WIDS

Paid#8 of 26 in Curriculum Management Software

WIDS: A focused curriculum workspace for designing, aligning, assessing, and approving programs. Ranked #8 of 26 in Curriculum Management Software by our editors (8.6/10); pricing: Pricing on request; best for performance-based curriculum design.

8.6/10★★★★☆Editor score

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At a glance

• Editor score
  8.6 / 10
• Pricing
  Pricing on request
• Best for
  Performance-based curriculum design
• Free plan
  No
• Standards library
  Both
• Founded
  1993
• Facts checked
  20 Sep 2026

• Where it wins

  • Supports course, program, and pathway design with standards alignment
  • Covers maps, assessments, approvals, review records, and archiving
  • Offers team and site licensing with collaborative employee access

• Where it doesn't

  • Pricing uses contact sales rather than published plan prices
  • No free plan is available
  • Web-only platform with a curriculum-focused scope

Our verdict on WIDS

WIDS is cloud-based curriculum management software for colleges, schools, businesses, and government organizations. It is designed for performance-based course and program design, syllabus development, outcome and standards alignment, curriculum mapping, assessment planning, learning and teaching plans, approvals, and archiving. The product suits both individual curriculum developers and institutional teams that need a structured way to manage curriculum work across courses, programs, and pathways.

Licensing is organized around project volume and collaboration needs. The Individual Subscription supports up to 20 course projects and includes a cloud-hosted application. The Team License supports up to 25 course, program, or pathway projects, with unlimited access by current employees, a custom branded domain, site administrator training, and online help support materials. The Expanded Team License raises the limit to 100 projects with the same access and support provisions. The Site License removes the project limit for course, program, and pathway work while retaining those team-oriented provisions. WIDS does not offer a free plan, and pricing uses contact sales.

Its feature set is broader than course authoring alone: WIDS includes curriculum map generation, assessment-plan development, curriculum approvals and review records, archiving, and standards-set import with alignment-map export. It can connect with learning management systems, student information systems, course catalogs, websites, and Moodle LMS, supporting use within established academic technology environments. Choose WIDS when performance-based design, standards alignment, and formal curriculum governance are central requirements. Organizations seeking a general-purpose learning platform or a narrower course-authoring tool may find its curriculum-management focus less suitable.

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WIDS integrations

WIDS lists 5 integrations on its own site.

• learning management systems
• student information systems
• course catalogs
• websites
• Moodle LMS

Alternatives to WIDS

• AtlasA comprehensive web platform for governing, aligning, analyzing, and publishing curriculum.9.4
• OOpenCurriculumA broad curriculum planner with a free entry point and low-cost school pricing.9.3
• AkariA structured curriculum system for institutions managing complex outcomes, approvals, and accreditation.9.2

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