Ideas for Naming LMS

May 19, 2021

Hi Team!

I'm looking for ideas to name our LMS internally. I found an older thread about this but it wasn't much help for me.

We are trying to stay away from anything that sounds too formal like university or academy. We also do not want anything related to our industry because one of the newest company divisions isn't really in the same industry, and culturally they don't see themselves belonging in the same category.

Right now, my ideas are Learn, Studio, The Learning Studio, and ...that's it.

What names have you seen people use? What ideas might you have?

Thanks in advance!

16 Replies

Math Notermans

almost 3 years ago05/21/21 at 2:24 pm (UTC)

Old Grumpy

Ibad Ekkeri

almost 3 years ago05/23/21 at 5:06 am (UTC)

If I could, I'd use one of the following names:

Illume-U

Expound Town

Elicit-Ton

Appri-Zon (pronounced like zon in Amazon) or Appris-Zone

The Know-City

Jenna St John

almost 3 years ago05/24/21 at 4:10 pm (UTC)

Portal, Library, Learn, Hub

Surender Rajput

almost 3 years ago05/24/21 at 9:27 pm (UTC)

Ilearn, skillup,

almost 3 years ago05/25/21 at 2:26 am (UTC)

Interesting names @Ibad Ekkeri. Definitely something I've never heard before. Thanks for sharing

Ibad Ekkeri

almost 3 years ago05/25/21 at 4:38 am (UTC)

Thank you Philip. I made these names up when you mentioned the words "ideas" in your question. Hope it was helpful.

Let me know once you finalize a name. Cheers!

Joseph Francis

almost 3 years ago05/27/21 at 9:06 pm (UTC)

Dunno if it's a SumTotal thing, but one organization I worked for called the internal LMS "The Learning Center," after which I found a few OTHER SumTotal installs at other organizations also calling their instance "Learning Center."

Philip Deer
Author

almost 3 years ago05/28/21 at 3:59 am (UTC)

Thanks, Joseph. I've seen a lot of generic names like that in use. Maybe it's just easier and straightforward that way instead of trying to be too clever. We're leaning towards "The Learning Studio" or "Learning Studio" at the moment.

Amy Wells

almost 3 years ago05/28/21 at 2:44 pm (UTC)

We are in the process of naming our new LMS also. At previous organizations, I've seen the following:

The Learning Zone

[Company] Learn

Success Center

the Learning Center

One consideration is if your LMS houses more than just learning capabilities. When our LMS combined with HRIS functions, we changed from [Company] Learn to Success Center because we wanted the name to reflect that there was more than just learning happening in that space.

Philip Deer
Author

almost 3 years ago06/03/21 at 5:10 am (UTC)

This is a great condieration. I'll have to do some thinking. Thank you, Amy!

2Training Loan

almost 3 years ago06/03/21 at 10:33 am (UTC)

If i understood correctly, it is for the LMS internally.

MyLearning

but i dont know if there is copyright on that..and if that applies for none commercial purposes like internal use only.

almost 3 years ago06/03/21 at 1:01 pm (UTC)

Highly unlikely, and if its an internal LMS, how would said copyright holder enforce it? I've never heard that name and I've been in the industry for 30+ years now.

Learning Development

almost 3 years ago06/05/21 at 1:22 pm (UTC)

Odyssey

Peggy Hailstone

almost 3 years ago06/06/21 at 9:52 pm (UTC)

Experiencer

The Learning Hub

The Experience Hub

Eruditio (Latin for learning)

The Learning Domain

el saber (Spanish for knowledge, learning, wit, wisdom)

Kristin Hatcher

almost 3 years ago06/15/21 at 8:18 pm (UTC)

We call our LMS "Talent," the idea being that our "talent" goes there for professional development and to become more talented. I would never have thought of this on my own, but I like the idea of naming it after your people and what you want for them.

Philip Deer
Author

almost 3 years ago06/17/21 at 1:51 am (UTC)

I like that. You've got some ideas flowing for me. I think Grow, Growth Studio...