Right LMS Tips Selecting
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This document discusses tips for selecting the right learning management system (LMS). It outlines the key benefits of an LMS, including automating management, centralized training, blended learning, assigning training to groups, assessing learning, and improving compliance tracking and reporting. The document also discusses important business considerations like cost, time, human resources, and requirements. Additionally, it covers the different LMS options of proprietary vs. open source systems and key features to look for in a modern LMS like integration and reporting/analytics.
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Right LMS Tips Selecting
- 1. Ben Young, Director of Learning Solutions | Nim Parmar, Marketing Coordinator Tips for Selecting the Right Learning Management System (LMS) E M P OW E R TA L E N T
- 2. About Ben
- 3. • Audio • Question box • Poll questions • Post-webinar survey • Recording and slides Housekeeping
- 4. Agenda 1. What are the key benefits of an LMS? 2. The benefits of using an LMS 3. Key business considerations to keep in mind 4. Key features to look for in a modern LMS 5. How to decrease LMS costs
- 5. Poll Question What is your current LMS status? • We have an LMS and we’re happy with it • We have an LMS but are looking for a new one • We don’t currently have an LMS
- 6. What is an LMS? Administration Tracking Reporting Content
- 7. What are the key benefits of an LMS? Why you want one…
- 8. What are the key benefits of an LMS? Automate management Centralize training Blended learning Assign training to groups Assess learningImprove Compliance Tracking & Reporting Course creation & Content Management
- 9. What are the key benefits of an LMS? Automate management • Automated grading • Scheduled reports • Assignment of learning • Triggered events
- 10. What are the key benefits of an LMS? Improve Compliance Tracking & Reporting • Track activity completion • Track Course completion • Prove competency
- 11. What are the key benefits of an LMS? Centralized training • Administration • Course creation and updates • Centralize information and reporting
- 12. What are the key benefits of an LMS? Course creation & Content Management • Place learning objects in courses • Course categorization and management • Programs
- 13. What are the key benefits of an LMS? Blended learning • Digital online material • Instructor led discussions
- 14. What are the key benefits of an LMS? Assign training to groups • Use rules to group users • Assign groups to learning
- 15. What are the key benefits of an LMS? Assess Learning • Exams • Assignments • Group activities
- 16. If you currently have an LMS, what is you biggest challenge with it? (Use the question panel ) Audience Question
- 17. Overview of the LMS Technology Landscape
- 18. What are your LMS options? Proprietary and Open Source
- 19. Overview of the LMS Technology Landscape Proprietary Pro’s:s • Direct business relationship • Support • Maintenance Con’s: • No self updates • Dependency • Can be difficult to extend
- 20. Overview of the LMS Technology Landscape Open Source Pro’s:s • Flexible • No vendor lock • Continuous improvements Con’s: • Operation costs • In-house Expertise for self-serve • Risk of abandonment • Customization and Integration • Global community of support
- 21. Key Business considerations to keep in mind
- 22. Cost Key business considerations to keep in mind
- 23. Time Key business considerations to keep in mind
- 24. Human Resources Key business considerations to keep in mind
- 25. Requirements Key business considerations to keep in mind
- 26. If you’re currently looking for a new LMS, what are some of your main requirements? (Use the question panel ) Audience Question
- 27. What else do you need to consider? Training
- 28. What else do you need to consider? Support
- 29. What else do you need to consider? Content
- 30. What else do you need to consider? Engaging & Responsive Theme
- 31. Key features to look for in a modern LMS
- 32. What else do you need to consider? Integration
- 33. What else do you need to consider? Reporting & Analytics
- 34. Zoola: Reporting and Analytics for Moodle
- 35. Totara & Moodle are 80% more cost effective Managed cloud hosting reduces your IT operating costs by more than 40% Over 12 years of experience and 600 customer implementations We Accelerate Learning Performance
- 36. Corporate & Technology clients
- 37. Healthcare & Education clients
- 38. Don’t be shy! Any Questions?
- 39. • Resources will be sent out in our follow-up email • PowerPoint • Recording • Satisfaction Survey Next Steps
- 40. TOLL FREE +1.877.700.1118 EMAIL SALES@LAMBDASOLUTIONS.NET WWW LAMBDASOLUTIONS.NET
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- As the Director of Learning Solutions, Ben has extensive knowledge of Moodle. He spends a great deal of time working in Moodle, working within the Moodle community, and actively working to improve Moodle. There is no better person to deliver todays webinar. Hello everyone, Im Ben Young, Director of Learning Solutions at Lambda Solutions. I work closely with our clients and professional services team during implementation in addition to on going services. From the slide deck you’ll see a few pictures of myself showcasing some of the interests I have outside work when I am not stuck behind a computer. * Hitting the gym * Interests in alternative means of transportation… as seen in the center picture * and lastly I’ve been known to get out and enjoy some of the local mountains Vancouver has to offer
- A learning management system is a software application for the administration, reporting, and tracking of educational courses or training programs.
- Automate the management and tracking of training – this can be done with automatic grading of exams, scheduled reports, assignment of learning, and triggered / timed events.
- Improves record keeping for compliance training Use features to track a learners completion of activities Activity completion can be rolled up into course completion criteria An LMS should be able to provide access to the data you need in addition to being able to visualize it in different ways. Good reporting makes it easy to show compliance and competency of learners
- An LMS allows for the consolidation of training into one centralized place. For example one administration can manage multiple courses, plush changes to multiple courses, and assign training to all staff from one location, then monitor the learning progress from dashboards and reports.
- Simplify the learning experience with adding learning objects into a course workflows. Can you manage the creation and organization of courses into categories and sub-categories. For advanced scenarios are there features to organization courses into a program (series of courses).
- Blended learning allows for combining online digital media with traditional classroom methods. It requires the physical or vitual presence of both teacher and student, with some element of student control over time, place, path, or pace.
- Assign training to groups of users such as staff/employees setting in motion a path of learning. In some LMS’s it is possible to use organization and position to assign a learner his/her training
- Assessment of Learning - a very common requirement is to be able to assess learning to prove competency and understanding of a topic Common ways this is done is by exams and assignments requiring learner file submissions. And peer-to-peer assignments with review phases
- There are over XX known LMS in the market today with similar features so to help with narrowing down the options we want to look at the landscape. The Landscape can provide you with a prospective of some of the high level considerations that can impact your choice of an LMS, that might not necessarily involve the specifics of features of an LMS.
- One of the easiest ways for use to look at this by splitting the market in two. Proprietary software is software that is owned by an individual or a company (usually the one that developed it). There are almost always major restrictions on its use, and its source code is almost always kept secret. Open-source software (OSS) is computer software with its source code made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose
- Pro’s Direct business relationship - commercial software is typically designed with a smaller scope of features and abilities with careful consideration place on ease-of-use and product roadmap. Additionally, since the software is more closely controlled and as a result the features planned out from earlier on in the software, the result is usually a much more focused solution that is easier to use. Support - generally, included with the software offered by companies selling proprietary software is customer support. Because the source code is not accessible and it is a closed system it can be difficult to extend the functionality of the software. This places higher dependence on if a software has robust APIs / Web Services. Con’s Cannot update the software when you want Dependency - customers of commercial software companies are more or less at the whim of where their software suppliers want to take them. There is usually reduced influence unless you are a larger client Extending the software has to be done via web services and APIs. This can be easy if there is robust API’s; however, if there is not it can be limiting
- Pros * Because there is flexibility to customize, and access to the source code, open source application can be extended with plugins / apps allowing for new features or integrations with other key applications * No vendor lock - it’s possible for organizations to run things in-house if they have the skill or move to different service providers * Continuous improvements - there is a global community fixing bugs and making improvements * Moodle has a large global community as it is the worlds most popular open source LMS Cons Operation costs - there is no licensing costs; however, it is important to factor in the cost of deploying and integrating the software like installation and hosting; in addition to ongoing maintenance like upgrades. Expertise - do you have the internal expertise to work effectively with the chosen open source product? Can you get support on the phone, do developers and IT staff know how to implement and run the software Risk of abandonment - If the software is not widely used or if key programmers lose interest or no longer have time the software could be abandoned. The take away here is to choose open source software that has a large community behind it such as Moodle for learning and wordpress and Drupal as examples in other industries. The other risk of abandonment comes internally when/if staff leave and take knowledge and expertise with them.
- When you choose an LMS the cost of ownership is of considerations. Proprietary * How much is the license * does it include upgrades Does it include add-ons Open Source Cost of internal IT and technical staff to run the software in-house Can you cut in-house costs if you partner with a service partner
- Time considerations What is your timeline? Do you need to transfer courses, train staff on how to use the LMS, Is there time required to integrate with other applications. Implementing technology can be fast if an organization has the expertise and dedicated staff to committed to the training program. Working with a service provider can help decrease the learning curve involved with using a new technology.
- Human resources (how many people do you have to allocate to this project?) Does staff have the expert knowledge in-house or should you consider outsourcing it. Risk can be reduce by working with a service provider to bring new staff up to speed quickly.
- What are your requirements? Evaluate and prioritize these. What features do you absolutely need, which functionalities are non-negotiable? Make a wish list of features then go through them to determine which are most important
- Does training come with the software, is there access to ongoing training?
- Support - is it possible to contact technical support to get questions answered both Initial and ongoing
- Great Content - having the ability to create content or upload existing content already created outside of the LMS is a must have. Creating a better learning experience that sticks with rich learning content that offers engagement through the use of social learning or action based features. The ability to support 3rd party content - examples of this is SCORM, LTI, and AICC
- Engaging and responsive theme - organizations need a consistent and well designed theme that creates a seamless user experience, enhances the engagement of learners, and makes the learning environment feel comfortable. Learning on mobile and tablet devices is becoming more and more common factor so having an LMS that can deliver “mLearning” is important.
- Integration - helps automate and save time with the creation of accounts and sharing of information between key systems It allows for SSO between two.
- Integration - helps automate and save time with the creation of accounts and sharing of information between key systems
- What does Lambda do? We specialize in cloud-based hosting of the learning management systems Moodle and Totara. With these two LMS, clients benefit from powerful, flexible and open source solutions that are feature rich with mobile and social applications. Totara and Moodle are 80% more cost effective and match leading competitors feature for feature. Our agile service team implements scalable deployments to reduce your IT operational costs by more than 40%. Lambda’s cloud hosting is unparalleled for security and reliability with our 99.99% uptime commitment Your set-up time to use your LMS is days, not weeks, with 12 years of experience and over 600 customer implementations. Our highly responsive customer HelpDesk saves you time and money. Our Moodle experts provide support, training, integration and custom development..
- Well-known organizations like Google, Safeway and Four Seasons use open source learning management. Here are just a few of the companies that use our technology.
- One company that we’d like to highlight is Rutgers University. Rutgers uses a Lambda hosted instance of Moodle to deliver learning for their Biomedical and Health Services programs. Three things that Rutgers were looking for in an LMS were flexibility, cost savings, and speed and reliability. Using Moodle Rutgers was able to benefit from full control of their Moodle site, with ability to build in features and functionalities that were unique to their student needs. Rutgers also experienced both time and cost savings, compared to what they invested in their previous hosting provider