At Training Spark, we love working with open source platforms - particularly those that help training providers deliver online and blended learning. More often than not, the solutions that we work with are called “Open Source” software. “Open source” means that anyone...
“The emails that LearnDash sends out are going to spam!” This is one of the most common issues we see from people who run LearnDash courses. It can be a frustrating issue that leads to an influx of support queries or a lack of trust from your customers. More often...
As a training provider, you may be selling your training and consultancy to a client as part of a wider package. For example, your client may be delivering a company-wide initiative around a particular topic (such as equality and diversity, leadership or equal...
If you’re a training provider looking to use WordPress as your learning management system, then there are a handful of essential plugins you’ll need to give you the functionality you need. We’ve helped many training companies deliver blended and online learning using...
Running a training company can be a real challenge, especially if you’re using heaps of different systems and documents to manage the operational aspects of your business. Training Management Systems (‘TMS’) - such as Arlo, Training Orchestra and Accessplanit - are an...
It can be difficult to know how much to charge for an online course. If you’re a training provider, often you’ll have a good idea of the market value for your face-to-face training, but less so for an online offering. We work closely with training companies delivering...
At Training Spark we’re big fans of WordPress and LearnDash. The combination of these allows us to create powerful online learning platforms for training providers around the world (especially when we add the Business-to-Business Toolkit too!) But that’s just the...
We’ve worked with many training providers to help them take their expertise online. Many of our clients deliver their training to other organisations - typically bigger businesses that need help overcoming a specific workplace challenge. Yet many of the popular online...
If you’re running a successful LearnDash LMS then you’ll have a system with lots of learners. This makes your system an appealing target for hackers who may want to steal data, serve up spam, or try to exploit your customers. The world of cybercrime is and always will...
We’re huge advocates of using WordPress-based learning management systems (LMS) here at Training Spark. Choosing an LMS for your business or organisation is a big deal, particularly if you’re a training provider or looking to sell online courses. There are many...
The latest version of the Arlo-LearnDash Integration plugin includes a cool new feature - pushing a LearnDash grade into Arlo. This means you'll be able to see the score a learner has achieve from a LearnDash quiz in your Arlo account! Here's a quick walkthrough video...
Using our popular Business-to-Business Toolkit for LearnDash plugin, but need some help navigating this in your WordPress admin area? Here's a quick walkthrough video to help you make the most of your new functionality: https://youtu.be/RdIU66J1g0w Transcript: Hi,...
As a training provider, your clients are important to you and you want to be able to customise courses for each organisation you work with. But how can you do this without replicating each course and having to then manage several courses that are very similar? With...
We’re excited to announce the release of version 1.1 of the Arlo and LearnDash integration plugin. Launched in May, the plugin was developed for training providers who use the Arlo training management system and LearnDash LMS to provide a bridge between the two...
If you run a WordPress based LMS there will be certain times when your system sends out emails to your learners. At the very least your system will send out “Reset your password” emails, but you might also have other elearning based communications, such as...
If you provide online training to employees or staff members of an organisation, you will want the ability to show their progress to your client contact. In the Business-to-Business Toolkit for LearnDash, client dashboards are automatically generated to give your HR...