A First Look at Absorb LMS Version 5
After more than a year and a half in development, Absorb LMS version 5 was launched this week. This release contains more than 400 new features and enhancements. Highlights include: A responsive, HTML...
View ArticleWeight Control Strategies for Learning and Development
A friend of mine, an Oxford-educated mathematician, had a smart strategy to succeed in university. When two or more of her professors scheduled exams for the same week, she would immediately ask the...
View ArticleSo, you complete a course and then what happens? Time-based enrollments in...
Dan Medakovic VP Learning Solutions The subject of time-based enrollments has come up in client discussions quite often lately, so I thought I’d write about it here. Here are some examples of what...
View ArticleHow to Use Test Results to Automatically Enroll Learners into Learning...
Making Sure Your Learners Have The Knowledge They NeedMy last blog post was all touchy feely. We looked at empowering learners by asking them what they’re good or bad at, and to subsequently use these...
View ArticleHow to Use a Learning Management System for Employee Reviews
Turning Your LMS into a Multi-functional PowerhouseSome friends of mine recently went Like/Share/Thumbs Up-crazy about an item on our Facebook news feeds. All of this excitement was about a Kickstarter...
View ArticleHow Our Intuitively Designed LMS Administration Saves You Time
Here at Blatant Media we are focused on one primary goal – To Build Intuitive Software!This was our goal back in 2003, and it’s the filter through which we look at every new feature that we build into...
View ArticleWhy Reporting is the Most Hated Learning Management Feature
Stripped of its hundreds of bells and whistles, a learning management system (LMS) is essentially a software application designed to do two things:Provide learners with learning contentReport on the...
View ArticleWhat You Can Expect When Asking a Vendor for Client References
It’s pretty common for prospective clients to ask software vendors for references prior to signing a contract. A 15-minute phone call with two or three organizations who have used the system...
View Article4 LMS Features That Were Hot and Now Are Not
Make sure your team is buying an LMS for the year you’re in.Apart from a two-year stint selling tropical fish at a local pet shop when I was 16, my entire career has been in learning technology.Fresh...
View ArticleHow Flexible is Your LMS at User Management?
One of the most import questions you will face when deploying an LMS is, “how do I organize my users?”The decisions you make here will impact things like Reporting and Admin Rights, as well as Content...
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