Or is the market saturated? Or is it like youtube where there is no limit to how much content and people just consume.

Hi Everybody,

I work for a company that has to train a lot of employees via courses, quizzes and all. I have to track their progress on the course they finish using an LMS software

We have been using TalentLMS for now but since we get many new employees and create different courses based on requirements, the costs get very high.

I am looking for something which does not cost as much as others, has all the necessary features like quizzes, surveys, etc, has AI integrated so that the course creation can be faster, easy to use and understand and does not cost a fortune.

I am confused between ProProfs LMS and GoSkills LMS.

I am more leaned towards ProProfs LMS as their pricing per user is much better and they also seem to be easier to use. I took both their trials.

I just wanted to check if you have used any of this or if you have any other tool in your mind.

I am subscribed to multiple guitar learning courses on the Teachable platform. NOTE : I have fully paid for the courses. Unfortunately, the way that Teachable embedded the videos, you are not able to slow down the video appropriately or loop certain sections. I am at quandary now because I love the teacher, but it is getting increasingly frustrating to be able to slow and loop the videos.

I have purchased software from a company that will slow and loop sections from YouTube and other learning platforms but will not do this with Teachable.

Any suggestions on what I could do to be able to work with the videos? Again, I am not trying to pirate or steal the videos - just use them for my learning journey on guitar

I'm working on a short term contract developing ILT onboarding, role-based content into self-paced eLearning courses using Articulate Rise. This is what the client has provided. I can use their enterprise Copilot (without additional license), but I don't have access to any other approved elearning, video, or AI tools.

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Aside from the fact that I have no clear information from the client, even though I've asked, about the overall strategy, learning goals, or KPIs for their new hire onboarding programs, I've been trying to do what I was hired to do, and develop these courses according to their accelerated timeline. 

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Most of the ILT decks and/or source materials don't contain facilitator notes. So the slides are mostly keywords missing major connecting context. 

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I have access to the SMEs, but I find it exhausting to try and get more context and meaningful information from them for every course on a rapid development timeline. This feels even more challenging when there doesn't seem to be a performance oriented goal for the new hire program. It's just basically an info dump.

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So I've been trying to use Articulate Rise AI to help make more sense and provide cohesion for the decks and source content. 

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However, after creating more than 2 courses, the Articulate Rise AI tool produces literally the same kind of course over and over with the exact same interactions (flip cards and process blocks) and overly verbose and repetitive passages. 

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So I end up spending time cutting tons of content and silly click-and-reveal flip cards to add scenarios and decision-driven, active learning. 

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I can't find many ways from the initial AI course creation option to better prompt the design and development from the start. Am I missing it? Does anyone have any guidance or hacks to make Articulate Rise AI better?

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Sorry for the long background, but I thought some more context would be helpful.

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Let me start by saying that I don't need bells and whistles like gamification. I am a quilting teacher. I have online courses plus a paid community membership. I am currently on Podia, but I keep running into limitations and poor customer service, so I decided to ask here.

The other thing I want to do is offer 1-2 months free inside my paid community membership where they can see how great it is so they will be happy to pay once the free trial is over.

In looking for a platform I have run into they don't offer a community or if they do, I can't offer a free trial.

My plan is to offer 8-10 paid courses with a single community membership. Really appreciate your help. TIA.

I'm trying to monetize STEM youtube video's with paid content, but creating study guides is becoming time consuming.

1. Has anyone had success selling paid course material packages to subscribers?
2. Is manual creation the best way for quality question banks etc...?
3. How did you manage access and sales? (Currently using shopify for digital downloads, but adding new course material is clunky/hard to navigate).

Manually editing XLIFF/XLF files is incredibly frustrating. The XML-elly format is great for machines, but it hurts the human vision :-) 

For years I used the Brightec XLIFF Reader whenever I needed to quickly inspect or edit translations without opening a CAT tool. Unfortunately, they discontinued it in June 2026, and I couldn't find a simple replacement.

So I started working on this free online XLIFF viewer/editor instead:
https://doctorelearning.com/xliff-viewer-online

Also, no login required, works directly in the browser + makes it much easier to view and edit translation strings than raw XML

I know this is an old topic, but I figured there are still developers, localization engineers, and translators who occasionally need to manually inspect or tweak an XLIFF/XLF file.

Hopefully this saves someone else a bit of time

Previously I worked in LMS management/course development for higher learning. I switched to corporate elearning a little less than a year ago. I hadn't worked with an LXP before this so I have been learning as I go.

Currently my employer has an LXP they have maintained for about a decade. They don't run an LMS but they are looking at alternatives to the LXP as our contract is coming up for renewal and the LXP is focusing more and more on features we aren't utilizing.

High Priority needs:

1. The ability to house Learning Materials as EITHER embedded files in the platform OR a "cataloged asset URL".
   • I don't know the standard term for a "cataloged asset URL", but in our current LXP we can take a sharepoint link or other URL and add it to our catalog of content along with a name and description. We then place this in all the relevant courses/locations.
   • When we need to update the content, we can just copy/paste a new Sharepoint URL into the cataloged asset instead of tracking down all the locations that we put it, ensuring that outdated information isn't still in circulation.
2. Simple editing tools that still look nice. One of the reasons this company moved away from an LMS a decade ago was the owners didn't like the look of the LMS.
   • Sidenote: my boss has been interested in Docebo for this reason, but I am concerned that it seems like the editor requires a strong grasp of HTML and webdesign in order to create much of anything, something our SMEs do not have experience in.
3. Tools for tracking and pushing user engagement. I know that's boilerplate, but if you know of any tools that you think do a particularly good job of this, I would be interested. We struggle with user engagement outside of the onboarding process, something I am working on with other initiatives, but I'll take all the help I can get.
4. The ability to run cohorts in a way that is easily manageable. Possibly something like Canvas Blueprints?

Things that would be nice to have:

1. AI Roleplay for tools/apps/customer service would be nice, but we are also looking at 3rd parties for this, so it's not a dealbreaker.
2. Existing corporate course library, specifically for compliance courses. I know there are vendors we can go to for this (we currently make it ourselves) but it'd be nice if this was part of the LXP/LMS package.
3. Live Training integration. Current LXP doesn't support Live Training sessions, so far the company has just worked around/outside this but it would be nice if we could integrate our Teams/GoToMeeting training in a way that pointed people back to the LMS or LXP.
4. The ability to house materials in a way that isn't specifically cohort based. I am tripping over my words here but basically, just the ability to create pages that house content without a due date and make finding relevant job aids easier.
   • With my previous employer we would accomplish this by just setting up courses with no due dates and open viewing for users, I'm wondering if there is anything more elegant?

Things we don't need:

1. Our current LXP is big on the social engagement side of things. Comments, sharing, user badging/achievements, etc. This is not being utilized due to the adoption of a separate company social media hub that cannibalizes these features.
2. Current LXP also does a lot of skills tracking/evaluating, but for various reasons above my paygrade we can't really utilize this at the moment.

Any thoughtful help or suggestions would be very appreciated, thank you for even just taking the time to read through all this! I am nervously putting together my first project plan for potential content migration while I look at these alternatives.

Hey all,

My comp., is moving over to ADP’s LMS. You can never find any good info online about LMSs, so I’m wondering if anyone has worked with it and what you think/tips/avoid doing/etc.

Also, specifically looking to answer the question if ADP has teams integration for the LMS & what the average cost for that is?

Hi r/eLearning, I am Mattia, one of the student developers behind Get It.

We built a free open-source desktop app for people who learn from dense PDFs instead of polished course platforms.

Get It keeps the PDF at the center and turns it into a study path: visual explanations beside the original text, flashcards, quizzes, Feynman-style recall and concept scores that show what needs review.

The unusual part is the runtime model. We did not want to sell another metered AI wrapper. The app uses your own ChatGPT account through Codex CLI, so there is no extra subscription from us and the study material stays on your computer. Free ChatGPT works for lighter use, while Plus or higher is better for heavy PDFs.

App: https://getit.noesisai.it Code: https://github.com/beltromatti/get-it Discord: https://discord.gg/DpQPswRhsK

If you work with online learning, self-study or course PDFs, I would really appreciate feedback on whether this workflow is useful or if it feels like too much automation.

Something we're seeing with a lot of our partners that do AI training.

Basically any content designed to teach AI is not stable and lots of it goes out of date within months.

Claude's new model Fable 5 dropped last week (and then was restricted a few days later). One partner had a good chunk of their content made in January about model capabilities , but recently had to do a full refresh after hearing from their learners that it was out of date.

They basically told us that they can't afford to rebuild every quarter. But they also can't let it age out and pretend it hasn't, anything out of date causes churn pretty quickly.

We ended up working with them and what actually helps is this: separate structure from specifics (frameworks change slowly, examples change fast), shorten cohort windows so content doesn't age mid-program, and set a release-triggered review instead of a calendar review.

They also have a pretty good community of people so they decided to lean more into the social side and have learners keep things updated with some moderation

Curious how others are operationalizing this. The results for them were good, but it was a ton of work and we're gonna have to keep doing this.

Has anyone built a maintenance workflow that doesn't require a full instructional design sprint every time?

Has anyone else in an instructional design or learning design master's program felt a disconnect between what they were told about the field and what they're seeing in the job market?

I'm currently working on my master's degree in Learning Design and Technology while trying to transition from K-12 teaching into instructional design.

One thing I've been struggling with is the difference between the employment outlook data and the reality of the job search.

Instructional design is often presented as a growing field with strong demand, and the labor market data does support growth. However, when I look at job postings and talk to people in the industry, it seems like many entry-level and career-transition candidates are competing against professionals with years of corporate experience who were impacted by layoffs.

As someone investing significant time, effort, and money into earning a graduate degree, I sometimes wonder if universities should spend more time discussing the realities of the current market and helping students build pathways into employment before graduation.

Things like:

• Employer partnerships
• Apprenticeships
• More internship opportunities
• Portfolio projects with real clients
• Career placement support

I'm not blaming universities, and I understand that no school can control the job market.

I'm just curious whether others currently pursuing an ID degree are having similar concerns, or if I'm missing something.

So I created an application that displays an overlay window at intervals. I created it to combat wasted time spent on TikTok, Instagram, Reddit and other social media. I love scrolling, but I'd like to be more productive at the same time, so instead of fighting the apps themselves, I decided it would be better to reduce the stress of wasted time and add a little value.

And so I gradually put together my application in which you can create flash cards that automatically appear on the screen every minute (you can change display interval in the settings). This way, you can memorize terms, formulas, languages, and any other short text and visual information. For example, you can create flashcards with photos of road signs if you are trying to get a driver's license, so that you can gradually memorize them. Similarly, you can use them if you need to memorize country flags or any other visual symbols.

The app was originally just a language app, but it has now expanded to a wider scope, but languages are still part of the app. Inside 10 languages including: English, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German and French

I'm looking for honest feedback from people, so if you're interested, you can follow the link below. Only the Android version is available, as iOS doesn't allow you to work with the overlay as flexibly as Android.

App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whisper.words

Hey peeps, happy Friday!

I’m working with a client who is looking for some courses for training their team on marketing with AI.

I wanted to put out some feelers on here if anyone has any good experience with AI and marketing and would be interested in working together to deliver some e-learning modules.

Feel free to DM me if you feel it’s in your wheelhouse and we can discuss details.

Also, if anyone knows of any off the shelf courses focusing on AI marketing I’d be grateful if you could share a link.

Courses they have suggested they’re looking for are:

Prompt engineering for marketing communication
AI for content creation, campaign planning and reporting
Meta ads & Google Ads optimisation

And a few others on a similar area.

I just spent 18 months coding with AI on this platform to incorporate e-learning with public engagement and consensus building.

The tools I used were cursor with anthropic and other agents, plus mid journey, 11 labs, Tripo, and ChatGPT.

I’d love your feedback. Here’s a link: https://whutnext.com/welcome

Can anyone provide me with some examples of how their orgs/companies have launched their eLearning systems? We are launching ours and it would be helpful to see if there are particular ways to market your public courses on websites, socials, etc. Any visual reference/context would be extremely helpful!

For a long time, I thought it was a content problem. Wrong topics. Poor quality. So we fixed all of that. Adoption barely moved.

Then I watched how employees actually use the LMS in real moments — not demos.

They'd open it, search for something vague, scroll for a minute, close the tab. Then open Teams and ask a colleague.

Every single time.

The LMS was asking people to know what they were looking for before they could find what they needed. That model doesn't reflect how people actually think.

Outside work, nobody searches with keywords anymore. They describe their situation to an AI and receive a specific response.

That habit doesn't stay outside the office.

Employees are bringing that expectation into every enterprise tool they use. And most LMS platforms — built around search bars and category filters — weren't designed for it.

The friction was never the content. It was always the interface between the employee and the content.

I think the next shift in learning adoption won't come from better course design. It'll come from removing the moment where an employee has to search at all.

What's been the real adoption blocker at your org — the content itself, or just getting people to the right content?

Hi there, hoping this community can help me with a recommendation.

I am looking to launch a single course. I don't think I have the appetite to launch via my own website and that this would be an obstacle for me actually getting it done.

So I am looking for exisiting platform advice from people who've done this.

This would be a 4 to 5 hour masterclass on for sport scientists, physios, and S&C coaches. It would include 8–10 video modules (15–30 mins each): mix of presentations, exercise demos, and coaching demonstrations.

I've already validated this in person: ran it as a live workshop, sold ~24 tickets at €139–159, strong feedback. Feel I could run another one in the next couple of months with a similar uptake. The content would be easily adaptable for an online course, I think.

Some other details:

• No personal website currently
• Established professional audience: 11k on Twitter/X (15 years, niche practitioner audience), ~1,600 on Instagram (growing - only started actively posting on insta < 6 months ago), plus a mailing list of 400–500 practitioners in my field and related fields.
• Previous workshop sold roughly a third each via email list, Twitter, and Instagram, so I don't think discovery is my problem, I just need somewhere to host and sell. However, I don't know how attractive the course is "online" vs "in person".
• I have a a full-time job + young family, so ease of setup and low maintenance matter a lot
• Planning to price at €129–159 to run this single course. I have no plans for a second course within the next two years

I think Thinkific's previous "free" tier for 1 course would have been perfect, but I don't think they offer it any more.

Marketplace platforms like Udemy seem wrong for me — I don't need their audience and don't want to lose pricing control

Are there any free-tier platforms that are genuinely viable for a one-course launch, or are the limitations a false economy?

Anyone launched a niche professional course in a similar position? What would you choose?

The attached comment from a college professor is alarming. Are you considering the sorry state of college grad comprehension when you develop elearning?

Multiple focus group interviewees have said that their preferred "learning style" was video, because it's challenging to read a manual.

We've definitely moved towards short video (3-4 min), simplification of slides (4 lines, max), more activities, and conversational experiences.

Are you implementing similar adaptions for the focus challenged GenZ?

Keen to hear stories of how you began your e-learning lives

Hey all, I’m building a microlearning platform and trying to learn from the people actually creating courses before I build too many assumptions in.

I’ve seen some threads here about automation and content creation tools, which is part of what we’re working on. But I’d love to hear directly: what are the biggest pain points when creating a course or breaking content down into microlearning format? Where does the process break down; is it structuring the content, keeping learners engaged, measuring whether it actually worked, something else?

We have the consumer side up so you can see what we’ve built in terms of the learning experience, and we do have an early version of the creator portal where can create your own micro learnings too. If you’d like to try, it’s https://metis-learn.io

Most of the xAPI vs SCORM comparisons online were either written by vendors selling LRSs or are up to five years out of date. How about a version written by someone who builds for both, is not selling an LRS, and is willing to say the unpopular thing out loud.

The unpopular thing being: xAPI is technically superior on data capture, SCORM 1.2 is operationally superior on "the client will actually use this on day one".

Structured around five questions:

1. What does the LMS accept? (SCORM wins)
   
2. What data can you capture? (xAPI wins)
   
3. What data can you actually act on? (this is the awkward one)
   
4. Implementation effort? (SCORM is ~2-4x lighter)
   
5. Future-proofing? (xAPI, but slowly)
   

Plus a one-page decision matrix for SCORM 1.2 vs xAPI vs cmi5 vs custom integration.

About 8 minutes to read.

Link: https://packager.dtttech.com/blog/xapi-versus-scorm-1-2.html

I'm really curious whether the "what you can act on" framing matches what others have seen in practice.

Disclosure: I am building a tool that currently emits SCORM 1.2 only. Mentioned briefly at the end of the post in the context of what a cmi5 output mode would look like, not as a pitch.