Speechcloud

Over the past few years, education has evolved beyond traditional classrooms, with online learning taking centre stage. This seismic shift to remote learning, however, presents various challenges, one of which is replicating the in-person classroom experience virtually, a secret recipe for better student engagement. Institutions, to this end, are striving to create a classroom environment with greater engagement, accessibility, and discussion while allowing tutors to teach in the manner they feel most comfortable.

This is where Speechcloud, a revolutionary cloud-based education platform, comes into the picture.

“Speechcloud is a next generation classroom management software (CMS). It’s a robust classroom management tool that caters to every aspect of the classroom experience—from lecture capture to classroom response and analytics,” says Cameron Stoker, CEO of Speechcloud.

Speechcloud offers solutions that help teachers eliminate the friction of technology while ensuring students receive high-quality learning experiences. It makes classes more engaging and discussion-based by providing a more interactive and insightful experience that tracks student comprehension and engagement levels, attendance, and other behavioral metrics, all in real time. This provides teachers with valuable insights into how well their students are performing and understanding lessons, allowing them to adjust their teaching methods on-the-fly to ensure that everyone is on the same page. The platform is packed with tons of features, as it’s built as classroom management software for teachers and students and an LMS for school administrators.

The software integrates with all predominant LMSs, including Blackboard and Canvas, and the setup is straightforward. At the beginning of the semester, professors create the course in Canvas or Speechcloud, invite students and TAs, and schedule classes.

Speechcloud can capture audio, video, and presentation, helping students save the most important parts of the lecture in a searchable archive for future reference. Teachers can also use Speechcloud on their overhead computers, while students can use their smartphones, tablets, or laptops.

The Speechcloud platform’s response feature enables teachers to create polls, quizzes, and other interactive activities to engage students in real time, while its analytics feature helps monitor student participation, performance, and attendance and generates reports to track student progress.

As Stoker puts it, “Our platform provides a simple, user-friendly solution that eliminates common problems, allowing teachers to focus on what they do best: teaching.”

Needless to say, Speechcloud is a valuable tool for students and teachers as it simplifies classroom management, enhances learning outcomes, and improves student engagement.

As Stoker puts it, “Speechcloud helps professors create the best in-person learning experience for students, while providing the benefits of online learning.”

Our platform provides a simple, user-friendly solution that eliminates common problems, allowing teachers to focus on what they do best: teaching

Speechcloud’s overarching goal then is to enable professors to help their students succeed, specifically in an in-person classroom. The product amplifies the brick and mortar classroom experience, while capturing and archiving the experience to best replicate the benefits of online learning.

One of its first success stories involves a teacher who implemented it in her class to help students with disabilities. With little effort, she was able to drastically improve her students' grades, attendance, and engagement. The feedback from students was overwhelmingly positive, and they wished Speechcloud was available in all their classes. This use case is a prime example of what Speechcloud aims to do, which is to provide high rewards for students with minimal effort. The teacher was able to use the platform to provide significant value to her students and help them succeed in her class.

With such a vast number of capabilities under its belt, and the results to demonstrate their value, it is easy to see how Speechcloud can create an effective, high-quality learning environment that allows students to reach their full potential.