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Learning Systems RFP and Tier4 NexGen

eLearning 24-7

I note this, because this post covers my new Learning Systems RFP Template , which includes the latest NexGen Tier 4 feature sets. Why one RFP instead of specific ones for LXP and LMS? This is far better than them receiving a 20 page RFP or 100 page RFP. BTW, you want the calendar feature. You choose.

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4 LMS Features That Were Hot and Now Are Not

Absorb LMS

As CEO of Brandon Hall Research, I oversaw our research calendar, organized conferences, and delivered countless presentations. Locally-Installed Software About a decade ago, many organizations shunned cloud-based software and demanded that the LMS be installed on their internal servers. Installed software was hot.

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Psst. You wanna buy some features?

eLearning 24-7

Integrate with web based e-mail calendars – Gmail and Hotmail. SaaS – the norm, what no longer is the norm – hosted on the client’s servers only. RFPs and Features. If you are going to do a RFP, remember the five golden rules: Should be no longer than 8 pages. Gamification (slowly growing).

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K-12 and LMSs are Broken, Who’s to Blame?

eLearning 24-7

Uptime – Most systems today who are in the cloud use server farms such as Rackspace and Amazon S3 – thus that “uptime” is tied to those servers. Private server. Another vendor showed me a school district whose RFP was 36 pages in length. I rarely see anything below 98%. 36 pages?

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The Ultimate Glossary of eLearning Terms

LearnUpon

CDN is a global network of proxy servers deployed in multiple data centers to enable the high availability and high performance of content being viewed by the learner. An LMS like LearnUpon can send ILT invitations with an attached iCal invite so that your learners can save the session to their calendar. RFP (Request for Proposal).

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The A to Z of eLearning Acronyms Part 2

LearnUpon

An LMS like LearnUpon can send ILT invitations with an attached iCAL invite so that your learners can place the session on their own, external calendar. The server only needs to provide whatever information the client needs to interact with the service. All data passed between the web server and browsers remain private and secure.