Is Your LMS User-centric? A Quick Checklist
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The document discusses the essential features for making a Learning Management System (LMS) user-centric, highlighting the need for an easy user-interface, gamification, collaborative learning, real-time reporting, administrator-friendliness, and mobile compatibility. It provides insights into how each feature can enhance user experience and engagement. A user-centric LMS leads to happier learners and organizational benefits.
Is Your LMS User-centric? A Quick Checklist
- 1. Is Your User-centric? A Quick Checklist
- 2. Almost 90% of participants in a study conducted by the Brandon Hall Group in 2016 agreed that they need to make changes to their existing LMS in order to make it user-centric. If this is how they react, it’s time for a change. How do users react to the LMS in your organization?
- 3. 1. Has an easy user-interface 2. Supports gamification 3. Allows collaborative learning 4. Provides real-time reporting 5. Is administrator-friendly 6. Is mobile compatible In order to make your LMS user-centric, check if the LMS meets the following requirements:
- 4. What is an easy user-interface in an LMS? The interaction between the user and the LMS needs to happen effortlessly with minimal need for training. Easy user-interface Go the extra mile to make a smile!
- 5. How to create an easy user-interface for the LMS? Provide clutter-free navigation and consistency of GUI elements Organize courses in a logical manner Provide FAQs and Help buttons to address simple queries Easy user-interface
- 6. Gamification is the 4th most desired feature in an LMS based on a recent LMS user search. Use the power of gamification to give learners a platform that can hold their attention. Trust us, they will keep coming back for more. Gamification
- 7. How to use gamification to keep learners engaged? Gamification Motivate learners through badges, points, certificates, and leaderboards. Let learners go up one level when they achieve what is expected of them. This offers motivation to proceed to the next level of learning.
- 8. An LMS that supports collaborative learning allows users a chance to interact, brainstorm, discuss, exchange, and apply ideas. Collaborative learning
- 9. Collaborative learning How to know if your LMS supports collaborative learning? The LMS must support Discussion forums Messaging options Online chat options Blogs & journals User groups Sign-up lists Polls and surveys
- 10. Real-time reporting Reports help management make informed decisions on the L&D scenario in their organization.
- 11. Real-time reporting How to check if the LMS supports real-time reporting? Large reports can be run instantly Report on a training that was completed an hour ago is available Sending e-mails without scheduling them in a queue is possible
- 12. Administrator-friendly Routine administrative tasks such as creating and deleting users, and assigning courses should not take much time. If your LMS administrator needs to spend hours in order to utilize the LMS to its full potential, then it is not user-centric.
- 13. Administrator-friendly What makes the LMS administrator-friendly? Routine and repetitive tasks are automated Multilingual access is enabled Interface is personalized, based on individual needs Smart reporting and tracking is facilitated
- 14. Mobile compatible The increasing preference for mobile-learning requires your LMS to support mobile devices.
- 15. How do you benefit from implementing a user- centric LMS? User-centric LMS = Happy learner = Organizational benefits
- 16. Keep this checklist handy to assess if your LMS is user-centric. Easy user-interface Gamification Collaborative learning Real-time reporting Administrator friendly Mobile compatible
- 17. Before we conclude Here’s a quick recap of the key takeaways An easy interface requires minimal training Gamification holds a learner’s attention Collaborative learning allows users to exchange ideas Real-time reporting facilitates decision-making An administrator-friendly LMS helps complete routine tasks quickly A mobile compatible LMS is required to implement mobile learning
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