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Modern Learning Management Systems are designed to fit seamlessly into an ecosystem of software solutions. Accord offers six different integration approaches to help you fit the Accord LMS into your computing environment.  This article will discuss each available solution and offer suggestions which may help you decide which approach will work best.

People crave personalized experiences. The Accord LMS offers many features that will personalize each Learner’s experience including personalized course assignments, focused social learning groups, curated course libraries, personalized news feeds and more. This article will discuss the use of Tokens in order to personalize certificates, pages and messages.

This second installment in the 'Customizing Your LMS' series focuses on using the DNN page management tools. The information in this article will demonstrate how you can rename existing menu items, add or remove pages for specific learners and add HTML content to your Accord LMS web portal. The article represents a small number of the customization options available with the Accord LMS.

The Accord Learning Management System goes far beyond logos and colors by providing features that will help you offer a truly unique environment for your learners. This is the first of a series of articles that will point you towards some of the many customization opportunities available to you with the Accord LMS solution. This article takes a detailed look at the LMS Home Page.

The price of cyber security is eternal vigilance. As threats evolve so will the work required to maintain robust security. You can count on Accord to maintain our servers to the highest standards and keep your data safe and secure.

LMS admins often spend considerable time fiddling with their LMS. Like a puppeteer, they pull the strings of their system to make sure that everyone has the correct assignments, due dates, reports, and so forth. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a hands-off LMS that could handle all the daily minutia so that the administrator could focus on more strategic duties?

On July 12th, 2016, Microsoft issued a security update (MS16-088) that prevents Excel from opening a Workbook that has been exported from a cloud based application. Previously, Excel opened the workbook without using protected view security. After the update, Excel no longer opens the downloaded workbook and there is no warning or other indication that the file did not open.

In today's world, a Learning Management System is usually one among many business critical applications used by an organization. This article examines how the Accord LMS can integrate seamlessly into a mix of applications and provide numerous features beyond the domain of ordinary LMSs.

Accord LMS has integrated the OpenSesame training course catalog. From within the LMS an Administrator can select from thousands of OpenSesame Courses, specify the number of seats and the new Courses will be automatically added onto your existing Accord catalog.

Imagine you offer Instructor Led Training all around the country. You organize a Session in New York and when the instructor arrives at the assigned location and time, half of the registered Learners are missing.

Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 11 AM PT, 2 PM EST
Join Gabe Baumann, Solutions Architect, in a focused 30 minute session that will explore:
 •  Integration with OpenSesame training content
 •  Purchasing OpenSesame content for use by your Learners
 •  Making courses with a combination of OpenSesame content as well as your own

Accord 4.6 ships with four new Folder Types: Learning Path; Collection; Course; and Chapter. Each Folder Type has configurable rules to help catalog course designers lay out a more cohesive and intuitive learning structure for programs you run through the Accord LMS.

The new Accord LMS Chart module provides instant snapshots of your most popular data. Pick any report definition, select the data and present in one of the five easy to read chart types.

A potential security issue exists in the Install Wizard functionality of the DNN portal framework. Accord support has already addressed the issue for all hosted SaaS clients. Self Hosted clients should read further to better understand the problem and their options.

Accord LMS 4.4 now supports roll up scoring and completion tracking on the Folder (Course) level. Several new course level reports have been added, each of which use the versatile grid layout