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Aug 23, 2021

Hi ID Heros!

I wasn't sure where to post this, but I've had some enlightening conversations here before. I am a newly hired eLearning specialist at a small medical clinic (first job as an ID!). I have been tasked with finding and proposing an authoring tool + LMS for the company. That is to say, they have no LMS or Authoring software. I have experience with Articulate and Adobe, so naturally I suggested those to my boss, but she didn't like the price tag (we are a small office) and they don't come with access to a LMS. My question is this:

Can you recommend an LMS that comes with an integrated authoring tool? Or if not, can you recommend a pairing of the two that might seem more economical to a small business? I love and prefer articulate, but sadly the standalone tool seemed too pricey when I proposed it to my boss and it doesn't even come with an LMS. I've been put in an awkward place of laying the groundwork for our training programs, but without certainty of which tools I will be able to work with.

Any and all recommendations are appreciated (Sorry Articulate, I love you!)

Caleb

3 Replies

Allison LaMotte
Staff

over 2 years ago08/27/21 at 7:48 am (UTC)

Hi Caleb,

Have you checked out Rise.com? It's our all-in-one training solution that makes training easy to create, enjoyable to take, and simple to manage. It includes:

Rise, our web-based authoring app
A hosting platform that lets you track learner data (like completion and quiz scores)
Loads of high-quality pre-built business content

If that sounds like something that would meet your company's needs, sign up for a free trial to try it out for yourself! :)

Math Notermans

over 2 years ago08/27/21 at 9:42 am (UTC)

You could get an open source LMS. Moodle and many more available. TalentLMS is a good solution on which you can create and add courses... also Scorm and Tincan. And why not use WordPress in combination with Learndash plugin or Brian Batts WP plugin ( https://www.elearningfreak.com/ )
I use that one myself on my personal site to add courses.

Phil Mayor
Hero

over 2 years ago08/27/21 at 11:20 am (UTC)

Try and avoid any LMS that comes with its own authoring tool integrated, unless it is an Rise.com, an Adapt instance or perhaps Elucidat. The reason for this is two part.

They will have limited developers and you want a good los and a good authoring tool, you do not want the team splitting their work across two platforms.

Secondly, most authoring tools like this are tied to the LMS when you want to leave it is likely you will have to rebuild all of your courses for your new LMS and even if you can export to scorm to use elsewhere to be able to author them you will still need to pay for access.