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Here we look at some of the top custom LMS providers and bespoke learning software development companies that help larger clients with complex projects, including integration of training systems with existing technologies.
Many large organisations find that off the shelf learning management systems simply can’t meet their needs or integrate effectively with their existing HR and business technology stack.
Sometimes (but not always), even the best LMS providers are great at creating and customising their software for a client’s needs, but fall short in terms of making it complement what is already in place at the business.
In such cases, some large, complex organisations need a business technology partner, sometimes with broader software development experience beyond just the field of L&D and HR.
This kind of bespoke software development company can be a long term business partner for its clients, future-proofing their IT and taking away much of the pain of keeping up with an ever-changing tech, compliance and training environment.
In no particular order, here are some of the leaders in this arena:
Webanywhere are a Leeds-based learning technology company with more than 20 years of experience delivering custom learning management systems and other digital learning solutions. They have supported over 4,000 clients worldwide and also have offices in the United States and Poland.
The company provides open-source, enterprise-grade custom LMS development services for organisations whose requirements cannot be fully met by a standard, off-the-shelf platform. Webanywhere can design and develop a new bespoke learning system or customise, integrate and extend an existing LMS to fit a client’s processes, technology infrastructure and long-term objectives.
Their services include LMS consultancy, user experience design, bespoke functionality, branding, multi-tenancy, integrations, migrations, reporting and analytics, managed hosting, training and ongoing technical support. Custom platforms can be integrated with HR systems, CRM platforms, content libraries and other business applications.
Their solutions are designed to be scalable, mobile-responsive and capable of supporting different business units, audiences, products and brands.
Webanywhere are also a Totara Platinum Partner, with extensive expertise in configuring, hosting, theming and extending Totara Learn. This gives clients the option of building upon an established open-source platform while adding the specialist functionality, workflows and integrations their organisation requires.
The company has strong experience across aviation, healthcare, medical devices, manufacturing, retail, education, real estate and membership organisations. Its platforms can support employee onboarding, compliance and health and safety training, continuing professional development, sales enablement, customer education and extended-enterprise learning.
Webanywhere’s corporate clients have included JetBlue Airways, Medtronic, Motorola, Joby Aviation, Domino’s Pizza and Inditex, the group behind major retail brands including Zara. Projects have ranged from JetBlue’s custom learning platform for its employee onboarding and compliance programmes to Medtronic Academy, a Totara-based LMS integrated with a content management system and supporting more than 300,000 learners across over 100 countries.
Webanywhere Ltd
C/o Avenue HQ, 10–12 East Parade, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 2BH, UK.
Telephone: +44 (0)113 3200 750
Website: www.webanywhere.com
Sheffield-based Can Studios help training and education innovators make their digital big-ideas work in real life. For the past 20 years, their specialist team has designed and built tools serving learners of all ages and abilities including:
Their clients include the likes of Harper Collins, the Environment Agency, Cambridge University Press, Reuters, and aid organisations including the International Rescue Committee and the Humanitarian Leadership Academy.
As well as custom software development, they provide off-the-shelf learning management systems and help companies develop bespoke elearning – either via full-service production or their hosted Adapt authoring package. With expertise spanning learning content and software, they really can make all the parts work together – however specific your needs.
15 South Street
Park Hill
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S2 5QX
+44 (0)114 250 2450
canstudios.com
Based near the large towns and cities of Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield and Wakefield in West Yorkshire, Day One is a leading UK provider of IT system simulations and bespoke elearning solutions.
They specialise in creating highly engaging learning software that delivers a realistic environment that’s ideal for onboarding and developing client-facing and customer service staff.
They enable clients with large, diverse and disparate teams across multiple locations to train their staff in complex systems quickly and effectively.
An impressive client list includes the likes of Lloyds Bank, ghd, TSB, The Internet Society and Co-op. They also offer a white-label elearning software development service for training providers looking to outsource all or part of the elearning build, especially when strong technical and project management skills are required.
Unit 55, Batley Business and Technology Centre
Grange Road
Batley
West Yorkshire
WF17 6ER
UK
Tel: 01924 510524
www.dayonetech.com
Specialists in education software, Tribal Group create technology solutions for early years and schools through to further and higher education. They also create solutions for employers that are ideal for managing apprenticeships and compliance training. Their student management systems are used by universities
Their student management systems are used by universities in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, and their global team supports clients across six continents. Tribal create bespoke software to manage learning, administration and tracking / reporting.
Kings Orchard
One Queen Street
Bristol
BS2 0HQ
UK
Tel: 0845 123 6001
www.tribalgroup.com
One of the UK’s leading software development companies, SkillsLogic create web applications and management information systems, with enterprise level data reporting and analytics.
Their expert consultants work with innovative clients, providing IT strategy and project management with impartial advice when it comes to procurement. They have extensive experience across a number of industries, including healthcare, hospitality and housing, as well as corporate training and further / higher education.
Cooper Buildings
Sheffield Science Park
Arundel Street
Sheffield
S1 2NS
UK
+44 (0)114 383 00 93
www.skillslogic.com
Do you know of another top custom LMS provider or a leading bespoke learning software development company that should be on this list? Get in touch to let us know!
Are you looking for help in choosing the best provider to create custom elearning technology for your company? Contact us for expert support and advice.
Email Me
Av Srivastava is an elearning researcher and editor of the Learning Light website. Over the last 16+ years, he’s worked with a range of learning solution providers in the UK and worldwide.
He writes about the latest and best elearning solutions to help buyers choose the ideal company for their needs.
He also works with a small number of elearning companies as a marketing consultant, helpiong them to understand their perfect customers, increase their visibility, and develop streams of inbound enquiries.
The post Custom LMS & Bespoke Learning Software Development Companies appeared first on Learning Light.
Many large organisations find that off the shelf learning management systems simply can’t meet their needs or integrate effectively with their existing HR and business technology stack.
Sometimes (but not always), even the best LMS providers are great at creating and customising their software for a client’s needs, but fall short in terms of making it complement what is already in place at the business.
In such cases, some large, complex organisations need a business technology partner, sometimes with broader software development experience beyond just the field of L&D and HR.
This kind of bespoke software development company can be a long term business partner for its clients, future-proofing their IT and taking away much of the pain of keeping up with an ever-changing tech, compliance and training environment.
In no particular order, here are some of the leaders in this arena:
Webanywhere
Webanywhere are a Leeds-based learning technology company with more than 20 years of experience delivering custom learning management systems and other digital learning solutions. They have supported over 4,000 clients worldwide and also have offices in the United States and Poland.
The company provides open-source, enterprise-grade custom LMS development services for organisations whose requirements cannot be fully met by a standard, off-the-shelf platform. Webanywhere can design and develop a new bespoke learning system or customise, integrate and extend an existing LMS to fit a client’s processes, technology infrastructure and long-term objectives.
Their services include LMS consultancy, user experience design, bespoke functionality, branding, multi-tenancy, integrations, migrations, reporting and analytics, managed hosting, training and ongoing technical support. Custom platforms can be integrated with HR systems, CRM platforms, content libraries and other business applications.
Their solutions are designed to be scalable, mobile-responsive and capable of supporting different business units, audiences, products and brands.
Webanywhere are also a Totara Platinum Partner, with extensive expertise in configuring, hosting, theming and extending Totara Learn. This gives clients the option of building upon an established open-source platform while adding the specialist functionality, workflows and integrations their organisation requires.
The company has strong experience across aviation, healthcare, medical devices, manufacturing, retail, education, real estate and membership organisations. Its platforms can support employee onboarding, compliance and health and safety training, continuing professional development, sales enablement, customer education and extended-enterprise learning.
Webanywhere’s corporate clients have included JetBlue Airways, Medtronic, Motorola, Joby Aviation, Domino’s Pizza and Inditex, the group behind major retail brands including Zara. Projects have ranged from JetBlue’s custom learning platform for its employee onboarding and compliance programmes to Medtronic Academy, a Totara-based LMS integrated with a content management system and supporting more than 300,000 learners across over 100 countries.
Webanywhere Ltd
C/o Avenue HQ, 10–12 East Parade, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 2BH, UK.
Telephone: +44 (0)113 3200 750
Website: www.webanywhere.com
Can Studios
Sheffield-based Can Studios help training and education innovators make their digital big-ideas work in real life. For the past 20 years, their specialist team has designed and built tools serving learners of all ages and abilities including:
- learning management systems
- induction and compliance systems
- assessment tools
- interactive manuals
- games
- educational mobile apps.
Their clients include the likes of Harper Collins, the Environment Agency, Cambridge University Press, Reuters, and aid organisations including the International Rescue Committee and the Humanitarian Leadership Academy.
As well as custom software development, they provide off-the-shelf learning management systems and help companies develop bespoke elearning – either via full-service production or their hosted Adapt authoring package. With expertise spanning learning content and software, they really can make all the parts work together – however specific your needs.
15 South Street
Park Hill
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S2 5QX
+44 (0)114 250 2450
canstudios.com
Day One Technologies
Based near the large towns and cities of Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield and Wakefield in West Yorkshire, Day One is a leading UK provider of IT system simulations and bespoke elearning solutions.
They specialise in creating highly engaging learning software that delivers a realistic environment that’s ideal for onboarding and developing client-facing and customer service staff.
They enable clients with large, diverse and disparate teams across multiple locations to train their staff in complex systems quickly and effectively.
An impressive client list includes the likes of Lloyds Bank, ghd, TSB, The Internet Society and Co-op. They also offer a white-label elearning software development service for training providers looking to outsource all or part of the elearning build, especially when strong technical and project management skills are required.
Unit 55, Batley Business and Technology Centre
Grange Road
Batley
West Yorkshire
WF17 6ER
UK
Tel: 01924 510524
www.dayonetech.com
Tribal Group
Specialists in education software, Tribal Group create technology solutions for early years and schools through to further and higher education. They also create solutions for employers that are ideal for managing apprenticeships and compliance training. Their student management systems are used by universities
Their student management systems are used by universities in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, and their global team supports clients across six continents. Tribal create bespoke software to manage learning, administration and tracking / reporting.
Kings Orchard
One Queen Street
Bristol
BS2 0HQ
UK
Tel: 0845 123 6001
www.tribalgroup.com
SkillsLogic
One of the UK’s leading software development companies, SkillsLogic create web applications and management information systems, with enterprise level data reporting and analytics.
Their expert consultants work with innovative clients, providing IT strategy and project management with impartial advice when it comes to procurement. They have extensive experience across a number of industries, including healthcare, hospitality and housing, as well as corporate training and further / higher education.
Cooper Buildings
Sheffield Science Park
Arundel Street
Sheffield
S1 2NS
UK
+44 (0)114 383 00 93
www.skillslogic.com
Do you know of another top custom LMS provider or a leading bespoke learning software development company that should be on this list? Get in touch to let us know!
Are you looking for help in choosing the best provider to create custom elearning technology for your company? Contact us for expert support and advice.
Email Me
Av Srivastava
Learning Light Website Editor
About Av
Av Srivastava is an elearning researcher and editor of the Learning Light website. Over the last 16+ years, he’s worked with a range of learning solution providers in the UK and worldwide.
He writes about the latest and best elearning solutions to help buyers choose the ideal company for their needs.
He also works with a small number of elearning companies as a marketing consultant, helpiong them to understand their perfect customers, increase their visibility, and develop streams of inbound enquiries.
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