Bring your Training and Development (T&D) program online to provide a flexible and convenient learning alternative to your employees
What is employee training and development?
Employee Training is defined as a program or a series of focused intervention sessions on various topics to help employees enhance performance in their ongoing roles. In Employee Development, the organization is responsible for the growth and future performance of the employee.
The world is changing fast, and with it, our methods to cope and work efficiently under these circumstances are undergoing constant updates. The impact of having an employee training management system in place is vital to the company’s reputation and profile, and upgrades knowledge and skills of present employees.
Why is having an employee training process essential?
Efficient employee training process has a positive impact on different metrics within the organization which, if put together, makes for an outstanding place of employment. An employee training process is vital as it
- Develops and strengthens different skills sets of employees
- Presents an opportunity for career advancement in the organization
- Promotes consistency in overall employee experience and quality
- Helps organization in succession planning where star employees are coached as future leaders
- Implements and communicates risk management policies, compliance, ethics to employees- promoting a robust organizational culture
- Makes employees future ready and helps them cope with globalization and rapid changes in the company
Benefits of employee training and development programs
Formulating a training and development strategy is a focused activity, with T&D calendars being prepared as much as a year in advance. T&D goals are aligned with the goals of the organization and implementation has subtle yet measurable impacts which indicate an organization’s health. Here are some benefits of employee training and development programs:
- Reducing employee attrition rate
- Retaining employees for longer
- Increasing employee satisfaction
- Improving performance of the employee by upgrading skills
- Acclimatizing employees to culture, risk management, and compliance policies
- Boosting employee confidence in delivery of KRAs despite ongoing changes which impact their work
- Encouraging growth of employees which, in turn, generates a favorable environment for the company
Why should you train your employees online?
Moving your traditional training set-up to an online employee training system is an activity worth investing in. This will empower your organization to
- Save time in creating modules each time you train by using the online library to access courses and modify them in minutes
- Control miscellaneous expenses (food, lodging, stationery) which were necessary for the traditional training set-up
- Store all course content online which will ease access and update process
- Connect with employees around the globe
- Expect a faster turnaround time after assessments to analyze reports and measure outcomes
- Get more from the online platform by adding exit surveys, training feedback, and professional development program content
- Be in sync with a majority of employees and the new generation of users who are more comfortable with using technology
- Reduce carbon footprint in a world which is battling to protect the environment
Deploy a productive online employee training system with WizIQ
- WebRTC Virtual Classroom
- Real-time communication and collaboration
- Online Course Builder
- Tests and assessments
- Polls and surveys
- Reports and analytics
- Comprehensive rule setting guidelines
- Server-side recording
- APIs and plugins
- Collaborative code editor
Conduct live training sessions
Right from the employee onboarding to employee training and development you can utilize the WizIQ employee training management system to organize face-to-face interactions with your remotely located employees by
- Streaming live HD videos, sharing live class recordings to action your training module
- Using the chat and discussions features for engaging attendees
- Stimulating learning by using the Whiteboard
Create employee training modules
You can build interactive content and conduct seamless training sessions for your employees by utilizing these attributes of the course builder
- Create your online employee training module by uploading your training content in the built-in Content Library
- Make your training modules self-paced or scheduled
- Upload files in multiple formats, such as documents (PDF, .DOC, .DOCX, .RTF, .XLS, .XSLX, .PPT, .PPTX, .PPS, .PPSX) Flash (SWF, FLV) Audio (.WAV, .WMA, .MP3) and Video (.MP4, .MOV, .AVI, .MPEG, .WMV)
Personalize employee training and development program
The advantage of having an online employee training module is that you will be able to customize course and tests without too much effort
- Tweak available content in no time to create a personalized training module for a specific skill
- Create different courses depending on employee role or department
- Create customized assessments for testing knowledge gained from the training
Connect the dots with the Reports and Analytics feature
Measure your employee training process effectiveness by downloading automated reports which will allow you to access information such as
- Class performance post the training session
- Reports on employees who are falling back to enable corrective measures
- Insights through reports and feedback prompting updates or review of training module
- Downloadable CSV reports with names of the attendees, time spent in the class and downloads by the employees (if any)
Brand your training and development academy
Make the online employee training management system look like it belongs to your organization! You can white-label your online training academy with the following:
- Brand logo, brand color theme
- Custom email notifications template
Integrate your online employee training management system effortlessly with APIs and Plugins
The WizIQ API and plugins can be integrated to your existing online employee training system as per your needs. These can be set up in a few minutes and you can
- Use the complete API linking your company’s CMS/ LMS with WizIQ Virtual Classroom
- Connect your platform with plugins for Moodle, eFront, Joomla, Wordpress and Drupal
- Get a Single Sign-On (SSO) facility, enabling employees to log onto their LMS/CMS only once to access the Virtual Classroom
