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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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Popular Features
- 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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Pro
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Pro + Coaching
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Cloud
Enterprise Learning for Global Teams
Contact sales team
Cloud
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
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- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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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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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.
December 06, 2019
Lessonly and Me
I have used Blackboard before, I would say lessonly is slicker. Easy to get up and going with new employees.
December 06, 2019
New to Lessonly, but I'm in love with it!
Search function and troubleshooting is much easier in Lessonly.
December 06, 2019
Lessonly makes learning approachable and fun!
The only better thing is that Small Improvements has no contract, and you just pay for what you use each month.
December 06, 2019
I couldn't do my job without Lessonly.
We are happy with Lessonly and are not entertaining other vendors at this time.
December 06, 2019
Lessonly is the most intuitive and effective learning platform I've ever used. Plus, best customer support around!
- SAP Litmos, Bridge and Docebo LMS
Lessonly wins in:
- Relevant features and functionality (not just fancy overblown bells and whistles)
- Stellar Customer Service
- Customer Support response time
- Product innovation
- Industry knowledge and expertise
December 06, 2019
Lessonly is intuitive, versatile, powerful, and effective!
- LearnCore and Bridge
Lessonly is all around a better fit. Their user-interface is easier to use to create content, they provide access to better tools, and had a much better implementation process. With LearnCore especially, if the content wasn't video-based, it didn't work very well. This led us to spend extra time creating training videos that with Lessonly, could have been much more efficiently created with text, images, practice elements, and/or embedded documents. Also, their content storage has been much more reliable - we haven't lost any content with them!
December 05, 2019
Lessonly for Learning!
I chose Lessonly because they were local and starting up. They seemed like a good and growing organization. I liked how Lessonly allowed the customization, plan management, content templates, assignment triggers, and ability to help us plan the curriculum. Their teams helped us convert our material to digital formats to help us lessen the burden of change and start up.
December 05, 2019
Great for a learning library hub.
- LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
Both have their positives/negatives. Creating our own lessons in lessonly is important.
December 05, 2019
Lessonly helps us scale our training and development
It has been several years ago when we evaluated options and I was only a small part of the vetting process. We chose Lessonly because of cost and functionality.
December 05, 2019
Loving everything about Lessonly
December 04, 2019
Lessonly Love!
- Canvas
My best attempt at a comparison would be in the equipment we used to use in university teaching (my background) including Canvas and Blackboard, both of which allow for similar functions but neither of which have the UI or ease of use of Lessonly.
December 04, 2019
Easiest way to learn something new everyday!
- Zendesk Chat (formerly Zopim), Zendesk Explore, Zendesk Guide, Zendesk Talk, Asana, Jira Service Desk and Trakstar
December 04, 2019
Lessonly Gets Training Done Quicker!
- Saba Cloud and LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
Lessonly is just the bee's knees in the LMS space. A lot of the software we trialed had some but not all of the features that Lessonly boasts and promotes. I felt like Lessonly gave us more flexibility in how and what we train on while keeping it within an easy framework to work within. Lessonly also seems small in the sense that they bend over backward for you, but in reality, is a large company that just has that local company feel.
December 04, 2019
Llamas rock!
Overall, Lessonly is the best interface I have found for content creation. Others seem to have more gamification and social learning aspects, as well as content curation aspects, which I would like to see from Lessonly. We stay with Lessonly because of its ease of use both as a creator and as a user and because of the ability to make online training interactive through questions, flip cards, gifs, etc.
December 04, 2019
Lessonly Lover
- Lessonly
I was not at the company when Lessonly was purchased, so I was not involved in the evaluation process.
December 04, 2019
Lessonly, The Best LMS Around!
- SAP Litmos, Bridge and Brainshark
I felt some of these products had more features than were necessary and needed for our team. Some of them were limited on the number of content creators that were allowed which to me forces you to use one or two people to create content where I would rather see it done by key members of each department.
December 04, 2019
We love Lessonly.
Our company used Hickory in the past, and Lessonly is way better. From an admin point of view, Lessonly offers user friendly interface, better content, more analytical features, and is easier to use.
December 04, 2019
Easy to use and administer and great CS and support teams
- LearnCore and MindTickle
This was the fourth LMS evaluation and purchase in my career. I've purchased LMSes in a variety of settings, including a K-12 school, a couple of small high growth companies, and a division of one of the largest technology companies in the world. When it came time to purchase an LMS at my current company (high growth startup), the primary criteria were:
- Ease of use (drives adoption)
- Ease of content creation
- Ease of administration (small enablement team administering the product)
December 04, 2019
Love Lessonly and how it has evolved!
Don't need all the extra features that those programs use, but could really utilize more as our company grows.
- Mindflash and SkyPrep LMS
Lessonly was close to the lowest priced option I found but not the lowest. It was super simple to understand during the onboarding which lead us to be able to implement immediately.
December 04, 2019
A great way to help your Team Members continuously learn!
December 04, 2019
Lessonly truly gets it!
We ended up choosing Lessonly because of three things. They were local, their approach to addressing the millennial workforce, and the easy use of their system. Their wining and dining, in the beginning, didn't hurt and Bryce Pierson was a great salesman. We almost didn't choose Lessonly because of the cost but ended up deciding it was a risk we were willing to take. We are hoping it pays off.
December 03, 2019
Why Lessonly is so great
- Veeam Backup & Replication
I have no experience with other similar products.
December 03, 2019