Thought Industries: New Online Academy for Enterprise Learning Built on the Leading 'Headless' LMS Platform in the Industry
Helium Developer Framework Dramatically Reduces Time-to-Delivery While Enabling Ultimate Flexibility in Academy Design and Customization
Thought Industries, the leading enterprise learning platform for customer, partner and professional training, today announced the launch of its new online learning Academy powered by Helium, the world’s only fully customizable headless LMS developer framework, which was launched last year at the company’s annual customer and LMS industry event, Cognition22.
The Thought Industries Academy is the first site to use Helium. It is also the most flexible site in terms of how it can be designed and built. Helium cuts down on the time spent talking to developers and makes sure that every learning experience has the most impact possible. One of the major advantages of building the new Academy using Helium is the significant reduction in time-to-delivery – from six months to five weeks, including the design of PDF wireframes all the way through to implementing code.
Thought Industries worked with Verified Helium Partner, Enable Education, to develop the new Academy site. “To be one of the first to test out this new framework, which we see as a huge competitive advantage for us and our clients, was super exciting!” says Ben Zimmer, CEO & Founder of Enable Education. “Enable’s web development team successfully leveraged Helium to rapidly produce the new, streamlined, and highly customized Academy page – and we’re thrilled with the result!”
Helium makes it easier for designers and developers to work together, which has been a problem in the past for many companies that wanted to customize and expand their LMS systems. Traditionally, designers either build the mockups, and are then met with constraints when developers try to translate them to the screen, or they view the system first, and then create limited mockups to match. Both approaches are difficult, costly and time-consuming.
“It was crucial for us to be our own first customer in creating the new Ti Learning Academy. Helium gave us all the flexibility we needed to meet the needs of learning professionals worldwide,” said Philip Cahill, Thought Industries Senior Director of Customer Education. “With Helium, we were able to build our new Academy without any limits, and as an added bonus, it gave us a great opportunity to show customers what Helium can do.”
The Thought Industries Academy is a one-stop shop for learning professionals who want to get more out of their Thought Industries learning platform and programs. Customers of Thought Industries will find a wide range of self-service resources. New content, featured resources, and frequently asked questions (FAQs) are put in the front and center to make learning easier.
