Are you ready to delve into the world of course creation? Our latest video is here to guide you through the pivotal decision-making process in eLearning design. In this video, we’re taking a closer look at the strategic considerations that come into play when it comes to creating courses. Should you build your own custom masterpiece or opt for a pre-made solution? Let’s explore the nuances together!
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:20 Advantages of Custom Courses
1:04 Advantages of Off the Shelf Courses
Transcript
When it comes to filling your Learning Management System (LMS) with content, you have two options: you can either build your own custom content or you can buy off-the-shelf courses. But it can be hard to know which is right for you and your organization. It’s a difficult question, but knowing the answer can save you a huge amount of time and resources in the long run. In this video, we’ll look to discover which is best for you.
Advantages of Custom Courses:
Custom course content allows you to make it aligned with your company values and target specific needs and skills for your workforce. You can also continually update custom content to evolve as your company does. This means you’re not left to wait for your content provider to update their courses—you can do it at your own pace. You should build your own courses when your company has specific needs, such as if you constantly have new products, specific company certifications, a specific organizational culture, company case studies, or industry-specific laws or other requirements that might also warrant you building your own courses. You might also want to build if you want to increase engagement from management. However, building is also very expensive and might not be right for every organization.
Advantages of Off-the-Shelf Courses:
You may want to buy courses instead of creating them when you’re under a time crunch and need content quickly, when you don’t have employees who have the adequate training or skills to build out such courses, or when you have basic training needs such as OSHA or compliance. You can often find great off-the-shelf courses that will meet your needs when you have less specific training needs.
Before building a custom course, ask yourself these questions: What content do you already own? What content do you need? What audiences are you targeting? What are your training expectations? Answering these questions and gauging how specific the answers are can help you determine if you should build custom courses or not.
Thanks for watching. Feel free to visit Knowledge Anywhere if you need custom courses, as we have 25 years of experience helping companies like yours develop courses that meet your individual needs. Or visit us if you need off-the-shelf courses, as we have a library of over 60,000 courses.
