Give Educational Content Creators An Easier Way To Create And Collaborate
Are you in the business of helping people learn new skills and capabilities? Then you know learners today expect more than static content – they want a blended experience: online prep at their own pace, followed by dynamic, in-person sessions. To make that work, you need a well-structured, engaging learning experience platform (LXP) that sets the stage before class even begins.
But here’s the catch: how do you get busy experts to create content in a system they don’t know and don’t have time for? Whether it’s one-off contributions from specialists or complex course builds across departments, getting quality content in place can be a slow, thankless job.
What is an educational content creator?
Educational content creators are responsible for crafting the learning materials that power courses, training programs, and educational content across different sectors. Their work can include anything from creating learning journeys, developing assessments and designing asynchronous e-learning modules to contributing lecture notes and case studies. Contributors include:
- Teachers who convert classroom materials into online teaching resources
- Subject-matter experts who are leaders in their respective fields of research
- E-learning developers who build interactive, digital learning components
What unites them is their expertise and ability to convey knowledge effectively; what separates them is the level of access and technical skill they have with various Learning Management Systems (LMS).
Why do content creators disengage from your LMS?
Many LMS providers presume that content contributors are fully onboarded users, trained in how to navigate internal tools and processes. But what happens when your contributors are infrequent users or simply not trained to the same level as internal staff?
Here’s a common scenario: a company invites industry experts to deliver occasional lectures or contribute to a single learning module each year. These experts are valued for their insights, not their willingness (or ability) to work with a complex LMS. Expecting them to log into your system, complete onboarding, and input content directly? Think again!
In the face of technical complexity, external authors can be easily deterred. After all, they’re often time-starved and contributing to your project outside their regular, paid employment. At best, they send scattered PDFs. At worst, they make no contribution at all.
It’s an all too familiar scenario for instructional designers and course developers, attempting to collate learning content from lecturers who only show up once or twice a year. It’s understandable that they don’t want the hassle; establishing consistently is near-impossible.
But that’s precisely where PublishOne comes in useful. It’s a famously user-friendly platform built to streamline and centralize multichannel publishing. For that reason, it makes it much easier than ever to manage educational content creation, migration, and distribution across learning systems.
Simplify content creation and centralize distribution
PublishOne is designed to reduce workflow friction when working with external contributors. By making it easy for educational content creators to contribute in ways that feel natural and efficient. It works by integrating directly with the systems they and you already use (including LMS and learning experience platforms), creating a smooth workflow from content creation to publication. Here’s a breakdown of the ways PublishOne can help:
1. Faster and more efficient content migration
Many organizations face the daunting task of migrating thousands of pages of learning materials into an LMS. Manually reformatting content or copying and pasting into proprietary tools is not only inefficient but prone to error. But when you already have a backlog of legacy materials, PublishOne can help convert them, fast.
2. Centralized management for multi-platform distribution
Educational organizations often need to deliver content across multiple channels, internal LMS, learning platforms, partner portals, and more. With PublishOne, content lives in one central, cloud-based repository. From there, it can be distributed across different platforms in consistent, high-quality formats.
3. Easier content creation using familiar tools
As mentioned, external contributors don’t want to learn your LMS. With PublishOne, they don’t have to. Authors can work in tools they already know, like Microsoft Word, while still adhering to the templates and structures defined by your organization. You don’t need to give them full system access or training, just a structured way to contribute.
4. Support for structured collaboration and workflows
Publishing content isn’t a one-step process. Many organizations rely on multi-stage workflows that include contributions from multiple authors, editors, and reviewers. PublishOne supports structured collaboration.
For example, a contributor might gather expert input in Word, pass it to an editor for structuring, and then feed the enriched material directly into a learning experience platform like aNewSpring without any of the contributors needing to directly touch the system. This is also great for version control; if there are any updates, you do them in PublishOne and push them in aNewSpring.
Why this matters to Edtech firms
For LMS platforms and other companies in the Edtech space, working with PublishOne is an opportunity to optimize the authoring experience without rebuilding an entire IT infrastructure. By integrating PublishOne, you can:
- Provide an easier way to engage with educational content creators
- Reduce onboarding time for external contributors
- Expand your platform’s usability without increasing complexity
- Support large-scale migration and educational publishing initiatives
One look inside the user-friendly PublishOne environment gets people excited. That’s because they soon realize it can help them onboard new authors faster, reduce workflow friction, and scale content creation in ways that weren’t previously possible.
The last word on educational content creation
Learning materials are only headed in one direction – from the printed page to interactive digital resources. But educational content creators, who are essential to the delivery of high-quality learning experiences, are often time-starved and technology-averse.
By removing the barriers that block their contributions, LMS and other educational organizations can reclaim and reuse valuable content, speed up development cycles, and provide more engaging learning experiences.
PublishOne delivers exactly that through familiar tools, efficient migration, centralized workflows, and seamless multichannel publishing. If you’re looking to get more from your content creators – or to better support large-scale course publishing – let’s talk!
Speak to a specialist today. Contact PublishOne
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