Acorn LMS

The concept of enterprise LMS is not new but what is new is the growing popularity of centralised and cloud-based LMS systems. And this demand can largely be attributed to the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting cohort of work-from-home or work-from-anywhere employees. When their workforce is allowed to work from home, the onus is on the businesses to continue the organisational learning and development (L&D) processes also remotely.

Employers are also coming to realise that cloud-based LMS can help their businesses immensely. These cutting-edge LMS solutions can enable businesses to centralise their organisational L&D initiatives and train their remote employees. Interestingly, many businesses are now finding their Holy Grail in Acorn’s cloud-based LMS solution.

“Think of an LMS as the house for all your e-learning belongings. You want that house to be secured, easy to move around, and you certainly don’t want it to end up costing you more money than you thought. And that’s what Acorn brings to bear,” said Blake Proberts, co-founder and managing director of Acorn.

Acorn LMS is one of the most popular and fastest-growing learning management systems (LMS) in Australia. Following the agile development method, the company has developed one of the most successful and feature-rich e-learning solutions to date.

Following the agile development method, the company has developed one of the most successful and feature-rich e-learning solutions to date

The eponymous Acorn platform is a commercial off-the-shelf solution with a suite of features that empower organisations to manage the learning, onboarding, recruitment, and performance management of their entire workforce. The platform provides an organisation’s employees with thousands of courses from third-party providers as well as custom interactive modules. Businesses can even create personalised learning pathways to support workforce planning and ensure their employees have access to the best compliance and procedural training. To make that happen, businesses can simply drag and drop their content into the program or sync external content. They can also use a compatible authoring tool to seamlessly populate SCORM or TinCan content. Acorn has everything businesses need to get their learning content live as soon as possible. Further, integrations with their existing HR and payroll systems and Acorn’s robust reporting capabilities further allow businesses to easily track individual progression. Organisations can capture all learning and development activities completed by their staff—inside or outside the system—including e-learning, face-to-face, webinars, and web-based mobile learning.

What’s more? Setting up Acorn LMS is as easy as using it. Businesses can use and manage multiple tenancies under the one administration view, and enjoy single sign-on capabilities. Besides, Acorn LMS is completely white-labelled, which means it can be customised to reflect a particular organisation. Businesses can, therefore, streamline their systems and ensure that their team is familiar with their learning environment by using their own branding, look, and feel.

At this juncture, it is important to note that behind Acorn is a locally-based Canberra team, who launched in 2014. The team has drawn from its past experiences and collective decades in tech, business, and Government to help organisations support their people through the employment journey and reach their full potential. Having already succeeded in this regard, Acorn is now looking to assume a leadership position in this field. Simultaneously, the company is also looking to continue enhancing its solution and be prepared to support the organisational L&D of the future.