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Learning Management Vendors, November 2011

By Don McIntosh www.trimeritus.com

Vendors of Learning Management and E-learning Products

By Don McIntosh, Ph.D (2011) For Trimeritus eLearning Solutions Inc

http://www.trimeritus.com Updated Nov 3, 2011

Learning Management Vendors, November 2011 Table of Contents

By Don McIntosh www.trimeritus.com

Vendors of Learning Management and E-learning Products

Table of Contents

Introduction 3

Learning Management Systems (LMSs) 4

Corporate Learning Management Systems (LMSs) 6

Learning Content Management Systems (LCMSs) 32

Course Authoring Tools 38

General Course Authoring Tools (a few examples) 55

Rapid eLearning/Conversion tools 55

Test and Assessment Tools 57

Screen capture tools for building software simulations 58

More sophisticated simulation tools 59

Virtual Classrooms 60

Generic (off-the-shelf) eLearning Courseware Vendors 66

Education Learning Management Systems (ELMS) 74

Commercial Education LMSs 74

Open Source Education LMSs 81

Additional Resources: 86

Some unique, hard to categorize solutions: 91

Social networking/learning tools 93

Some tools for adding interactivity to courses 96

Consulting/custom development companies 103

Apparently discontinued or changed products 105

Corporate LMS 105

Corporate LCMS 110

Course Authoring 112

Virtual Classrooms 116

Generic Courseware Vendors 118

Education Learning Management Systems 119

Open Source Learning Management Systems 120

Other 120

Learning Management Vendors, November 2011 Introduction

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Introduction

This is a list of as many vendors of e-learning software as I can identify It is not possible to have a comprehensive and completely up-to-date list Companies go in and out of business and are purchased by other companies Re-branding is a regular occurrence Many corporations and universities have built their own proprietary systems and have made them available only in a limited way if at all I have included those that are commercially and readily available The focus is on those available in English and for which information is available on the World Wide Web As a result, there are numerous tools in other languages not listed here The list evolves

monthly as I learn of new products and changes

They are listed alphabetically by the name of the company in the categories:

 Corporate Learning Management Systems (LMS)

 Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS)

 Course Authoring Tools

 Virtual Classrooms

 Generic (off-the-shelf) eLearning Courseware Vendors

 Education Learning Management Systems (ELMS) The term “Course

Management Systems” is often a term applied to Learning Management Systems designed for educational environments but it is easily confused with Content Management Systems The term Virtual Learning

Environment (VLE) is also used

Several vendors have complete suites of these tools so are listed several times The terms above are not mutually exclusive and different vendors may use different terms to describe their products Some products were originally known by one name and have been purchased by other companies or changed names Sometimes the products are listed under both names

I have tried to provide hyperlinks within this document to help sort out mergers, acquisitions and related products

Listings are alphabetical by company name If you only know the name of the

product, try a search

In this revision of the list, you will find discontinued and changed vendors at the end (p 74) Partly because of the plethora of products offered and the state of the

economy, there has been a good deal of turmoil in the industry

The dominant vendors in the market are highlighted in yellow According to Bersin & Associates (2009), “The six largest LMS product companies constitute approximately 50% of the market.” The report does not specify which six these are but the largest vendors in the corporate market are SumTotal (including GeoLearning), Saba,

Meridian, Outstart, Plateau (now SuccessFactors) and Learn.com (now Taleo) The largest LMSs in the education sector are Blackboard, Desire2Learn and Moodle (open source)

Canadian vendors are indicated by this highlight

Learning Management Vendors, November 2011 LMSs

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Learning Management Systems (LMSs)

Learning Management Systems (LMSs) are included in two categories:

1 Corporate

2 Education

LMSs manage learners and facilities, launch and track online learning and keep records

of the activity

Corporate LMSs usually include registration and management of classroom instruction

as well as eLearning management and delivery Some corporate LMSs add

e-Commerce capability and may include regulatory compliance, competency,

performance, human capital and talent management which link closely to Human

Resources functions Corporate LMSs tend to emphasize the management of

asynchronous (self-directed) online learning because there is no assumption that an instructor will always be present Course authoring and content management are not normally included in a corporate LMS except as part of a suite that includes learning content management (LCMS)

Educational institutions are usually already well equipped for registration and

management of classroom instruction so Education LMSs tend to be primarily for online learning and they usually provide course authoring and some content management features Consequently they sometimes call themselves LCMSs They are also called Course Management Systems (CMS) or (less commonly today) Virtual Learning

Environments (VLE) They also emphasize communication and collaboration features They are generally built on the assumption that an instructor is always available to build course content and to communicate with students

This way of categorization of LMSs is a bit arbitrary and there is a good deal of overlap between them Sometimes it has more to do with the way the vendors market their products than the features they offer Organizations looking for LMSs should not ignore the possibilities of using an LMS primarily focused on the other sector For example, corporate LMSs can be very useful for educational institutions with a business focus such as distance education units offering courses for sale Open source products tend

to be most appropriate for educational institutions but many business enterprises have found them useful as well

Common features of Learning Management Systems:

 Online (eLearning) course launching and tracking.

 Classroom instruction management is included in most full-fledged corporate

LMSs but not in all and is not normally included in education LMSs

 Blended learning is the ability to manage course which mix online and

classroom instruction and is included in the more ambitious systems

 Talent management includes tools for recruitment, performance management,

compensation and benefits, succession, retention and career planning They are included in several of the most ambitious corporate systems but are not normally included in Education LMSs

 Communication and collaboration (Web 2.0) These tools have long been

included as part of education LMSs and more and more corporate LMSs are including them now Also called social learning and networking

 eLearning development tools (authoring and publishing) are not normally

included in corporate LMSs but are included in LCMSs and education LMSs

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 Content management of internal course materials is normally part of LCMSs

and education LMSs and may be included as part of a suite

 Assessment and testing The ability to produce tests and assessment both as

part of courses and separately is normally included as part of LCMSs and

education LMSs but only occasionally for corporate LMSs

 Virtual classrooms They are not normally included as part of an LMS but may

be included as part of a suite Many LMSs provide integration with third party virtual classrooms

 E-Commerce The ability to charge users for the courses internally and

externally is a feature which is being included in more and more systems

 Reporting All good systems provide good reporting functions and the ability to

customize reports

 Mobile learning Many vendors are beginning to add mobile learning

functionality to their LMSs so learning can be accessed on smartphones and other small mobile devices

 SaaS (Software as a Service) Some Learning Management Systems are

offered as software that is installed internally in the organization (“behind the firewall”) Some are offered as hosted or SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions The terms Cloud Computing and “on-demand” are also used for this Many are offered both ways

Talent Management Systems: Corporate Learning Management Systems are often

part of Human Resource (HR) solutions Several of the major LMSs are moving into the area of talent management Talent management includes recruitment, performance management, compensation and benefits, succession, retention, career planning,

learning and development As a rule, they are oriented to planning and do not provide the day-to-day processing capabilities such as payroll The terms human capital

management and workforce productivity are also used

LMS vendors that incorporate talent management tools include Cornerstone OnDemand, Learn.com (now Taleo), Plateau (now SuccessFactors), Saba, SumTotal Systems and

TEDS Talent management vendors have been buying learning management systems Taleo purchased Learn.com in 2010 SuccessFactors purchased Plateau in May, 2011

Learning Management Vendors, November 2011 Corporate LMSs

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Corporate Learning Management Systems (LMSs)

The following LMSs are designed primarily for use in corporate environments although some products may also be used in educational institutions

1 4system WBTServer (4system Polska Sp z o o.) http://www.4system.com The

company is based in Poland and Germany They offer the LMS WBTServer (e-learning only) and the authoring tool WBTExpress They do not appear to be associated with WBT systems

2 AccessPlanit Accessplan (AccessPlanit) http://www.accessplanit.com Based

in the UK

3 ACP CyberSphere (ACP Computer Training and Consultancy Pte Ltd.)

http://www.acpcomputer.edu.sg/ Based in Singapore

4 Acumen Enterprise Learning Arena (Acumen Technologies)

http://www.acumennet.com

5 Administrate LMS (Eaglewood Systems Ltd.)

http://www.administrate.co/features/e-learning/ Based in the UK

6 Advanced Acoustic Concepts LMS (Advanced Acoustic Concepts LLC)

http://www.aactech.com/ Oriented to military training Also offer a courseware authoring tool (DDLS)

7 AEROSTUDIES Ascent Aviation E-training System (Aerostudies Inc.)

http://www.aerostudies.com/ascent/features/index.htm For the aviation industry Includes authoring Also offer courses

8 AgileView Smartview LMS (Agileview Software) http://www.agileview.com/ and

http://www.smartviewlms.com/

9 AJ LMS (AJ Square Inc.) http://www.ajsquare.com/products/lms/index.php

Based in India with offices in the US

10 Akuter Enterprise (Akuter) http://www.akuter.com Offices in U.S., Vancouver,

BC and France

11 Alchemy Course SISTEM (Alchemy Systems, LP)

http://www.alchemysystems.com/ A training and compliance management

system that includes an LMS

12 Allantra AVANTI E-training System (Allantra Learning Technologies Corp.)

http://www.allantra.com/

13 Allen Communication Learning Portal (Allen Communication Learning

Services) http://www.allencomm.com/

14 ANCILE Solutions uLearn Learning Management System (ANCILE Solutions,

Inc.) http://www.ancile.com/ Formerly offerd by RWD On July 8th, 2010, RWD

sold its software products division to ANCILE Solutions, Inc

15 Aptek eCampus Pro (Soluciones Tecnológicas Aptek S.A.)

http://www.aptek.com.ar Based in Argentina Website is in Spanish

16 ARC Logics Axentis Enterprise (ARC Logics, a Wolters Kluwer Financial

Services, Inc.) http://www.arclogics.com/ Axentis Enterprise is governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software which includes learning management capability

17 Articulate Online (Articulate)

http://www.articulate.com/products/articulate-online.php A mini LMS that provides for publication and tracking of Articulate generated courses Also offer rapid authoring tools Articulate Presenter, Articulate Engage and Articulate Rapid e-Learning Studio and Articulate Quizmaker – a test

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and assessment tool

18 Atrixware Weblearning LMS (Atrixware, LLC)

http://www.atrixware.com/web8/home.php. Designed for e-learning only

19 Aunwesha LearnITy Enterprise Suite LMS/LCMS (Aunwesha Knowledge

Technologies Private Limited) http://www.aunwesha.com A suite of tools Based

in India

20 Autonomy Qfinity Expert (Autonomy Corp.) http://www.autonomy.com/ Call

center recording, monitoring and training software

21 Avilar WebMentor LMS (Avilar Technologies Inc.) http://www.avilar.com/

22 AXG Tecnonexo WebCampus (AXG Tecnonexo) http://www.tecnonexo.com A

Latin American based outsourcer with offices throughout the Americas They offer several LMS solutions including Moodle and their own

23 Beeline Orchestrata Learning Management System (Beeline, a business unit

of MPS Group, Inc.) https://www.beeline.com Also offer ellegro™ course

development tool Formerly Integrated Performance Systems iPerform Beeline purchased Integrated Performance Systems in September, 2006

24 BIS Trainer LMS (Business Improvement Solutions Inc.)

http://www.elearningsystem.ca/ A custom built solution They also offer custom course development services Based in Alberta, Canada

25 bit SITOS Learning Management System (bit schulungscenter Nfg GmbH & Co

KG) http://www.bitonline.com/ Based in Austria

26 BizLibrary Company College LMS (BizLibrary) http://www.bizlibrary.com A

hosted LMS for small to medium companies with several modules Also offer generic courseware The company is also/formerly known as Business Training Library

27 Blackboard Learn (Blackboard, Inc.) http://www.blackboard.com Primarily an

education oriented system they also offer this corporate enterprise solution and a version for small to medium size enterprises called Blackboard ProSites

Includes LCMS and authoring tools In 2005, they purchased WebCT which makes them the largest commercial education LMS Vista was a common brand which began as part of WebCT offerings Blackboard purchased Angel Learning

in May, 2009 and Elluminate and Wimba (virtual classroom tools) in July 2010 and has integrated them into a new product called Collaborate Blackboard also purchased iStrategy (http://www.istrategy.com) in 2010 and incorporated it into Blackboard Analytics suggesting a move into broader school administration Blackboard itself was purchased by Providence Equity Partners in 2011 This probably reflects only a change of ownership and not of management

Providence also owns Edline so these products will be merged

28 Blatant Media Absorb LMS (Blatant Media Corporation) http://www.blatant.ca

Based in Calgary, Alberta Also offer custom course development Omniplex Ltd (http://www.omniplex.co.uk/) is a distributor

29 Bluedrop CoursePark (Bluedrop Performance Learning)

http://www.coursepark.com Describes itself as a Learning Management Network One of a new breed of online LMS that provides an open-access course

marketplace and community Based in St John's, Newfoundland A merger between Bluedrop and Serebra was announced on March 24, 2011

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31 Booz Allen Hamilton AtlasPro (Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.)

http://www.boozallen.com/ Developed for government

32 Brainvisa bvLMS (Brainvisa Technologies) http://www.brainvisa.com/ Also offer

bvLite and RapideL – a rapid course creation tool In 2007 Indecomm Global Services of India acquired Brainvisa The Brainvisa website has broken links and its status is uncertain

33 BRIDGE People and Technology KnowHow (BRIDGE People and Technology,

South Africa) http://www.bridge-pt.com/ Also offer FlowHow - a rapid course creation tool

34 Britannica Knowledge Systems Fox (Britannica Knowledge Systems Inc

(BKS), a subsidiary of Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.)

http://www.britannica-ks.com “FOX is a comprehensive training, competency and readiness

management COTS platform designated for defense and security forces.” Based

in Israel

35 CallSource The Online University (CallSource Inc.) http://www.callsource.com/

Developed with the National Apartment Association (NAA) for e-learning content Announced March, 2011

36 CampusCruiser LMS (CampusCruiser) http://www.campuscruiser.com/

Primarily an education oriented LMS but can also manage classroom courses Also offer CampusCruiser PORTAL and CampusCruiser EVAL

37 The Capsule Company (Sukiyomi Works, S.L.)

https://www.thecapsulecompany.com/ An online LMS based in Spain

38 CCM - Compliance and Competency Management (Compliance &

Competency Management (CCM)) http://www.ccm-solutions.com/ Based in Australia

39 CentreLearn LMS (CentreLearn LLC) http://www.centrelearn.com/ Healthcare

specialty

40 CERTPOINTVLS Learning Management Suite(CERTPOINT SYSTEMS, Inc.)

http://www.certpointsystems.com/ Product includes Learning Management, Learning Content Management, Content Creation, a web portal and other tools Formerly called Vuepoint

41 CiNow (CiNet) http://www.criticalinfonet.com/ An elearning portal and

administration system focused on public safety, healthcare and industrial

operations They also offer courseware in these areas

42 Clarity LiMe (Clarity.ca Inc) http://www.clarity.ca/lime Based in Calgary, Alberta

43 CM Group Luminosity Reach (CM Group) http://www.cm-luminosity.com/

Based in UK Luminosity Reach is a hosted LMS They alsoffer Luminosity Studio for authoring and Luminosity Synergy for collaboration

44 Cobent Learning and Compliance Suite (Cobent Group)

http://www.cobent.com UK Primarily an LCMS with an emphasis on compliance

to regulatory training, they also offer e-Learning and classroom management

45 Cogentys Learning Management System (Cogentys)

http://www.cogentys.com/ An SaaS LMS with eCommerce, social networking and course authoring tools

46 Coggno LMS (Coggno Inc.) http://www.coggno.com A pay-per-use, SaaS

system Also provides a platform for authors of eLearning to market their

materials

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47 Comartis Learning Management System (Comartis Ltd.)

http://www.comartis.com Based in Switzerland They also offer tools for

creating tests and surveys

48 Competentum ShareKnowledge (Competentum Ltd (Russia))

http://www.competentum.com A Microsoft SharePoint based LMS They also offer Competentum.Author and Competentum.Content (LCMS)

49 Compliance Training Solutions LearningServer (Compliance Training

Solutions) http://www.compliance-training.biz/ A hosted LMS portal available in .NET and SharePoint versions Includes Microsoft Office conversion course authoring

50 Convergence Server Learning Management System (Convergence)

http://www.thinkconvergence.com/ Provided in various versions – Viewer for desktop, WebExpress for Internet, Enterprise Server for enterprise, and Scout for mobile learning

51 Conzentrate Learning Central (Conzentrate) http://www.conzentrate.com/

Based in Denmark Also offer Conzentrate Learning Arena – an LCMS

52 Core Learning Services LMS (Core Learning Services Ltd.)

http://www.corelearningservices.net/ A customizable LMS Based in the UK

53 Cornerstone OnDemand Enterprise Suite (Cornerstone OnDemand Inc.)

http://www.cornerstoneondemand.com/

54 CourseAvenue Deliver (CourseAvenue Inc.)

http://www.courseavenue.com/studio.aspx A lightweight platform for managing online training They also offer CourseAvenue Studio for authoring and

CourseAvenue Analyze for reporting

55 Course-Source LMS (Course-Source Limited, London, UK)

http://www.course-source.net/lms.html A hosted solution for e-learning only

56 CourseMax CRM (CourseMax) http://www.coursemax.com Software to help

training companies manage their training Described as customer relationship management (CRM) for training organizations Not for e-learning

57 Creative Logic eTrainCenter (Creative Logic Solutions)

http://www.etraincenter.com They offer both LMS and LCMS solutions

58 CU Training TLC LMS (CU Training Inc.) http://www.cutraining.com/ A

customizable LMS built for credit unions Also offer MENTOR – a course

authoring tool and numerous courses for credit unions Based in Nanaimo, BC

59 Cyberwisdom wizBank (Cyberwisdom) http://www.cyberwisdom.net/ Based in

China

60 Cygnet Infotech LMS Portal (Cygnet Infotech Pvt Ltd.)

http://www.lms-portal.com/ An e-learning platform Based in India

61 Danish Probe ABC Academy (Danish Probe A/S) http://www.danishprobe.com

62 DELFI LERSUS MMS (DELFI Software)

http://www.lersus.de/content/enu/product-n-solutions/lersus-mms/ Based in Germany but product available in English Their primary product is LERSUS easyContent – an authoring tool

63 Desire2Learn Learning Suite (Desire2Learn Incorporated)

http://www.desire2learn.com/ Primarily an education oriented LMS with a focus

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64 DigitalChalk Online Training Software (DigitalChalk)

http://www.digitalchalk.com/ An online system for creation and delivery of

elearning Includes authoring, video, and tests Markets to both business and education

65 Digital Ignite learning platform (Digital Ignite) http://www.digitalignite.com/

Includes LMS and social learning tools for professional education

66 Digitec Knowledge Direct eLearning Platform (Digitec Interactive)

http://www.digitecinteractive.com “A Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform for developing, delivering, and administering training content.”

67 DiscoveryCampus e-learning management (DiscoveryCampus Inc.)

http://www.discoverycampus.com/ A hosted system for e-learning A healthcare specialist Based in Toronto

68 Distance Learning ScribeStudio (Distance Learning, Inc)

http://www.scribestudio.com/ An all-purpose online system for creating and managing courses, it includes content authoring, web conferencing, etc

69 Docebo LMS http://www.docebolms.org/doceboCms/ Docebo is an open source

e-learning suite that contains an LMS (for online courses) and a CMS (for web portal building) Scorm support Based in Italy and Dubai

70 Dokeos (Dokeos) http://www.dokeos.com Based in Belgium, Dokeos is an open

source e-learning and course management web application translated in 34 languages

71 dominKnow Learning Center (DominKnow, Inc.) http://www.dominknow.com

Based in Ontario – formerly Galbraith Media For e-learning

72 DOTS (Dynamic Online Training System) LMS and Talent Solution (DOTS

Talent Solutions Pty Ltd) http://www.dotstalentsolutions.com Based in Australia Also offer DOTS Content Creator

73 DynDevice LCMS (Mega Italia Media) http://www.dyndevicelcms.com/it/ Both

LCMS and LMS capabilities for e-learning Based in Italy Website is in Italian

74 e2train Kallidus LMS (e2train Limited) http://www.e2train.com Also offer

Kallidus OnDemand, an SaaS solution

75 EcoLogic Systems SMART Training Management Software System

(EcoLogic Systems) http://www.ecologicsystems.com/

76 Edcomm Banker’s Academy Learning Link (The Edcomm Group)

http://www.bankersacademy.com/wt/LearningLink/index.html They offer the LMS and a course library to the financial industry

77 EduBrite SaaS (EduBrite Systems Inc.) http://www.edubrite.com/ A social

collaborative learning system with course management features Marketed to both corporate and education clients

78 Educate-Global Mentor LMS http://www.educate-global.com This is the same

LMS offered by Open Tec Neither website works very well

79 eDuc Learning (Concept Formula Inc.) http://www.educlearning.com/ Based in

Quebec, Canada

80 Edu-Performance TACTIC! LMS (Edu-Performance Canada Inc.)

http://www.tacticsoftware.com/english/tactic_lms_index.html Also offer TACTIC! Editor – a course authoring tool Based in Quebec, Canada

81 Edvance360 LMS (Edvance360) http://www.edvance360.com/ Provides

enterprise LMS to all types of learning organizations Includes social networking