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Convert from Flat Documents to Interactive Online Courses

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Laragh’s e-Learning Convert Service Can Make Standardized Corporate Documentation Come to Life

Convert from static documentation to engaging online content

Across the corporate industry, organizations are becoming increasingly aware of the power of e-learning in terms of upskilling and training employees. In fact, e-learning is a great way to streamline, standardize, and track the delivery of corporate material that is often used across various departments and offices.

But have you ever considered converting your procedural company documents – like SOPs, Health and Safety protocols, company guidelines, or onboarding material – from ordinary PowerPoint or PDF files into interactive online learning experiences?

This is the aim of Laragh’s cost-effective e-Learning Convert service, which takes your existing source material – whether in PPT, PDF, or DOCX format – and converts it into an engaging e-learning course. With decades of experience in developing online learning material, we’re well-equipped to provide you with a high-quality conversion product with a fast turnaround – saving you time, money, and effort.

How it works

At Laragh, we understand the time and effort that CEOs, L&D managers, and HR executives put into constructing PowerPoint presentations or PDF and Word manuals, and respect the integrity of the documentation we are entrusted with. That is why you do not need to be concerned that your carefully written content will be modified without your consent. e-Learning Convert – as the name implies – simply converts all content that you approve into an e-learning course that your employees will relish.

e-Learning Convert’s basic service offering includes a free initial proofread from one of our experienced editors to catch those pesky spelling or grammatical errors. Then our team of experienced editors and learning designers work to transform your source material into an engaging and visually stimulating course – easy to navigate and chockful of imagery and interactive features that are designed to actively engage all learners.

Assessment questions for engagement and trackability

Should you desire, e-Learning Convert is also able to incorporate an assessment feature into your courseware – not only to assess your employees’ understanding of the material, but also to engage them in a more active form of learning. This handy feature is optional but highly recommended to monitor employee progress and identify gaps in knowledge that can then be addressed through further training.

Because the nature of the documents’ content may require different forms of treatment, e-Learning Convert offers a range of package options – for instance, you can decide whether you want a full editorial review of your content or added assessments to your converted course. View the full range of options here.

The Benefits of e-Learning in Onboarding Employees

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How e-learning makes onboarding easy

The increased trend towards online and hybrid work environments has introduced many companies to the amazing benefits that e-learning onboarding programs can unlock, in terms of engagement, learning, and tracking progress. In fact, according to research, 72% of organizations believe that e-learning puts them at a competitive advantage.

Yet when it comes to onboarding, most companies still use passive procedures. New hires are either subjected to a long PowerPoint presentation in a boardroom, or provided with a manual that you hope they’ll read. Certainly, this age-old method of onboarding new hires can be time and cost-consuming, without offering any way of knowing whether your recruits have understood the information provided.

But how exactly does the use of e-learning for onboarding benefit organizations? Let’s have a look.

An exciting start

When orienting employees, you want to create excitement about embarking on a new career. But, as Forbes notes, new recruits entering the workforce are from a generation that is accustomed to the interactive and immersive qualities of online spaces. This makes short e-learning courses – in lieu of a PowerPoint presentation or a stack of documents – a much more welcoming and stimulating experience.

Increased engagement

It’s easy for new hires to become overwhelmed by the amount of information they receive during the onboarding process – SOPs, guidelines, awareness training, best practices, privacy considerations…the list goes on. An e-learning onboarding course offers the opportunity to break down that stack of information, and convert it in a way that is not only logical but easier to digest and engage with in a meaningful way — a process called microlearning. Additionally, the interactive nature of e-learning has great benefits. According to the Cone of Learning model developed by the National Training Laboratory, retention of information is increased through interacting with the material. No wonder studies by Brandon Hall found that e-learning may boost knowledge retention by an impressive 25-60%.

Trackable progress

In order to know whether employees are actually given the necessary training and information, onboarding needs to be trackable. And while leaders want to assume the best of their staff, there’s no guarantee your employees are actually reading the material they’re provided in document form. Once documents are converted into an e-learning course, however, it allows for an employee’s progress to be easily tracked through an organization’s Learning Management System (LMS). Tracking is also a great way to highlight which areas are of interest to employees, as well as where information is insufficient.

Testable outcomes

While there is no way of knowing how much information was retained after a PowerPoint presentation, conversion of the PPTs into an e-learning course will offer the benefit of interactive quizzes and knowledge checks throughout. This allows companies to gauge whether the employees understood the information provided and is a great way to identify gaps in knowledge.

Reduced cost and time

A lot of time and money is spent on training and onboarding new employees during their first few weeks on the job, such as the high cost of printing onboarding material – for instance, PDFs or Word documents. In fact, Training magazine estimates that 80% of print costs go toward the in-house distribution of information. Converting your PDF documents into e-learning courses offers the opportunity to streamline and optimize this process. The fact that online content is accessible via a range of digital devices can also potentially be a great time-saver, since employees can opt to go through onboarding materials outside work hours. Additionally, the same onboarding courses can be re-used across multiple departments, eliminating the need for duplication of effort.

With so many benefits to implementing a digital onboarding program, it seems the main reason for organizational hesitance is a lack of knowledge about operating e-learning platform software. Luckily, there are some e-learning companies that offer cost-effective services to do that job for you. At Laragh, we can easily take your existing onboarding documents (whether in PPT, PDF, or document format) and convert them into an impactful e-learning experience via our e-Learning Convert service. With decades of experience in the field of organizational e-learning development, we can easily convert your existing onboarding material into interactive and easy-to-use e-learning courses. The only question left to ask, then, is what are you waiting for?