An LMS is a digital platform or SaaS solution that helps you produce, administer, organize and distribute training. It allows you to manage all your organization's learning material from one central platform. This includes everything from self-paced online courses and micro learnings to virtual and physical classroom training. The purpose is to facilitate and improve organizations' training interventions.

LMS stands for Learning Management System. Other synonyms include learning platform, e-learning platform, learning management platform, LMS platform or LMS system.

An LMS can improve the learning experience and help your learners meet their goals faster.

Admins and trainers enjoy the benefits creating, managing and distributing learning materials from one central location.

Historically, the sole purpose of an LMS was distributing courses and learning materials. Usually through SCORM files. This meant that the entire course creation process had to take place outside of the LMS environment. Additionall tools and external help associated with course production often induce extra costs. Not to mention the hassle of using multiple systems simultaneously.

Learnster lets you create, package and distribute courses, micro learnings, documents, and other learning resources. All within the same platform. To leverage and scale internal knowledge, you can involve the organization’s subject matter experts in the course production process. You can also follow up and analyze on your learners’ progress and results.

It means sharing knowledge across the entire organization, as opposed to a one-way, top-down approach. An LMS facilitating top-down and bottom-up knowledge sharing helps your organization leverage and scale internal knowledge. Internal subject matter experts get dedicated tools to produce, update, review, or take full ownership of learning materials.

In employee training, an LMS can facilitate and improve the production, distribution and follow-up of internal training programs. The purpose is to help professionals in HR, People & Culture, and Learning & Development implement learning strategies, fill skills gaps and meet individual and organizational learning goals.

For onboarding, an LMS can be used to manage preboarding and onboarding programs, introductions and company information. The purpose is to help HR professionals, Team Managers and Department Heads give new employees a great first impression and a speedy, productive introduction to the company.

In compliance training, an LMS helps managing, delivering and securing completion of mandatory training. The purpose is to help Compliance Officers, Legal Counsels, Team Managers and Department Heads ensure compliance with relevant regulation, health and safety and CSR guidelines.

In customer and partner training, an LMS can be used for improving and delivering information on products and services. The purpose is to help Customer Services and Customer Success teams speed up onboarding, adoption, and encourage (correct) usage of solutions. This can help boost customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and contract renewals whilst reducing the number of support tickets. Increased knowledge can also help your sales channels, resellers and distributors perform better.

Yes. Learnster’s LMS has open APIs, which enable integrations with third-party systems. Integrating Learnster with your organization’s HR system can help reduce repetitive taks and time-consuming admin.

Yes, you can customize the courses and learners’ interface by adding your company logo, brand colors and background images.