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Inexpensive LMS that works well with Articulate
We are in the process of investigating an inexpensive LMS software for our company that we can use with Articulate. We are looking for something that we can purchase and download in house. Our budget is a one time payment of less than $1000. We looked at Training Manager from KZSoftware. Anyone use this one? Or have another that you can recommend. We are not looking for anything that you have to pay monthly and we want to be able to assign trainings and track them.
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- AmirElionCommunity Member
Glad to be of help, Brian.
We also work closely with articulate. For instance:
http://www.articulate.com/community/showcase/?page_id=212
http://www.articulate.com/blog/announcing-articulate-presenter-community-skins/
and
http://www.kineo.com/he/kineo-press-releases/kineo-articulate-storyline-event.html
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
- HaPhamCommunity Member
Brian Stone said:
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 (Yes I know they shouldn't be using an outdated Java version but in reality not everyone has an up to date PC)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the better, it's easier for me to deal directly with my ISP and their PHP settings than dealing with a client and their outdated Java (especially if they have other software on their pc's dependent on Java)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)?
Brian: I think the Java LMS alone does not require Java update on the client side if the LMS does not use Java Applets (which should only be used to provide sophisticated interactive GUI like gaming to clients). Regardless of the development platform (Java, .NET, PHP, etc.), the client should receive the same HTML web pages (all the platform specific activities are processed on the web servers before the server generates HTML pages to send to client). However, if the course content use Java Applet or needs Java to run then it will require Java update on the client side regardless of the LMS platform. - HaPhamCommunity Member
Amir Elion said:
Glad to be of help, Brian.
We also work closely with articulate. For instance:
http://www.articulate.com/community/showcase/?page_id=212
http://www.articulate.com/blog/announcing-articulate-presenter-community-skins/
and
http://www.kineo.com/he/kineo-press-releases/kineo-articulate-storyline-event.html
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Amir: Thanks for sharing. Totara seems closed to what we are looking for: focus on individual assessment and compliance rather than group/class/between-learners collaboration. Could we be able to heavily customize Totara based on our specific need? If we could do that, what is the annual subscription fee for (http://www.totaralms.com/services/subscription-options)?Thanks,
-Ha
- BrianStoneCommunity Member
Ha Pham said:
Brian: I think the Java LMS alone does not require Java update on the client side if the LMS does not use Java Applets
Thanks for clearing that up!Ha Pham said:
If we could do that, what is the annual subscription fee for (http://www.totaralms.com/services/subscription-options)?
I would also be interested to know this.
- MonaRoachCommunity Member
Does anyone have any experience with or knowledge about LatitudeLearning.com LMS?
- TiffanyYouCommunity Member
Hi,
Our company has been using an LMS provided by a Chinese vendor for quite a few years. However, we found that our learners are not interested in learning, especially the course packages provided are mostly out-of-date and do not have interactions at all. So we decide not to use the LMS after our current contract ends in Sept.
We have built more than 30 internal e-learning courses that contain videos, which took great efforts and time in the building process. Recently we start to build some quiz related to those courses via articulate.
Now the question is how are we going to re-use those courses for our internal training? Without an LMS, how are we able to track the learning progress and results?
So I'm looking for a free LMS that
-can store courses
-work well with scorm
-can track progress
-can generate reports
-better not require high technology for the LMS admin
-have both English and Chinese interface
I have set up a trial account in Scorm Cloud and play around with it. However the monthly payment is still quite high for us. And the LMS does not have a Chinese interface and is not compatible with Chinese characters. If we have to make a payment, I'm looking for a once payment around $1000.
Anyone has any recommendations?
Thanks,
Tiffany
- CarlosPrincipeCommunity Member
I've been using Talentlms is very affordable for those companies that doesn't have a huge budget. Is super easy to use and reliable.
- CarlosPrincipeCommunity Member
I've been using Talentlms is very affordable for those companies that doesn't have a huge budget. Is super easy to use and reliable.
- TiffanyYouCommunity Member
Thanks Carlos. The interface of TalentLMS looks really nice. I have set up an account and will give it a try.
- Johnroberts-8caCommunity Member
Hello Cori,
I recommend Beetsol LMS. Beetsol LMS allows you to upload Articulate content very easily. Simply publish the content as Scorm 1.2 or 2004 and upload the zip file into a course on Beetsol - that's it! The platform has all the features that we were looking for but its best part is its ease of use, scalability, reliable, Gamification, Multi-Tenant, Social learning, Social Wall, Chats, Custom Reports. Also supports integrations like SalesForce, Webex, eCommerce among others.
Hope this helps.
Thanks!
John.
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