With technological advancements, the eLearning industry has evolved rapidly. All thanks to the cloud technologies, we now have access to advanced cloud-based Learning Management Systems (LMS). The introduction of these cloud-based LMS has offered us all the course materials (including tests) in one place, located on a remote server. All this makes the distribution, management, and tracking of e-learning courses very smooth.
Cloud technology also helped us in accessing cloud-based authoring tools. By complimenting mobile learning, these tools have set a new trend in the eLearning industry. However, these authoring tools aren’t only backed by advancements in technology but also proffer a wide range of benefits:
Convenient To Use
One of the most significant benefits of using cloud-based authoring tools and LMS is ‘Convenience’. They ‘re straightforward to use with no additional software installation or read complicated setup manuals to learn its working. A layperson with no technical knowledge can also use cloud-based authoring tools.
Further, the interface is user-friendly for a user as well as for the author. They can log in quickly and take a look at the courses assigned to them and all course materials they have uploaded respectively.
Centralized Storage
With LMS, it was convenient to save all the training material on hard drives, making all the documents accessible from one place. But with cloud technology, all the course materials can be stored in one place on a remote cloud server. The software behind authoring tools also runs on a remote cloud server. Hence, there’s no need for installing additional software.
With cloud-based authoring tools, you can find a specific file quickly without spending too much time in juggling between course materials.
Enhanced Security
Many a time, the eLearning course might contain some valuable and sensitive information. If someone breaches, it can be destructive for businesses. Fortunately, all the cloud service providers handle the security with powerful encryption methods that help in keeping the valuable content hidden from snooping eyes.
With the right tools, authors can gain access to advanced security controls and make their courses private by making them secure with passwords. Practicing this will help only the privileged users to access course materials.
Excellent Scalability & Flexibility
Authoring tools help you in staying flexible and scalable in the market. With modern technological trends, there will always exist a demand to improve the training projects and learning experience in an organization, and these tools offer exceptional versatility for such upgradations without any data lose.
Boosted Productivity & Efficiency
For maintaining the efficiency of all projects and business processes, standardization is of utmost importance in any organization. Cloud-based authoring tools and LMS collaboratively present a unique opportunity for any organization to have one central area to keep all their course and resources. Further, each course trainee and designer can receive quick feedback to better the productivity of the entire workforce.
Effortless Collaboration
Regardless of your location, cloud technology can help you in collaborating with other professionals or courses. All you need is proper privileges, and you can access the authoring tools anytime, anywhere. The learning process also happens from any location or device, thus allowing your students/employees to learn at their own pace.
Lower Costs
Most training programs are expensive and can have dynamic prices as well. But most of the cloud-based LMS you’ll find are paid for on a monthly based plan which can be canceled or activated at any time. Moreover, the training costs are also lower when compared to any other solution.
These were some of the primary perks of cloud-based authoring tools and LMS’. As you can understand, companies will not only grow and sustain a higher level of skill with this solution, but they will also boost productivity and bear inexpensive training costs.
