixing something!
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I love that Thinkific is comprehensive so I get to focus on content creation and student outreach. Thinkific manages the payment portal and moves students smoothly through the course experience. In a lot of ways, it's set-it-and-forget-it, meaning - once you have a course set up the way you want inside Thinkific, students move through it beautifully and all you have to worry about is getting new students!
Contras:
My only suggestion for Thinkific would be to provide a few more options for testimonials layouts on the sales/landing pages. I'd like more flexibility and options to showcase or emphasize certain student experiences... but otherwise, I wouldn't change anything.
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Beautiful Course Platform for Online Education
Comentarios: A stunning product which I would have been happy to use (even with all the workarounds for certificates, email and quizzes). The support is quick with responses and the tutorials provided really are next-level amazing. A consistent and impressive LMS.
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This is an absolutely beautiful platform. Thinkific has been in the elearning industry for years and it shows - the portal is easy to navigate and set up courses. The tutorials section is robust and detailed, giving step-by-step information on how to set up various course features and troubleshoot any issues that may come up. There is the ability to issue certificates of completion, add an assignment section for students to upload their work, basic quiz functionality, drip-scheduling as well as compulsory lessons which need to be completed before the student can move on. The lessons can consist of videos, text, PDF's (which can be downloadable or not), or quizzes. You can embed videos and links from other sites too. The course analytics allow you to see how much of a course/lesson was completed before a student drops off, giving valuable insight which enables the course creator to edit and adapt the courses to make them more engaging for the students. There is also a 'community' feature which gives students the chance to chat and give/feedback away from an external site (like a Facebook group). Thinkific does not take any of the course fees and allows the course creator to keep 100% of the profits earned. There is also a free version which has a lot of features included.
Contras:
The certificates are quite basic and it's necessary to be design-savvy and tech-savvy to create a certificate which would be accepted in the upload process. The quizzes are very basic and do not support time-limits, limited retries or anything more robust than true/false or multiple choice. Should you want to integrate with a more robust quiz software, their native integrative party is quite pricey! There is no built-in email functionality aside from the notifications that can be sent to existing students. As email is becoming more popular among other learning management systems this is quite a big negative point against them. The option to whitelabel the site completely is only available on the 'Growth' plan which over and above the 'Pro' plan which is already $99.
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Stick with wordpress
Comentarios:
We just moved our members to Thinkific. I like some features but mostly it was a big mistake. But we're kind of stuck here now. I'm not changing again since we're looking to sell soon.
This was part of the reason for the move, when we sell we wanted to make it an easier transition than a whole bunch of wordpress logins everywhere.
But ultimately, I got caught up in the hype around these course platforms. I have tested pretty much all of them, and they make the UI look and feel great. But then once you start working in there you become super limited in what's achievable.
I've had another reality check now. Honestly, I just don't understand why people use them. It's like going back 10 years in time for the page builders.
Wordpress is far superior than anything else out there. Even though it can be a little clunky at times too. And the UI & UX is nowhere near as good. But it costs a fraction of the price of every other platform and you can do 10x more. Even when using the best plugins.
Ultimately, the benefits of this platform definitely do not outweigh the limitations it has. And definitely not when you are paying 5-10x the price tag.
Mostly I am writing this here to keep myself accountable moving forward lol. You would think that after 8 years I'd be smarter than this by now. But nope 🙄😂
Puntos a favor:
Easy login process for members and easier to upgrade into other courses, easier to use coupon codes, etc Single dashboard for partners, users and affiliates. This is the main issue we are trying to solve in the best way possible. Easier to display the courses on the site like an education company. Less design needed which is good for our VA's. A mobile app included, but it's super basic and not at all impressive
Contras:
We had to manually import every student and bulk enroll them into every course individually. The bulk enroll will only run 1 import at a time. So it took about 2-days to import them for every course We had to individually add every single affiliate because they don't have bulk enroll. It's taken my VA 3 days to do since we have over 300 affiliates. We're also going to have to manually pay them each month. The only way Thinkific is useful is if you buy a bunch of plugins so you can build a proper website. That then causes caching issues. The video player is old an outdated. We have to now go back and manually add every SRT file. It doesn't auto-generate like most players do these days. This will take a VA about a week to do. They also don't have an inbuilt API that when a subscription member cancels to remove a tag from your CRM. This blows my mind. It's simple, standard practice for any membership platform. So we have to use Zapier instead which adds another unneccesary cost. Support team is fairly unhelpful. All they do is send you to a document. They don't every help in any other way. For example, we just wanted to change the font size for the header menu. It had to be done in code. Would have taken someone on their team with develper knowledge 30 seconds to do or point us in the right direction. They wouldn't do it.
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Thinkific Rocks!
Comentarios: Excellent! I appreciate the outstanding product, fair prices, ease of interface and ability to easily build and delivery QUALITY courses. I haven't required customer service (that's a good sign!). I love the product and will definitely stay here!
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The intuitive nature of your interface is extremely helpful for both course designers and students. As a site and course administrator, I'm exceptionally impressed with the ease of use. Thank you for incorporating finance management functions. Sleek design, ease of use, great price point. Don't change the price, it's one of your best market differentiators. I switched to Thinkific for the Pro Growth plan which was the key difference for me from other providers like Matrix.
Contras:
I really need to market courses via social media with the least number of accounts and steps. It would be awesome if you could integrate some social media marketing tools into the site rather than link accompanying providers. The more I can do WITHIN thinkific, the better. The same applies for business functions like website management, sales of non-course materials (e.g., printed books, e-books), and perhaps QuickBooks