Litmos

Litmos
Litmos logo
Original author(s) Dan Allen
Written in .NET
Type Learning management system
Website litmos.com

Litmos is a SAAS/Cloud platform for e-learning, also known as a learning management system or LMS, based in Silicon Valley, CA, USA. Litmos is used for corporate learning and compliance training. Litmos has 1.6 millions users worldwide including technology, education, retail, construction, public sector, and non-profit companies.[1]

History

Litmos was founded by Rich Chetwynd and Dan Allen. Chetwynd founded Litmos early in 2007 with the aim of creating a learning management system (LMS) that was quick to set up, easy to manage and fun to use; Allen developed the initial Litmos solution.[2][3] In June of 2011, Litmos was acquired by CallidusCloud.[4] The company relocated to a new headquarters location in Dublin, CA in February 2015.[5]

Features

In addition to individual users, groups and teams may be set up to assign and track performance. Administrators can schedule and track registration and attendance for live trainings, as well as online courses. A variety of rich media content can be uploaded to Litmos, including Flash, Video, PowerPoint, Audio, and SCORM; there is an HTML Editor, Assessment Editor and Survey Editor to build modules within Litmos. Litmos supports a number of features standard to software in this category, including support for selling courses and extensibility options.[6]

Litmos comes with built in integration with a variety of external services and products, such as payment processors and eLearning industry standards such as Experience API (Tin Can API) [7] and SCORM. It also supports SAML 2.0 and various providers of SSO like OneLogin and Okta.[8][9]

Technology

Litmos is written in the .NET programming language and hosted on Windows based infrastructure. The front end makes use of modern HTML5 features and Ajax-based interaction. Litmos themes use Bootstrap which allows for easy customization of look and feel.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Litmos LMS". Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  2. ↑ "NZ Tech Company Headed to Silicon Valley". Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  3. ↑ "Silicon Success Stories". Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  4. ↑ "Litmos Acquired by CallidusCloud" (Press release). Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  5. ↑ "CallidusCloud Opens New Headquarters in Dublin" (Press release). Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  6. ↑ "List of Litmos Features". Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  7. ↑ "TinCan Api Adopters". Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  8. ↑ "Onelogin connector for Litmos". Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  9. ↑ "Okta connector for Litmos". Retrieved 2015-03-25.

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