Bluegem Blog

The Number One Reason People Abandon RTO Software. Lack Of Support

01/04/2019

  Before you buy any new business software, it’s important to look beyond its features and ‘bells and whistles’.  You will want to understand how the product will work in your business, and just as importantly, understand the level of support you will get if you become a customer. Here are 10 Critical Questions to ask BEFORE YOU SIGN UP.  (It’s usually too late afterwards…)

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Topics: Industry Insider Compliance eLearning Solutions

Foreign SMS Providers Bearing AVETMISS Gifts

28/03/2019

Now I cant say 100 percent that these SMS Vendors are incapable of supplying SMS solutions that fully comply with the VET sector reporting requirements, and I must preface this discussion by stating that it is an opinion based on theories and suppositions. At this point, there is no real evidence to support them. However, given the size, difficulty and potential returns of the Australian VET Sector I would doubt that any serious ...

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Topics: Compliance Training Management Systems

How to make eLearning work in your face to face environment

18/03/2019

If you ever felt you wanted to incorporate or test-drive eLearning in your training organisation but held back through concerns over its applicability in a face-to-face environment then this article is for you.

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Topics: Business Integration Compliance eLearning Solutions Case Studies Learning Management System

AQF and AVETMISS

15/03/2019

The Australian Quality Framework (AQF) is the national set of standards which assures Nationally consistent, high-quality training and assessment services for the clients of Australia’s vocational education and training system.

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Topics: Compliance

How to prepare your LMS for 2019

08/03/2019

  Big lesson learned in 2018: "Prepare your LMS at the start of the year so all your learning and development processes just work as expected for the rest of the year".

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Topics: Training Management Systems Reporting Workforce Planning and Development Learning Management System

What is a Student Management System (SMS)?

01/03/2019

When friends and family ask me what my business does I tell them “we develop and market online student management systems”. Over the years since we started in 2004 I’ve learned to anticipate the inevitable question “what’s a Student Management System?” Here’s how I’ve learned to reply without getting into the technical details about: the VET Sector, AQF, AVETMISS, VSL and CRICOS.

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Topics: Compliance eLearning Solutions Training Management Systems

10 Reasons You Need a Built-In LMS

28/02/2019

 

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Topics: Corporate Enterprise Training Business Integration eLearning Solutions Web Technologies Training Management Systems Learning Management System

What are NAT Files & How Do I Read Them?

26/02/2019

 

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Topics: Compliance Training Management Systems Learning Management System AVETMISS

Is there a perfect CRICOS / ELICOS system?

25/02/2019

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Topics: Training Management Systems Learning Management System AVETMISS USI CRICOS ELICOS

Workforce Planning & Development - why does my small business need it?

21/02/2019

We work in environments that need to be compliant, ethical, customer-focused and secure. We’re paid to deliver optimal results in expected time frames within accepted budgets. Meanwhile, we need to consider our brand, digital marketing, social and environmental responsibilities and most importantly, our workforce.  To make all of that happen you need an elite-team. A team that can communicate, think on their feet, and perform tasks ...

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Topics: Corporate Enterprise Training Compliance Training Management Systems Internal Training Workforce Planning and Development