Inexpensive LMS that works well with Articulate

Hi All,

Can I suggest you look at Dave Moxons' Articulate eLearning Blog at http://daveperso.mediaenglishonline.com/

He has a nice little review of a range of articulate friendly LMS's (including free one's and Moddle)

Here is some LMS information I wrote a while ago - it may help.

Tier 1 LMS

Saba (ThinQ*)

Plateau Systems

SumTotal Systems (Pathlore Software*)

Oracle iLearning

Affiliated Computer Services

Tier 2 LMS

SAP

Peoplesoft - Oracle

Learn.com

KnowledgePlanet

IBM LearningSpace

Meridian KSI

WBT Systems

Cornerstone OnDemand

GeoLearning

Vuepoint

Tier 3 LMS

BlackBoard (WebCT *) Educational specific - (Could be considered Tier 2 for University sector penetration)

OutStart - (Defence penetration)

Breeze * (now called Adobe Connect)

Janison * (TAFE LMS called My.TAFE)

DOTS - Dynamic Online Training System (WebRaven)

Southrock – Talent2

LearnFrame

Sharepoint - Share Point Learning Kit - http://slk.codeplex.com/

GeoMetrix Training Partner 2000:

Question Mark Perception

articulate Online

Avilar

LearnerWeb

Isoph Blue

Intellinex

Open Text

* because we may still find instances of these products in the market place

Extended LMS players

Evolution Learner Manager (ELM) (OutStart Inc.)

IntraLearn XE (IntraLearn Software Corp.)

Intranet U Enterprise Learning Management System (Intranet U)

iPerform (Integrated Performance Systems)

LMSLive (Wizdom Systems Inc.)

Novations Ready Solutions LMS (Novations Learning Technologies)

OnTrack for Training Product Suite (DKSystems)

Syntrio Enterprise LMS (Syntrio)

Tracker.Net (Platte Canyon Multimedia Software Corp.)

Training Partner 2003 (GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.)

Virtual Training Assistant (RISC)

WebMentor LMS (Avilar Technologies Inc.)

Xtention Learning Management System (Xtention Inc.)

Here is the recommended LCMS List

Adaptive Tutoring Systems

Aspen Learning Experience server

Knowledge producer

Knowledge Planet KP2000:

OutStart Evolution **

Logic Builder

Leading Way

Total Knowledge Management

Vuepoint **

Hive – Harvest road

Blackboard**

** in LMS list also

Open Source (Free) LMS

Moodle

Dokeos

eFront

There is quite a few school/teacher LMS/CMS

Schoology

Nfomedia

Edu2.0

MyiCourse

LectureShare

SchoolRack

eLearning Community 2.0

Ecto

Chalksite

CollegeBrain.net

Yes the list is not perfect and yes I know there has been some LMS consolidations - However, it may start you in the right direction.

Cheers

Gazzzz

I have a question relating to this:

How would one sync a local LMS with an online LMS? Say I have some classes (kids) that access a local moodle install and then I want to sync their information to an online version for their parents to check their results? I don't want to manually post the results because it seems like double work....stupid question?

P.S Moodle 2.x will be slower to adopt than previous iterations because many ISP's don't yet fully support PHP 5.3 (i think that's the version) Which is what the latest version of moodle wants. The main problem with free LMS is that they look, well, to put it bluntly, boring as hell!

Hi ,

Just joined the group - so a bit of a newbie!!

One of my clients has just purchased Knowledge Presenter's  LMS. It is an Australian product.

It is great and cheap for what you get ! My client spent about a year looking for an LMS and kept coming back to this one !

They even give you a 30 day free trial:

http://www.knowledgepresenter.com/assets/lmsmain.htm

It actually works great with Articulate and Captivate courses -  no problem with SCORM -.

They  even host, provide support and training and a helpdesk!

The guys in the  UK are even experts in elearning - a perfect one-stop shop !

www.e-learningstudios.com

forgot to mention they have  a great online University with lots of while papers :

http://www.knowledgepresenter.com/kpuniversity/x/kplme/KPLMEXThirdPartyLessons.pdf

Thanks Vispi and Garry for your suggestion. Our resources are more familiar with Java than PHP, therefore if the leading PHP-based LMS is not much better than the leading Java-based one, we prefer to choose the Java LMS. With a little research, we know some open source LMSs like OLAT, SAKAI are in JAVA. Does anyone have experience with customizing those systems with SCORM 1.2  content generated by Articulate?

I think for me the only reason I don't use a Java based system is because of the Java updates. Well let me re-phrase, because some software will work on one version of Java and another will want the newest version. Also some banks tend to use Java. (Yes I know they shouldn't be using an outdated Java version but in reality not everyone has an up to date PC)

So if I've created a course and my LMS uses the latest version of Java does that mean the viewer would need the latest version? Basically the less the clients need to do from their side the better, it's easier for me to deal directly with my ISP and their PHP settings than dealing with a client and their outdated Java (especially if they have other software on their pc's dependent on Java)

Maybe someone can clear that up for me - Does using a LMS with Java mean clients / people using my LMS site will need a correct Java version (I assume yes)? 

Hi Cori,

Have you checked Moodle?

Its freeware, but needs some customisation. But can be customised to look great. It has lots of functionalities and a great community.

Hi Kulari,

Could you give us some links of good looking moodle installs?

Hi Brian.

You can check out some of the LMS case studies on our site.

http://www.kineo.com/moodle/totara-moodle-lms.html

We use Modole and Totara (a Moodle distribution geared towards the corporate world).

More examples visible in this youtube movie: http://youtu.be/HcmH50uR_s4

Amir

Thanks Amir

You guys look pretty big - I'll definitely keep Kineo in mind. I've bookmarked this site.