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21. Keep your learners on track with Learning Paths

Keep your learnings on the right track with learning paths. Defined as a selection of courses tied together for learners to progress through, mastering a particular subject or program, they are perfect for adding structure to your eLearning.

They give you the ability to control when courses get assigned and the timeframe in which courses become available. Amazingly, learning paths can be set up in advance, so there is little administration time wasted. Which means your learners are self-sufficient in reaching their overall goal.

22. Manage groups with Portals

If you’ve multiple audiences to train, do it all through one handy account with portals. 

Through LearnUpon you can create individual portals for each group you need to train. Each portal can have their own unique URL as well as branding just for them.

Portals are incredibly efficient as you can duplicate the settings of each portal making them extremely scaleable. Even better, you can delegate the administration of every portal, meaning there is no need for micromanaging and you have more time to get on with other tasks.

23. Brand and white-label

Create a seamless brand experience for your internal and external learners by branding and white-labeling your LMS.

Branding allows you to add your own logos, colors, banner images and unique look to your LMS so that your learner has a familiar environment where they can take their courses.

Additionally, with white-labeling, you can give your portal it’s own unique URL and removes the name of the software provider so your LMS truly feels like a part of your organization.

24. Turn managers into mentors

Boost your online training by empowering your manager and supervisor employees to become involved. By encouraging senior employees to play an active role in your LMS, it creates a better learning culture in your organization and shares invaluable knowledge among employees that helps them upskill.

25. Keep learners on their toes

Continuously rolling out similar courses with the same media becomes monotonous for learners. It can reduce their engagement and leave them unenthusiastic about online training.

Ensure interest by using a variety of courses to keep them on their toes. From video learning to live training sessions to slides, mixing up the media you use can dramatically improve your learner’s engagement and retention levels.

26. Use Your Data

The data you can get from your reports in your LMS is invaluable – use it! It can provide you with a wide variety of insights that not only improve your online training but impact your organization as a whole.

Reports can easily track course progress, exam performance, training histories and more so that you can continuously improve your training. It can also give you insight into the return on investment your organization is getting from administering training online.

27. Tell a story

Enhance your training by adding a compelling story. Storytelling can be as detailed or as simple as you like as you can:

• Add characters
• Develop a storyline
• Have a story arc
• Illustrate major plots
• Use narration

Storytelling is clever as it goes beyond just sharing simple information. It makes training much more interactive and gives your audience something memorable. 
Remember though, keep your core message in mind. Your story should enhance your message, not overshadow it.

28. Grab attention with a great intro

The first few seconds of your courses need to grab your learners attention. If it doesn’t, you run the risk of your learner losing interest. There are some tactics that you can implement to create a powerful opening that sparks curiosity. Short explainer videos are really effective as they grab attention and demonstrate what’s to come. You can also present the problem that the course will solve with snappy text or images to give users a clear indication of how they will reach their goal.

29. Stimulate prior knowledge

An effective technique to test and improve your learner’s skills is to stimulate their prior knowledge. 
This can be done in a number of ways including:

• Asking learners questions while taking courses so they recall what they’ve previously been taught
• Asking learners to describe an experience where their training has or may come in handy to simulate real-life use cases
• Or prompt your learners to solve a problem based on what they can recall

It’s a simple yet potent way to get learners to remember what they’ve learned and help them realize the real world implications that courses can have for them.

30. Survey your learners

Get in-depth information about what your learners are thinking with surveys.

After a learner has completed a training course, administer a survey as it’s the perfect time to get actionable and insightful feedback.

You can add survey’s to your courses in LearnUpon easily. Add different questions such as multiple choice, ratings, and long-form answers and get valuable feedback that can improve your training.