Lumio Pros and Cons: Top 5 Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users love Lumio for its easy-to-use interactive templates, enhancing student engagement and creativity in lessons. (5 mentions)

Users love the customization options in Lumio, enabling unique and interactive educational experiences tailored to their students. (4 mentions)

Users find Lumio's ease of use invaluable for creating engaging and interactive lessons effortlessly. (4 mentions)

Users love the easy-to-create engaging content with Lumio, enhancing student interaction and learning experiences effectively. (4 mentions)

Users love Lumio for its ease of creating interactive lessons, enhancing student engagement through various formats. (4 mentions)

Users find the extra costs for tiered components frustrating, limiting access for teachers under budget constraints. (1 mentions)

Users find the extra costs for tiered components frustrating, particularly with budget constraints affecting access for teachers. (1 mentions)

Users are frustrated with the lack of integration with Canvas grade passback, affecting usability in educational settings. (1 mentions)

Users are frustrated with the lack of Canvas grade passback integration, affecting usability in educational settings. (1 mentions)

Users find the subscription costs for tiered components frustrating, particularly under tight school budgets affecting access. (1 mentions)

5 Pros or Advantages of Lumio

1. Student Engagement

Users love Lumio for its easy-to-use interactive templates, enhancing student engagement and creativity in lessons.

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Janelle A.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Lumio for Elementary, a must!"

What do you like about Lumio?

Lumio's templates for building interactive content make it extremely easy for educators to create engaging content for students, especially at the ele

ZORETTA H.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Lumio for Engagement"

What do you like about Lumio?

I like that you can create engaging lessons and activities for students to support the curriculum and reinforce skills. It also provides data on stude

2. Customization

Users love the customization options in Lumio, enabling unique and interactive educational experiences tailored to their students.

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Janelle A.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Lumio for Elementary, a must!"

What do you like about Lumio?

Lumio's templates for building interactive content make it extremely easy for educators to create engaging content for students, especially at the ele

Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Engaging your content for Students"

What do you like about Lumio?

Lumio is super easy to create an engaging gaming experience that will draw in students to learn the content used.

3. Ease of Use

Users find Lumio's ease of use invaluable for creating engaging and interactive lessons effortlessly.

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Janelle A.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Lumio for Elementary, a must!"

What do you like about Lumio?

Lumio's templates for building interactive content make it extremely easy for educators to create engaging content for students, especially at the ele

ZORETTA H.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Lumio for Engagement"

What do you like about Lumio?

I like that you can create engaging lessons and activities for students to support the curriculum and reinforce skills. It also provides data on stude

4. Engagement

Users love the easy-to-create engaging content with Lumio, enhancing student interaction and learning experiences effectively.

See 4 mentions

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Janelle A.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Lumio for Elementary, a must!"

What do you like about Lumio?

Lumio's templates for building interactive content make it extremely easy for educators to create engaging content for students, especially at the ele

ZORETTA H.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Lumio for Engagement"

What do you like about Lumio?

I like that you can create engaging lessons and activities for students to support the curriculum and reinforce skills. It also provides data on stude

5. Interactive Lessons

Users love Lumio for its ease of creating interactive lessons, enhancing student engagement through various formats.

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Janelle A.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Lumio for Elementary, a must!"

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Dallas T.

Educational Technologies Innovation Instructor for Secondary Schools

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/9/2022

"There's a lot to like, but it definitely needs some updates"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Lumio?

The interactivity and variety of tools available for teachers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lumio?

There are a lot of shortcomings with the software. The latest update opens the keyboard in the upper left corner every time I try to type something. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rebecca H.

Teacher

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/9/2022

"Wonderful Resource"

5/5

What do you like best about Lumio?

Lumio is interactive; you can use existing lessons or incorporate your slides. It is very engaging for students and has many different options for interaction. I love how you can incorporate Youtube videos to enhance learning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lumio?

The downside is having colleagues use Lumio; they seem overwhelmed with all the features. Another challenge is getting it to work correctly on Chromebooks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MILLICENT S.

K-12 Instructional Technology Facilitator

12/7/2022

"Lumio is a great tool for classroom instruction."

5/5

What do you like best about Lumio?

I like the fact that I can create a presentation that contains several different pieces of content. I can use a slideshow, videos, interactive activities, graphic organizers, and I can add a whiteboard on the fly if needed. I also like that I don't have to import the entire slideshow or Lumio lesson. I can just choose the slides/activities I want to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lumio?

I dislike that I can only add videos from YouTube. I'd like to be able to add videos from MyVRSpot as YouTube is blocked in my district. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Syndie W.

Classroom Teacher

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/14/2022

"The Joy of Learning"

5/5

What do you like best about Lumio?

As a classroom teacher I am always in search of creative ways to keep my students engaged and excited about learning. Lumio/SMART has brought such joy into our classrooms. Imagine 17 students vigorously reaching for their devices in anticipation of joining the math review game for the day. This is the reality of my classroom after utilizing the many resources provided. Students love the option to work independently or in groups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lumio?

I would love more ready-made resources aligned with our new assessments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jessica B.

K-12 Instructional Technology Integration Coach

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/9/2023

"Lumio is for all learners!"

5/5

What do you like best about Lumio?

The ability to quickly create materials to use live with students and the ability to add a diverse set of interactive elements that keep students engaged Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lumio?

Lumio needs to increase its co-teacher abilities so teachers can collaboratively create, present, and collect/review instructional data as a partnership. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tori D.

Teacher

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/14/2022

"Lumio Smart Learning"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Lumio?

I love that you can find lessons that are already complete and that you can use your slideshow to make your digital interactive presentations to use in your classroom. The students find the games fun and engaging, and I can gear them directly towards my standards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lumio?

I wish the library was a little larger. I know this is a fairly new process, but looking forward to finding more engaging activities for each grade level to enrich and support our students learning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Samantha F.

Assistant Professor; Instructional Technologist

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/20/2022

"Amazing product for teachers and students"

5/5

What do you like best about Lumio?

The many options for interactivity. You can do it as a large group, small group, or individually. I can also collect data on my student's work and progress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lumio?

There is not a lot in the library that can be used with higher education. I also would like to see some of the old smart activities updated to match the Lumio look. Like when you look in the library you can tell which items are old school smart and which ones are Lumio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/13/2022

"Lumio has been a blessing in helping me to enhance my Teaching and Learning experience."

5/5

What do you like best about Lumio?

From using Monster quiz (hook and engage my students in a lesson) to converting my slides into an individual handout using the self-paced mode (allows students the liberty to work at their own pace while I work individually with those who require higher support during the lesson). All in all, students are engaged the moment they see Monster Quiz pops up as it indicates another challenge for them to work in teams while building their mathematical skills. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lumio?

Unable to resize pictures inserted as well as grid lines for alignment. These are the two missing functions I dislike but would hope to have in future so our workflow integrated with Lumio will be smoother. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Megan C.

Student Teacher-Aspiring Educator

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/8/2022

"Innovative Classroom Resource"

5/5

What do you like best about Lumio?

The most helpful aspect of Lumio is how interactive the tool is for not only educators but students as well. The resource has interactive games, tons of materials to utilize in the classroom, and templates to choose from. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lumio?

I have not found any downsides of using Lumio in the classroom. My students are truly excited to be a part of the lesson each and every day. The hands-on aspects of Lumio is appealing and user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.