Learning is a fundamental part of business growth and success. To quote an old proverb, ‘learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back.’
Of course, making this progress requires continuous effort. And, as we’re sure you’re already aware, there are only so many hours in the day and resources at your disposal.
That’s why many businesses rely on learning management systems (LMS). With the help of technology, they can scale up their training initiatives without exhausting their managers, teachers, and/or budgets. It’s like swapping out oars and elbow grease for an engine; you’ll still make it upstream, only now you’ll get there much quicker.
In this article, we’ll define what learning management systems are before introducing you to the features, use cases and benefits of our own e-learning platform.
What is a learning management system?
A learning management system (LMS) is a type of software for building, delivering, and tracking e-learning courses, materials and pathways. While these platforms are naturally suited to the education sector, many also double as corporate LMS solutions.
With the right platform in your toolkit, you can:
- Stay ahead of the curve. 85% of business leaders believe there will be a substantial surge in skills development needs as a result of AI. E-learning software empowers you to get ahead and upskill your talent now.
- Increase employee satisfaction. A recent LinkedIn survey found that 4 out of 5 UK workers believe learning adds purpose to their work. This is a key factor in boosting engagement and retention.
- Attract new talent. Over half of the Gen Z population values learning for career progress compared to just 37% of older generations. With a fully-fledged e-learning portal, you can stand out from competitors and attract eager new talent.
The question now is: what exactly does the ‘right’ LMS platform look like?
Well, it looks a little like this…
Inside the Claromentis LMS platform
Supercharge your learning initiatives with an LMS platform you can really grow into. Our secure, SCORM-compliant learning management system empowers you to create immersive and impactful e-learning experiences at scale.
With granular permissions, an intuitive interface, and extreme customisation options, it’s very simple to build tailored courses and finely control user access. This makes the platform perfect for educating any audience – whether they’re inside or outside of your organisation.
As one of three platforms within the full Claromentis digital workplace solution, our LMS also benefits from integrated intranet and project management capabilities. You also have the option to purchase our business process automation platform, InfoCapture, to elevate your investment even further.
Learning management system features
To give you a better understanding of the Claromentis LMS, let’s run through the platform’s features, starting with its e-learning functionality:
- Course and module building. Develop bespoke courses using multimedia content, including assets in your Claromentis portal or external resources, such as any SCORM 1.2 standard content.
- Learning pathways. Use qualification codes to link your courses together into step-by-step learning pathways. This is especially useful for developing role-specific training.
- Quizzes. Embed quizzes in your e-learning courses to test your users’ information retention and highlight areas for improvement.
- Training events. Create in person or online events in the Claromentis platform and add them to your learning modules.
- Course tutors. Give your users the ability to reach out to subject matter experts for support. Simply assign the relevant tutor or tutors to your course or module.
- Course validity. Set a validity date for your courses and/or modules, dictating when a user will have to retake the training.
- Notifications. Remind users when training has breached its validity date or notify them of a new course. Administrators can also receive notifications when a user enrols on a course, passes training, and more.
- Automated triggers. Transform your user experiences after they complete a course. With LMS triggers, you can define rules and automatic actions for post course completion. For example, you may grant access to more learning materials, switch the theme of your e-learning portal, or change a user’s role.
- User training records. Every user has a unique training record, automatically updated with every course they complete. You can export this data as well as flesh it out with external training records.
- Learning reports. Get an overview of your course and module activity via a helpful reporting dashboard. These pre-made reports provide information around enrollment, active courses, success rates, completed modules and more.
Additional digital workplace features
As we’ve already mentioned, every implementation of our LMS comes with the core Claromentis intranet and project management platform.
Here’s a quick summary of the platform applications we feel are most useful for developing an effective e-learning portal:
- Single sign-on (SSO). Enable easy and secure access to your training content, no matter where your learners are.
- Granular permissions. Define roles and permissions to finetune user experiences, content access, and editing rights. This gives you the ability to restrict or grant access to all learning materials.
- Content Management. Create visually appealing and easily navigable course catalogues, learning homepages and more with Claromentis’s drag-and-drog page designer and menu builder.
- Themes. Apply one overarching e-learning theme to your portal or generate unique themes for individual learning programs, user groups or external audiences.
- Design panel. Imbue your learning platform with your business’s colours, logos and fonts to ensure brand consistency and increase adoption.
- Knowledge base. Support your users’ learning experience with content-rich knowledge base articles, step-by-step walkthroughs and FAQs.
- Document and asset management. Store all of your course-related training materials in one centralised, version controlled hub. You can also add this content as standalone modules in your e-learning experiences.
- Policy manager. Upload relevant company policies and, if needed, attach them to your courses. This is useful for mandatory training around IT compliance, health and safety, process changes or similar.
- Buttons. Embed convenient buttons on your e-learning portal pages, linking users to popular courses or pathways. You can also use buttons to link each user to their personal training page.
- News Channels and announcements. Announce your upcoming courses, alert users of mandatory training events, and create a space for celebrating learner achievements.
- Project and task management. Create dedicated project spaces for planning the build, review and QA of your upcoming e-learning courses. With task assignment, integrated topic threads and bird’s eye project views, it’s easy to track the progress of your projects and ensure deadlines are met.
- Badges. Award your learners with bespoke badges after they complete a course, reach a milestone, or exceed your expectations – perfect for creating a gamified learning experience.
- Discussion rooms. Set up moderated messaging boards and empower users to share tips, ask questions, and build collaborative learning communities.
- Thank you. Sing the praises of your trainers, course creators or learners via Claromentis’s public thank you feature.
For more information, view the full list of applications here.
TIP: Please bear in mind that you can ‘hide’ any Claromentis applications that you do not need. This build-your-own approach allows you to craft an e-learning portal that aligns with your specific needs – without overwhelming your learners.
Learning management system use cases
The Claromentis e-learning platform is designed for every industry and use case – whether you’re an education institution eager to support your students outside of contact hours, or an ambitious business looking for a corporate LMS.
If you have training you need to deliver, Claromentis will help you deliver it.
To give you a concrete idea of how you might harness our LMS, however, take a look at these use cases:
By function:
- Quality management. Ensure consistency in your work, processes and services with standardised e-learning. This is especially useful for training new employees or rolling out new processes.
- IT compliance. Maintain compliance with mandatory data regulations and IT standards and reduce the likelihood of an insider breach.
- Employee onboarding. Reduce the need for 1-1 calls and training with clear, step-by-step learning pathways. Perfect for onboarding new employees or sales representatives.
- Employee retention and engagement. Compelling training and development opportunities can increase employee engagement and loyalty. This can lead to higher retention rates and save you the costly ordeal of frequent hiring sprees.
- Upskilling. According to Gartner, 70% of employees believe they haven’t mastered the skills needed for their current job – never mind any skills they may need further down the line. With targeted, tutor-supported courses, you can bridge skills gaps in your workforce, boost competencies and encourage self-paced learning.
- Human resources. Use Claromentis to simplify the creation and delivery of your critical HR training – such as DEI and leadership training. With built-in analytics, you can quickly determine who has and hasn’t completed mandatory courses and pinpoint areas for additional focus.
By industry:
- Education. Overcome the current student disengagement crisis without overburdening your teaching staff. With Claromentis, you can provide engaging at-home learning courses, supported by gamified quizzes and rewards systems. This can improve student learning and lead to better exam results.
- Franchises. In an industry rife with labour shortages and skills gaps, it’s no wonder 41% of franchises are focusing on increasing employee retention. This is where an easily accessible and scalable LMS like Claromentis can help. Using engaging, tailored learning pathways, you can provide your dispersed workforce with compelling development opportunities and give them a reason to stick around.
- Hospitality. Deliver mandatory training to your frontline staff – including first aid, health and safety, and fire safety courses – to ensure you keep your teams and customers safe.
- Charities and non-profits. Streamline volunteer training and onboarding without exhausting the time and resources of your busy team.
- Finance. Ensure your employees are aware of the latest financial regulation obligations, cyber security threats, service updates and more with secure, mobile accessible courses.
- Construction. Support your apprenticeship training programs, distribute health and safety training to your contractors, and keep a repository of important workplace policies.
- Healthcare. Educate your staff on your latest healthcare practices, patient services, and healthtech usage and provide compelling career development opportunities.
What makes our LMS platform different?
1. Built-in intranet and project management capabilities
With Claromentis, you get so much more than just a learning management system.
Every deployment of our LMS comes with native intranet and project management capabilities at no added cost. This gives you the freedom to extend Claromentis into a broader digital workplace solution (kitted out with a project workspace and bespoke intranet) and/or augment your e-learning platform.
For the latter, you can use the features available to:
- Communicate new training courses or learning pathways via the news and announcement applications.
- Plan the creation and review of new e-learning courses, modules and pathways with the project management application.
- Create supportive learning communities via moderated discussion rooms and communication tools.
2. Additional business process automation capabilities
Eager to deploy the complete Claromentis digital workplace solution? For an additional fee, you can add our powerful business process automation platform, InfoCapture, to your package.
Similarly to our core intranet platform, you can harness InfoCapture as a standalone application for process automation and management and/or use its features as part of your e-learning portal. This could entail:
- Creating an ‘ideas’ form for learners to request in-house training that interests them.
- Building a ticketing system for users to report errors in your learning materials.
- Allowing employees to submit external training day or event requests, which your management team can then action.
3. On-premise and SaaS available
Depending on your industry, regulatory requirements and technology estate, you may prefer to deploy your LMS on-premise rather than in the cloud.
Claromentis is one of only a handful of digital workplace vendors that accommodates on-premise and SaaS deployments. Simply get in touch with our sales team to discuss your needs and receive a quote.
4. Helpful customer and development support
Our award-winning customer support team and in-house developers will ensure your e-learning portal is as effective as it can be.
From day one, you’ll receive tailored onboarding and training, access to a content-rich customer support portal, and the ability to request bespoke applications and plugins.
Take a tour of our learning management system features
According to a recent study, 69% of companies with mature career development initiatives harness online learning. In other words: if learning is important to your organisation, adopting an LMS is a no brainer.
But don’t just pick any platform. Choose an LMS that makes a tangible difference to your people, processes and profits.
To make sure Claromentis is the right fit for you, we’d strongly recommend booking a personalised demo. During this no-obligation call, our experts will give you an exclusive behind the scenes tour of our LMS and its powerful features. We’re also more than happy to show you around the complete Claromentis digital workplace solution, too!
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