What DaDesktop is NOT

DaDesktop is a piece of software that hasn’t quite found a proper category yet. Sometimes it’s easier to describe DaDesktop by what it’s not and how it stands apart.

Online Conference

Is DaDesktop Online Conference software like Zoom or Teams?

You’d generally need to use Zoom, Teams, Skype or WeChat alongside DaDesktop.

DaDesktop might eventually include built-in conferencing, but it’s not a priority for now.

What do Zoom and DaDesktop have in common, then?

Both offer basic chat features.

Public Cloud

Is DaDesktop like AWS, Google Cloud, Azure or Aliyun?

Public clouds are built for hosting applications, whereas DaDesktop is designed for humans to use remote desktops.

What similarities are there between AWS and DaDesktop?

From a user’s point of view, they’re not all that similar. Both let you access a remote machine and run software on it. AWS EC2 is built for sysadmins, while DaDesktop is tailored for training participants, trainers, course coordinators, and management.

Plenty of companies still use AWS or other cloud platforms for remote course delivery. Although a typical public cloud tends to be pricier, slower, and less handy than DaDesktop. DaDesktop is purpose-built for course delivery, not general-purpose computing.

Learning Management System (LMS)

Is DaDesktop similar to Moodle, Rise Up, Open edX, or other LMS platforms?

An LMS typically concentrates on facilitating tertiary education or online learning. DaDesktop is currently developed for instructor-led corporate training. The target audience is corporate staff, public servants, and the like. It’s not specifically aimed at school or uni students.

DaDesktop zeroes in on instructor-led course delivery, with the trainer present throughout the session.

How does DaDesktop compare to an LMS?

DaDesktop packs a range of features that overlap with an LMS, and then some.

With DaDesktop, a course administrator can enrol students, track their attendance, look at student engagement, check whether students connect, or even record their screens during the course.

It handles this largely automatically. For example, a trainer doesn’t have to mark the roll – the data’s already captured in the system. DaDesktop can track the user’s location, how long they were connected, which exercises they completed, which they skipped, and so on.

Participants who missed a session can catch up on recordings and practise in the exact same environment as those who attended live.