4 ways to quickly and easily scale your eLearning program

In instructional design, you never know when you'll be asked to go from zero to 100. Mergers, acquisitions, new clients, or large influxes of talent can happen at any moment. Without the right tech, you won’t be able to scale quickly and effectively. But powerful eLearning authoring technology will help you get ready for any challenge, no matter how big. Read on for four ways to ensure you can stay ahead of change and remain ready to scale your eLearning program in no time.

1) Set your L&D team up for streamlined collaboration

The biggest obstacle to collaboration? Communication silos! The last thing you need when you want to expand quickly is a slow workflow impeded by lengthy feedback processes.

Instead of using outdated tools that store content locally, impeding viability, opt for a cloud-based authoring tool that lets L&D and SMEs collaborate seamlessly.

Cloud-based options, like Gomo, mean teams across the globe can work together in real time. You can also easily bring in new members into your workflows. Because no new software installations are required to use Gomo’s intuitive platform, collaborators can jump right in and start contributing from day one.

2) Make sure you can upload learning content quickly and distribute it widely

Expanding to a new region? Or working with new departments in your business? Scaling your content for new learners often means you need to update information or cater to different learning platforms as well. And time is of the essence when it's a matter of compliance.

You need a powerful authoring tool that lets you update content quickly and efficiently— even once it's live across multiple LMSs.

We've got your back. Gomo Live Delivery lets you publish eLearning directly from the cloud. This means you no longer have to spend hours or weeks manually re-uploading and republishing updated content to your LMSs. Instead, you’ll have the flexibility you need to regularly change content and give your learners quick access to the latest eLearning—no matter how many locations or LMSs you’re dealing with. 

3) Let time-saving learning technology do the heavy lifting

When you're suddenly catering to new learning audiences, you need to streamline fast. Back-office tasks may seem like small potatoes when you're not under pressure, but they quickly add up when your workload is suddenly amplified or when the size of your teams has increased.

We'd recommend using a platform that lets you cut out unnecessary steps all through your working day. Make sure to use features like prebuilt eLearning templates, which will save you hours of clicking around on individual slides. Instead of messing around with logos and fonts, choose an authoring platform that offers branded themes at scale to make your workflows speedy and efficient.

If you’re tasked with meeting the needs of learners across the globe, it's particularly important that you set yourself up for success with specialized technology. If you are catering to different languages, for example, it's imperative that you use an authoring platform that makes managing multilanguage courses at scale simple. We’d always recommend building different language layers into a single course for easy management—instead of juggling multiple sets of files. 

You can also consider the time-saving aspects of generative AI. One-click OpenAI integration within Gomo means you can translate entire courses into any of the 250 languages we support. 

4) Maintain a flexible L&D budget with SaaS

If you need to scale your eLearning, chances are your organization, department, or industry has undergone some kind of significant change. This may put pressure on your budget in an already stressful time.

The right choice of technology can make all the difference. And it's not just about specs and features, it’s about pricing models too. Look for a SaaS (software-as-a-service) option that gives you access to the powerful tech you need to deliver captivating eLearning, without a large upfront expense.