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DaveNewgass's avatar
DaveNewgass
Community Member
15 years ago

Which LMS do you use and why?

Hey all, Just a quick question to you....what LMS do you use and why?  I use Moodle 2.1.2 currently.  Why?  It seemed like a good idea at the time!  Now I'm frustrated with the SCORM reporting...
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ChrisPurvis
Community Member
11 years ago

Hi everyone!

So reading through the blogs etc. and wondering what is a cost effective but relevant LMS to use with Storyline... which has got me to writing a little about it and wondering if anyone has a solution.

I've used various LMS's to test and to implement courses, so what is this conclusion?

Do we use SAP LMS?... Not the best tool but can work great with a lots of customization which = cost... and I mean lots of cost.

Why do I say this.... Well SAP wasn't created as a LMS but as a ERP tool which then added the LMS functionality in as a integration to their current SAP system to be part of the HR component. Yes they have introduced SuccessFactors... but has his worked they way we want it too.

I guess I should ask myself what do we want from a LMS system?

Something to just host electronic learning?. (hopefully not) Or is it to access courses and give us a system which allows us to host training content, track our courses, evaluate our learners and report any learning electronically. (Another interesting subject) 

Which brings me to Moodle... Its cheap but does most of what a company needs. Customization at no cost (themes), evaluation on standard reports (I really mean Standard) and hosting of courses which using a external provider hosting company can cost almost nothing. I must say it doesn't have the best reports unless you have a full time administrator to pull reports and integrate them together in excel to generate your final report. Or if you have a SQL programmer to customize your reports through a Moodle plugin.

Then we have the subject of curriculums which has been a huge part of learning not just within schools but in companies. So where do we start and where do we finish in a cost effective LMS system?

Yes we do have others out there like Cornerstone, SCORM Cloud etc. but these will cost a bundle if your looking at implementing at 1000 users +.

So far... I feel Moddle is a great companion to Articulate courses (SCORM 1.2 & 2004) .... unless your trying Tin Can API of course.... then its not good at all.

Where do we start? and how will we finish?....

 

  • ReneR1's avatar
    ReneR1
    Community Member
    11 years ago

    So far... I feel Moddle is a great companion to Articulate courses (SCORM 1.2 & 2004) .... unless your trying Tin Can API of course.... then its not good at all.

     

    We just implemented Totara (via a platinum partner), which is the corporate version of Moodle. As far as I understand it, and according to our partner, neither supports 2004 natively (see Supported Versions). Perhaps there is a third-party/add-on route for 2004?

    It has taken a lot of customization ($$) to get the reports and organizational functionality to the structure we need. So far so good, but still in the import validation/tweaking mode.

    Storyline v1 published to LMS/1.2/HTML5 is working well on our desktops and mobile apps. Thank you, Storyline! Can't wait for our 2016 budget to kick in so I can purchase v2!