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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

We did Online Learning in the 60’s – False Narrative There were systems back in the day, where they could be run on your own server, used via a CD-ROM, via WAN or LAN, but to me, that isn’t and e-learning LMS. SumTotal – Today? SumTotal called it SumTotal Maestro. It was text, that’s it.

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What’s the best SCORM compliant LMS to choose in 2020?

Elucidat

This is important because if an elearning course follows SCORM standards, it can be hosted by any LMS that also uses SCORM. SumTotal offers two levels of offering: Maestro for small-medium businesses and Enterprise for bigger organizations. In short, using SCORM is about standardization and compatibility across the industry.

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Latest E-Learning Insight and News

eLearning 24-7

Systems that are only available as hosted on your own servers are starting to significantly decline. Equally of interest, are the increase in open source systems that offer for a fee, hosting on their own servers, rather than on yours. Oh, they offer SaaS for a fee, but you can host it on your own servers for free.

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#10 to #1 LMSs of 2012

eLearning 24-7

Features include: Extended enterprise – multiple children/sub-portals, each skinned/branded and each on a separate server – many EEs are on a shared server. If this is something you are looking for – i.e. a HCM, then they are the ones to go with – over Cornerstone, Oracle-Taleo, SumTotal and alike.

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Top 50 LMS Report for 2016 – What you need to know (criteria, approach, and yeah some vendors)

eLearning 24-7

I identify the Big Dogs as SumTotal by Skillsoft (yes, that is the actual name), Cornerstone OnDemand, Saba, SucessFactors and Oracle Taleo (although, I ask myself who is using this and if you still are why?). SumTotal by Skillsoft – the 2016 re-haul is a huge plus. SumTotal by Skillsoft. Saba Learning.

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ATD2015 Conference Post – Review

eLearning 24-7

A few of the Top 50 LMS vendors in attendance: Growth Engineering, ExpertusOne, eLogic Learning, Docebo, Administrate, SumTotal, NetDimensions, Litmos, LearnUpon, iSpring Online, Totara, Shift IQ, IMC-AG, Blackboard, D2L, Biz Library. Oh, it is a SaaS only system, hosted on Amazon servers. . Good Surprises.

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Top 10 LMSs for 2013

eLearning 24-7

Cannot skin on the SaaS version and even if you host it on your own servers you have to do it via CSS code (this is not uncommon in the VLP market, but it still is a minus in book). SumTotal: Expensive system and what you are buying is name IMO. Saba: See SumTotal. M-Learning – can view on tablets, including iPad.