Reveal Critical Training Information With LMS Reporting
Corporate learning and development is an ongoing process constantly in flux—and it should be. Learners’ needs change based on their roles, the overall working environment, and their work in progress. Ultimately, training programs are designed to add value to the employee, partner, or customer’s experience. And modern learners know this. They understand that impactful, actionable training is part of a thriving and innovative workforce culture and are looking for it. According to LinkedIn’s 2023 Workplace Learning Report, employees’ top motivation for learning is progress toward their career goals.
What’s the most essential part of your training strategy? Data.
The biggest question that organizations must answer is whether or not they are providing teams with clear opportunities to move toward their career goals through training. And this always comes back to data. A training program is only effective when it is driven by a strategy with clear, measurable goals relevant to the team’s work. Companies must track, measure, and analyze their team’s progress toward training goals to identify gaps in learning and respond appropriately.
And this is where a learning management system can help. By leveraging integrated tools like a learning record store (LRS) and training insights, companies can capture and analyze valuable training data to understand the status of their learning program. LMS reporting can provide actionable insights for training programs and enable organizations to make data-driven decisions to enhance training outcomes.
What can I expect from LMS reporting?
LMS reporting is the process of extracting and analyzing data from your LMS software to gain insights into your training program’s effectiveness. This data can include course completion rates, learner progress, engagement levels, and even granular-level metrics about the types of interactive content learners struggle with during training. By analyzing this data, you can identify areas that need improvement and make changes to improve your training program’s performance.
How should training data improve learning experiences?
Data is only useful in context. Leaders must understand that they must track, measure, assess, adjust, and repeat to get the most out of LMS analytics and improve their overall learning experiences. An integrated LMS reporting and analytics tool allows training managers and company leaders to slice and dice data to identify trends and patterns that are not immediately apparent with basic reporting.
This data is essential for measuring the effectiveness of your training program and identifying areas that need improvement. Without access to training data, your learners will be stuck in ineffective and cumbersome training programs that add no real or measurable value to their experiences with your company. LMS reporting is the piece of the puzzle that enables companies to go from generic, boring training programs to tailored, specific, and impactful learning and development strategies.
What types of training data does the LMS report?
The ExpertusONE enterprise LMS reports a variety of analytics that can be used to gain valuable insights into the training program. Let’s break them down into three categories:
- Learning Analytics
- Performance Analytics
- Compliance Analytics
Learning analytics encompass the entirety of a learner’s experience while using the LMS platform. This includes the courses assigned to users, individual learner profiles, information about how or when courses were completed or engaged with, and learning progress at both the individual and department levels. This data can be used to identify learners who are struggling and need additional support, as well as to identify trends and patterns in learner behavior.
Performance analytics pertain to the results of a user’s engagement with training. To be more specific, performance analytics reveal whether or not learners have successfully met learning objectives. This data will come from interactive elements within the platform — like polls and quizzes embedded in a course or audio and video content — as well as the learner’s overall progress along set learning pathways. Performance analytics can be used to identify areas where learners are excelling and areas where they need additional training. Companies can gain insights from individual-level performance analytics and company-wide performance analytics to get a comprehensive understanding of the training program’s success.
Compliance analytics are specific to (you guessed it!) compliance training. This data includes every element of a compliance-related training initiative, from the date that the course was assigned to learner progress in relation to deadlines. Companies can use compliance analytics to identify whether a learner has maintained their certifications, needs to reskill or upskill, and where team members have failed to meet industry standards. This data can be analyzed at both a granular level and a higher level so that training managers can understand compliance both for individual team members and across the entire organization.
By using these types of LMS analytics, organizations can gain insights into their training programs and identify areas for improvement. For example, a company might use learning analytics to identify learners struggling with a specific course and provide additional support or one-on-one coaching sessions (using a live meetings feature within the LMS). Alternatively, a company might use performance analytics to identify areas where learners excel and use that information to develop or modify new courses.
ExpertusONE’s LMS Reporting Tools
ExpertusONE’s LMS platform includes powerful reporting tools that give valuable insights into your training program’s performance. In just a few clicks, you can generate a meaningful training report. And even better, there are no learning curves with the ExpertusONE system: our wizard interface makes it possible to create customized training reports from any training data collection almost instantly.
Let’s take a closer look at the LMS reporting tools you’ll find in the ExpertusONE platform:
LMS analytics
With our Insights feature, you can easily generate reports that show learner progress, course completion rates, and engagement levels. The LMS feature also allows you to track learner performance over time and identify areas that need improvement. Because the LMS reporting tool was designed to be intuitive and easy to use, both training managers and individual learners can rapidly run reports and get actionable information in just a few seconds. Our integrated LMS reporting feature means your company doesn’t need to waste precious resources on a third-party reporting tool.
Compliance reporting with an LMS
ExpertusONE’s reporting tools include compliance reporting features that enable you to generate reports demonstrating compliance with industry regulations. We understand that compliance reporting is an essential (and often complicated) part of your business’s operations. Our platform consolidates all compliance data into a single system, making it easy for managers to access information about their team’s progress toward compliance goals. Managers can run reports anytime and anywhere. Effective compliance reporting can be streamlined with LMS automation. Our platform offers report scheduling capabilities, so your team can create, schedule, and send reports automatically on a specific date or time.
Learning Record Store (LRS)
The Learning Record Store (LRS) is a powerful tool that enables you to track and store learner data from multiple sources. With our integrated LRS, you can capture any type of learning experience and store that information for reference (and reporting) down the line. The ExpertusONE LRS stores all learning data as xAPI statements so that this information is standardized and streamlined. With our LMS, this data can be conveyed into real-time dashboards that reveal your organization’s latest and most relevant learning trends.
Measuring the Value of Training Programs
With all of this data on hand, you’ll need a plan of action to measure the value of your training program to determine if you’re getting the highest value from your investment in training. While measuring the success of a training program will look different in every organization, there are a few essential benchmarks. Consider these key questions and asses your training data through these lenses:
- Are your learners engaged and completing courses that are assigned to them?
- Do your learners consistently pass or fail training assessments?
- What is the status of your organization’s overall compliance? How many learners have fallen out of compliance?
- How many active learners do you have on a daily or weekly basis?
With LMS reporting and analytics, you will gain a clear picture of your company’s overall learning and development strategy, its strengths and weaknesses, and areas where you can improve training outcomes.
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