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TalentLMS is a SaaS eLearning platform (also known as a Course Management System (CMS), Learning Management Systems (LMS), or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)).
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It is primarily positioned as an employee training tool for small to medium enterprises that places emphasis on usability and workflow over feature breadth, but can also accommodate larger installations with thousands of registered users. The platform offers tools for content creation and re-purposing, test building, assignment management, reporting, internal messaging & discussions, surveys, and others. It can also be used to sell courses online.
TalentLMS is used by thousands of organizations and businesses world-wide including education, retail, construction, public sector, and non profit companies. Notable users include cPanel, Delonghi, Acquia, and the University of Arizona. TalentLMS is commonly included in lists of well-known SaaS learning systems, with independent comparison matrices between learning management systems often favoring it for its workflow and usability characteristics.
History
Initial development of TalentLMS began in 2011, with the first public beta made available on June 2012 and the first stable version made available on October of the same year. The system got regular updates the following years, introducing features such as Gamification, PowerPoint-to-video conversions, Zapier integration, support for LDAP and SAML authentication and support for coupons and discounts. In late 2016, a native app for iPhone and iPad was released.
Features
TalentLMS supports a number of features standard to software in this category. A short list of available features include:
Integrations
TalentLMS comes with built in integration for various external services and products, such as payment processors (Paypal and Stripe) and eLearning industry standards such as Experience API (Tin Can API) & SCORM. It also comes with a WordPress plugin and internal support for BigBlueButton and GoToMeeting for videoconferencing.
TalentLMS was the first learning platform to offer integration to the Zapier platform, a service that enables web apps to communicate with each other. This enabled TalentLMS to integrate with any Zapier-compatible web app, a list which includes Dropbox, Evernote, Salesforce.com, Gmail, Twitter, MailChimp and Trello.
It also integrates with various providers of Single-Sign-On solutions including OneLogin, Okta and Microsoft Azure.
In February 2016 TalentLMS released a native integration with Shopify, an ecommerce-oriented computer software, that serves to set up and run online stores.
Extensibility
TalentLMS provides a REST based API that can be used to extract info in a programmable way or integrate it with other services.
Business Model
TalentLMS is offered as a commercial Cloud service, with several plans in different price points, from a free tier supporting a limited number of users and courses, to "unlimited" premium tiers. Billing can be annual or on a monthly basis, with users allowed to switch plans at any time.