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Skillsoft – An Analyst Perspective

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A vendor who made not only poor business decisions with the likes of Percipio, but also with the monumental blunder of acquiring SumTotal. . The buy was a bad relationship in the making, one where the owner – “Skillsoft” and ownee “SumTotal” never seemed to get on track with one another.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

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Then – Client contacts their new LMS vendor or current one, says they need courses in Business, Safety, Software. The courses sit on the LMS server, thus in a sense your LMS and not on the 3rd party course provider’s servers. LMS vendor identifies possible options. has as partners and select the content.

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2020 – The Year of the Hub

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In each case, push and pull exists, because even if it is content from a 3rd party provider, which in the Hub it is, the content is sitting on the content provider’s server, and not directly within your learning system. 3rd party content providers include Open Sesame, LinkedIn Learning and Skillsoft to name a few. . and xAPI.

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A Look Back at 2020 for E-Learning

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I found that of concern, especially when server crashes were constant. The content even with content publishers, beyond just aggregators sits on their servers and not say, the learning system. A huge increase in 2020 for small business/small enterprise – far more than in the past. that needed a system.

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

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

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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. Small Business.

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Implement An Online Learning Content Strategy

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More and more 3rd party content providers are requiring their content to be housed on their servers, with it appearing in either an iFrame within the LMS or LEP OR the learner has to click a link and go to the 3rd party provider’s web site. – but on the 3rd party provider’s servers. That is 100% untrue.