New Feature: Limited Time Access

Looking to set an enrollment expiration period for your course? Or perhaps you have a private domain, and only want to provide access for a limited period of time. You can now easily set the default duration of time that customers have access to your content in the dashboard.

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Topics: Features

Choosing an LMS for Customer Training

If you're looking for a learning management system for customer, channel partner, or supplier training (aka extended enterprise), the search can be daunting. External user training comes with its own unique needs and challenges. 

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Topics: LMS

The Top 5 eLearning Acronyms (And What They Mean)


The eLearning industry is full of acronyms - in fact, the word eLearning itself is shorthand for electronic learning! Interested in learning the common industry jargon? Here is our handy guide to the top five eLearning acronyms.

 

1. LMS (Learning Management System)

A Learning Management System is a software system that is used by training organizations to deliver and track learning activities, with an emphasis on eLearning.

There are two common tyes of LMS systems: installed and SaaS. The installed type requires hosting on an organization's own server. The SaaS (software-as-a-service) type is hosted in the cloud.

The features that an LMS includes will also differ greatly. Depending on the platform, or a company's specific training needs, an LMS might include features like:

  • Course authoring tools
  • Course delivery
  • Course catalog
  • Assignments and gradebooks
  • Discussion forums
  • Analytics
  • Student registration
  • E-commerce
  • Data integrations

You may be noticing the theme that LMS systems vary greatly. They are evolving rapidly, too. We'll be doing a full blog post on this subject to dive into these details.

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Topics: Training

New Feature: Customize Your Online Lesson Display

You requested it; we built it! With our newest feature, you are able to customize your course settings to select your preferred online lesson display.

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Bulk Upload Tool Launches

Exciting news, we've launched the bulk upload tool! Save time setting up your next course by using this new addition to the Skilljar online course builder. You can upload multiple videos, audio files, and PDFs at one time using the bulk upload tool. With each file you upload, you will also be able to automatically create a lesson and make the file downloadable.

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3 Reasons Why You Need an Introduction to Your Online Course

An introduction to your online course sets the stage for the rest of the training. It’s important to provide the context needed for customers to be successful. As the first chance in an online course to grab the customer’s attention, the introduction is a vital component that should not be omitted.

Adapted from photo by iamtheo / CC BY

1. Establish a connection

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A Guide to 4 Methods of Customer Training: The Pros and Cons

Why is customer training important?

As Michal Lev-Ram discussed in a recent Fortune article, the emergence of the subscription economy, defined by the rise in subscription-based services, has sparked a need for customer success management. Companies are dedicating resources now more than ever to proactively ensure that customers continue to recognize the value of a service after initially signing up.

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Online Course Builder Launches Cloning Tool

We received your feedback, and are happy to announce yet another new feature launch. Now instructors can easily clone courses with the robust Skilljar online course builder.

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Corporate Licensing Now Available

With the bulk purchase feature, instructors can sell multiple course registrations to companies for corporate licensing.

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New Quizzing Feature Launches

We are very excited to announce our built-in quizzing feature is now available! Let's look at how instructors and students both benefit from quizzing, and how Skilljar's new quizzing feature works.

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