I don’t know if what we are looking for is even possible. We are a consulting company. We have several programs we want to get online. One is a 15 month program that currently is delievered using 27 best practices (pdf or printed) which each has worksheets (excel or word) with them.
We do have a budget for customization. Besides the usual tracking of an LMS what we are finding diffucult to find is:
A. The use of spreadsheets in an LMS.
B. The ability to do a quiz or activity in the LMS more than once without overwriting.
C. The ability to access the answer database. For instance, over the 27 best practices our clients put in the data that at the end of the program creates their business plan. Ideally the business plan would auto populate. Or we have a section on hiring where they identify the qualities and attibutes they want in a candidate and in another course we would want to bring those qualities and attributes forward to create interview questions around.
D. Ability to cobrand. We have a few national accounts. We would like their clients to be managed by them and also have their branding with us.
We are open to creative ideas as well. Just not sure how to go about this or what questions to ask. Any direction or suggestions would be helpful.
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Honestly sounds like you need more of a website than an LMS. You could use a basic Google site embed your spreadsheets have separate searchable pages for your knowledge base and use Google forms for quizzes which would just keep a running spreadsheet of all responses by date.
You could duplicate the site for different brands or clients or just have different home pages for each client.
Not sure an LMS would give you as much flexibility and also keep a running list of quiz attempts. Maybe canvas could but it comes with a hefty pricetag.
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I think I understand what you’re looking for - a custom LMS that can handle complex program delivery, including spreadsheet integration, flexible quizzing, and dynamic data population. It sounds like you need a tailored solution that can adapt to your unique consulting programs. One option could be to build an LMS from scratch, incorporating all the features you need. I’d be happy to help you explore this path and create a customized solution that meets your requirements. Would you be open to discussing this further and seeing if we can bring your vision to life?
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Just for other’s references while we have not made a decision I did sit through a demo of Learnie today and really enjoyed it. As consultants we work with a lot of small businesses and not only is it affordable, but it’s got some features we like. Still working through how it would handle some of our bigger asks, but it’s definitely one I’ll be having my clients look at.
Another option we’re exploring is having someone do a custom LMS on SharePoint using Power Apps as well. Not sure how much we’ll explore that, but it’s an interesting thought. So far the starting point for that is 20K
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Thinkific Plus offers the most customization I’ve seen now on the market for a very robust LMS back end and a highly customizable front end. It is like a shopify for learning content, you can create custom pages for anything and embed any type of resource or media. Why not make your quiz on Typeform and embed it wherever you want. Thinkific has SCORM and “multimedia” lessons you can use for embedding anything. If you want to build something custom, we have worked with a group called Savian.ca a few times now who create custom LMS and knowledge management systems based in Wordpress
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You’ve got a lot to unpack here.
A. Why do spreadsheets need to be used in the LMS? Can a user just download the file via a link?
B. When you say ‘not overwriting’ what does that mean? Most LMSs have copy/duplicate options for quizzes and activities.
C. There are lots of ways to make something like this happen (thinking power BI or maybe even Storyline). But these are tools outside of an LMS.
D. You can absolutely create co-brand portals in an LMS. I know it’s an option with Thought Industries.
Hope that helps.
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