This article, offers a variety of tips on how to become a successful full-time eLearning freelancer. If you’re currently doing side jobs or part-time freelancing work, these bits of advice will help you to transition to a rewarding full-time eLearning freelance career.  How to Become a Successful Full-Time eLearning Freelancer No doubt, there are a number of benefits associated with becoming a full-time eLearning freelancer. However, making the leap from part-time to full-time work comes with its own set of challenges. Not only is a greater time commitment involved, but there are also financial issues to consider, due to the fact that you’re now banking on the eLearning industry as your sole source of income. However, there are a number of tips and tricks that can help to make the switch less stressful and more profitable! This article, offers a variety of tips on how to become a successful full-time eLearning freelancer. If you’re currently doing side jobs or part-time freelancing work, these bits of advice will help you to transition to a rewarding full-time eLearning freelance career.   How to Become a Successful Full-Time eLearning Freelancer No doubt, there are a number of benefits associated with becoming a full-time eLearning freelancer. However, making the leap from part-time to full-time work comes with its own set of challenges. Not only is a greater time commitment involved, but there are also financial issues to consider, due to the fact that you’re now banking on the eLearning industry as your sole source of income. However, there are a number of tips and tricks that can help to make the switch less stressful and more profitable! Make a commitment to work a specific number of hours per week. One of the most challenging aspects of making the switch to become a full-time eLearning freelancer is to create the work schedule that is the most effective for you and your lifestyle. It can be tempting to work as many hours a week as possible in the beginning, but that will inevitably lead to burn out. On the other hand, not working enough hours won’t allow you to be as productive and profitable as you could. So, it’s always a good idea to make a commitment to work a specific number of hours per week, and to give yourself some time off. Ease yourself into working full-time, so that the transition is as stress-free as humanly possible. Mark your working hours down on a calendar and decide which days you’re going to take off from work. This will offer you the opportunity to achieve the structure that many freelancers may lack. Keep in mind that there should always be a balance between work and life, and that working to the point of exhaustion can ultimately hinder your eLearning freelance career rather than help it. Update your online eLearning portfolio to showcase your diverse talents and experience. Pay attention to your online eLearning portfolio and ensure that it’s always updated. Now that you’re a full-time eLearning freelancer, you’ll want your online eLearning portfolio http://elearningindustry.com/6-top-tips-build-solid-elearning-portfolio to effectively showcase your skill sets and diverse talents so that you have the potential to land more eLearning jobs. Mention that you are a full-time eLearning freelancer, so that potential employers or clients will know that their project will receive your complete attention and dedication. Perfect your service description and determine your eLearning niche. If you haven’t already found your eLearning niche, now is definitely the time to discover your specialty and fine tune your list of services. This will allow you to build your brand image and appeal to the right target audience. Choosing a eLearning niche that gives you the opportunity to utilize your skills and talents can lead to a rewarding full-time freelance eLearning career, and also help you to market to clients who are most likely to hire you for their projects. Perfect your "sales pitch" by learning how to describe the products or services that you offer concisely, and include all of them on your site or blog so that potential clients can find you online. Boost your online presence and network through social media. If you don’t already have a website, then you should definitely consider creating one and even managing a blog where you can post regular updates. This will help you to develop a solid online presence. You’ll also want to network online, especially through social media platforms, like Facebook and LinkedIn. There are several groups about eLearning on LinkedIn that you could join, such as the Instructional Design & E-Learning Professionals’ Group with more than 75,000 members. Joining groups will also give you the chance to find out about new projects or build connections with those who can put in a good word for you with their eLearning employers or clients. Outsource as you take on more eLearning projects. The issue that any full-time eLearning freelancer may face is trying to take on too much of a workload. As you begin to take on more projects, you’re probably going to need to enlist the aid of other eLearning professionals. This is yet another reason why you’ll want to network, as building a list of talented and skilled contacts can also allow you to increase your workload without feeling the stress and strain of juggling multiple tasks at once. You can also look on freelancing sites, such as Odesk, Elance and eLearning Jobs to find experienced eLearning professionals who can help you along the way. Keep in mind that, while outsourcing content and work may require an investment, you will be able to take on more projects and get the job done more quickly which equals to more profit! Remember that success takes time. It takes time to create a thriving eLearning business. Things typically don’t happen overnight. So, just keep in mind that success takes time. Often making the move to become a full-time eLearning freelancer is a gradual process that requires a lot of dedication and patience. It will take time to hear back from clients regarding bids and proposal requests. If at all possible, have some money set aside prior making the transition, or hang onto a side job that can help you make the switch less stressful. This way you can focus on collecting that invaluable set of skills and developing a key marketing strategy, rather than worrying about the financial aspect of things. Also, be prepared for a slight learning curve. If you’ve been working as a part-time eLearning freelancer, then there will be a few hurdles as you move to full-time. For example, you may find that achieving a work - life balance is more challenging that you expected, or that marketing and promotion is turning out to be a bit daunting. Just remember that all of the hard work and commitment you are putting in is going to pay off. Hopefully this article has given you the inspiration and insight that will make your switch to a full-time eLearning freelancer go smoothly. While there are always going to be unforeseen bumps in the road, staying focused and dedicated to your profession will always pay off in the end. Still unsure whether to become a full-time eLearning freelancer? The article 10 Advantages To Becoming an eLearning Freelancer highlights the top 10 advantages to becoming an eLearning freelancer that you may want to consider. In addition, in the article 7 Questions You Need To Answer Before Becoming A Full-Time eLearning Freelancer you will find 7 all-important questions that will allow you to weigh the pros and cons involved with making the leap to full-time eLearning freelancing.   About the author: Christopher Pappas is founder of The eLearning Industry’s Network, which is the largest online community of professionals involved in the eLearning Industry. Christopher holds an MBA, and an MEd (Learning Design) from BGSU. eLearning Blogger | EduTechpreneur | eLearning Analyst | Speaker | Social Media Addict Sign up for a free 14-day trial or contact one of our consultants directly! START NOW SCHEDULE A DEMO CONTACT US The post 6 Tips to Become a Successful Full-Time eLearning Freelancer appeared first on Docebo.

We will be at the Learning Technologies Expo at Olympia Central in London on January 28th and 29th, in stand 25. There are only 47 days to go, and counting! 00 days 00 hours 00 minutes 00 seconds As you are probably already aware, Learning Technologies is Europe’s leading showcase of organisational learning and the technology used to support learning at work. And it continues to grow in importance, value and attendance year on year. Learning technologies attracts over 7000 visitors, and will run 150 free L&D seminars. There are two exhibition halls (we will be in the main hall in stand 25) packed with the latest learning technologies, innovation and best practices. It provides a unique and exciting environment for all those involved in workplace learning. If you’re considering doing more with elearning in your organization in 2015 you would gain a lot by attending. And what’s more, entrance to the expo is free. If you decide to attend we’d be delighted to schedule a specific time at our stand to meet, answer all your questions, and give you a tailored demo of our latest release. Simply contact us and we’ll book you in! Hope to see you in London in January. The post It’s just around the corner: Learning Technologies 2015 appeared first on Docebo.

In today’s business environment the demand for agile, affordable HR systems that help businesses manage their people better is continually growing - and elearning solutions are an integral part of the mix. With this context in mind, we are happy to announce a strategic partnership with Cezanne HR to provide an integrated human resources management system (HRMS) and elearning/ LMS solution to companies worldwide. Together with Cezanne we will provide configurable and scalable Cloud solutions that are quick to deploy, easy to manage and cost-effective - whatever the size or location of the customers. This partnership marks another step in our mission to continue to expand our operations and give more organizations the opportunity to experience the benefits of a Cloud-based LMS. The need for an ecosystem of cloud solutions that allow companies to achieve better business results is becoming stronger by the day. The integration between Docebo and Cezanne HR answers this need. Valentina Piccioli, Partner Network Manager, Docebo "The demand for agile, affordable HR systems that help businesses manage their people better is growing fast - and e-learning solutions are an increasingly important part of the mix. We’re delighted to be partnering with Docebo. Not only do we share the same vision, but Docebo’s impressive LMS strongly complements the functionality provided by our HR solutions." - Alberto Gabbai, CEO, Cezanne HR The post Announcement: Cezanne HR and Docebo partnership appeared first on Docebo.

2014 was a big year in elearning - we’ve seen a rise in the adoption of SaaS, increased interest in corporate MOOCs, gamification, social learning, and mobile learning. We’ve seen recent interest in "wearable elearning" - and more and more personalization in elearning (i.e. learning tailored to proficiency level, interests, motivators etc.). We sat down recently with some of our friends in the elearning industry, and asked what their thoughts are on the year ahead in elearning. In this post we share their insight. 2015 is going to be the year that organizations focus on their extended enterprise audiences of channel partners, distributors, customers and prospects to achieve competitive separation.  Training and certifying your extended enterprise audiences provides a measurable return on investment and a serious impact to a business.  Most talent management LMS vendors ignore this non-employee segment and as a result many new LMS vendors have evolved solutions to service this unique need with unique feature sets and pricing.  Look forward to year of heated competition and LMS vendor specialization! John Leh, CEO & Lead Analyst, Talented Learning User generated content is what I expect to burst onto the scene next year. What we have clearly seen in 2014 is the astonishing growth of social learning and mobile learning, especially in combination. I think that learners, at any level, are ready to start creating and share their own content following the same training path that they have passively followed till now. It’s time to turn the camera from front to rear and start creating our own learning objects! Valentina Piccioli, Partner Manager, Docebo The really interesting industry move we’ve seen in 2014 is the increase in people using video.  The barriers to entry of putting together video are lower than ever. Systems like Docebo allow you to host, serve, secure and track your learning video globally at a cost and quality that wouldn’t have been possible in the past. The challenge though is quality of the content. Video may be cheaper to produce but that doesn’t change that its hard to make the content good and to land key learning points in this medium. Into 2015 I expect to see the rise of more ‘interactive video’. We’re excited to be piloting this with clients now. Guy McEvoy, CEO of GuyKat Online learning is a cost-effective and time-efficient solution to corporate training. When employees need information quickly, utilizing technology to deliver materials is the most efficient and effective way to meet that need. As technology continues to evolve, e-learning will remain a relevant and reliable method to meet learners where they are. Doug Harward, CEO and Founder, Training Industry IncThe reaction to the launch of our mobile application has been very positive. I am excited to see how clients will begin using mobile capabilities in 2015 to enhance learning. Some of the ideas that I am already hearing for mobile learning are amazing! Corey Marcel, Senior Account Executive, DoceboAccording to Docebo’s research the elearning sector will show fast and significant growth over the next three years. The worldwide market for self-paced elearning, said to be $35.6bn in 2011, is estimated to be growing, overall, at some 7.6% a year. The Asian market is showing the highest annual growth rate (at 17.3%); followed by Eastern Europe, Africa, and Latin America at 16.9%, 15.2%, and 14.6%, respectively. Among other things, this growth is being fuelled by the continuing growth of the LMS market - currently worth some $2.55bn worldwide. Moreover, SaaS is helping to increase the size of the elearning market, especially where LMSs are concerned. The current speed of change means that employees need to be trained continuously in order to keep companies competitive. These training initiatives are likely to remain being spearheaded by compliance and regulatory topics but other general topics are also growing in popularity among learners. Increasingly this learning is being delivered via mobile and informal, performance support type learning. Claudio Erba, CEO of DoceboAfter having been in the field of Instructional Technology for over 30 years, I was always looking for the ultimate use of technology for learning.  The ultimate solution would be one that is both effective and scalable.  Effective means that all or most students would be successful at learning the content, given enough time.  Scalable means that it can work just as well with 25 as it can with 250,000 or a million.  Unfortunately, over those years, I have come to realize that the most important aspect of learning is the relationship between the teacher and the student as well as the relationships among the students.  The problem is that as you increase scale, you decrease the interaction between teachers and students and sometimes among the students.  Large classes or scaled instruction almost always is bad instruction.  The 500 student lecture hall is just as ineffective as the 500 student online course.  This does not mean that a well motivated and intelligent student cannot be successful in such situations — many of us are products of the 500 student lecture hall and a small percentage of students can successfully complete a MOOC - it simply means that it is ineffective.  So, when I think about the potential of eLearning, I look for tools that will foster Communication and Collaboration, two essential processes to foster relationships among students and between students and teachers. Michael Orey, Assoc. Professor Learning, Design & Technology Program, University of Georgia Tin Can is proving to be a challenge to the e-learning community in the corporate learning world. But new data sets are emerging, giving greater levels of validity by adding extensions (time-stamped, authoring, authority and the ability to void) as well context and results. The academic sector sees the potential for Adaptive learning in the close monitoring of learner performance across a wider range of metrics than the more one-dimensional recording of learning by Tin Can statements. Adaptive learning is about improving overall learner performance; preventing failure and drop out. Adaptive platforms not only record marks and learning achievements, but measure metrics such as time spent in aligned social media environments, attendance at lectures, and work submission patterns. The third key trend involves Badges, particularly Open Badges, breaking through in the education market and playing a role in supporting and rewarding learners. Badges may be driven into the corporate learning market by both MOOCs becoming more widely used in the corporate sector, and by learners’ desire to manage and publish their own digital credentials and achievements in social media. These three trends could combine to strengthen each other - or they could form chasms of complexity and buyer confusion. Bob Little, Senior Partner, Bob Little Press & PR UK2014 was the year of MOOCs, Gamification, Extended Enterprise, and Mobile Learning. In 2015, I see all of these areas continuing strong. I hope to see some better business cases for MOOCs. With Gamification I see this will become an industry mainstay. The Extended Enterprise concept will continue to be developed and matured, and Mobile platforms will continue to develop. For some new developments in 2015, I see short Learning Pills (3-5 minute content objects) being heavily integrated into mobile delivery strategies. I think video based content will begin to rapidly outpace traditional learning objects as switching from HTML 5.0 is still cumbersome and the BYOD dream is taking longer to materialize than hoped. I also expect to see some more in-depth learning analytics to begin to make an appearance hopefully with some innovative usage of the TinCan/xAPI Standards. In all I see 2015 is going to be an eLearning adoption explosion that will quickly outpace 2014 especially in the developing world. Josh Squires, COO EMEA, DoceboThe eLearning Industry is volatile and highly innovative and these couple of years various new trends have emerged. Responsive design is definitely an eLearning trend with great potential if you consider that mobile phone and tablet sales are expected to rapidly grow in 2015. Another eLearning trend that will dominate the market in 2015 is Cloud Based LMS. They are secure, they have low initial costs, and they are easily accessible from anywhere and anytime. Not to mention that they do not require storage space on your devices and are fully customizable and scalable! We can talk about innovations and trends in our industry for hours; HTML5, Gamification, Content Reusability, Emphasis on User Experience (UX), and so on. But what is really important to remember is that no matter how innovative these eLearning trends may be (and they really are!), eLearning professionals should keep in mind that eLearning trends only have value if they enable eLearning professionals to provide the best possible eLearning experience to their learners! Chris Pappas, Founder of The eLearning Industry NetworkThe relative importance learning delivery technologies is increasing. The need and opportunities for learning are expanding. We know how best to teach people, and how - and why - people learn best. We have the wisdom of the giants of the education profession over the last 2,500 years. To use a simile first employed by Bernard of Chartres in the 12th century and most famously used, in 1676, by the British scientist, Sir Isaac Newton, we’re like dwarfs perched on the shoulders of giants. We can see more and further than our predecessors - not because of our keener vision or greater height but because we can build on their pioneering work. It’s an exciting time for learning technologies - but a word of caution amid the euphoria: if we’re standing on the shoulders of giants, we appear to be doing so while looking at an extremely foggy landscape. Bob Little, Senior Partner, Bob Little Press & PR UKElearning is not something that happens on accident. It’s more than a buzzword. No matter what path you take, elearning has to be intentional on the part of the company that implements it or it doesn’t work. You owe the effort it takes to create a decent learning experience to your learners. Their success depends on it. Marquis Dugger, Customer Success Manager, Docebo NA The post Elearning 2015: what’s in store for elearning in the year ahead? appeared first on Docebo.

We recently had the pleasure of interviewing SkyMeeting Founder and CEO Antonio Sanguinetti. SkyMeeting is a web conferencing tool that was founded by Antonio. It’s designed to help individuals and companies be more productive, and save time and money to run business meetings, virtual classrooms and large webinars. Docebo is designed to allow third party applications to be integrated using standard web 2.0 technologies (aka APIs). The set of integrated applications in Docebo LMS grows by the day - the wide choice of plug-and-play integrations is a real added value for the end user. SkyMeeting is a story such as this. Q. Please tell us a little about your organization and product SkyMeeting was founded in 2005 by me (Antonio Sanguinetti). The company is headquartered in Italy and has more than 3,000 customers, amongst them freelancers, businesses of all sizes, public admin, non-profits. Q. What is SkyMeeting? SkyMeeting is a cloud-based web conferencing solution that enables more effective collaboration at work, at home and on the move for any organization that can benefit from online meetings. Its features include: HD multipoint video conferencing; multi-screen sharing system & remote control; YouTube video sharing; an interactive whiteboard; allows for multiple moderators; polling and Q&A; recording & archiving; iOS/Android mobile apps. Also SkyMeeting offers flexible plans up to 500 participants and corporate solutions - for more information about SkyMeeting visit our website. Q. What are the differentiators between SkyMeeting and other similar applications? Here are some of our strengths that make the difference when compared with other competitors: All-in-One web conferencing solution: SkyMeeting is a truly all-in-one solution for online communication needs: hosts can launch business meetings, virtual classrooms, large webinars using the same account. No Download: While other competitors require installing a client, our users don’t need to download or install anything since SkyMeeting is totally flash-based. HD Multipoint Video Conferencing: SkyMeeting provides unlimited live video feeds allowing a superior user experience (other competitors up to 7 at least). Full-Featured Presenter Tools: Moderators have a personal Media Library to present and share files; file transfer is very easy, as is inviting additional participants during a live meeting or passing session controls to others. Q.- Please describe how your platform works within Docebo We are very excited to allow our customers to integrate SkyMeeting with Docebo LMS. Docebo provides a brief manual    in order to show how to combine Docebo LMS with the SkyMeeting video conferencing platform. The control panel allows users to setup a maximum number of rooms per course and a maximum number of total sessions. When the video conference starts, a new tab will be shown, and both users and administrators will be connected to it by pressing the "Join" button. Q. What is the benefit to end users? With this new App, Docebo users can easily create unlimited live meetings directly from their course page in order to provide synchronous virtual classrooms. Users can directly create a new video conference session from the course area by activating the video conference module. Hosts can collaborate in real-time with participants, sharing files, presentations, HD images and videos, sharing their desktop or a specific application, creating instant polling and Q&A sessions and much more. Other top benefits provided by SkyMeeting for Docebo users: Easy to Use: The clean design and intuitive usability make SkyMeeting enjoyable and hassle-free. Flexible & Intuitive Interface: SkyMeeting provides a highly dynamic, easy-to-learn interface, where key features are clearly displayed in order to allow presenters to host a meeting in minutes. No Account Needed For Guests: Customers guests can access the meeting simply clicking on a link embedded  in their invitation - no SkyMeeting account required. Mobile friendly: With the SkyMeeting mobile apps for iOS and Android, users can host or join video conferences from a tablet or a smartphone. Wi-Fi and 4G/LTE optimized. Connect with Antonio Sanguinetti on LinkedIn. Sign up for a free 14-day trial or contact one of our consultants directly! START NOW SCHEDULE A DEMO CONTACT US The post Docebo integrations: SkyMeeting web conferencing tool appeared first on Docebo.

The worst thing you can do when delivering training, especially online, is forget about reports. No matter how good your T&D strategy is, you can’t assess the outcome of your activities without reports - they are without a doubt the best way to get the "pulse" of your elearning project. By analysing parameters such as attendance rate, completion rate and other key indicators that can vary, you will be able to understand which part/s of your elearning strategy is performing better and which are not. This kind of data it’s obviously useless if there is no follow-up. The information collected through LMS reports will be fundamental to assessing and improving on training outcomes. Success relies on correct execution, analysis, optimisation and iteration, and the key to optimisation is to have sufficient data to understand what works and what doesn’t work for your learners. The Docebo LMS offers an extremely flexible reporting tool that will allow you to closely monitor the performance of your learners and the efficiency of your training materials in order to ultimately provide the best learning experience possible. Below you can check out a video tutorial about how to use reports within the Docebo LMS; you can also click here to access the related manual. The post Docebo Video Tutorials: How to create reports appeared first on Docebo.

2014 has been an amazing year in elearning! The time has come to take a look at what happened in the last 365 days in elearning and draw some conclusions. In this blog post we will show you some graphs and stats about the most trending topics in the elearning industry, and how the different trends were perceived around the world.  Earlier in the year we created a report with predictions for 2014 to 2016 - DOWNLOAD THE FREE REPORT The "Elearning Market trends and forecast 2014-2016" analyst report Now we will look at how this panned out using Google stats. The following table was produced using Google Keyword planner, which allows you to gather information regarding Search Volume (number of people searching the exact term on Google) for specific keywords and regions. Keyword/Region Europe N. America S. America Asia Africa  E-learning 15000 40500 9900  33100  1600 MOOCs 1000 14800 1000  4400  260 Mobile Learning 140 880 400 140  80 As you can see in the previous table, North America leads the global search for all keywords indicated.  These results also highlight a strong interest in mobile learning in South America. What’s especially interesting is that in North America we see a special interest in MOOCs, in fact search volume is about one third of the total search volume for elearning, which is enormous. If you compare with other regions you’ll see that MOOCs search volume is about one tenth of elearning total volume - so this indicates that interest in MOOCs is very high in this "elearning mature" market. Now let’s take a look at interest over time: ELearning MOOCs Mobile Learning Trends comparison From looking at these graphs we can draw some conclusions: Elearning is still very much growing! MOOCs has seen a huge exponential increase in interest since 2012 Mobile learning has been a stable and growing trend in the past few years Sign up for a free 14-day trial or contact one of our consultants directly! START NOW SCHEDULE A DEMO CONTACT US The post Elearning 2014: summing up the year appeared first on Docebo.

MOOCs interest over time, via Google Trends During the past few weeks we have been talking a lot about MOOCs. I always find it useful to have a context, some history, so in this blog post I will try to give an overview of how MOOCs were born, developed, and what their future may look like. Let me define MOOCs to start with: Massive Open Online Courses. We have published a few articles on MOOCs recently - do check them out for further context. As a matter of fact, the first Massive Open Course, delivered Online, was created by University of Pennsylvania Professor O’Donnell by using a primitive internet protocol (Gopher) and emails. Nonetheless, the term MOOC itself was coined in 2008 by Professor Cormier (University of Prince Edward Island). The main difference between Professor Cormier’s course and the one presented by Professor O’Donnell was the presence of social elements like a blog. It took a while for people to catch on regarding the huge potential of MOOCs, and eventually, in 2012, a massive spread of websites like Udemy, Coursera and edX joined the Learning & Development market. These kinds of platforms were seen as disruptive as they made knowledge accessible to anyone with an internet connection. In fact it looked like people could finally learn and improve their lives, for free. Things however are never as simple as they seem. As the data collected from these MOOCs started to come in, analysts realized that the dropout rate was extremely high as a result of low student motivation, possibly (and ironically) due to the fact that they’re free, and also because of inadequate reward systems, amongst other reasons. On the other hand, it was also evident that sustaining this kind of business was going to be a challenge as it was not clear how to monetize this audience of people hungry for knowledge. MOOCs have now evolved with gamification elements and are even leveraged by Corporate Training. During our last webinar, "MOOCs from Academia to Corporate" (email us to access the recording), a group of top industry thought leaders discussed the nature of MOOCs, different types of implementations, the way MOOCs could fit into a corporate environment, the future of elearning and MOOCs part in it. Do check out that webcast if you happened to miss it! MOOCs future MOOCs will undoubtedly continue to be a hot trend in 2015. What is universally agreed is that MOOCs evangelists will have to find a way to improve user engagement and motivation to improve completion rates, and also find a business model capable of taking this strategy to the masses and making it economically sustainable. It’s absolutely possible for MOOCs to reshape teaching or the economic structure of teaching if MOOC content can achieve consistent high quality and give people a viable alternate business model. Upcoming MOOCs webinar: how to create a Corporate MOOC In February we will be presenting a second webinar on how to create a Corporate MOOC with the Docebo LMS, and how the MOOC model can be adopted and simulated in corporate environments to enhance the corporate learning space (if you want to be invited to the webinar, email us to let us know!). In the meantime, you can test out Docebo’s MOOC capabilities with this free 14-day trial of the LMS. Sign up for a free 14-day trial or contact one of our consultants directly! START NOW SCHEDULE A DEMO CONTACT US The post The story of MOOCs appeared first on Docebo.

Bandwidth is not always a given Nowadays being connected and able to access the web anywhere, anytime (especially in the West) is pretty much taken for granted however there are circumstances when this is not always the case - in other words, bandwidth is not always a given. Someone might say that with 4G people can stay connected whenever they want (depending of course on location) but if you are an instructional designer you certainly know how "heavy" your .mp4 training videos are, therefore using your smartphone to access online videos might be a good solution depending on the circumstances and/or in case of urgent need, but not your default solution for watching online courses - especially when wifi may not be not available. To help with such dilemmas Docebo created the Offline Player App. This new App allows learners to use the Docebo LMS from their computers (running Windows OS) even when offline. Of course, being offline doesn’t mean that learner progress is lost - the system records all activities performed offline until an internet connection is made available and data synchronized. Use case scenarios In the last few years a new kind of professional was born: the digital nomad. Digital nomads are people that can work basically anywhere, as long as they have their laptop and wifi. There are however a great proportion of workers whose jobs are strictly related to a physical location in order to perform their duties, and in these physical areas wifi may not always available. Think about Oil & Gas extraction facilities (rigs), hospitals, factories, rural areas, schools (many countries don’t have wifi connections available for everyone) or even war zones. Basically any company with lots of users that take courses in places with unreliable net connections would benefit from an LMS offline player such as Docebo’s! Try it out! In order to try out this new app we have created a manual in our Knowledge Base which describes how to use it, and we have published the following video tutorial (see below). If you’d like to test the latest version Docebo LMS including the offline player, just contact us and we will set up a free 14-day trial for you! The post How to use the Docebo LMS Offline Player appeared first on Docebo.

Docebo 6.5 is integrated with Okta, an integrated identity and mobility management platform that connects people to their applications from any device. How does Okta work? Okta offers a modern approach to identity and mobility management. Integrated identity and mobility management enables new automation scenarios (check this Okta paper for ideas) and achieves better security and efficiency than standalone tools. The Okta identity platform provides a standalone cloud directory and supports the full user lifecycle, password management and groups. Developers can create one centralized view of your users that can evolve with changing requirements, create, store and update user passwords, and organize groups to control access privileges. The Okta identity platform can help: Manage users and groups Secure access to your application Integrate with customers’ and partners’ identity infrastructure Create a seamless user experience across services How does Okta work with Docebo? Customers can take advantage of integration with Okta - they can create a Docebo app inside Okta, and by clicking on the app, learners logged in to Okta can automatically single-sign on (SSO) to Docebo - both behind the firewall and in the cloud. Learners can then get to work immediately since they are presented with all of their apps quickly! For more details on this integration check out our manual! Try it out! We invite you to try out the latest Docebo version 6.5 during a 14-day free trial. You get to test drive all of Docebo’s latest release features such as the MOOC builder, gamification app, and more! Interested in trying out Okta? Contact us directly. Sign up for a free 14-day trial or contact one of our consultants directly! START NOW SCHEDULE A DEMO CONTACT US The post Docebo 6.5 is now integrated with the Okta identity platform! appeared first on Docebo.