Brighton & Hove tracks e-government IDeA content

Brighton & Hove City Council has exported the e-government IDeA training material into SCORM compliant packages to enable it to launch, manage and track the content with its Kallidus Learning Management System.

The council installed e2train's Kallidus Learning Management System and Authoring Tool after e2train had translated the e-Government content into SCORM compliant packages.

Kallidus LMS will also monitor usage of CD-Rom based courseware at Brighton & Hove's existing staff Learning Resource Centre and library. It will be installed within the Council's intranet which has not been previously used for training purposes.

To encourage take up of the system, the council has marketed Kallidus during its Adult Learners Week, referring to it on the front page of its own Intranet and promoting it to the staff joining the ECDL courses. David Guthrie, Brighton & Hove's Learning and Development Manager, said: "Probably the most important features for the council have been the system's monitoring and tracking tools, but I was also pleasantly surprised that the pilot group and ECDL students found the system's collaboration tools, such as the bulletin board, useful to stay in touch with other learners."

Martin Belton, sales and marketing director, e2train said: "Brighton & Hove City Council were a particularly fulfilling customer to work with as they were keen to understand and utilise the full breadth of the system's capabilities. By insisting on making the e-Government IDeA Learning Material fully SCORM Compliant, they have been able to use Kallidus LMS to manage and track learners and facilities to the full, and gain a far broader understanding of the breadth and success of their training."