LMS365

Vorteile

Having an LMS system which is fully integrated into our Office365 tools and directory has been a game-changer. Previously we used an open-source LMS without Office 365 integration, which made enrollments as well as incorporating existing document and media into learning modules cumbersome. Integration with our user directory as well as our content stored on OneDrive / Sharepoint is a breeze.

Nachteile

I’m entirely satisfied at this point. I wish that the Course Catalog could be organized and displayed by category, but I’ve found a workaround for this.

Vorteile

We've been using this system for about a year and have just recently started diving into all the features and functionality. Prior to, we were using it more to house webinars and tracking new hire training. I like the reporting to be able to see who is using, what they are doing and how their progress is going. It's a very easy system to use as well.

Nachteile

I haven't come across anything I haven't liked. I'm just getting into all the more LMS and certification and tracks, so I'm sure as I use it more, I will have more to report back on.

Vorteile

This product integrates well with SharePoint intranet sites. The ability to list self-paced and live courses on the same site is what I have liked most about this product. Our previous site was limited to live course registration and did not have a training dashboard for users, so this additional functionality has greatly improved training offerings at our institution.

Nachteile

There are some menus and text that cannot be customized. We gave our platform a unique name to match branding with our institution, so we were afraid of confusion in places where LMS365 is listed. The building of Courses is more complicated that I wish it was. The creation of the modules and quizzes are done separately than where the Course is built, so it is a lot of jumping back and forth when creating a new course.

Vorteile

The reason why I enjoy working with the platform is the native integration into our existing platforms. For our user base, this means a familiar login and navigation through their corporate credentials (Azure AD) and SharePoint. For our platforms administrators integration with tools such as Forms and Stream. For the technology team integration into existing security capabilities by using Azure AD groups and roles. Being able to extend the platform through Microsoft Flow and Microsoft Power BI is a tremendous benefit.

Nachteile

There are some minor feature enhancements we would like to see in the product. An example of this is dynamic starting and ending dates for training based on our employees hire dates. However, this con has been overcome by one of the pros to the platform, which is the ability for us to extend the LMS 365 by leveraging existing tools such as Microsoft Flow.

Vorteile

Seemlessly integrates into Office 365, which makes user adoption as well as onboarding of your users extremely simple and fast. Also, once you understood how it works, it offers many, many possibilities. With Microsoft Flow being connected those possibilities become even more numerous. LMS365 offers you the ability to keep it simple and just throw your materials in (say: pdf, ppt, videos, ...), or go full e-learning beast mode and create highly visual learning stories in the authoring tool of your choice. The thing I like most about it is, that it isnt just another software silo with new credentials and interface that makes your daily work life harder.

Nachteile

It clearly misses some features currently, but at least they update the software regularly, so many issues get resolved if you just wait a couple of months. The ability to copy/duplicate courses is one thing that really bugs me, as well as the lack of more diverse roles (for example the distinction between administrative and content responsibility) and some rather complicated clickpaths. I'm optimistic they'll overcome their little teething problems though.

Vorteile

Very easy to use, learn and implement. learner management is a breeze as well!

Nachteile

Needs the ability to put a video into the learning module within the system without Stream or Office video so that videos can be picked up where the learner leaves off in the middle of a course. Also the ability to not skip a video in a training module without watching the entire video. Currently learners are able to start a video and then immediately skip it and the course will be marked as complete.

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Vorteile

Ease of use (admin part), user level statistics, variations in quizzes

Nachteile

The big navigation arrow at the bottom of the screen, loading performance powerpoint slides with short movies

Vorteile

share courses with other companies
integration with Microsoft Teams

Nachteile

the time required to implement a course

Vorteile

Integrated with Office 365 out of the box, easy to use, and very easy to integrate with the rest of the IT platform. Very customizable without being an IT pro. Rapidly evolving with a very exiting roadmap.

Nachteile

Overall, there are a lot of great features, but I miss a competency framework connected with this. It's on the roadmap. So is TinCan.