Learning Management System

A learning management system (LMS) is a solution that lets you host, deliver, and track the progress of your training programme. The content is managed and administered by the HR, a trainer, or someone in the leadership team.

A learning experience platform (LXP), on the other hand, focuses on creating personalised learner experience through curated content. Everyone contributes the content that they want to learn, from the HR to the field sales agent to the front desk team. This is also a relatively newer term.

One solution is not better than the other, as your choice will ultimately depend on which one will best support your organisation’s needs. An LMS is better suited for a predetermined training that follows specific steps for it to attain its goal (e.g. compliance), while an LXP works best with organisations that want to give learners free rein to pursue their own professional development.

These two terms often cause confusion, especially for those who aren’t yet well-acquainted with this industry. You might even see some online sources using both interchangeably.

eLearning is a course, a programme, or a degree that works outside the four walls of a traditional classroom. These are delivered online but can still retain interactivity with trainers and fellow learners. An LMS is a solution that allows organisations to create these courses, adding elements of gamification, interactivity, engagement, and customisation.

Think of eLearning as a lesson, an individual piece of learning, while the LMS is the platform where that lesson is stored and holds a record of how the learner performs in that lesson.

There are different types of gamification that you may see within LMS’s. When we talk about gamification, we talk about it in the “play to learn” space. We create games within an elearning module to help with both learner engagement and knowledge retention. Studies show an increase in knowledge retention if learners feel that they are playing a game. By interacting with the learning, it keeps a learners attention longer and increases their engagement levels.

Another form of gamification is earning points for completing tasks in the LMS, whether for having the most training courses finished, completing training in the quickest time, or having the highest assessment score. The creation of leader boards aims to encourage competition between learners.

An extension of this form of gamification is to incentivise employees by converting points into rewards. That could be points to spend in an online shop, redeem against external training courses, or vouchers for weekends away. Organisations use this type of gamification to foster brand or programme loyalty.

We offer LMS administration support as a managed service, as well as front end user support via our Customer Support solution.

If you have Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) compliant content, then it will play on our LMS solution. If your content is still in Flash, we offer a conversion service. If your content is still in PowerPoint or slides, then feel free to talk to us about our elearning authoring and content creation services.

If you don’t need your training to be branded or aligned with company policies, procedures or ethos then off-the-shelf content can be a quick and easy option to get content onto your LMS. Through our Partner network, we can provide thousands of off-the-shelf courses across a variety of subject matters that come with pay as you go or subscription models. Contact us to discuss your requirements.

Yes, Wahoo Learning’s Compass adds eCommerce functionality directly into the LMS, without the need for additional or external online shopping pages. Your customers can buy training in a couple of clicks and have the courses appear on their dashboard instantly. Our eCommerce functionality gives you seamless transactions, and if you take our fully managed service the payment transaction costs are taken care of too.

The platform allows you to segregate training created for your employees and training you want to sell to your customers, channel partners, supply chain, and contractors.

Yes, from small/medium size enterprises (SMEs) to Multinational and Global Organisations, we are currently providing training to over 100,000 users globally in 190 countries. We offer fully scalable cost per user solutions that grow and flex with your operational requirements.

We have a range of industry and sector experience within the team that have worked on Learning and Development projects in areas such as Cosmetics, Pharmaceutical, Brewing, Automotive, Aerospace, Cable and Wireless Infrastructure, Financial Services, Environmental, Carbon Economies, Biofuels, Sustainability, Health Service, Public Sector, Government, Telecoms, Utilities.

Yes, our solution is highly adaptable and customisable. At the heart of Wahoo Learning COMPASS solution is Totara Learn, and Totara itself is built using Moodle as a foundation. This open source software allows developers to augment, configure and tailor eLearning in such a variety of ways to see the individual needs of an organisation.

Absolutely yes. We have two fixed price theming options available for the platform look and feel. Advanced and Advanced+. Advanced allows for your logo and colour schemes to be used across the standard COMPASS platform. The Advanced+ option allows you more customisation akin to your website with imagery and fonts and even allows you to add additional tabs in the platform header such as Blogs.

Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) compliant content. If content is still in Flash we offer a conversion service. If your content is still in PowerPoint or slides, then feel free to talk to us about our elearning authoring and content creation services.

Our COMPASS solution offers advanced tracking and reporting functions. Users can select pre-determined reports, or they have the option to produce custom reports. If you are a fully-managed service customer, we can produce the reports on your behalf.