LMS data content management: where to focus to improve your learning strategy

LMS is one of the most popular tools because it provides a key element for learning content management: valuable insights collected from the most valuable source: your students.

The more you know about learners the better you'll be at executing your content planning. LMS analytics can show patterns in your learners’ data that allow you to create informed learning strategies.

First of all, what kind of information can we retrieve from an LMS and how can you focus on different learning content stages? There are multiple ways to find this data, but there are a few key areas to keep your eye on:

? Learner activity and competencies: This information is a starting point to visualize the growth of the students, their development within the course and their strong suits.

? Department or team progress: How is the progress of a determined area or team is also important to detect weak points o struggles that can affect their productivity outside learning.

? Course and platform activity: To learn more about the current progress in a particular module or course and how much time learners need to complete them. From this information, you’ll be able to optimize and restructure your content accordingly.

? Course Evaluations: When it comes to determining how effective your lessons are, course evaluations can help you get feedback about what is useful for students and what needs to be fixed to enhance their learning experience.

All this information gathered above will be the base for you to factor resulting insights into your learning strategy. As a result, you will have some heads up about the progress of the course, if there is a need for a refresh, better communication or if the content is not fulfilling the learner’s needs and expectations.

As this knowledge represents opportunities for future content creation and improvement, it is important to point out other ways to find more about your audience:?

• Learner search data: This helps you to identify the topics they are interested in and gaps in your content strategy.
• Content engagement rates: one of the best advantages for your course is to be able to compare engagement rates between typical eLearning courses and yours to have a clear understanding of what type of content is better received and enhanced.
• Sign-In Rates: This is a very important source because it shows how much learners engage with your LMS. You can learn about how often they sign in, start and complete a course and how they engage in the learning culture you propose and such.

In conclusion, collecting learners' and course participants' preferences, competencies and difficulties will surely position your organization at a higher advantage the moment of solving any arising issue. Keeping an eye on the progress of your courses, and how learners interact with the content provided, modules and platforms will surely impact the way you can improve their performance and adapt learning strategies to it.