What’s New in Meridian Global LMS 17.2

The 2017 Summer Release of Meridian Global LMS adds seamless integration with OpenSesame’s eLearning Marketplace, exciting new gamification capabilities, and effortless efficiency advancements.

Reston, Va. – June 24, 2017 – Meridian Knowledge Solutions, a leading learning management system (LMS) provider, today announced the availability of Meridian Global LMS® version 17.2. With the newest release of its flagship learning management product, Meridian makes the jobs of LMS administrators and instructors easier.

Meridian Global LMS 17.2 streamlines how users find and manage content, giving learners access to more items from the learning catalog and providing a tool for increasing user engagement.

“Providing a great experience for administrators and instructors is just as important as it is for learners.  In this release, we’ve introduced more tools to allow administrators to grow and manage their learning catalog and increase engagement with learners.”

— Geoff Perry, Chief Product Officer

Meridian Global LMS® 17.2 release includes:

Navigation Enhancements: Navigate with confidence. Meridian Global 17.2 delivers an improved navigation experience, allowing easier, more direct ways to access necessary functionality.

• Streamlined Navigation
• Quick Create for Learning Content: Meridian added a universal content create button to the navigation bar, allowing users to quickly create content from anywhere in the system.
• Edit from catalog details: Content administrators can now edit a content item directly from its catalog details page.
• Enhanced Predictive Search: Predictive search results now display below the search field and include both the item’s title and its content type.

Classroom Section Updates: Designed with Administrators and Instructors in mind, classroom section updates improve frequently used workflows, easing the burden on your time and resources.

• Easy-print roster: A printable sign-in sheet that can be exported to Excel has been added to classroom courses.
• Information repository for course notes and files: Administrators and instructors can now add files and notes to classroom section details that can be shared between authorized users.
• Completion Codes: Users can now indicate that they have enrolled in, attended, and completed a course in one step.
• Time zones in Section Management: When authorized users create or edit a classroom course section, they now have the option to associate a time zone with the section’s start and end times.

Extended Permission Scope

With an extended permission scope, your LMS can work for you. Administrators can more effectively delegate administration and increase a user’s influence in the system.

Administrators now have the option to assign individual “scope of control” permissions to users, allowing for more specificity in designating which users a particular administrator can see in Manage Users and Manage Enrollment.

Gamification

Meridian Global 17.2 delivers a new tool, Gamification, designed to spark user engagement and motivation. Administrators have the configurable option to assign points to content items and create badges to be awarded to users based on point accumulation. There is also an optional leaderboard, allowing users to view their progress and that of their colleagues.

OpenSesame Integration

The OpenSesame eLearning Marketplace is now integrated with the Meridian Global Learning Management System, making it easier to build your online content library. Choose from more than 20,000 courses in various of disciplines and expand your users’ professional skills in a seamless, comprehensive learning experience.

Find the courses you want, choose the number of seats you need, and let Meridian Global LMS import the courses for you. No more uploading courses one at a time.

OpenSesame Integration Highlights:

• Seamless integration with Meridian Global Learning Management System
• Access to a library of more than 20,000 carefully curated, professional development courses
• Choose the courses and number of seats to meet your training goals
• Maintain complete control over learner access to content
• OpenSesame courses are automatically added to the existing Meridian LMS™ course catalog
• Single sign-on purchasing and synchronization of content

About Meridian Knowledge Solutions:

Meridian Knowledge Solutions, LLC, is the leading enterprise web-based learning management software provider. Meridian’s powerful yet easy-to-use solutions are leveraged by organizations dedicated to building world-class learning enterprises inspired and focused on delivering exceptional results. With over 7 million users worldwide, Meridian offers a flexible, best-of-breed learning management system that gives organizations and users alike a seamless, integrated experience, all while strengthening the bottom line. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.