LRP Publications eLearning Portal for Training and Professional Development
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LRP Publications, Inc. is the publisher for two industry-leading magazines, Human Resource Executive® and Risk and Insurance®, as well as hundreds of newsletters, books, videos and case reporters in the fields of: human resources, workers’ compensation, disability, education administration and law, federal employment, public employment law and bankruptcy. LRP Publications additionally provides top-quality training and professional development. However this was not always the case - while LRP had an extensive inventory of content in Microsoft PowerPoint® and Word® as well as Adobe Acrobat® they needed a way to convert all this content into e-Learning.

Determined to broaden their reach and begin offering training and professional development, LRP sought out to find a robust, yet easy-to-use, turn-key, rapid e-Learning authoring, delivery and management system that would enable their internal staff to create interactive eLearning modules from their existing content. LRP’s new eLearning solution would also need to integrate with their existing eCommerce shopping cart and include a private-labeling feature to serve their two separate product lines – education and government sectors.

THE SOLUTION

LRP turned to Digitec and the Knowledge Direct® Learning Management System (LMS) to develop their online learning product catalog, converting their existing content into interactive e-Learning modules and offering these products for sale through their existing shopping cart. Knowledge Direct’s private-labeling feature enables LRP to offer specific courses to each of their primary sectors: the DirectStep® eLearning site for their education clients and the CyberFeds® eLearning site for their government clients.

In addition to selling individual courses, LRP uses the Knowledge Direct Learning Management System's administrative features for bulk purchases. LRP sells multiple course licenses to clients, generating unique access codes to unlock specific courses to registered learners. This flexible e-Learning distribution model allows LRP to continually offer new courses to registered users - by simply adding these courses to a learner’s training menu.

To date, LRP has sold over 25,000 course seats. Their in-house staff produces the courses using Direct-to-WEB®, Digitec’s rapid eLearning authoring tool that converts PowerPoint files to Flash.

THE RESULT

By utilizing Digitec’s Knowledge Direct LMS, LRP is able to:

• Provide top-quality training and professional development through their eLearning sites.

• Offer new products through their existing eCommerce shopping cart.

• Easily convert existing content into e-Learning.

• Make changes to course content as needed - quickly and easily.

• Market new course offerings to existing learners.

• Provide flexible course pricing, based on bulk license sales, managed within Knowledge Direct.

• Private label specific courses to each of their primary sectors.

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Established in 1988, Digitec is an award-winning eLearning production company, developing educational products for commercial, academic and not-for-profit clients. Digitec’s mission is to combine technology and creativity to transform learning from a singular, passive event into highly adaptive and engaging learning experiences that change lives.

The Knowledge Direct® suite of software, developed by Digitec, is an integrated learning system for mobile and web-based delivered training for mid to large-size associations, medical organizations, non-profit organizations and corporations. With integrated production facilities in Orlando, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico, Digitec’s highly creative staff of 20+ in-house artists, Flash animators, audio and video engineers, and computer programmers are focused on developing best-in-class eLearning technologies for the 21st century.