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What is Seismic Learning?
Seismic Learning (formerly Lessonly, acquired by Seismic in August 2021), is a learning management system (LMS). The vendor emphasizes eLearning for client-facing skills, as well as a drag-and-drop interface. Lessonly supports customizable learning paths and corporate onboarding processes.
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- Course authoring (106)9.797%
- Learning content (102)9.696%
- Assignments (105)9.494%
- Course catalog or library (104)9.292%
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What is Seismic Learning?
Seismic Learning (formerly Lessonly, acquired by Seismic in August 2021) is training software with an ecosystem of partners, strategy and services that are aligned under the mantra of Do Better Work.
The vendor has worked with over 800 companies to help them train their teams. The vendor says they've learned that the highest performing organizations build their training on the same six pillars:
- Assess (Gather Needs & Inputs) Listen to people, data, and the market; identify successes and challenges; and accurately assess your sales team's training needs.
- Plan (Prioritize for Impact) Identify the most essential objectives and outcomes, and intentionally set milestones for creation and delivery.
- Build (Create Quickly & Collaboratively) Work with teammates at the front lines of the business to develop and iterate on bite-sized training/content.
- Learn (Meet Learners Where They Are) Push training content to teammates-- anywhere, anytime-- so they can quickly solve problems in their moment of need.
- Practice (Rehearse, Refine, Repeat) Reinforce skills and information with realistic practice scenarios and receive feedback to fuel improvement.
- Perform (Doing Better Work) Empower the organization to continuously improve, deliver and quantify results.
Seismic Learning ultimately aims to help organizations to achieve faster onboarding, higher NPS score, more closed deals and a superior customer experience.
Seismic Learning Features
Learning Management Features
- Supported: Course authoring
- Supported: Course catalog or library
- Supported: Player/Portal
- Supported: Learning content
- Supported: Mobile friendly
- Supported: Progress tracking & certifications
- Supported: Assignments
- Supported: Compliance management
- Supported: Learning administration
- Supported: Learning reporting & analytics
- Supported: eLearning
- Supported: Assessments
- Supported: In-person learning
- Supported: Micro-learning
- Supported: Video learning
- Supported: SCORM-compliant
- Supported: Tin Can (xAPI) compliant
- Supported: Social learning
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Seismic Learning Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Countries | North America, South America, Latin America, Western Europe, Central/Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia |
| Supported Languages | Filipino, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Swedish, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Turkish, Vietnamese |
Frequently Asked Questions
Seismic Learning (formerly Lessonly, acquired by Seismic in August 2021), is a learning management system (LMS). The vendor emphasizes eLearning for client-facing skills, as well as a drag-and-drop interface. Lessonly supports customizable learning paths and corporate onboarding processes.
Reviewers rate Progress tracking & certifications highest, with a score of 10.
The most common users of Seismic Learning are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Intuitive User Interface: Users have consistently praised Lessonly's user interface, with many stating that it is extremely intuitive and easy to navigate. The clean and simple design allows users to quickly understand how to use the platform without any learning curve.
Various Test Types and Rich Media Support: Many reviewers highly value the ability of Lessonly to create various types of tests, including multiple choice and freeform. They also appreciate the inclusion of videos, images, and slides in their lessons, which makes onboarding and training more engaging and interactive.
Quick-Burst Learning and Task Assignment: The quick-burst learning feature of Lessonly has been widely praised by users. It allows them to access bite-sized lessons and easily assign tasks to individuals. This feature is beneficial for monitoring completion and tracking the performance of both teams and individual students.
Slow and Inefficient: Many users have found the product to be slow and inefficient, causing frustration and significant delays in completing tasks. These issues persistently hinder their productivity, leading to dissatisfaction with the overall performance of the product.
Frequent Crashes: Numerous reviewers have reported experiencing frequent crashes and technical issues while using the product. These recurring problems not only disrupt their workflow but also result in a loss of valuable time and effort.
Lack of Customer Support: A significant number of customers have expressed their disappointment with the lack of customer support provided by the company. They feel that their concerns are not adequately addressed or resolved, leaving them feeling unsupported and frustrated.
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January 19, 2020
Lessonly for New Hire Onboarding and Continuous Education
I have used one other similar software in the past, and Lessonly is much more user-friendly. The previous software was extremely clunky, and even after going through training on it, I never fully utilized it because of how overly complicated it was.
January 15, 2020
Lessonly, the LCMS for learners by learners
There is no comparison between Lessonly and LearnCore (previous LMS). Lessonly's robust feature set offered improvements in every area (learner management, content management, platform administration and customization). The ability to practice skills within Lessonly would also be beneficial (although to be clear this isn't a feature we currently use).
January 13, 2020
Don't Worry, Get Lessonly!
Not Applicable. I had to choose a platform in order to move forward. I have not used any products like Lessonly. I have always trained staff the old fashioned way: spending several days to a week showing the new hires the ropes, getting them settled, sitting with them while they run through the first few jobs on their own, and then let them work solo. Lessonly eliminates 90% of that because it teaches them for you. You build the lessons once and then you can use them as many times as you want.
January 08, 2020
Love Lessonly!
I have not used other learning systems to date, therefore I cannot compare.
December 29, 2019
Lessonly makes learning a breeze!
Lessonly has great admin abilities and is very easy to use on both the user end and the admin end. Lessons are incredibly easy to use and create, and they look great without too much effort on the creator’s side.
December 20, 2019
Lessonly: Powerful, Intuitive, and a Game Changer
Lessonly's tools allow me to natively create screen recordings with narration - this was something that I couldn't do with other LMS products that I reviewed. Other providers did not offer the ability to quickly pull up lessons and review them side-by-side in Chrome. Being able to create diverse content and also make it really easy for learners to access that information was really important to me. I was impressed by Lessonly's user-friendly platform from the get-go.
December 20, 2019
Great LMS -- Very intuitive
We looked to bring on an LMS for a few reasons. First, to free up our bandwidth (with a small team of two training and developing 60+ revenue generating roles) - an LMS system allowed us to create well-built out, self-paced trainings that did not need to be delivered in person. Second, we needed a tool to better track, train, teach, and gather insight into how our reps are progressing in their development. Lessonly has delivered in spades.
We are able to leverage Lessonly in so many different ways: new hire onboarding trainings, product updates, marketing roll-outs, knowledge base, compliancy trainings, etc.
December 20, 2019
Learning made simple
Lessonly has been a great tool for the organization in the onboarding and training of both new employees and existing employees transitioning to new roles. Although we have looked into similar companies and products, I do not have much experience with the competitors. Lessonly has been satisfactory since the implementation and we are excited to continue using the product.
December 17, 2019
Lessonly Llamas are fantastic business partners!
Lessonly is well-suited for the non-educational, corporate industry as an easy to use LMS. The platform is easy to use, create content, and implement within an organization.
December 15, 2019
Lessonly helps our business do better work!
Lessonly offered several advantages over these competitors. They offer comparable functionality to industry leaders like Adobe and SAP, while at the same time offering far more responsive and friendly customer support. At the same time, they offered a more robust and feature-rich experience than other similar-sized organizations like Looop and Brainshark. For companies of their size, Lessonly is definitely the leader in LMS tools.
December 15, 2019
Lessonly offers amazing customer support and usability
Besides SharePoint and LMS, we haven't used much else for training. When we looked at Lessonly, we did evaluate several other companies but I can't remember their names. Lessonly was by far the easiest to use from both a creator and an end-user perspective. It also had the reporting we were seeking.
December 13, 2019
Lessonly is awesome!
I was just about to invest in Articulate Storyline when I discovered Lessonly. Articulate does allow for more interactive programming, but Lessonly is so easy to use. It allows us to produce twice the amount of content for our customers in half the time.
December 13, 2019
We're Lessonly Llamas for life!
December 13, 2019
Big fan. What a software platform should be!
We looked at several other big LMS platforms but found them too bloated and compliance-based. We didn't want an LMS so we could check compliance boxes and say, "See! We trained this person, so it's their fault they didn't follow our training!" We wanted a platform to help our staff be successful in doing the things they need to do in their roles. Lessonly matched up with that passion.
December 13, 2019
Lessonly was the perfect fit for our division!
I selected Lessonly due to a few factors - the alignment with company values, the ease of pricing, the user interface and the willingness to adapt to our specific needs.
December 13, 2019
Lessonly is a ROI Machine
- MindTickle and Brainshark
Overall, Lessonly had the UI and features we desired. The functionality and support structure was also something we liked over the other vendors. We also were included in their Yellowship user conference.
December 12, 2019
Lessonly at a Store Level
When using Google Docs, you'd only have a doc saved if you've opened it. Anyone new to the team would not have access to Google Docs before their time unless it was emailed to them. I like that Lessonly gets everyone up to speed and gives new team members access to previous training right away.
- Showpad and MindTickle
Lessonly is better by orders of magnitude. It's not really close. I have peers that use these other solutions, and they wish they were using Lessonly.
December 11, 2019
Simple and Powerful Platform
Simple, Intuitive and Innovative - Lessonly was one of 9 different platforms we evaluated and determined meet all the key criteria areas for the business. The team was effective in articulating the business solution after understanding the needs and didn't pressure us to make a decision. Very professional!
December 10, 2019
Lessonly - the LMS with unbeatable service
We did not thoroughly research additional L&D platforms. We were sold on Lessonly because of their willingness to go the extra mile for our team.
December 10, 2019
Lessonly is a great LMS for lean L&D teams
Lessonly was by far the best LMS for our needs that we evaluated. We also use other tools to enhance it.
December 09, 2019
I love you Lessonly :)
We literally haven’t used anything else besides Google Drive (docs / sheets) and an informal system of in-person shadowing and it is far better than that combination!!
December 09, 2019
Lessonly's Customer Support is World Class
- LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com), Blackboard Learn, Canvas, Litmus and Salesforce Lightning Platform (formerly Salesforce App Cloud)
I inherited Lessonly, but have chosen to stay with them thanks to their excellent customer service, and the ease of use.
My learners find the UI/UX simple and easy, and the ability to take courses on their mobile phones has been vital to our adoption.
While Lessonly does not create content, they make it easy for people who would prefer to write their own.
Lessonly also does not believe that gamification is the most effective way to teach/learn. I share this opinion, and appreciate that they do not design their interface to make learning a competition.
My learners find the UI/UX simple and easy, and the ability to take courses on their mobile phones has been vital to our adoption.
While Lessonly does not create content, they make it easy for people who would prefer to write their own.
Lessonly also does not believe that gamification is the most effective way to teach/learn. I share this opinion, and appreciate that they do not design their interface to make learning a competition.
December 09, 2019
Lessonly is Dolly Llama approved!
The builder that is built directly into Lessonly is what makes it so much better on the admin side. On the user side, it really easy to use and keep up with.
December 06, 2019
Great for internal use, could offer better features for external use
Before Lessonly, we used Google, and although our company continues to use Google Drive for other things, when we started to grow, it became apparent that we needed to use a software that was dedicated to providing an online learning platform. Lessonly is affordable and offers great support in addition to simply having the kind of platform tools that we need. It wasn't until recently that we started thinking about having an external use for Lessonly that has caused us to see its weakness there. That said, Lessonly is highly customizable and has otherwise continued to offer the exact toolset we need as our own company grows and scales. They are also continually adding valuable features to their product, and so far there is no real reason to leave the platform.