The Be-all and End-all Guide to Creating a Supreme LearnDash LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Has your revenue plateaued even after trying different marketing strategies? Are you struggling to grow your WooCommerce website? Do you believe you have a strong market presence but can’t crack online sales? If that sounds like you, then you’d want to read ahead.

Website 52

Website Services Scanning Plateau 52

Clark Quinn

APRIL 10, 2014

The Gartner Hype Cycle talks about the ‘Peak of Inflated Expectations’ and then the ‘Trough of Disillusionment’, followed by the ‘Slope of Enlightenment’ until you reach the ‘Plateau of Productivity’ (such vibrant language!). Similarly, with mobile, I tried to find the core opportunities.

Cognitive 146

Cognitive Plateau Virtual World Predictions 146

Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

With VR, students can virtually visit and explore life in ancient Greece, the Giza plateau, Roman ruins, and many more historical events and sites. But with the way students are taught history, it’s not surprising that they find history lessons to be very boring. Fortunately, VR can change this by giving a fun twist to the lessons.

Education 52

Education Simulations Virtual World eBook 52

eLearning 24-7

JULY 16, 2013

The system has come a long way – and that is a good thing, with a nice UI and components including mobile learning. Mobile is underwhelming and the administration side user interface is funky. Some features I like include mobile learning (on/off synch), compliance, incentive points, process management and collaboration.

LMS 106

LMS Learning Management System System Compliance Training 106

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 26, 2017

One competitor purchased a VLP as a key component, SAP purchased SuccessFactors, a recruiting system initially turned HCM, who had acquired Plateau, a strong but awful UI/UX LMS. SuccessFactors constantly stated they would invest heavily into Plateau and initially, vast improvement was to be found. Mobile responsive.

Oracle 0

Oracle Grovo SAP Micro-Learning 0

Talented Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Old-school LMS companies (like SumTotal , Plateau , Learn.com , GeoLearning and Certpoint ) were acquired by much larger talent and HR-suite providers like SAP/SuccessFactors , Infor , Oracle and IBM. Along came a groundswell of mainstream innovation – cloud computing, mobile technology, ecommerce and social media.

LMS 78

LMS Virtual Classroom Management Diversity Training 78

Coassemble

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

So having a scalable growth solution is critical to prevent plateauing. Whether employees away from their desks or prefer to train during workouts or commutes, mobile training should be a priority. This is the most common point a company realizes they need to adapt their processes. Enter online training.

Teams 98

Teams Blended Learning Online Podcasts 98

Aptara

JULY 3, 2014

When publishers move into the mobile content space, it's important to ensure that their devices of choice are prevalent among their targeted customer base. This is a much better outcome for developers of mobile content, though device-makers may be less happy. Mobile Readiness. Tablet install base is promising. aptaraeditor.

Plateau 40

Plateau Sales News eBook 40

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Situated learning (learning within context in a community of practice) grows thanks to augmented mobile reality. The Future is Mobile 3. Of course, you can’t look at learning in 2011 without mentioning mobile learning. Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0 Tony Bates - eLearning Outlook for 2011 1.

Predictions 198

Predictions Diversity Training Compliance Training Authoring Tools 198

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 14, 2017

Mobile slick. Knowledge Arcade on your mobile app with your own content in on the map, as in by Q4. Their ask an expert/coach allows the learner to record themselves via mobile or web cam, whereas the “coach” can review, leave comments. Mobile tough. Mobile apps already in play. Track record is hot.

LMS 73

LMS vendor Saba Coaching 73

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Big Dog (Saba, SumTotal, Plateau, Cornerstone OnDemand, Learn.com). If you are seeking TM as your focus and you want one of the big dogs – I found Plateau’s system to offer appropriate functionality for it, but found some real concern in other areas (see my product review). These standout to me. Categories. Razor thin?

LMS 66

LMS Productivity Product Plateau 66

MagicBox

APRIL 2, 2019

In 2018, over 2M students in North America used MagicBox’s mobile and web-delivered educational content. Use of internet, social media, and device ownership have plateaued after years of use. It’s no surprise then that over 30 education publishers have partnered with MagicBox to sell and deliver digital education resources.

MagicBox 40

MagicBox Digital Education System 40

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Mobile Learning First – Here is something that might shock you, but most of the vendors who say their are mobile learning first, do not have an on/off synch in their native apps. A few do not have a mobile app. And, every system can be seen in a mobile web browser. Now, how it actually looks is another story.

RFP 65

RFP Micro-Learning vendor SAP 65

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

SuccessFactors – Just for those folks to remember, SF is owned by SAP and had acquired Plateau. They haven’t been Plateau for a few years, so stop calling them Plateau – a pet peeve of mine. Mobile, Social, Gamification, Innovation feature details? SF is underwhelming in my book. Three points higher.

vendor 40

vendor Report Association LMS Association Learning Management System 40

Limestone Learning

JUNE 28, 2019

As a part of this session, we’ll discuss how integrations, reporting, mobile, and accessible design should be top functionality considerations. You’ll learn how you can create beautiful mobile-ready courses in minutes, with the all new Quick Start Projects, ready-to-go slides, and out-of-the-box interactions.

Free 60

Free Authoring Tools Adobe Captivate Blended Learning 60

eLearning 24-7

MAY 7, 2013

Plateau is long gone and buried and people should realize that. Their own mini description under their name in Google, “ The only HR vendor to offer a complete portfolio which includes; talent, learning, workforce, payroll, analytics, mobile and social delivered via SaaS, on-premise.”

Saba 74

Saba SumTotal LMS Cornerstone 74

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 12, 2012

TinCan support with mobile learning, however no on/off synch. Mobile learning support, but no TinCan nor on/off synch. Back in the days, the Plateau platform was ghastly awful. Around $8,500 USD for 2,000 users. Pay for only active users (becoming more popular in the industry). User interface is crisp, clean and modern.

Compliance Training 99

Compliance Training LMS SCORM Offline 99

mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2012

As 2012 draws to a close, its time to evaluate how in focus my lens on the future of enterprise mobile learning proved to be this past year and how many of my year ago predictions hit their targets. Prediction #1 - Mobile Learning Goes Mainstream. Here’s the analysis of how it all played out. On Target But.

Predictions 64

Predictions Enterprise Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Tools 64

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 16, 2016

My Mobile, Your Mobile. When it comes to mobile, it can be one to four slugs for quite a few vendors. Yep, no need to – I mean, look at those mobile devices – who needs them anyway! Congrats to all those vendors out there in this space who have yet to go into the cloud. Sheesh, give me a break.

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vendor Learning LMS Plateau 40

Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 23, 2015

We think this one has a relatively clear path to the Plateau of Productivity. We project that Badges will reach the Plateau of Productivity before xAPI, simply because Badges is a less ambitious standard than xAPI that clearly meets the very common use case of tracking completion of a learning activities across different platforms.

Predictions 100

Predictions HIPAA Training Plateau Blended Learning 100

Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 23, 2015

We think this one has a relatively clear path to the Plateau of Productivity. We project that Badges will reach the Plateau of Productivity before xAPI, simply because Badges is a less ambitious standard than xAPI that clearly meets the very common use case of tracking completion of a learning activities across different platforms.

Predictions 91

Predictions HIPAA Training Plateau Blended Learning 91

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

As previously noted, there is a continued increase in vendors who are supporting mobile learning, whether it is by having a stand alone mobile learning platform or integrating it into their system at no additional charge. I should note that there is one vendor who has their entire mobile platform on a USB jump drive.

News 73

News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 7, 2009

The latest version of Adobe PhotoShop and Flash, Lectora, Adobe Captivate, Plateau (LMS), Adobe Connect, and Saba's Centra to name a few. They blog, contribute to wikis, and design instruction for a 3D virtual environment as well as create web sites for mobile learning devices. (this happens for online and on campus students).

Instructional Design 113

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Authoring Tools 113

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Back to the original days, who did well Plateau Learning – Today? ExpertusOne was the very first vendor to have a mobile app with geolocation. They are known as SuccessFactors (well, SF acquired them, and back then they were a HR solution, they made some modifications, improved it, re-branded it). Nobody remembers that.

Compliance Training 81

Compliance Training Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 81

eLearning 24-7

JULY 6, 2011

I often hear people say they want mobile learning in their solution, social learning, e-commerce, but when you ask for specifics they sometimes have a blank stare on their face. Because it is just a feature, just as mobile learning is a feature – that comes with the system. Specifics. Course Authoring Tool . That is so wrong. .

Association LMS 68

Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS RFP 68

Talented Learning

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

SAP acquired SuccessFactors who had acquired Plateau. Cloud LMS solutions are easy-to-use, modern, mobile, social and incredibly affordable. Starting around 2010, the market began changing again. LMS and performance management companies started merging and then the big HR/talent players acquired them.

Association Learning Management System 40

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS LMS 40

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 12, 2011

I have seen over 150 systems, 80 plus authoring tools, dozens of web conferencing products, mobile learning, quiz assessment tools, CMSs and learning portals, and not everyone of them meets those two statements. Plateau Talent Management System. Nobody, if they want to stay in business. The worst of the offenders. Melon Lite LMS.

Authoring Tools 68

Authoring Tools vendor NexLearn Authorware 68

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

MARCH 19, 2011

But this time it has a new face, it talks about SaaS, highly connected social applications, mobile apps, and talent management software. Remember the dot.com bubble of 1995-2000? I do, and it’s back again. Talent management software?

Internet 40

Internet Market Management Enterprise 40

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

MARCH 19, 2011

But this time it has a new face, it talks about SaaS, highly connected social applications, mobile apps, and talent management software. Remember the dot.com bubble of 1995-2000? I do, and it’s back again. Talent management software?

Internet 40

Internet Market Management Enterprise 40

Ideaon

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

xAPI can also be used to provide support to your broader categories of modern-day online learning approaches such as social, collaborative and informal learning, mobile apps, etc. Learning Anywhere Anytime. xAPI offers access to learning content whenever needed. xAPI is more relevant now than ever.

xapi 75

xapi Blended Learning LMS AICC 75

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

I mean Plateau was really garbage and then SF took it over and made it way better. BTW, ever tried to use a forum/discussion board on a mobile device? However, I am conducting a survey on the learning system space, content and mobile too. No, seriously, I’m asking why. some folks love it, others do not). Category 4.

SAP 13

SAP Micro-Learning Oracle vendor 13

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

This is for the “Enterprise” edition and not “Maestro” #19 WBT Systems TopClass 9.4 – The first LMS to include the functionality of “Big Data” Responsive UI for mobile and offers dedicated single cloud for multi-tenant clients. Responsive for mobile. #16 Price point is mid tier. #18

Association Learning Management System 105

Association Learning Management System LMS Learning Management System System 105

Adobe Captivate

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Now publish eLearning content as HTML5, and take your courses to mobile devices. Learn how to take your eLearning to mobile iDevices. By publishing eLearning content as both SWF and HTML5, learners can begin the course on either their desktop or mobile device, pause it, and then resume it on the same or another device.

Adobe Captivate 40

Adobe Captivate Tutorial Adobe Captivate 40

mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 27, 2010

As we reach the first anniversary of this blog’s introduction, we thought we’d take stock and figure out how things are going by revisiting our list of predictions for enterprise mobile learning in 2010. On balance, it was an interesting year and there were far more expected outcomes than there were actual surprises. Validated (“Triple”).

Social Networks 56

Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Flash Player 56

Web Courseworks

JANUARY 3, 2017

Caliper keeps these use cases and users in mind while improving on previous IMS standards in the granularity of data captured and in use of an xAPI-like model for interoperability across multiple types of tools and platforms: mobile apps feeding back in to the LMS and the like. Plateau of Productivity.

Predictions 230

Predictions Diversity Training Compliance Training xapi 230

Web Courseworks

JANUARY 3, 2017

Caliper keeps these use cases and users in mind while improving on previous IMS standards in the granularity of data captured and in use of an xAPI-like model for interoperability across multiple types of tools and platforms: mobile apps feeding back in to the LMS and the like. Plateau of Productivity.

Predictions 124

Predictions Diversity Training Compliance Training xapi 124

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 19, 2018

I know people who have company laptops and thus cannot access this or that at home, including the installation of browser software, yet all these folks have a mobile device, in which they access sites. . My mom, bless her heart is 78 and plays online mobile games. I mean it screams Plateau and Knowledge Planet.

Blended Learning 42

Blended Learning Compliance Training Authoring Tools ILT 42