ExpertusONE: Take a look at these 5 LMS features for boosting engagement

Employee engagement has become synonymous with concepts like employee satisfaction and the employee experience, and if one objective is not met, the others tend to falter as well. In a time when attrition rates are higher than ever before, employee engagement has become a crucial metric for organizations looking to grow, succeed—or even just survive—in today’s competitive market.

For today’s workforce, it isn’t enough to show up, do the work, get paid, and repeat— employees want fulfillment. And companies only stand to benefit from helping provide that fulfillment. Doing so will bring about higher engagement, which improves retention rates, the quality of work produced, and morale.

Part of boosting employee engagement and providing fulfillment is ensuring business leaders understand their employees’ needs and provide their teams with the tools and technology they need to thrive. Using the right digital technologies for employee training improves their overall experience and fuels the drive for workers to improve their skills. Unfortunately, companies often overlook education as a resource for engagement, and many leaders place pressure on learning and delivery (L&D) departments to reduce training seat times, believing that employees will be more engaged if they aren’t bored or “wasting time” taking training courses.

The reality is the opposite. Training is a pivotal component of employee engagement—when it is effective, and interesting, and when leadership works training into employees’ day-to-day schedules rather than layering it on top of their other responsibilities.

Today’s workforce is willing to put in the extra effort to upskill and master existing strengths to improve their work. However, most employees believe their organizations don’t understand their actual needs when it comes to introducing new tech because executives assume an engaged workforce is directly linked to salary and compensation. In fact, 90% of C-suite executives say their company pays attention to people’s needs when introducing new technologies, but only 53% of staff agree. If business leaders don’t know how their teams use tech in their day-to-day roles, the business will suffer.

Investing in digital LMS tools can help boost and maintain employee engagement and allow workers to feel valued and appreciated. ExpertusONE’s digital LMS software has multiple features that encourage learners to engage with training content to advance in their work. They need motivation, collaboration, interactive courses, and a personalized experience to identify any knowledge gaps they may have. Only then will businesses see an upswing in their operations.

Here are five LMS features within the ExpertusONE platform that will validate your employees’ concerns and achieve the metrics measuring work satisfaction.

5 LMS Features to Drive Employee Engagement and Productivity

Engaged employees are dedicated to their employers and roles, resulting in higher-quality work, improved efficiency, and better business outcomes. Properly implementing digital technologies into the workplace is essential for employees to feel like they’re doing work that matters. Seventy-three percent of employees who work in a fully enabled digital workplace reported a positive impact on their productivity, and 70% cited improved collaboration thanks to digital technologies. It’s time for businesses to engage their employees through tech tools that support their growth, education, and efficiency. Here are five tech tools your organization should consider.

1. Interaction Studio

This all-inclusive digital tool allows companies to engage learners through an immersive experience. Fittingly named Interaction Studio, course creators can add meaningful interactive elements—quizzes, polls, games, etc.—to any training activity to increase learning impact and information comprehension. Instead of manuals and guides that are text-heavy and tedious, you can insert video and audio files to continuously increase learner engagement and improve retention. Interaction Studio ensures that all long, complex content is understood and actually consumed by breaking down each concept into short learning sessions.

The rapid LMS authoring tool also offers integrated video conferencing capabilities that make it easier for employees and managers to communicate about courses in real time instead of going outside the system to ask questions or discuss the content.

2. Gamification

To foster healthy competition and collaboration among team members, the LMS gamification feature makes training more enjoyable by turning it into a game. Learners can earn rewards through a point and badge recognition system to highlight rising stars and learning leaders across your organization with the top category rankings displayed on homepage leaderboards—an incentive for the right learning behavior. Learners can earn points for collaboration, compliance, and activity in the ExpertusONE platform and compare their training progress with their peers.

The gamification feature makes it easier to motivate your employees to achieve their learning goals and grow as a team.

3. Meetings

Another way to encourage collaboration through the ExpertusONE LMS platform is by utilizing the built-in LMS video conferencing tool. As our own version of Zoom or Google Meet, the Meetings feature doesn’t require any setup or integrations, so teams can experience easy on-demand video conferencing, whiteboarding, chat, and more for collaboration. Virtual meetings can be completed in one simple step through the LMS without requiring multiple launch links and passwords. These sessions can also be recorded and repurposed as new courses, which is especially important for sales-enablement processes and to ensure that learners who are present for the meeting don’t miss out on meaningful education.

4. Skills Checklist

Also called the “Observation Checklist,” this tool’s customizable design allows businesses to create evaluations and requirements specific to their groups’ needs. Learners can use the Skills Checklist to see the status of their current skills and progress to ensure they are on the right track. Managers, instructors, or mentors can use the same tool to update and track learners’ progress right in the program, and these insights will allow them to accurately assess each employee’s mastery of skills. By eliminating manual data entry through paper evaluations, everyone saves more time, resources, and, ultimately, money. The system can be used for both digital and in-person training, expanding the locations where employees can conduct their training sessions.

5. AI Personalization

AI personalization maximizes the engagement and training potential of employees. The LMS platform leverages artificial intelligence to boost learners’ overall knowledge and provides them with more ways to widen their professional scope and advance in their field. The AI becomes more intelligent with each use, tailoring every recommendation to the specific user. These recommendations can lead to additional courses, such as leadership and certification courses, that go beyond the basic requirements. Courses are determined based on the learner’s job title, what their peers are taking, their interests, and their assignments. AI-based learning management cultivates employees’ interest in corporate training, upskilling, and personal development resources.

Employee engagement goes hand in hand with business growth and success. Effective employee engagement strategies are based on education—and require digital tools that make training engaging and effective. Prioritizing employee needs with the best digital experience for upskilling and learning development creates a committed workforce ready to give their job 110%.

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