A Learning Management System or LMS is the backbone for hosting and deploying your eLearning. A LMS is a management system that lets you up upload, maintain and administer eLearning courses, once uploaded learners are then able to launch and take eLearning from a variety of devices, providing they have a network connection. At the moment using an LMS is a common practice in the eLearning industry, however Cloud-Based Learning Management Systems is a technology that might chan

As I stated in one of my previous posts, thanks to the nature of Moodle LMS, we can extend its functionality to perform tasks that we can’t perform with the default plugins (or we can just simply improve certain aspects). Whichever the case, we can achieve that by either installing a plugin from the Moodle LMS directory, or by developing one ourselves. In the case of the latter, Moodle LMS provides us with a great API and documentations so that we can try and code something t

After reading my sweet sweet description of what Moodle is and what it can do, if you are convinced this is the tool for you and your employees, you may be left wondering “What is necessary to implement Moodle in my company?” Well, there are two different paths you can take to implement Moodle: Build your own server and install Moodle Pay a Moodle partner to implement it for you Let’s make it clear from the beginning, in both options you will need time and money. Build your o

On a previous post, I talked about how to solve an issue when something goes wrong with a plugin installation in Moodle, but then I realized I hadn’t written a post about what Moodle actually is, so I want to take a chance and try to introduce the readers to this awesome tool as an eLearning environment. Moodle is an open source Learning Management System (or LMS) that serves as an environment for companies or institutions to spread their eLearning solutions throughout their

The month of January is often filled with goal setting; individuals setting personal and professional goals and companies determining their business goals for the year. Creating goals requires reflecting on where you currently are, where you want to be and how you are going to get there. Most companies will establish a learning and development plan as a component of a larger business goal. This is also an ideal time to revisit the capability of your Learning Management Syste

As a Moodle user, I have always wondered, is it safe to manually modify Moodle databases? The correct answer would be ‘No’. It’s not safe because you may end up breaking your Moodle installation, since, as you may or may not know, Moodle pulls all its data from different tables in the data base. Also, from a developer perspective, it is not ideal to modify core data from the Moodle installation, since the chances of corrupting it are very high and every time there is an updat

As internal corporate systems evolve, so too are the modalities and technologies that are used to deliver training content and report on learner activities. Traditionally, a company’s LMS is housed internally. Now we are seeing more and more companies opt for the cloud-based LMS platform for a faster, more flexible approach to managing and monitoring on-demand training online. Learners can log in to the LMS remotely and immediately have access to the learning that is specific

Finding a LMS solution that is right for your company can be daunting, and for good reason. It can be an overwhelming thought thinking about all the different options, functionalities and which one fits with your organizations’ needs. Here are a few thoughts to consider when evaluating possibilities: Is it adaptable enough to handle the changes of your organization? Can you fully brand the LMS so it has your company’s look and feel? How easily can your learners communicate t