Breaking up is hard to do. But, when it comes to your learning management system (LMS), “breaking up” can be the right decision if it increases engagement and reduces the impact on your already-strained budget.
Are you getting tired of the way your current learning management system fails to fully meet your company’s needs? Are you pondering the idea of switching to a better eLearning system? If so, you’re certainly not alone.
47% of organizations intend to replace their LMS, according to a survey conducted in 2012 and reported on in The Race to Replace: Results From the 2012 LMS Trends Survey from the Brandon Hall Group. It’s incredible that half of all organizations that utilize an LMS are unsatisfied with their current eLearning system. This statistic proves that run-of-the-mill learning management systems simply aren’t going to cut it for companies destined for success.
There is an array of reasons why business owners and company leaders decide to try new eLearning systems. Usually, they are disillusioned because the LMS they invested in is not delivering what was promised, or the system is old and requires replacement.
Should you replace your LMS? Ask yourself these questions to find out:
Just as its name suggests, a learning management system is designed to promote learning. If your LMS does not facilitate easy learning, it may not be right for you.
An eLearning system should allow users to effortlessly communicate and collaborate with one another via realtime chat, mobile conversations, educational courses, and departmental networking. However, communication and collaboration can only take place if individuals know how to utilize an LMS’s tools.
In short, users and administrators alike should see an LMS as an online workplace. When they do, they value the learning management system highly and make good use of its features.
Of all the features an LMS may have, mobile learning is among the most popular. Mobile learning allows employees and employers to access all of the information stored in a cloud-based LMS, from any place in the world, on any device with Internet access and a web browser.
Mobile learning takes convenience to a whole new level. For example, if an employee needs to complete a training course from home and only has a smart phone to work from, it is no problem with an LMS that features mobile learning. Or, if a business owner has to catch up on some work over the weekend and only has a tablet to use, an eLearning system that enables mobile learning makes it possible.
If users and administrators only have LMS access while at work, there is little incentive to use the platform as a means to interact and collaborate with others. Mobile learning capabilities transform an LMS from a business tool limited to the office, to a lifeline that helps everyone get their job done on their own terms.
If you were to take a survey, how many of your employees would likely say they enjoy using your current LMS? If the majority of employees were to admit they do not like using your eLearning system, it would be a strong indicator that the LMS is not user-friendly.
It is essential that a social learning management system be user-friendly. Why? Because user-friendly eLearning systems get utilized, and those that are not, do not. If your LMS is rarely accessed and its features are not taken advantage of, you can bet it’s not easy/enjoyable to use.
A user-friendly LMS is intuitive, targeted, fast, and responsive. It is not hard to figure out and difficult to sign-in to. The right, user-friendly social LMS will make your employees’ lives easier and will cause little, if any, frustration.
TOPYX is an award-winning learning management system that is among the easiest-to-use LMSs on the market. It is intuitive, responsive and enables mobile learning. Also, a feature called learning tools interoperability (LTI) makes TOPYX incredibly easy to integrate into an established workplace. Best of all, there are no per-user fees with TOPYX.
Business owners deserve eLearning software that provides a platform on which employees can connect with information, learning content and one another. You can increase your business’s success by ensuring your LMS is user-friendly, accessible on mobile devices and seen as an online workplace. After all, an LMS is an extension of your business.