Which blended learning LMS to use

Course management

This is a basic function of any LMS, but some systems are more powerful than others. A great LMS lets you drag, drop, and arrange content into place, making it easy to create courses. On top of this, you need to be able to use multiple content formats; PDFs, slides, videos, audio. It’s vital your courses can be easily created and consumed to meet the needs of a corporate blended learning environment.

Social learning tools

To make your blended learning training more appealing and engaging, make sure your LMS comes with social learning capabilities. These tools encourage learners to share their learning experiences and knowledge gained from training. It also promotes communication between trainers and learners. By facilitating this communication through an LMS forum, it creates a space where learners can support, and learn from each other. It also acts as a repository for learners to search and find additional training information. It’s an excellent tool for fostering your company’s learning culture.

Reporting

Reporting is one of the most valuable LMS features you’ll ever use. Without it, how can you know the impact your blended learning training is having? LMS reports should showcase data on learner progression, survey responses, exam results and so on. It’s also helpful to be able to export or schedule reports so they’re sent straight to your inbox. Reports can also give insights into how your blended learning programs are performing, in addition to what your learners want to learn and how they want to learn it.

Webinar integration

Webinars are key to blended learning training. When delivering courses that feature webinar sessions, you want to ensure it’s as seamless as possible, and that you have access to your data all within a single solution.

Connecting your favorite webinar tools, like Zoom, MS Teams, GoToMeeting or Webex, will allow you to schedule and manage webinar sessions within your LMS. A first-class LMS should provide additional integration features such as auto or self-enrolling registration, real-time polling, virtual breakout rooms and attention monitoring tools, making implementing a blended learning model easy.

You can easily reuse your webinar sessions for on-demand videos within courses, or as dedicated video content for training. Make sure you record each session so that you can use these recordings at a later date.