Litmos is a great tool, but needs some refinement
July 03, 2024
Litmos is a great tool, but needs some refinement

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Litmos
We use Litmos for delivery of both technical or compliance eLearning that we make and track off-the-shelf eLearning that we buy from LinkedIn learning. Primarily it meets the need of tracking internally for our company and is accommodating some of the external tracking through the LRS.
Pros
- Litmos is simple and straightforward for learners to use
- Litmos' look and feel are highly customizable through javascript and stylesheets
- Litmos' API is fairly easy to use and complete
- Litmos makes launching and deploying training in the field and the office easy and quick
Cons
- Litmos' email automation leaves a lot to be desired. When using SAML single sign on, a user can forward a reminder email to a colleague and it will include the link for _their_ training, if the recipient completes the training it report as being completed by the sender.
- Litmos' functionality around assessments is terrible. It is impossible to give partial or weighted credit for a question during marking. It's impossible to undo a mistake in marking or go back to the question. Hotspot questions are not worth using. Learners entering a test again after completing but before marking is done will erase their attempt's ability to be marked. There is more that is just unacceptable here. We make tests using microsoft forms because it's easier and more accessible.
- Many group admins are also learners, and will so infrequently use their admin portals, that they should not default to admin.
- We have imports from our HR platform to Litmos, which is convenient. Occasionally someone gets set up twice, which is a problem with the intergration or stuff that helpdesk does. However, merging two learner records should not be a huge hassle of enumerating all of the courses and manually marking them complete. There should be a way to do this in the software.
- Reporting in general leaves a great deal to be desired. There should be some more controls for xAPI/tincan modules that allow us to customize the level of tracking there. Articulate Rise uses a manifest that gives the LMS what it needs to integrate, why can't we see interaction data from the eLearning there like we could with LRS statements? If I make a storyline block or have a rise interaction, I should be able to see all the elements folks click and what they get hung up on.
- Litmos should support standard Training and L&D measurement frameworks. There's no reason we shouldn't at least be able to have a dashboard for a course that includes survey data, assessments, boosts, and maybe a manual place to put in business impact KPIs. Think kirkpatrick/Phillips ROI.
- We had LMS before we selected Litmos. We selected it for it's ease of use and ability at tracking compliance. It has certainly been worth it for that.
- It does not reduce our training costs
Do you think Litmos delivers good value for the price?
No
Are you happy with Litmos's feature set?
No
Did Litmos live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Litmos go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Litmos again?
Yes

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