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The ultimate LMS for Higher Education providers
Colleges and Universities
Having worked closely with some of the UK’s best colleges and universities, we have developed a strong insight and understanding of what learning technologies work best to support online higher education (HE) delivery.
With well over a decade of experience, working side-by-side with universities and colleges, we have delivered learning platforms and e-learning materials at scale, helping to improve the learning experience for thousands of students, while also supporting them to reach their full potential.
Our unique blend of expertise in digital learning, educational technology, leadership training, and further education, means we are ideally placed to guide and support your institution. Over the years, our team have trained thousands of aspiring leaders through our leadership programmes, and so we know what it takes to create online platforms, courses, and assessment materials that deliver the best results.
The number one priority for all universities is the experience and welfare of their students. While the on-campus learning experience remains crucial, in recent years, especially post-pandemic, there has been a seismic shift towards online learning, and students are increasingly demanding an equally immersive and positive online learning experience as they already receive on-campus.
One of the best ways to transform your on-campus learning to online, is through a dedicated and affordable learning management system (LMS), and many of our HE clients who have commissioned LMSs are already reaping the benefits.
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A scalable LMS to grow with your institution
One of the biggest dilemmas for universities and HE providers is choosing a suitable LMS for their needs. With so much choice available, it can sometimes feel overwhelming selecting the most appropriate platform to serve your students and staff.
We are multi-award-winning digital experts in Moodle and Totara — two of the most popular open-source learning platforms on the planet. Moodle has well over 200 million users worldwide and is trusted by thousands of schools, colleges, and universities.
We are among a small and highly prestigious number of Moodle and Totara strategic delivery partners and over the years, some of the world’s biggest brands, including PepsiCo and the NHS, have entrusted us to deliver their learning platforms, e-learning materials, and employee training. Additionally, we have supported HE providers, such as Eton College, to realise their online learning ambitions.
An LMS is a scalable solution which can grow along with your institution. We have previously supported education providers with sites that have over 500K users.
Top grade assessment solutions
Grading and assessment tools are one of the most important features of any LMS solution selected by a HE provider, providing real-time data and visibility of a student’s academic performance.
Grading allows your staff to understand which students have successfully completed their quizzes, coursework, and exams, and which individuals require further support. Grading data ensures that academics and exam invigilators can review performances at-a-glance.
The last thing your institution wants to be wrestling with is a grading tool that is not fit for purpose. An LMS platform where your student data is unattainable and complex workarounds, or third-party systems are required, at further cost.
While Moodle and Totara can handle simple marking scenarios, and boast excellent core grading systems, including basic assignment submission, when it comes to more advanced features, such as double-blind marking, HE providers need to rely on plugins to take their grading experience to the next level.
Fortunately, we have just the solution. It’s time to unleash the top grading plugin in its class.
Moodle and Totara are open-source platforms, which allows developers from around the world to contribute code and build intuitive new features, and our very own Digital team have created the ultimate grading plugin to support assessment and marking.
‘Accipio One’ is our specialist plugin eco-system that extends Moodle and Totara and takes them to the next level. Our customers gain access to hundreds of additional features which are always evolving to address the real-world problems our clients face.
This includes Accipio Grade – the key to unlocking a whole host of advanced assignment features across Totara and Moodle.
Accipio Grade handles the Internal and External Quality Assurance (IQA and EQA) assignment processes end-to-end, allowing your institution to apply random sampling, multiple markers, conduct plagiarism investigations, and more.
Going beyond the basic LMS assignment features, Accipio Grade can allow for blind, double blind, and even triple blind marking. All LMS administrators need to do is select how many graders a submission needs to be marked by. There are auto-resolution processes built-in too, to allow markers to discuss and resolve deviation in marks.
Accipio Grade is perfect for handling individual submissions, or entire department or cohort submissions en masse. And you can access those all-important final grades and export them with the click of a button.
Seamless platform and app integrations
Our Digital team are not only experts in LMS grading, but they can also support your institution with the seamless integration of your third-party platforms. These platforms can include CRMs, databases, cloud-storage solutions, CMS powered websites, plus, much more.
Imagine being able to pass your SITS or SRS data directly into your school or department database! Our team can support you every step of the way, from consultancy and project management to development and delivery. We offer an end-to-end service for our clients, plus, award-winning client support, with rare incidents tackled, on average, in 10 minutes or less.
Our solutions can help to free your institution. It’s time to ditch those clunky systems and frustrating workarounds that are no longer serving a purpose.
Is your current LMS underdelivering? We can even migrate your existing site over to our lightning-fast servers, futureproofing your LMS, while saving you time and resource. Effortlessly allowing you to deliver skills and training to your students.
Built by a market leading certified Moodle and Totara partner.
Trusted by the biggest brands in the world.
HE providers we have supported
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“From the outset, Accipio listened to the very specific needs that we had in making our provision of free access to EtonX courses to the UK state sector fully scalable and efficient; they didn’t overpromise, and they certainly delivered. We were truly impressed by the responsiveness and support we received throughout the site development and launch process.”
James Stanforth, Director of Digital Education, Eton College
Solutions for your organisation
Discover the LMS platforms that can revolutionise your training delivery!
Moodle LMS is one of the most popular learning management systems on the market and a firm favourite with educators. Moodle has over 300 million users worldwide.
Moodle Workplace – the corporate distribution of Moodle – is a scalable and flexible learning solution developed to support effective organisational training for businesses of all different shapes and sizes.
Why choose Accipio?
We are one of an exclusive group of Moodle Premium Certified Services Providers in the UK. We also recently celebrated our tenth anniversary as a Totara Platinum Alliance Partner.
Certified Partners, like us, provide leading customer service and technical capability, meaning you can be confident we will deliver a world-class learning platform every time.
Our track-record of success, delivering Moodle and Totara-based solutions, speaks for itself. We have been fortunate to work with some of the biggest brands in the world, from PepsiCo to the NHS. We have even supported UK government departments with their learning delivery.
Only Premium Certified Partners can offer Moodle Workplace, the corporate distribution of Moodle. This includes advanced features, perfect for businesses and organisations. Trusted by hundreds of millions of users worldwide.
We also have another trick up our sleeve. Our multi award-winning range of plugins: Accipio One. An innovative framework of plugins that extend Moodle and Totara to the next level, allowing our clients to include advanced features on their sites, such as e-commerce, apprenticeship delivery, SEO, and much more. These are not standard out-the-box LMS features, but we can support them.
We have won the Totara award for ‘Best Education and Training’ project three years in a row and landed five Totara awards in consecutive years.
FAQs
What is an LMS?
LMS stands for ‘Learning Management System’. Simply put, an LMS is a software tool or application that allows you to create, manage, deliver, and report on online courses and digital training materials. See our full guide, for further information.
Which LMS is best for my organisation?
Moodle and Totara are the leading LMS platforms in the open-source space, with millions of users worldwide.
Moodle Workplace is a scalable and flexible learning solution developed to support effective organisational training for businesses of all different shapes and sizes.
Moodle Workplace is only available from Moodle Premium Certified Services Partners and cannot be downloaded for free. Accipio are one of four companies in the UK that offer Moodle Workplace services. Partnering with an approved Moodle Workplace provider ensures organisations have a much smoother implementation journey, with technical expertise available at every stage of delivery.
Totara was founded in 2010 and is a leading open-source LMS focused on workplace learning and development. Totara TXP (Talent Experience Platform) combines three separate LMS options – Learn, Engage, and Perform.
Totara Learn is a management system designed to help develop people across an entire organisation. Totara Engage offers a secure social space, powered by people, and is designed to facilitate collaborative learning, communication, knowledge sharing, and discovery. Totara Perform, as the name suggests, allows organisations to nurture staff performance, to help improve operating efficiencies.
Can we migrate our existing LMS platform over to you?
Absolutely. Providing you have an existing Moodle or Totara site, our specialist team can support you with migrating your existing site over to our lightning-fast servers, and you can also enjoy unlimited LMS support. Our support team is one of the best and quickest in the business, with average first response times below ten minutes for the past two years.
And best of all? You can migrate to us free of charge!
What are the top reasons a higher education provider needs an LMS platform?
Training delivery: Digitalising your course materials allows you to provide an incredible educational experience for your students online, providing an engaging and immersive learning environment to compliment traditional on-campus delivery.
Top grade experience: Our Accipio Grade plugin handles the Internal and External Quality Assurance (IQA and EQA) assignment processes end-to-end, allowing your institution to apply random sampling, multiple markers, conduct plagiarism investigations, and more. Going beyond the basic LMS assignment features, Accipio Grade can allow for blind, double blind, and even triple blind marking. All LMS administrators need to do is select how many graders a submission needs to be marked by. There are auto-resolution processes built-in too, to allow markers to discuss and resolve deviation in marks.
Seamless system and app integration: We can support your institution with the seamless integration of your third-party platforms. These platforms can include CRMs, databases, cloud-storage solutions, CMS powered websites, plus, much more. Perfect for sharing student data between your various systems.
Knowledge is power: Assessment and reporting are simple. Academics or exam invigilators can access detailed reports within their LMS and export results at the click of a button. Workshop attendance and course access can be monitored, allowing administrators to refine content regularly and make improvements to the materials.