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The Accord LMS offers a great deal of flexibility in both configuration and execution.  This allows the system to be readily adapted for a wide-range of operations.  One such example of it’s flexibility, is the ease at which Learning Content can be assigned to Learners.  Most users have a preferred way of assigning learning content to Learners, what about efficient methods for unassigning learning content? This article reviews four main approaches for dropping learning content from Learners, while discussing the merits of each approach.

Wednesday, 17 Jun 2020 at 11 AM Pacific, 2 PM Eastern
In this demo, Matt will demonstrate feature updates and enhancements made to the Accord LMS during the first half of 2020. These updates bring added flexibility and ease of use for both administrators and learners.

Wednesday, 22 Apr 2020 at 11 AM Pacific, 2 PM Eastern
In this demo, Matt will show the key components required in almost any implementation of the Accord LMS. This demonstration is targeted to any new Accord LMS client or any existing client bringing on a new administrator.

Extended Enterprise is a common term in the Learning Management Industry but may be unfamiliar to those simply looking for a Learning Management System which will work best for their organization. This article revisits this important topic and provides a few tips on how to identify an Extended Enterprise LMS.

Wednesday, 18 Mar 2020 at 11 AM Pacific, 2 PM Eastern
In this demo, Matt will demonstrate how to control when content becomes available to a learner, when it must be completed and when the content is reassigned with a new deadline. In addition, he will show you how to use the Role Members functionality within the role to manually edit deadlines as exceptions and special circumstances occur within your organization.

The Accord LMS is built to support large complex learning environments. An important aspect of our LMS design is the hierarchical team structure available to LMS Admins. Large enterprise and extended enterprise Learning Management Systems require a flexible user management structure. Accord’s Teams support departmental control, multiple administrators, custom reporting, custom permissions and more. This article reviews some new features designed to simply the Team Administration experience.

Wednesday, 19 Feb 2020 at 11 AM Pacific, 2 PM Eastern
In this demo, Matt will demonstrate recent updates to the Accord LMS that allow administrators to more easily manage Team changes, so that when your organization reorganizes, you can easily update Accord to match. Also, Matt will show you how to take your own SCORM content, residing on the Accord LMS, and package it so that your customers can run that content within their own LMS, while still providing you the necessary activity tracking and control over the content's behavior.

Wednesday, 15 Jan 2020 at 11 AM Pacific, 2 PM Eastern
In this demo, Matt will demonstrate the Accord LMS Salesforce Connector, which allows customers using both Accord LMS and Salesforce to build an end to end learning cycle for customer education. Your sales and customer care staff can also benefit from the convenience of completing training assignments directly in Salesforce, allowing them to stay in their day to day Salesforce environment but still meet important training goals.

Wednesday, 18 Dec 2019 at 11 AM Pacific, 2 PM Eastern
In this demo, Matt will discuss options that clients have for including off the shelf content from Open Sesame into their Accord LMS solution. This can be of great benefit to organizations who have course needs in areas such as compliance, safety and technology. He will also show how to find specialized content options in the OpenSesame marketplace.

This article explores how to use Learning Roles within the Accord LMS to ensure training consistency while reducing administrative efforts. We will discuss how to save time while executing your training plan when using the new Accord LMS Learning Role Management Feature.

Wednesday, 20 Nov 2019 at 11 AM Pacific, 2 PM Eastern
In this demo, Matt will demonstrate improvements to the Administrator User Interface that will make using Accord LMS easier to use. We have focused our efforts on streamlining the Learning Role Management aspect of Accord LMS. This speeds up your setup time for new training programs and makes it easier for you to see who is assigned to what content.

Wednesday, 16 Oct 2019 at 11 AM Pacific, 2 PM Eastern
In this demo, Matt will demonstrate how an organization moving to Accord can speed up their implementation and save tedious data entry by leveraging new and improved import processes to define their content structure, organize learners, and upload completion history. This same functionality can also be beneficial to any client undergoing significant reorganization.

Wednesday, 18 Sep 2019 at 11 AM Pacific, 2 PM Eastern
In this demo, Matt will show you some of the new features released in 2019.04 that will allow you to better customize ILT rosters and notifications, as well as find the answers to enrollment questions quickly.

Accord is releasing version 2019.04 on Monday August 12th. This version is the first of several important updates planned for the remainder of 2019 which will simplify the administration of the Accord LMS. This article will explore two new features as well as provide some hints for features coming relatively soon.

Wednesday, 21 Aug 2019 at 11 AM Pacific, 2 PM Eastern
In this demo, Matt will show how you can use Learner Calendars to highlight upcoming events, so that learners have an easy place to sign up for classes, launch webinars, as well as access critical content that is coming due.