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The breadth and depth of the reporting functionality and data provided on reports in Accord LMS are impressive. The most distinguishing feature is the intelligent design which enhances usability and efficiency.

Accord LMS 2.8 is available for download. Highlights include: Report UI simplification, email queuing and Quicktest features. Greater control over Attempt record management with support for both Logical and Physical record deletion.  Performance enhancements and updated documentation.

Let me suggest five foundational skills to consider over the year ahead. The good news is that these skills don’t cost money and there are many free resources on the Internet.

The Interzoic Show & Hide module can be used to selectively show or hide third party modules on your Learner Dashboard, or any other Learner or Manager user interface.

Key principles for an effective assessment strategy include repeated assessment and measurement and adaptive methods to improve results.

Report Filter settings can now be saved as a “Definition”. This will store a snapshot of all report filter settings to create, in effect, a ‘canned’ report. Definitions can then be automatically delivered, on a schedule, to designated Managers.

Better assessments can provide key data points regarding the work force’s potential to apply specific skills in their job, and what specific points of challenge they may face in execution. If you know what to look for, it is not difficult to construct better assessments and collect this critical data for the stakeholders in your organization.

Measurement isn’t the fact of providing data to stakeholders, but a context of the story the data tells, and the insight it provides to stakeholders. Do your metrics inform stakeholders about employee capability against key strategic objectives or reduction of risk?  Does your data report on how training helps the organization respond to the challenge?

Accord LMS 2.7 is available for download. Highlights include: Team Management for corporate training structures, Extended Enterprise features to deliver a centralized training catalog, more Reports with the ability to save ad-hoc queries and automatically email the reports on a specific delivery schedule.

Now that you’ve got a great LMS that does everything you need and then some, what next?  The hard part – pulling all of your content together.

We've been quietly working away for the last month on the new Accord LMS website.

Creating customized courseware is MUCH easier than most people think.  Accord LMS includes Extended Learning Events (XLE), which allow you to track the utilization of non-SCORM resources.

The Accord LMS now offers a full featured, integrated eCommerce solution. Products can include access to eLearning content, digital downloads and shippable products.

Accord LMS 2.6 is now available for download. Highlights include: Template/Token support for Learning Event Catalog presentation, more new Reports with enhanced performance, numerous Learning Event enhancements and notification options.

Accord LMS has substantially increased performance to handle larger numbers of Learners, roles, profiles and Learning Events.