ProProfs Learning and Knowledge Management Resources

Last modified: August 26, 2021

LMS and LCMS: What’s the Difference?

Let’s face the facts; the world of employee training and development is evolving rapidly. The tools that are available for meeting the training needs of our workforce are becoming more complex. At the same time, the lines between these different training tools are blurring. In order to understand the best way to use what’s available,...

Last modified: February 10, 2022

The Role of Social Media in Online Learning

In the early 2000s, when Friendster and MySpace were introduced, these social networking tools were seen as the domain of young people – students who wanted to chat with their friends and to share music and other forms of entertainment. To say that since then social media has gone mainstream is a vast understatement. Today...

Last modified: February 10, 2022

What Is a Cloud-Based LMS Software?

Just a few short years ago, there was no alternative to an in-house Learning Management System. Companies that wanted to effectively manage their employee training programs were forced to purchase the servers, storage devices and software to run a licensed LMS package. And let’s not forget the expense of an IT staff that is needed...

World’s 3rd Largest Blog Property Technorati gives ProProfs Survey Software a Thumbs Up

This year started with a bang with the launch of our survey software. What made it even better was our software getting rave reviews from the media, one of which came from Technorati – world’s 8th largest social media property and the 3rd largest blog property. All of us at ProProfs are very excited with the...

Benefits of Using Online Assessments

Learning at all stages requires some form of assessment. Even adult learning progress must be measured in some way. Teachers must find out how well a student has learned regardless of the level and subject of study. Many teachers find frequent, low-stakes assessments an effective way to measure knowledge. Other educators use only mid-term and...

ProProfs in Business News Daily on Mobile Learning

Business News Daily, a comprehensive resource site for start-ups, recently published an article written by ProProfs CEO Sameer Bhatia, on mobile learning. In the article Sameer, discusses the importance and benefits of an online mobile learning strategy and how it can improve online training. By 2016, there will be a total of 10...

Five Effective Tips to Encourage Student Engagement in Online Tests

Students often complain that quizzes are too easy, dull, and/or pointless. Many students believe that teachers create quizzes in order to kill time. Sometimes these statements may be true, but sometimes teachers simply aren’t sure how to effectively create assessments that keep a student’s interest. So how is this done? In order for students to...

Top Achievements and Upcoming Highlights: 2012 – 2013

2012 was an incredible year for all of us at ProProfs. One of the biggest milestones achieved in the past year was the launch of Training Maker, an online training software for certification courses. We are also very excited with the launch of our online Survey Maker in the last quarter of the year and...

4 Different Ways to View and Download “Survey Stats”

We have recently introduced new features to ProProfs Survey Maker. Now, you can download four different kinds of statistical charts for every question in a particular survey you create using our survey software. The downloadable formats include pie charts, line charts, bar charts as well as excel spreadsheets. Since, the statistics are neatly represented in...

ProProfs in Investor’s Business Daily on Career Development

In a recent Investor’s Business Daily article on career development, ProProfs CEO Sameer Bhatia shared his thoughts on how training is a big part of career development. “It used to be you were trained once a year. Now employees are constantly being trained,” he says. Career development being one of the most important reasons why...