LMS and corporate training glossary

Plain-language definitions of the learning, training, and compliance terms L&D and HR teams run into. Each entry explains what the term means, why it matters for your training programme, and how it works in practice.

• Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) training: Anti-money-laundering training, or AML training, teaches employees in banks, financial firms, and other regulated businesses how to spot and
• Blended learning: Blended learning combines online training with in-person or live sessions, so each part does what it is best at. Employees cover the knowled
• Certification tracking: Certification tracking is keeping a live record of which employees hold which certificates, when each was earned, and when it expires, so a
• Compliance training: Compliance training is training that employees have to complete to meet a law, a regulation, or an industry rule, and that the company has t
• Course authoring tool: A course authoring tool is software used to create e-learning courses, usually exporting them in a standard format like SCORM or xAPI so the
• eLearning: eLearning is training delivered digitally, usually online, that people complete on a computer or phone instead of in a classroom. It ranges
• Employee onboarding: Employee onboarding is the process of getting a new hire set up, trained, and productive in their role. It covers the practical setup like a
• Gamification: Gamification is adding game-like elements, such as points, badges, levels, and leaderboards, to training to make it more engaging and encour
• GDPR training: GDPR training teaches employees how to handle personal data correctly under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, so the company stays
• Health and safety training: Health and safety training teaches employees how to work safely, recognise hazards, and follow the rules that protect them and the people ar
• Learning Experience Platform (LXP): A learning experience platform, or LXP, is software built to help employees discover and choose learning for themselves, rather than only co
• Learning Management System (LMS): A learning management system, or LMS, is software a company uses to create, assign, deliver, and track employee training in one place. Inste
• Learning path: A learning path is an ordered set of courses that guides someone from where they are to a goal, one step at a time, instead of a single cour
• Microlearning: Microlearning is training delivered in short, focused pieces, usually a few minutes each, with each piece aimed at a single objective. Inste
• SCORM: SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) is a set of technical rules that let an e-learning course work in any SCORM-compatible LMS.
• Single Sign-On (SSO): Single sign-on, or SSO, lets employees sign in once with their existing company account and reach other systems, including the LMS, without
• Training Needs Analysis (TNA): A training needs analysis, or TNA, is the process of finding the gap between the skills and knowledge your people have now and what they nee
• xAPI: xAPI (Experience API, once called Tin Can API) is a standard for recording learning activity as short statements in the form actor, verb, ob