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The world is facing an unprecedented crisis. OpenSesame, Accord LMS's content partner since 2015, has curated a list of online courses covering Coronavirus preparedness, Infection control and illness prevention, Ergonomics, Working remotely, managing remote teams, and anxiety & mental health during this challenging time. Accord and OpenSesame are offering these courses to our customers as a public service. This article demonstrates how you can access this important resource.

This article explores how to use Learning Roles within the Accord LMS to ensure training consistency while reducing administrative efforts. We will discuss how to save time while executing your training plan when using the new Accord LMS Learning Role Management Feature.

For the first time Accord has partnered with industry leading content provider Open Sesame to release a product package designed specifically to support organizations with 200 to 2000 learners.  Accord Plus is a complete solution providing everything necessary to take your learning program to the next level.

Adobe Flash will retire no later than December 2020 but in some cases it could come to an end within the next few months. Has your organization taken the necessary precautions to convert all of your SCORM modules to HTML? Is there any Flash left within your LMS? This article will review the suggested steps to properly prepare for the upcoming future without Adobe Flash.

Accord is releasing version 2019.04 on Monday August 12th. This version is the first of several important updates planned for the remainder of 2019 which will simplify the administration of the Accord LMS. This article will explore two new features as well as provide some hints for features coming relatively soon.

The Accord LMS provides a sophisticated reporting engine that allows system administrators to create and save their own custom reports. This flexible reporting system provides a remarkably wide range of possible reports. Sometimes administrators wish to quickly assess who finished their compliance courses. Enter Accord’s new Quick Report.

2016 has been a great year for the Accord LMS. As our sales have grown, so has our team and we've been able to deliver a more robust and flexible learning solution. Our hard work has resulted in dozens of 5 star reviews and a number of industry awards

Accord LMS is pleased to announce that we've been recognized by GetApp, a Gartner Company, as a top ten leader among Learning Management Systems.

Wednesday, 17 August 2016 at 11 AM Pacific, 2 PM Eastern
In this demo, Matt will show you many of the key updates to Accord LMS 5.0. Highlights include new and improved reports and delivery options, a learner calendar view, improved charts and inactivating learners via the bulk import.

Working late into the night, behind closed firewalls, the Accord makeover artists have been busy creating a new experience for our site visitors.

Incorporating customer feedback, Google site traffic patterns and the latest in responsive design we now offer both desktop and mobile users a web resource that is intuitive to navigate and provides quick access to the information most sought after.

Accord LMS has integrated the OpenSesame training course catalog. From within the LMS an Administrator can select from thousands of OpenSesame Courses, specify the number of seats and the new Courses will be automatically added onto your existing Accord catalog.

Tuesday, 15 December 2015 at 11 AM Pacific, 2 PM Eastern
In this demo, Matt will demonstrate the new Learner Calendar and Report updates. Now Learners will be able to see upcoming Session and Enrollment Start/Due dates in a calendar view. LMS Admin have access to useful new Learner Activity Summary report there are some general report enhancements as well.

Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 11 AM PT, 2 PM EST
Join Gabe Baumann, Solutions Architect, in a focused 30 minute session that will explore:
 •  Integration with OpenSesame training content
 •  Purchasing OpenSesame content for use by your Learners
 •  Making courses with a combination of OpenSesame content as well as your own

A potential security issue exists in the Install Wizard functionality of the DNN portal framework. Accord support has already addressed the issue for all hosted SaaS clients. Self Hosted clients should read further to better understand the problem and their options.

The Accord LMS is constantly evolving. Based on customer requests and technology trends, Accord releases a great new set of LMS features, performance updates and UI enhancements every few months.