As do most articles in the L&D space, I frequently talk about what we should do. And, it occurred to me, that I could (and should) also talk about what we shouldn’t do. So here’s my list of things to avoid. There’s no claim that this list is comprehensive, but it is grounded in a […]

Greetings, Litmos community! We've been taking a look at how to create efficiency when designing/developing eLearning in Adobe Captivate 5. Adobe recently added a killer master slide feature to Captivate. If you're familiar at all with how to use multiple master slides in PowerPoint, you have some idea of how effective this function could be […]

Our release today has seen a few very exciting changes roll out, one of which is the addition of certificates to the Litmos LMS. Completion Certificates So, first up, you can now add a certificate to any course you build in Litmos. This will then be issued to the learner as a PDF upon successful […]

I've been posting lots of help articles over on the Litmos Help Guide lately, so don't forget to check it out if you have any questions about how our LMS works or need directions using a particular feature: Litmos Help Guide If you find your question is not answered then send it through to support@litmos.com […]

Over the weekend we released a major upgrade to the way that Litmos sends emails. What this means for you is more of the emails that Litmos sends out to your students will find the inbox rather than get caught in spam or junk filters. Over the past year the number of emails that Litmos […]

You may think this has been a long time coming, but to be honest it has really only been a highly requested feature in the past few months. So without further ado, allow me to introduce the latest new feature rolling out today to all Litmos accounts - Custom Timezones. How does it work?Well, with […]

We're releasing some new color themes for Litmos accounts this week and so I was putting together a high contrast version for partially sighted people. After spending some time working out the right combination of colors needed I stumbled across a very simple way to do it which does not involve me creating a new […]

We're happy to announce the release of the new 'Team Leader' role in the Litmos Learning Management System. This much-requested permission level sits squarely in between a regular 'Trainee' and a 'Training Administrator' and fulfills a very specific purpose. The Team Leader cannot create or edit training courses but they can create users in their […]

I've been reading Tom Kuhlmann's eBook as pictured on the right. Tom is the author of The Rapid E-Learning Blog (part of the Articulate website) and although the book has been around for a wee while, there are some really great ideas and relevant tips in there. I extracted a few of the ones I […]

If you don't have the budget for a professional voice-over person or you just prefer to do-it-yourself, these tips may help you to create more professional screen recordings using a product like Camtasia (which I use) or another screen recording tool on the market. Storyboard your presentation and script it out making sure to note […]

I've just joined the group on LinkedIn called 'Adobe Captivate'. It was the only relatively populated group that I could find in there focused on this topic, which surprised me. So far though, it looks like a really great group of supportive Captivate users. Scanning through the discussions I can see that there are over […]

Some of our Litmos customers may have noticed this new feature already, but it is definitely worth a mention. We have now added an "Advanced Settings" area on the video upload pop-up box. This means that you can now change the preset video settings to set your own height, width and bit rate for the […]

As a follow on to my last post on writing effective training material, these are some simple ideas that anyone can incorporate in to their writing to make emails, documents and training information more concise and effective for the audience. 5 Helpful Tips for Presenting Information: Establish a flow for your document so the information […]

To be totally honest, I didn't like Twitter when I signed up. I didn't understand the point of it. To me it was just another social network to waste my time. But now I know that you can't grasp the full potential of what's going on in Twitter using just the Twitter website. You have […]

How to Reply to a TweetOnce you start getting followers (which you will if you're following people!) you'll need to learn a few of the tricks. If you want to Reply to someone's update then you can either hover on their update and click the arrow that appears on the right, then type your message. […]

Customize your PageClick on "Settings" at the top. Most important tabs here are Account, Picture and Design so go through these and fill in the info, upload your picture and choose a background. No need to get too complicated yet, just make it look good. When you're done, click Profile and you'll see what others […]

No one likes to look dumb. But there's new applications popping up all the time, so it's not surprising that Twitter might have snuck up on you and now you want to know how to get involved and make the most of it. Before you sign up for an account, check out this cool CommonCraft […]

Here are the Litmos Top 5 Blog Posts of 2008 as determined by our comprehensive analytics process (also known as Google Analytics):   5 Key Characteristics of Generation Y 5 Tips to Design Effective Training for Generation Y How to Succeed in the Web3.0 era 3 Ways to Hook Generation Y Setting Up High Quality […]

How can I unlock an assessment so a trainee can re-sit it? How can I set it so the trainee only has to re-sit incorrectly answered questions? To unlock an assessment for a trainee just go to the Reports section, then go to the Report called Assessment Results. Choose the course you want from the […]

Our Litmos blog is updated regularly with new feature information, course design tips and articles relevant to online training and learning so check back here on a regular basis to stay ahead of the game We are now very excited to be able to offer a Course Building service. If you don't have time to […]

Using Litmos is Easy as 1-2-3! 1. Put Together Your Training CoursesThe quickest way to start is to upload existing training materials. Login and go to the 'Designer', click on 'New Training Course' and start adding Modules. Upload Video files up to 100MB Upload Powerpoint presentations which convert to an online format in minutes Attach […]

I thought I'd post up all of the most recent questions we've had about our Video Upload. This may help out others who aren't quite clear on how it all works.Do you have a preferred video file type?No we don't have a preferred file type. All of the following video files are fine: .avi, .mov, […]

Every generation responds to different stimuli and when you're talking about a tech saavy group of people who have grown up with the internet, you know expectations are higher & traditional methods will not work. So what does work? Gen Y'ers were born between 1981 - 1995 so they are right in the thick of […]

If you're looking to increase the popularity of your online training courses, appeal to more people and get more paying customers on board (who isn't?!), some of our recent posts could be just the ticket: Increasing the buzz around your website & training courses is imperative for building reputation & credibility as a trainer. Check […]