LearnDash LMS - The New Adaptable Learning Solution For...

LearnDash LMS - The New Adaptable

Learning SolutionFor Business

Thank You For ConsideringDiscover eLearning Ltd As Your Digital Learning Development Partner

We are a UK based digital learning solutions provider, working with organisations across the country to develop innovative and engaging online courses and learning platforms. As a company, we work with you to ensure that we can add maximum value to your business, with measurable results that demonstrate a solid return on your investment. In this brochure, you will discover exactly what makes LearnDash LMS an exciting and affordable opportunity for businesses to quickly and affordably set up their own online learning management systems that can facilitate online training for staff, or offer online courses to sell to any number of customers via the web, optimised for both desktop and mobile devices.

For the longest time, the Learning Management System market share has been dominated by big-name service providers. But now, as the educational technology market has expanded, new and affordable options are capturing that market share.

LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A MARKETPLACE THAT HAS CHANGED

Learning Management Systems (LMS) have been in existence for many years, particularly within Higher Education where a platform such as Blackboard or Moodle would be used by colleges and universities to deliver online courses to learners based anywhere in the world, complimenting traditional on-campus delivery. The cost of licensing this software, or for running the server technology required to run the platform, would be met by the revenue generated from being able to enrol large numbers of people onto these courses. In the past, it has been these costs which have deterred smaller businesses from capitalising on using Learning Management Systems within their own organisations for training and development, as the potential return on investment would ultimately be too small.

But now, we operate in a world where IT costs can be much more affordable thanks to the availability of cheaper hardware, which has become even less of a burden for organisations that encourage workers to ‘Bring Your Own Device’. On top of this, many businesses take advantage of Software As A Service (SAAS) which, with the growth of cloud technology, has removed the need to maintain or upgrade hardware as an on-going cost and instead delivers IT services as required that are accessible and operate fully online.

In the LMS market, such a trend now also exists. Many organisations take advantage of Learning Management Systems to facilitate staff development fully online. For many companies, the LMS is a business critical platform, tracking performance and ensuring all staff are provided opportunities to develop important skills.

And so to meet demand, a number of service providers now exist who can offer LMS platforms to businesses, typically at a cost per user, or through fixed period licensing. We have tried a number of these services ourselves working in education, and we believe that many of them are clunky, lack visual appeal and are far too feature filled to be understandable or easy to manage for a typical business. This is the reason why we set up Discover eLearning, because we discovered one particular LMS solution which is under-reported, but delivers all the key features that many businesses demand at a cheaper cost, and that is LearnDash LMS.

We are proud to be the UK’s trusted developer for LearnDash LMS, having used the platform as a base to develop bespoke learning management systems for various companies across the country. Our service is tailored to meet the requirements of training departments for organisations that are big or small. In this brochure, we will provide you with full details of our service if you are considering integrating a new LMS into your business.

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LearnDash LMS - Discover eLearning Ltd

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Why Choose LearnDash?

MULTI-TIERCOURSES

Break up your courses as you see fit into lessons, topics, quizzes and categories. Course content can be hosted and delivered as you wish,

utilising text or multimedia, such as embedded video content.

SELL COURSES ONLINE

Using web based shopping cart plugins, your platform can be designed to sell your courses, with the purchase and

enrolment seamlessly managed online. You will have the ability to sell courses for a fixed price, or as a subscription.

CERTIFICATES AND BADGES

Award personalised certificates to learners for completing a course, or

take advantage of gamification to issue badges for completing activities

or achieving goals that you set for learners whilst using the LMS.

USER PROFILES

Front end profiles give each learner an insight into the courses that they

are each enroled onto, their progress through each, and a breakdown of their scores and achievements in

quizzes.

USER REPORTS

It is important for learning facilitators to be able to track learner progress

through courses, and LearnDash provides the ability to generate reports for all learners, or a group of learners

for each of your courses.

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS

As an integrated IT system within your organisation, you will be able

to use your LMS as an effective communication tool. Sending

notifications of new course additions, or reminders to those that need it.

We are proud to be the UK’s trusted developer for the LearnDash LMS platform, an established, modular platform built on top of WordPress that is easy to understand, develop and control.

LearnDash LMS is a premium plugin for WordPress, the world’s most popular content management system and web development tool. WordPress powers over 25% of all websites online today, with a vast community of developers maintaining and providing updates consistently. The LearnDash plugin for Wordpress simply provides the feature set and capabilities to turn a website into a fully functional Learning Management System, with all of the modern day features and cutting edge user experience that you would expect from a 21st century LMS Solution. LearnDash perfectly delivers and tracks online learning.

But more than this, what really makes LearnDash a leading LMS platform is that it is 100% customisable, meaning that it can be designed and delivered to your exact specification, perfectly tailored to match your brand.And LearnDash is a fully modular solution, meaning that you will only ever see and use the features that you need - an improvement on many LMS systems that are often feature bloated and difficult to learn.And best of all, LearnDash is a one time purchase, meaning that you are not tied to contracts or licences, so you are free to scale your eLearning programmes as you wish.

THE KEY FEATURES OF LEARNDASH

Listed below are some of the key features of the LearnDash LMS platform. If you would like to learn more, you can find additional information on our website at http://www.discoverelearninguk.com/learndash-lms/


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INSTALLING AND SETTING UP YOUR PLATFORM

We start by installing your LearnDash platform onto a web server, to do this we would either need to gain access to your existing server or we can recommend a hosting solution. After installing the platform we then install all the necessary com-ponents needed to get your LMS up and running, as well as providing a basic theme.

BUILDING YOUR PLATFORM TO A CUSTOM SPEC

At this point we can begin tailoring your LMS to a specification set by you. We will install and setup any modules that you require and design your entire site front end to provide a fresh and modern look and feel for your users. We can also help you to design and publish your courses that you will deliver through your platform.

EXAMPLES OF ADDITIONAL FEATURES

1Course Structure

We help customers to create online courses and engaging multimedia learning content. Using LearnDash we can support you in getting your courses ready for launch.

2Assessment & Cert i f icat ion

Assessment and feedback are a big part of the learning process, and using LearnDash you can offer your learners the ability to test their knowledge and receive personalised certificates.

3Advanced Report ing

Do you need to be able to generate learner reports in order to analyse performance? Using the dedicated ‘Pro Panel’ plugin for WordPress, your admin team will be able to generate CSV reports in seconds.

4Support with enrolment

You may only have a small cohort of learners to enrol on your training courses, or you may have thousands! If this is the case we can help to quickly and easily get everyone setup on your platform with a unique account and personal profile page.

TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW

What Can Discover eLearning Offer To Your Business?

We are proud to offer a dedicated digital learning development and consultancy service, calling on our many years of experience working in Higher Education and private sector work-based learning, to advise you on how you can get the best value possible from your investment. As experienced web developers and digital graphical artists, you can also put your trust in us to develop your LMS to an exact specification as required for your business.We also understand that many organisations require support in choosing the right hardware to provide the best customer experience. Because of this, we can offer you impartial advice as to what you will need to effectively run your new LMS. We can also take care of initial setup and technical administration, leaving you to focus on growing your online courses.

Discover eLearning work with both private and public sector organisations to create bespoke LMS solutions, powered by LearnDash LMS, that are designed and programmed to deliver just what your organisation needs, adding further value to your brand by tailoring your platform to closely match your existing marketing.

Professional Staff.

Discover eLearning is comprised of industry experts who have many years of collective experience working in the education sector. We focus on people as much as we do on technology.

Achieving Measurable Results.

As a company, we understand that investments in technology need to yield measurable results, especially when departmental budgets can be tightly scrutinised.

Future Focussed Ideas.

We constantly adapt the way that we work to be responsive to new technologies and ways of achieving results. As your digital development partner, you can trust that we will work to enhance your image as a market leader in your industry.

WHY CHOOSE US?


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HostingSolutions

Provided in this brochure is a breakdown of our recommended starter VPS hosting package, but if you require more power to run your LMS (for example if you envisage using a large amount of high quality video to deliver learning) then we will be more than happy to recommend to you a bespoke server spec to match your requirements.

YOUR HOSTING SERVICE CAN BE SCALED TO MEET YOUR NEEDS

We know that somethings things can go wrong and data can be deleted by accident. If this does happen you can rest easy that with our hosting solution your data can be restored. Our servers are backed up every day, dating back to the last 30 days. So if you need to restore your platform to an early time just give us a call and we will take of it.

PEACE OF MIND WITH DAILY BACKUPS AND RESTORE

Remember that if you wish to host your solution yourself, then we are more than happy to work with you as your LearnDash LMS development partner to get your platform ready and operating just as you want it to, but if you need a hosting solution for your platform then we believe that our recommended choice for VPS hosting provides the best value for money on the market today.

If you want to discuss your requirements in more details with a member of our team, don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Virtual Private Servers

provide you with the

opportunity to upgrade

your hardware as and

when required, with little

to no disruption to your

live site(s).

At Discover eLearning, it is written into our mission statement that we aim to empower businesses to make smarter and sustainable choices for managing online learning. With our choice of learning management platform, we believe that we can provide a service to customers to achieve this. With LearnDash LMS as your choice of platform, you remove any constrictions forced onto you by other cloud based solutions that would hinder your ability to scale up cost effectively.We aim to showcase that developing and managing a bespoke LMS solution for any business can be a cost effective and high value proposition, plus the graphical user interface of WordPress allows for anyone with basic IT skills to become quickly familiar and comfortable building courses in LearnDash.

We understand that many companies may wish to host their Learning Management System themselves in-house, for example organisations with dedicated IT staff. But for organisations that would prefer it, we can support you in purchasing the right hardware to provide an optimum user experience for your learners.

As part of your LMS development project, Discover eLearning will support you with the purchase and setup of your web server that will host your new LMS platform, making it publically available to access online via a dedicated URL which we will also set up for you, so that you can easily access and administrate your platform. Following development, we can be on hand to provide technical support to you as and when required!

Standard VPS Package:

1 x Xeon Core CPU

768mb DDR3 Memory

20GB HDD

400GB Bandwidth

Recommended for basic

platform set up with low

multimedia requirement.


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Previous Client Work

SOME OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL LEARNDASH PROJECTS TO DATE

“The SyncUp Learning Zone blends seamlessly into our existing website and allows us to develop new online markets and provide a learning community with a social space for our existing clients.”

Terri Egan, SyncUp Leadership Group

Bespoke Online Learning Platform For Multiple Client Organisations

Client : SyncUp Leadership LLC

Purpose : Online Training

Solution : Custom Design LearnDash Platform Integrated With Existing Client Site

“Equitherm and VetTherm are the World Leaders in the field of Equine and Veterinary Digital Infrared Thermography. Through our platform, we offer unparalleled training and online support to all our students. We have trained over 700 learners worldwide to date”

Sandie Chambers, EquiTherm Training Ltd

Online Franchised Courses Fully Delivered And Managed Through LearnDash

Client : EquiTherm Training Ltd

Purpose : Online Course Purchase and Delivery

Solution : Custom Design LearnDash Platform and Articulate Learning Material Development


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We develop fresh and engaging online learning content for clients in both private and public sector education, as well as for corporate and workplace compliance training.

We work with tutors and subject matter experts to help their subject areas come to life through interactive game based learning and on demand televisual or multimedia based content. We also work with commercial and industrial organisations to bring their training requirements online, delivering online training to thousands of people through modern tailor-made training portals, reducing costs and improving performance.

We work closely with clients to produce work that is both on time and on budget. Discover eLearning can manage the entire production process, meaning that the design, installation and delivery of the end product will be totally taken care of for you and your organisation.

FOR ALL YOUR DIGITAL LEARNING NEEDS

We hope that reading this brochure has given you an insight into the high value prospect of choosing LearnDash LMS as the learning management system platform for your business. We aim to continue working hard in pushing this product out to more businesses, demonstrating the key features that allow it to stand up against some of the bigger and more expensive options on the market today.

We also hope that you will bookmark Discover eLearning when considering a development partner for your next digital project (www.discoverelearninguk.com). We take great pride in creating engaging and innovative digital solutions that make a difference to our clients’ businesses, adding further value and raising the standard of online learning experiences, thus improving performance. Our methodologies ensure that content produced is always cutting edge, vigorously quality assessed, and pushing boundaries where possible to implement new methods of content delivery to delight customers. We employ a range of innovative visual design approaches, and use the latest digital software to produce dynamic learning content and user experiences. Get in touch with us today to discuss what we can deliver for your business.

At Discover eLearning, we specialise in the development of multimedia learning solutions that enhance the quality of eLearning programmes, as well as the development of LMS Solutions through which eLearning can be smartly and effectively delivered and monitored.

ARTICULATE STORYLINE DEVELOPMENT

We are experts in Articulate Storyline, the world’s leading professional eLearning authoring software. Get in touch if your organisation requires bespoke content created using Storyline, or if you require hands on training delivered by professionals with many years of development experience.

MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT

At Discover eLearning, we also offer development services that utilise the latest in digital technology. From immersive learning and training delivered through the Oculus Rift, or Augmented Reality applications built for iPhone and iPad, taking pride in creating innovative learning experiences that surprise and engage.

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