Who is getting paid?

You've got the user bit right but swap it round - you can register as many people as you want (for free) they only become an active user when they start using a course.

So you can have 1000 registered even if you are on the basic account.

Manual - not an option!

Line Manager - You've got it! - the LMS is mainly set up for company use and then if you added the e-commerce functionality that might be a great added value. I'm trying to get it to do something that it really wasn't designed to do.

I'd look at Absorb and about 20 others over the last 6 months, including moodle. We've actually used a moodle application called http://www.coursemerchant.com/ - we used it on a client project. It is only a few miles from our office (we've got no connection by the way!) I spoke to them last week apparently they have a new version since we used it.

The more I look it into the less I think we need an LMS which is why we've looked at web tools as oppose to LMS. The speed at which the market is moving means that we want to stay flexible and not invest a lot of money into software. I find the LMS costs are very expensive for what we are trying to achieve. Most people want to buy the course, do the course - thanks! I've seen some LMS costs that are getting up towards that of flight simulators!

Just following up on this.  We have launched the latest version of LearnDash which includes our one-click upload for storyline.  Sifting through some of the initial user issues (as to be expected), but moving in the right direction.

-Justin

I have encountered similar issues with AOL albeit I manage the portal tightly from the outside.

1) Statistics: I know they are maintained in AOL because they are shown on the Home page when I log in as Admin.  I created and stored a custom report that I can run from inside the portal that returns the usage stats I need.  I made an enhancement request that statistics be made available via API calls.  But I'm not holding my breath that I'll get any relief any time soon.

2) Site license customers who want reporting capabilities on their group designate in writing to me one their installed users are the 'reporting user' who I configure as group admin.  She has access to the report writer for her group.

3) AOL meters by both users and content. My courses consist of multiple presentations that I unify as a group.  Users get group membership. Seems to me that Litmos would handle this configuration with their 'team' construct.  Sometimes, however, I need a strong navigation paradigm that costs me a metered content unit just for the menu system presentation.  

4) In AOL users and reporting users can only change their password.  They can't grant access to other users

It seems like some people are categorizing either I get a membership solution or an LMS.  If someone just wants to sell content, and doesn't need a lot of tracking then a CMS with plugins could probably do 95% or more of your wish list. 

For instance, Wordpress has already been mentioned, but you can easily extend the functionality of Wordpress using premium plugins including membership type stuff, etc. Probably the best place for that is a subscription to WPMU which I think is $550-$600 a year. They look to be having a sale now, but you can download any plugin they have with a subscription so Wordpress + Premium plugins would be much cheaper than most LMS systems. (If you didn't really need the features of an LMS) 

Todd

Very nice pages, i took.
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