Implementing a Learning Management System can give an organization the technology needed to deliver online training, manage learners, track progress, maintain training records, and support employees, customers, partners, or other audiences. But having an LMS does not automatically mean an organization wants to manage every aspect of it internally. Someone still needs to configure the learning environment, organize users, upload courses, manage enrollments, monitor training ac

Organizations that accept, process, store, or transmit payment card information operate in an environment where technology alone cannot protect sensitive data. Employees, contractors, administrators, developers, customer service teams, and other personnel can all influence the security of payment information through the decisions they make every day. That makes training an important component of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) programs. PCI DSS establis

Virtual training has become a standard part of workplace learning, professional development, customer education, compliance training, and continuing education. Organizations can now bring instructors and learners together regardless of location while reducing many of the costs and logistical challenges associated with traditional classroom training. But delivering a virtual session is only one part of the process. Organizations still need to schedule training, enroll learners

Workplace safety training is an essential responsibility for organizations in industries such as construction, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, utilities, healthcare, and field services. Employers need more than a way to deliver safety courses—they also need a reliable method for tracking who has completed required training, when training occurred, and whether workers have demonstrated the necessary knowledge. A Learning Management System (LMS) can help organizatio

Organizations rarely use a learning management system as a completely standalone application. Training data may need to connect with HR systems, customer relationship management platforms, webinar applications, identity providers, eCommerce systems, business intelligence tools, proprietary software, and other technologies. This is where LMS APIs become especially important. An application programming interface, or API, provides a structured way for different software applicat

Training companies have different learning management system requirements than organizations that primarily train their own employees. Instead of supporting a single internal workforce, a training provider may need to deliver courses to dozens or even hundreds of client organizations, each with its own learners, administrators, branding, training requirements, and reporting needs. That difference can have a major impact on the type of LMS technology a training company needs.

Artificial intelligence is changing the way organizations think about learning management systems. For many years, LMS technology focused primarily on a familiar set of functions: hosting courses, enrolling learners, tracking completions, administering assessments, issuing certificates, and producing training reports. Those capabilities remain essential, but artificial intelligence is beginning to expand what an LMS can do and how administrators, instructors, and learners int

Webinars have become an important part of corporate training, compliance programs, customer education, association learning, and professional development. Platforms such as Zoom make it easy for organizations to deliver live virtual sessions to learners anywhere in the world. But delivering a webinar is only part of the training process. Organizations increasingly need to understand what happened during the webinar. Did learners participate? How did they respond to poll quest