Which LMS do you use and why?

It was absolutely the smartest thing we did. We did an extensive RFP, as well, and received thousands of pages back from the vendors. The original demos showcased what the vendors wanted us to see. The scripted demos gave us a real-life view of what the system would do and how it would impact us on a daily basis.

That also brings up another excellent point about the RFP process. It may not take long to add a question/requirement to the RFP, but it can be a mammoth job to review the responses that come back in response (A one-line question can bring back a 5 page response). I'd recommend assigning knowledgeable owners to the individual requirements up front. Ask them to be responsible for reviewing all the responses related to that topic and provide any feedback on the exceptional (good or bad) responses.

Yes, Marty, it feels a bit like congress dumping 1000s of volumes of books out that they know no one will be able to read in time for a vote...or lawyers doing the same in the interest of "discovery." You don't know how daunting the process is until you are in the middle of it, if you're not careful!

I'm currently searching for trade shows where vendors may be demo'ing their LMS.

Currently we are trialing Litmos. Has anyone used that one?

Its got a good admin interface and reporting. Plus the ability to "sell courses". I'm still new to the company so I wasn't informed for all the exact reasons for the choice.

If anyone has any insights to Litmos or suggestions for other LMS that has the following capabilities let me know.

Capabililities:

SCORM compliant

able to upload HTML5 content for iPad/iPhone

able to track, report

API to allow single sign on

relatively lightweight

can support over 200 users (potentially)

easily to use interface (obviously)

I plan on developing the courses and materials using Articulate Storyline.

http://scorm.com/scorm-solved/scorm-cloud-features/

Hi Mike why not look at the Kallidus solution from e2train provides integrated LMS, Performance Management and Talent & Succession capability. Visit http://www.e2train.com for more details. High degree of client-end configurability, full domain functionality, flexible administrator role permissions (all controlled by your top-lvel administrators), powerful reporting capability courtesy fo the embedded Business Objects reporting engine. I used Kallidus for five years as a client and then joined the company in April this year to help others realise the benefits of it as a holistic, 'future-proofed' solution.

It supports both Scorm and AICC packages. The link below gives details of the LMS' features.

http://www.e2train.com/products/learning-management-system-lms/lms-features

Andrew.

I found time to run the Articulate Online demo.  Very user friendly both from admin and user side.  So far, it seems to do everything we need which is, basically, publishing courses we design in '09 and/or Storyteller, maintaining the courses and reporting. It supports groups, which is huge for us.  The best part is, I figured eveything out without having to look at a manual or post a help request .. it's that user friendly!  I'm surprised no one else jumped in this forum string to support it (?). 

@Mike

Articulate Online is very good for the use that you described. (Tracking Articulate software generated content) In my own situation, I include content from a variety of software programs and need advanced features that can stand on their own. For instance, if you needed quizzing features (outside of your normal SCORM Articulate package) like question analysis or mapping to individual learning objectives, then a more robust learning management system with additional features might be necessary. I have not looked at AO in a while and they've probably added some features over time, but I'm giving you an educated guess as to why more people are not chiming in on the forums as using the Articulate LMS solution even though they use Storyline/Presenter all the time.

Anyone here ever work w/ Intellum (aka Rollbook)?

This has been a very interesting discussion. Marty, I think your idea of asking LMS vendors to step through specific tasks is a great idea.

Karyn, your story sounds a lot like mine. I was hired after we chose AbsorbLMS as our first LMS. We went live at the beginning of 2011. It has been a bumpy road. There are a lot of good things about Absorb and a lot of challenges. I work for an association and we use the LMS to keep track of our members' education, including CPE credits. The user interface is fairly simple, but some of our users had trouble with pop-ups, Flash, and security settings that can be hard to overcome because we have no control over their systems. But I expect that might be the case with a lot of LMSes. We also did SSO integrating with our association management system. I sometimes wonder if it would have been easier to use their shopping cart instead. Our other big issue is with our certificates because of the detailed information we need to include on them for CPE purposes. I'd love to have more control over them.

I can say that the people at Absorb have been very responsive when I've noticed problems, but I have had to create a lot of work arounds and figure things out for myself. Sometimes I think I'm just trying to put a round peg in a square hole.

I'd love to hear what other associations are using.