The Best LMSes for Small Businesses to Sell Courses Online

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Academy Of Mine

Academy of Mine is the best bet for small businesses and organizations that want an all-in-one option – that is, a platform that will run your main Web site as well as manage your online and offline courses. The platform supports SCORM courses, sophisticated quizzing and assessment, and issuance of continuing education credit. And, it has top notch capabilities for building out a full-featured Web site. Academy of Mine is also offers fully-managed plans that include customizations and support for getting your courses built. (Feel free to contact me if you want more information about how the managed plans work.) Pricing starts at $9,997 for an annual contract.

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DigitalChalk

#Project Management #Task Management #Communication

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EZLCMS

While most of the learning management system for small business options here have some level of content authoring capabilities, EZLCMS aims to take things a step further with its Adaptive Course Authoring PowerPoint Plug-In. The company says the plug-in ‘will convert your presentation into a mobile-friendly HTML based courseware product that can be delivered on computers and mobile devices.” If you happen to be delivering serious assessments as part of your offerings, EZLCMS also offers item analysis as part of its reporting capabilities. There’s a free 15 day trial and after that pricing starts at $199 per month.

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Inquisiq LMS

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LearningCart

#Education & Reference #Online Services #Education

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LearnUpon

One of the particularly strong features of LearnUpon is its capabilities for created branded client portals – a feature that is often weak in the learning management system for small business category. So, if you license your course out to customers who want their own branded user interface – and who may even want to offer courses of their own – this is definitely an option to consider. LearnUpon is also SCORM and TinCan compliant and supports classroom-based training as well as online. Starter pricing is $349 per month ($249 if paid annually up front) for up to 100 user.

#Education #LMS #Digital Assessments And Tests

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SkyPrep

SkyPrep appears to be a solid platform with a strong feature set. Pricing starts at $249 per month ($199 if billed annually) for up to 100 active users. (Note: Always make sure you know what a company means by “active user.” In SkyPreps case, it means each unique person who logs into your platform during the monthly billing cycle.)

#LMS #Online Learning #Education

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Talent LMS

This is true – companies like Digital Chalk and Talent LMS (listed above) have cheaper starting plans than SkyPrep. Also not listed are platforms like CourseGenius and Thinkific, which also have cheaper starting plans. As always though you need to ask yourself what you’re trying to achieve with your platform, and which company offers you what you need at the best price point.

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Thought Industries

Thought Industries bills itself as the world’s first “Learning Business Platform,” and clearly the company has put a lot of thought into supporting organizations that sell and market e-learning, as opposed to offering it only to an internal employee audience. The platform has user friendly course development and management tools, but also very strong e-commerce capabilities, including some of the best overall catalog design and management I’ve sen in an LMS. The company also offers a full range of services to get you up and running quickly. Pricing is not published on the company’s site.

#Online Learning #LMS #Corporate LMS And Training