Week 11: CBL in Corporate Training

My organization is the Canadian Armed Forces and we have a population anywhere between 60,000 - 100,000 members. These numbers depend on how many full time and reservist members that we are current employing. Our budget is very fluid and I cannot put an actual number on it. Training is conducted by various schools and dollar figures are not built into strict budgets. Our training is for both training and education. We focus mostly on training members to conduct certain jobs and this takes a lot of our time and efforts. I would not recommend using a CBL for my organization because of security concerns and lack of connectivity. The CBL could be compromised and leak some information and data that would impact the organization. We need to ensure that we have a closed internal network that does not exist on the cloud. I know there are some excellent products, but my organization would not be interested in any of those products.

I work for a very large university with hundreds of staff, thousands of learners, and already has their own LMS. For this activity I am going to imagine that my organization has approximately 250 employees, and a budget of $5000.00 per year for training (not including the cost of staff to maintain learning resources). The organization deals with very specialized information, and has decided to create a robust in-house training program to support the development of new employees over the course of their first 18 months. I would choose Adobe Captivate Prime as the LMS for a few reasons: its interoperability, ease of use, and low cost per user. As an organization, we know that we will always meet the minimum number of users, and as we continue to grow we may become eligible for further discounts. This LMS will allow my organization flexibility to integrate many types of learning materials, as well as track our employees progress. It will also be used to help determine overall performance and identify areas of training needs.

My school is a medium-sized independent k-8 school. We currently have about 50 individuals on staff and, although I can’t say for sure, my best guess is that we currently have a moderate budget to spend. With this in mind, I would lean towards Talent LMS for my school as it provides an affordable option and is suitable to the size of my organization. In terms of training, many of the features – from surveys, quizzes, uploading content – are relatively standard so training staff on the platform should be relatively easy and painless. From an accessibility perspective, Talent LMS’s cloud-based offerings do not seem to differ in any way from the other two LMS systems, so this alone is not a major factor in swaying my decision to select Talent.

I imagine for budgetary reasons, my organization (a school board) does not use any of these LMS options, but rather builds their own in-house. The result is a choppy mishmash of services and plugins that do not work together well. Often on days where staff (over 50 000 people) are given time to do online training the servers become overloaded and the service crashes or does not save one's learning. The whole experience is frustrating and unreliable, but without more money to invest in any of these other options, the process is unlikely to change. Given more funds, the Adobe Captive Prime sounds like a great option given the lack of plugin problems and the ability to save content for offline viewing. Training often included videos and quizzes for the purposes of workplace training for either online services or workplace safety.

Let's say I had a company about 50 employees and my budget is under $5,000 for training. The training would be about software usage and database entry. I think it would be reasonable to choose Talent LMS because it's free, easy to use and there are tests for assessment to see if employees are understanding the software. Using cloud base learning, I think it would save a lot of money and time without using paper or pencils. They would be able to do their learning at their own time and progress as they learn. There isn't an instructor or a room to book and the LMS provides flexibility and creativity.

I see my post must have been accidentally deleted so I am re-posting. Unfortunately the formatting will make it difficult to read. Sorry. Size of your organization 1 owner-employee Budget $1,000 t $2,000 annually start-up Nature of training Continuing education for health care providers Cloud accessibility Yes Other reasons if any All of the LMS listed have similar, albeit not exactly the same features. However, doing a feature by feature comparison would take a considerable amount of time in the order of months, not hours, to do. Among the three LMS’ featured, two appear to be aimed at large institutions, either corporate or academic. One of the LMS listed, TalentLMS, has pricing scalability and this would be Adobe Captivate Prime $4 per learner per month This cost per learner per month is a model more suitable for a large organization with a predictable student population TalentLMS Is scaled $ Scalable The cost structure of this product is ideal for a small business like mine where I can scale up as needed. Free for up to 5 users and 10 courses $29/month Small plan for up to 25 users and unlimited courses $99/month Basic plan for up to 100 users and Single Sign-On $199/month Plus plan for up to 500 users with Custom Reports and Triggered actions $349/month Premium plan for up to 1000 users and Plus plan features Docebo $ Unknown Pricing is only available only upon request. This suggests to me that the pricing may be or may not be negotiable. However, it is probably safe to assume that pricing is likely aimed at large corporations or colleges-universities with predictable student intakes. For the purposes of evaluating an LMS for a small business, I’ve looked for programs that are specifically geared to the small business sector. Here is a review of 10 LMS for the small business owner: https://elearningindustry.com/10-cloud-based-learning-management-systems-small-business-training From this list, many have no prices listed and there are several LMS that lack mobile compatibility or function only with PC and not iOS. The bottom line is that a small business wanting to break into the continuing education market would need to do a considerable amount of work up front and be prepared to market and launch courses within a short time frame for an effective ROI. The startup business owner would also have to make a significant upfront investment to get a quality LMS that’s going to impress the first customers and generate new customers through both word of mouth and marketing.

My company has about 60 employees, with about 10 employees per division. The budget for training is currently zero and basically each department is in charge of training their team. From the options given, I think Talent LMS would be a good fit, especially to train new employees. If we were to have a large scale training program in place, then I think Moodle would be an option, as it can be tailored to meet each department's needs.

Rather than providing answers from purchasing organization’s point of view, I would like to answer the question from platform’s side, as that is something I am more familiar with. From what I read and heard, I constantly come up with the notion of compatibility. In a couple of product demo videos they mention how easy it is for the system to import Youtube video or to integrate with other apps. (Canvas network). Also some people mentioned Google Classroom, even though it is not a fully-fledged LMS. However since people are already using it and familiar with it, they are more likely to choose Google Classroom as there is little extra cost and time needed to set things up, to learn how the new system works. This will be especially true when the value of introducing an LMS is less visible. Reading other people’s comments also made me realize how many other aspects people would take into consideration when adopting or changing an LMS. Whether the platform aligns with organization’s vision and culture, whether it accommodates previous system, whether it provides extensive marketing and training. Therefore probably there is no one size fit all LMS for corporate.

Given that my organization is large size organization, I would recommend using Adobe Captivate Prime. The budget is low relative to our organization, and adobe also allows customize the pricing model for the LMS. The software’s user-friendly platform and offline accessibility can increase the engagement of corporate training in our organization.

I am a teacher in an elementary school in Chilliwack, B.C. Our school would be considered on the small size as we have roughly 30 employees and 285 students. As a teacher I am not sure that I would need to utilize an LMS for my job or my primary students. I would not describe most of my colleagues as being overly tech-savvy and it may be difficult for many of them to adopt a cloud-based LMS, like the ones that have been presented. But, I was impressed with some of the features of both Adobe’s Captivate Prime and Talent LMS. Prior to becoming an educator I worked in various levels of management in the corporate environment. I can no doubt understand how a learning management system would be beneficial to a wide variety of companies. Thus, I was particularly impressed with Captivate Prime. It appears to be user-friendly, provides a user-friendly interface and offers a number of impressive reports and graphs that may be useful. Further, I am quite sure that business leaders will appreciate the competitive aspects of the program that could encourage the best of their employees. The offline learning function is another great feature. I can also see how Talent LMS would be suitable for educators looking to build content (such as lessons, activities and quizzes) that could not only be shared among colleagues but also utilized by students. Overall, I can envision where learning management systems may be appropriate for certain businesses in the corporate world. Unfortunately, I do not see them as a viable option for myself or my colleagues at this particular time.