Deltina Hay

In this series of articles, Elearning Delta has offered advice on how to get your training online quickly and painlessly. In Part One of this series, we talked about the importance of a Learning Management System (LMS) for disseminating your online training, and how to set up a functioning LMS in only one day. In Part Two, we focused on quick and easy ways to prep your training content and add it to your LMS courses. In this installment, we get you to the finish line by demonstrating how to finalize your courses, add your users, and implement other necessary features.

In these unpredictable times, you may suddenly find that you no longer have the luxury of time to migrate your training online. You may also find that it could take all your time just researching the options available for preparing your content. What you need are quick and easy solutions right now! Elearning Delta’s “solution” is to offer expert advice on how you can get your training online quickly and painlessly. This is the second in a series of informal articles to help you do just that.

You are not alone if you suddenly need to provide online training for a newly-remote workforce. In addition to migrating your in-person training online, you may be tasked with training workers on the tools they need to work remotely at all! Elearning Delta is here to offer expert advice on how you can get your training online quickly and painlessly. This is the first in a series of informal articles to help you do just that.

New year. New decade. New LMS? Maybe. Do an LMS review to find out. The new decade brings with it many new and exciting learning technologies. But before you get swept away in all the hype, take a step back to review how well your existing LMS is serving your training needs.

Most LMSs offer advanced methods “under their hoods” that grant direct access to the LMSs’ data and features. But these methods often get overlooked or written off as too complicated to use. While acronyms like API, LTI, and SSO can seem intimidating at first, once you understand how they work, you’ll wish you’d looked under the hood of your LMS sooner. Using these tools can expand the functionality of your LMS and may even save you the work of switching to a new one.

The best LMS manager for your organization will depend a lot on the intricacies of your training program and the features you need from your LMS. However, for organizations that do not have a dedicated Learning and Development department, it can be difficult to find one person in one department who can handle all aspects of a training program on a robust LMS.

Whether you plan to replace your LMS this year or breathe new life into your existing one, here are some approaches to consider as you get ready to review.

If you are anything like me, you keep a sharp eye on emerging technologies with the potential to improve your learner experience. And virtual reality learning has been on my radar for quite a while. So, when I was given the opportunity to experience the LearnBrite VR Scenario platform first hand, I jumped on it! In this post, I provide an overview of building a virtual reality learning experience with LearnBrite, and share some thoughts on the process from a traditional e-learning perspective.

Elearning isn’t just for educators and trainers anymore. Solutions like learning management systems and elearning software have become important tools for businesses seeking new revenue streams and fresh audiences. Do any of these apply to your publishing company? • You have authors who are thought leaders, college professors, or trade professionals • You are always seeking new revenue streams and fresh readership • You would like to add more interactivity to your ebooks • You wish you had a mo

Elearning isn’t just for educators and trainers anymore. Solutions like elearning marketplaces and software have become important tools for thought leaders, authors, and entrepreneurs seeking new revenue streams and increased exposure. Navigating the elearning landscape can seem a bit intimidating at first. Industry jargon like LMS and SCORM can make you feel like you’re in alien territory. But you don’t need to become an elearning expert to take advantage of this booming industry. In this art

Elearning Delta is a full-service elearning solutions company that specializes in developing innovative, custom-built courses and learning management systems (LMS). The company’s team of talented elearning experts can build and develop your elearning project from the ground up and offer valuable help and guidance along every step of the way. Whether you are a huge Fortune 500 company with hundreds of franchisees, or a thought leader wishing to develop a one-off course, Elearning Delta will be t

There is a reason why WordPress powers nearly a quarter of the websites online today. WordPress is easy to use yet powerful enough to manage the largest websites. It is this ease of use, however, that makes too many WordPress websites less successful than they could be. I am a big supporter of do-it-yourself website building. But it pains me to see so much work go into a website only to have the creators’ efforts go unrewarded because important elements of a healthy and successful website are o

The need to optimize for mobile is crystal clear today, but many publishers look only at aspects of mobile readiness such as websites, mobile apps, and mobile advertising. What about the other tools required for an effective online marketing toolbox? To make sure you have entirely optimized for mobile, you need to go beyond the obvious. When you take the time to set up a new online marketing tool, you don’t wan

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As the new year begins, major social media networks are, or soon will be, providing some new and some different options. For best results, keep the changes described below in your mind while you develop social media marketing campaigns. Facebook “reach”—in other words, how many of your page’s fans actually see a given update—is determined by the Facebook feed algorithm, which takes into account a number of factors meant to improve a user’s experience on the social network. (To keep up with spec

In my opinion, if geek is the new sexy, the guys who work on identity authentication protocols are studs. Unfortunately, the only time we hear anything about identity authentication is when our Internet or “digital” security is threatened. Case in point: Heartbleed. And even then, the media seldom turn to the real geeks in the trenches. They tend to cover the more futuristic solutions like eyeball scanners. But what is happening right now on this front? Is there anything we – as average digita

Are you tired of reading more “new” tips about the same old social media tools? Me too. So here are some of my favorite underrated online tools that can drive traffic to your Web- site and improve book discoverability. Quora is a crowd-sourced Q&A site that has recently gained a lot of popularity. The idea behind Quora is that members post questions; other members answer those questions, and members then vote on the answers. If a member’s answer is voted up, the member earns a certain number

Are you as frustrated as I am with the ongoing trend of overgeneralized social media marketing advice? Admittedly, I can get sucked into reading those articles just as easily as the next guy. I can also start freaking out, thinking I am doing it all wrong and should just stop marketing altogether. Then I do a reality check by asking myself: Does this social media “advice” really apply to my business, my goals, or my target audience? Social media marketing may be out of its infancy; but it is still learning to walk. Luckily, the tools have been in use long enough for marketers to get a general f

Here are ten digital marketing tactics to help you jumpstart your online marketing for the new year. Some of these tactics were hammered into your brain throughout 2013—and for good reason. Google Authorship, Rich Snippets, and Mobile Marketing should already be staples in your online strategy. But this group includes tactics that even seasoned marketers will want to know about and implement in the coming year.

“Sure, getting discovered [or getting exposure] is great, but how many sales were generated as a result?” That’s the question people consistently asked during my two sessions at IBPA’s 2013 Publishing University, even though the session topics were quite different. One session was about improving a book’s online discoverability using search optimization techniques, and the other was about increasing a book’s online exposure using content marketing tactics.