Great Software for Building Courses Yourself
August 25, 2025

Great Software for Building Courses Yourself

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Absorb LMS

This is used for customer training for a need they expressed to us where new graduates do not have the necessary knowledge to be trained without a large investment of time from them and other staff members. We created a curriculum that will fill this gap for them and provide a solid basis for their training so that when the new starter has finished, they are ready to jump into the practical side of the training much quicker. This will not only provide our customers added value for when they partner with us, but will reduce the burden of their in-house training in an already stretched workplace.

Pros

  • The Create Course function is extremely good. I can use it easily as someone who has never built a learning module before, and this was very important to avoid having to outsource the creation of a very niche course type.
  • The implementation support and training was fantastic, very personable and relevant to where I was at the time, we covered everything I needed to know to successfully create our curriculum and publish this for our customers
  • The customisation on the learner pages is great - the fact that if you implement departments, you can use bespoke layouts and designs for different people means we can fully customise to our customers' needs
  • The reports function, being able to set up custom reports to be sent automatically reduces the amount of time we would have to spend monitoring things manually, and can give our customers an overview of their staffs' training progress

Cons

  • What I would like to see most is the ability to use superscript and subscript in the course builder. I can't tell you how much time this would save me as someone building a very technical scientific course.
  • Being able to have users that can monitor their department progress without being counted as an active user as they are not taking part in any of the learning would allow our customers' to better manage their staff training.
  • Sometimes in Create if you put some text or object in and accidentally have it appear and disappear at the same time, it's almost impossible to remove it. It would be nice to see an overview of everything that's on the page (almost like layers in an art app).
  • Our ROI is yet to be determined as we haven't fully rolled it out yet. We hope that this will improve our customer loyalty and advocacy, set us apart from competitors, and appeal to prospects as something that is extremely valuable. ROI measurements will include customer participation, satisfaction from learners and their managers and any new customers who quote the platform as a reason they chose us.
At first, the site is a little tricky to get the hang of as an admin as there is a lot, and some of it did not do what I was expecting it to, however after being trained in the different sections of the site and what they do, it makes sense and works well. In terms of the course builder, I think this is the strongest point as it works incredibly well for what we need from it, and is very easy to use and learn - I was using this before any training and didn't find anything I couldn't figure out myself.
  • Content Creation (Absorb Create)
  • Content Libraries (Absorb Amplify or 3rd Party Libraries)
  • Reporting & Insights (Absorb Analyze or Absorb Amplify Direct)
This is not used internally within our company, but these feature have been very useful for the creation and implementation of a curriculum for our customers. Create has been critical to be able to do this without outsourcing, the library will be used to add further courses for those looking at leadership, and some mental health topics as an added value for our customers. The reporting will be used so that managers will be able to monitor their staff's learning progress and ensure compliance before they start internal training.
I'm not sure if this is what you are asking about, but I have contacted account managers, billing support and my implementation project manager and they have all been extremely helpful in answering questions or dealing with any requests. Everyone is professional and polite and replies in a timely manner.
All sites provided at least a basic LMS platform, and Talent was probably the closest in terms of features and like-for-like comparison. Ultimately, none of the others had the same level of course creation and it would either have meant outsourcing or spending a significant amount of time building the courses which was not ideal as we would still be paying for the service during this time. Absorb had the best course creation software of all evaluated which is why we chose it, although it was also by far the most expensive of those evaluated.

Do you think Absorb LMS delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Absorb LMS's feature set?

Yes

Did Absorb LMS live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Absorb LMS go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Absorb LMS again?

Yes

This could be used as our main LMS, but I don't have the power to make that decision. But it is robust enough that it could sufficiently handle our internal training needs. As we use it now, it will cover the needs of our customers extremely well and be very well received. We will be able to provide a polished, professional curriculum with good reporting features, and within our budget thanks to the course builder that lets me create everything myself.

Absorb LMS Feature Ratings

Learning Management
9.8
Course authoring
10
Course catalog or library
9
Player/Portal
9
Learning content
9
Mobile friendly
10
Progress tracking & certifications
10
Assignments
10
Compliance management
10
Learning administration
10
Learning reporting & analytics
10
Social learning
Not Rated
Gamification
10
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning
10

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