Hi folks.
I’m looking for an LMS system for our company. We’re pretty small (38 employees) and only need something that we can create courses with documents that need to be read and completed. Some analytics would of course be nice too.
Our current solution is too expensive and feature rich for what we need. What other options are people using these days?
What are you currently using and why do you think that you need an LMS? Seems like you could do with SharePoint or an office-based solution like LMS365.
It’s primarily for Compliance based requirements. So X or Y employee needs to read over certain training documentation and acknowledge they have read and understand it for us to meet compliance standards.
As other have pointed out Moodle could be an option . However, if you want more simplicity you can go with newer WordPress LMS systems like Masteriyo and Masteriyo which are way more affordable than pre-builr system.
Moodle offers a free version you can add onto your internal web server.
Kwantic is great, new tool and you can create and host on there
I would have a look at learningsuite.io since its super easy to use and create courses with.
Also elder people had no problem understanding it.
Its also quite cheap for your size of employees.
Have you tried TrainerCentral? Since you mentioned that your current solution is too expensive, I think TrainerCentral would be a perfect fit for you. They support all types of documents as course materials.
Additionally, they have a decent tracking system to monitor how much time a particular employee has spent on a document. You can also set mandates, such as requiring employees to complete reading an entire document before moving to the next one or performing another action.
Their support team is excellent! You don’t need to worry about any issues arising at any time. There will always be someone to handle it. The drawback I face is that their website builder isn’t flexible. However, since you are looking just to train your employees, this won’t affect you.
If you want affordability and good customer support I’d look into Appsembler. We’ve used it for a few years now and have no complaints.
When shopping around we considered a few others, but they were priced through the roof.
I would check out www.mylearnie.com - very strong microlearning product. Very inexpensive for small companies. Very easy content creation.
Moodle would be a “free” option to consider, but the cost in dollars is replaced with the cost of time required to set up and manage a Moodle instance. We went the Moodle route in the early days of our LMS product by creating a front-end for Moodle, but we eventually dropped Moodle and now our LMS is standalone.
How are you creating your courses? Are they SCORM or Rise modules?
When you say that your current solution is too expensive, what is your target budget for the new system?