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Acorn Performance LMS (PLMS) is the dynamic AI-powered platform for learning experiences synchronized to business performance at every step. 

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Director

Easy to use, affordable and great service and support. I recommend this product to anyone I know looking for a LMS.

Assistant Director HR 

The Acorn team in particular [sensitive content hidden] were super helpful and supportive with the build and testing process.

Real Estate Agent

Always a little nervous investing money into things like this. However was very happy with what we paid for and has improved our business.

Manager, Development and Diploma

Having Acorn integrate and connect with other systems that we use is amazing.

Learning and Development Manager

There is no option to have a course changed from self-enrolment to admin enrolment only. There is limited functionality to choose different selections in setting up cohorts to use fields not equal to.

At this stage, inability to customise some sections of the platefore eg change fonts and colours of text.

It was difficult sifting through the seemingly dozens of LMS platforms out there - we must have done a demo with at least 6 or 7.

The other issue is the inability to change the home page to feature the elements we want to have eg a blog.

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Amazing tool & service! It was difficult sifting through the seemingly dozens of LMS platforms out there - we must have done a demo with at least 6 or 7. Acorn impressed us with how easy-to-use it appeared, and we've not been disappointed in our decision. Their support is incredible, and helps being in the same timezone (lots of others were either US or UK office hours which wasn't very convenient for us). 

Amazing tool and support!

Hi Adrian, thanks for taking the time to write the review. Much appreciated!

We've built out a deeper content library since the review (especially on the compliance front) and we've also gone a best of breed route by integrating with the likes of LinkedIn Learning, Go1, SkillSoft (Percipio), MindTools for Business and more.

Final thing we've been working on his the concept that 'less learning is more', so we're getting super targeted and optimised with content based on learner impact.

The Acorn staff are very responsive and very helpful. They are keen to see our experience being a good one.
Our staff have enjoyed the format as it is similar to other LMS products we have to use for contracts.

LMS in a nut shell

Hey Todd, thanks for taking the time to write the review and so good to hear that we made it worthwhile for you to switch vendors (we know it's always a tough decision).
 
Always keen for our features to meet and exceed our users' needs. We'll get our support team to reach out to you today re what further options you need!

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Thanks for the review Bec, support to this day remains important to us.

We needed a system that could have multiple tenancies which we have achieved that function in different ways. This has allowed us to have our internal training for staff and contractors separate from our external training that is  a revenue line for the business.

Set up of new Acorn system

Hi Melinda, having been with us 3 years and going strong we value your public input on top of the private support you give us.

We took on-board the priority areas you mentioned for us to improve and are proud to share the progress to-date (thanks for all your patience!).

The homepage overhaul brought with it the completely configurable widget functionality, with a plethora of widgets to choose from ensuring the homepage that you create is not just branded but also to the design of your exact needs.

Cohorts is done and fixed up now, and an area we continue to invest in and the dataset upload is a rare use case for us without a HRIS, but we still intend to put more support resources (yes, real humans!) so we can help in anyway so it doesn't become the admin headache none of us need!

Enjoying it so far.

Hey Erika,

Thank you so much for your review! Your terrific feedback is really insightful for us and is great for us to keep in mind as we move forward with the product.

We're on Acorn 2.0 now, have built out the new infrastructure which is fully live and the final step is as we are a SaaS company to ensure we work with all customers to help them have their own speed issues quickly resolved. Teams win together after all!

The user profile feature is on it's second release since the review, if you have any further feedback we're all ears as ever.

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Hey Liv, we appreciate your words. We truly place a lot of internal focus on top tier support, and it's great to hear that you experience that too.

I'll get Sally to get in touch with you re the bulk enrolments, I just want to be doubly sure we haven't got our wires crossed as you can do bulk enrolments across various functionality such as courses and collaborative learning, and we also have workflows that can be done in Momentum. And if that doesn't meet your needs, will take a full brief from you and look at our development sprints and where we can prioritise.

Thanks,
Ben



Having used many LMS systems, Acorn is the easiest and most intuitive LMS I have come across. 

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Thank you so much Emma, we appreciate your thoughtful response. 

Re the workflow builder, this is a high priority for us right now and is in active development sprints to get it to a 10/10, so we look forward to sharing these improvements with you.

We have just developed and launched our Performance and Development form using momentum in Learnhub.  The Acorn team in particular [sensitive content hidden] were super helpful and supportive with the build and testing process.

Learnhub Review

Hi Danielle, we really appreciate your utilisation of learning, performance and development together, and thank you so much for the great feedback.

Regarding templates, our next phase is to release 'Dispatch', this will allow administrators to share access of their SCORM content to other sites, so re your mention of Agencies - this will be possible. 

Great customer service with [sensitive content hidden], always available to answer any queries

Auscare Support review

Thanks Michelle, appreciate your time and we hear you - feedback like yours is what drives our continuous feature development. 

We're working on this in active development sprints, so really looking forward to sharing updates with you!

Great Experience for Users 

Effortless Training History Access

Thanks so much for the feedback Bronwyn, we really appreciate you sharing your experience with us.

We hear you on the default dashboard front, it can indeed be fully customised by your admin including not just colours and text, but all widgets and information you need to see and can be done across every type of tenancy your employer has. 

Our action here is to spread the word further on how easy to do this is - you've shone a light on this for us which we really appreciate. 

My overall experience with Acorn is good and the support staff are responsive.

Learnhub (Acorn) Review

Thanks Molly, we really appreciate you taking the time to share how you find Acorn. 

I plan to come back to you on spellcheck as we have it in our proprietary technology so just want to be doubly sure we have provided all context and made it as easy as possible for you - thanks for raising this with us!

We have been using this learning management system for 6 years now and will continue to do so. We could not have operated without it and the technical support is second to none. 

Highly recommended Learning Management System for all agencies big small and in between. 

Thank you for the detailed review Janette. 8 years in to our partnership now, and we really appreciate your ongoing support of Acorn. 

We've doubled our support headcount recently, and that 2 hour turnaround now on glitches is well on it's way to being more than halved.

Trainisiting over to Acorn has been great as we have been able to significantly cut down on administration activities which acorn now do automatically for us. Having Acorn integrate and connect with other systems that we use is amazing. 
Our end-users (our students) have found it easy to use. 
As administrators in the system we have always been supported by technical and support staff. 
Overall a fantastic product. 

Clean and easy to use

Hi Sally, Thanks for the in-depth review!

It is always awesome to hear that you've enjoyed a number of features we''re particularly proud of... it puts a smile on my face!

We hear you on the changing of fonts and text colours, we've invested heavily in even more configuration of widgets, and the platform is now fully branded on all elements but the ones you raise. 

We wish this was a simple as putting in a font and colour chooser, but to go this route would take away our focus on R&D in improving the overall learner experience. 

Visually appealing and functional 

Thanks for the review Cynthia. Feedback from customers like you is what continues to drive our feature development.

We hear you on the career pathway feature. Given that this is item is specific to your account, let's partner on pushing this one forward together.

Thank you for your great review Joel. 

We hear you on pricing, and we do our best. Our mission is centred on the LMS being impactful and much more than a compliance tick box, hence the pricing, and are glad we could make it work for you in the scale up phase.

Get in touch if you have any suggestions on how we can make our LMS even better for the software industry.

Easy to use and easy to implement

That is some great feedback Lissa, thank you! 

We're always looking for feedback on how to improve, and we need to own this one from a communication point of view. 

I've mentioned it to the support and success team to make sure we let you know all the configuration options available and to ensure all the features for your use cases are properly presented to you. Some one will be in touch!

Very easy to use and good interface

Hi Prem,

Thank you so much for the awesome review!

We're pleased to hear the ease of use is a big pro for you, we know how painstaking it can be when a software doesn't invest here.

We appreciate the idea for the nav menu, will take that into our customer feedback discussions.

Regards,
Ben


We are unique as a Recruitment company that also offers industry training. Acorn allows us to get our point of difference out into the market and also helped us "pivot" through Covid by enabling us to offer customised learning packages for our client companies.

Thank you for the review Casey! 

Self-registration is in the system now, and great to see you and many others taking advantage of the functionality.

Know that we are all eyes and ears over here and open to your continued feedback. It really helps us improve Acorn and provide value to our customers.

Very pleased. It has had an impact on our business already - just after 6 months.

I'd recommend Acorn

Hey Allan!

Thanks for the great feedback. We are constantly looking for ways to improve the platform and appreciate the opportunity to discuss crossover with KMS.

We're looking forward to continuing working with you.

Thank you.

My overall experience with the product was very enjoyable

Acron

G'Day Keke, we feel super proud you are a 10/10 on likelihood to recommend. Thank you for that.

We think we're getting there on the onboarding, since the review we've launched new onboarding courses, in-person training and a help centre geared at everyone's individually preferences to consume information. Any more feedback on this front, don't hesitate to get in touch :)  

I've been pleased overall. It allowed us to develop something quickly and efficiently. The product is currently in use and is being received well.

Review on LMS

Hi Jane, thanks so much for the kind review. We appreciate you took time out of your day.

Since the review we've had a complete overhaul of our quiz and assessments functionality, and are now proud it is one of the core features that we get the most positive feedback on (thanks for your patience as we got there!). 

We saw it as an opportunity to not just do same-old same-old, and whilst our design team focused on the UI/UX the entire product team started with the focus on 3 core questions:

1. What will motivate learners?
2. What will deliver knowledge transfer?
3. What will improve learner experience?



Pursuite  service

Horang, we thank you for your kinds words and we are looking forward to the relationship continuing to flourish and help you link learning and performance.



Saved me a lot of time and allowed my business to scale more quickly. 

Great LMS

Thanks for the review of Acorn Felix.

We shared this review internally and there was a lot of pride that we enabled not just the saving of time for your professional services business but also the ability to scale quicker. We believe that a LMS can be much more than just a compliance tick box and you prove this out for us.

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