Learning Management System

The LMS built for teachers who teach live

Most learning platforms were made for institutions posting recorded lessons. Classentra is made for the way you actually teach — live sessions, the same students every week, attendance and grades that keep themselves up to date.

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What is an LMS?

A learning management system is the software that holds your teaching: it enrolls students, keeps your materials in one place, tracks who is keeping up, and often takes the payments too. The name stretches from university giants all the way down to one-person tools.

  • Classic institutional LMS

    Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard

    Built for universities and school districts delivering a set curriculum at scale. Powerful and heavily administered — usually months of IT work before a single class runs.

  • Self-paced course platform

    Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi

    Built for creators selling recorded courses. Strong at checkout and drip content, but there is no real classroom — students watch alone and nobody takes attendance.

  • Live-first LMS

    Classentra

    Built around the session itself. Video, attendance, grading and payments are one workflow, so teaching a class on Tuesday updates the gradebook without you opening a spreadsheet.

What changes when the classroom lives inside the LMS

  1. Grade with the rubric, not from scratch

    Open a submission and the rubric is already there. AI drafts the feedback in your voice; you edit it, or throw it away. Nothing reaches a student until you send it, and the grade posts itself once you do.

  2. Students get a classroom, not a video list

    One place that answers what's next, what's due, and where the materials are. They join the session from the same page they submit homework on — no link hunting, no second login.

  3. Set the schedule once, not every week

    A weekly class is one rule, not forty calendar entries. Every student sees it in their own timezone, and moving a session moves it for everyone.

Three LMS shapes

Pick the one that matches how you actually teach

Classic Institutional LMS

Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard

Primary use case
K-12 / university course delivery
Live teaching
Add-on or external (Zoom embed)
Pricing model
Per-seat enterprise contract
Setup time
Weeks; needs IT setup

Self-Paced Course Platform

Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi

Primary use case
Solo creator selling pre-recorded courses
Live teaching
None native
Pricing model
Flat monthly + transaction fee
Setup time
Hours
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Classentra (live-first LMS)

Live-teaching-first cloud LMS

Primary use case
Independent teachers running recurring live sessions
Live teaching
Native LiveKit video
Pricing model
Free + $39–$149 / mo + 6–9% + 30¢ all-in Stripe Connect
Setup time
Minutes
Capabilities

Everything an LMS should ship in 2026

Six capabilities every live teacher needs — bundled, not bought as add-ons.

Course management

Build and version courses, organize lessons, attach materials. Drag-and-drop reordering, locked-content gating, drip schedules.

Live video

Native LiveKit sessions with auto-attendance, recording, and chat. No Zoom round-trip; recordings save to the course library.

Attendance tracking

Auto-captured per session. Late arrivals, excused absences, attendance trends — surface in the gradebook and parent reports.

Assignments + grading

Rubrics, AI-drafted feedback you review and send, file submissions, manual grade override. Half the grading time on language and writing subjects.

Payments via Stripe Connect

All-in transaction fee, card fees included: 6% + 30¢ on Studio, 7% + 30¢ on Educator, 9% + 30¢ on Free. Payouts route directly to your bank — no platform middleman, no two-week hold.

Student communications

Announcements hit dashboard + email + in-app. Direct messages per course. Parent read-only links for K-12 students.

FAQ

Common questions about Classentra as an LMS

What is an LMS?
A Learning Management System hosts courses, enrolls students, tracks progress, and often handles payments. The term covers institutional tools like Moodle to solo-teacher tools like Classentra.
How is Classentra different from Moodle or Canvas?
Moodle and Canvas are designed for institutional course delivery — long setup, per-seat licensing, weak live-teaching support. Classentra is a cloud LMS for independent teachers running recurring live sessions, with native video, Stripe Connect payouts, and minutes-not-weeks setup.
Is Classentra free?
Yes. Free tier includes 30 free roster spots (paying students always unlimited), no sales cap, and a 9% + 30¢ all-in Stripe Connect fee — card fees included. Upgrade to Educator ($39) or Studio ($149) for a lower all-in fee and more tools.
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