LMS Portals supports the integration of live training sessions directly into your courses. Whether you're hosting virtual workshops, webinars, or real-time Q&A sessions, adding live events to your lessons is a great way to increase engagement, encourage interaction, and reinforce learning outcomes.
Here’s how and why to include live training in your LMS courses.
🎯 Why Include Live Sessions?
1. Boost Learner Engagement
Live sessions create a real-time connection between instructors and learners. They allow for:
Immediate feedback
Group discussions
Clarification of complex topics
Active participation
2. Enhance Blended Learning
Combining live instruction with on-demand modules creates a flexible, hybrid learning experience. Learners can complete coursework at their own pace and join scheduled live sessions to deepen understanding.
3. Support Certification or Compliance Goals
Live training is especially useful for:
Compliance refreshers
Instructor-led assessments
Hands-on product demos or walkthroughs
4. Build Community
Live events foster a sense of accountability and collaboration, especially in cohort-based training or enterprise environments.
🔧 How to Add a Live Training Session to a Lesson
LMS Portals integrates with Zoom (and other platforms if enabled). To include a live session:
Create a new lesson within your course
Select "Live Training" as the content type
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Enter session details:
Title
Description or learning objectives
Date and time (including time zone)
Duration
Instructor name
Zoom meeting link or platform of choice
Save and publish the lesson
✅ Learners will see the session on their course timeline and can join directly from the lesson when it's time.
📅 Best Practices for Live Lessons
Send reminders 24–48 hours in advance
Record the session and upload the replay for learners who can’t attend live
Start and end on time to build trust and respect learners’ schedules
Include interactive elements (polls, breakout rooms, Q&A) to keep learners engaged
Follow up with a PDF recap, worksheet, or quiz
🔐 Controlling Access
Live lessons within LMS Portals are only visible to users enrolled in that course. This protects the integrity of your session and keeps attendance limited to approved learners.
You can also:
Require registration
Track attendance
Include post-session assessments to verify participation
Final Thought
Adding live training to your LMS courses transforms passive learning into a dynamic, interactive experience. Whether you’re onboarding new hires or delivering certification workshops, live sessions give your training more depth, immediacy, and value.
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