Updates for imc Learning Suite: Improved on-the-job training and learning analytics as well as greater flexibility for certifications
With Innovation Pack 14.18, existing functions of the imc Learning Suite have been optimised. We have summarised the most important new features.
November, 2023
The latest update to the imc Learning Suite, Innovation Pack 14.18, includes some exciting improvements to existing functionality.
Highlights include updates to on-the-job training in courses that now support group work, greater flexibility in managing certifications and further improvements to the Learning Analytics module, including the ability to create reports directly within the LMS.
Encouraging collaboration through group learning
Previously, on-the-job training tasks within a course could only be completed individually. Each student had to complete their own tasks. With IP 14.18, tutors or trainers can organise participants into working groups to complete on-the-job activities as a team.
Certifications: More flexibility with tolerance periods
The certification module documents progress for approved certifications, for which the employee must achieve a minimum number of points or hours within a certain period of time. Previously, this period was fixed. Tolerance periods have now been introduced which allow the points and hours achieved to be moved to an earlier period. This provides the flexibility to recognise points and hours that the tutor was unable to accept until after the certification period, for example because the tutor was ill. Certification reports have also been improved.
More information
If you would like to learn more about Innovation Pack 14.18, please have a look here.
Prof. Dr. August-Wilhelm Scheer receives honorary doctorate from Widener University in Philadelphia, USA
Honored as a visionary in modern business process management
Saarbruecken/Philadelphia, May 11th, 2023
Prof. Dr. August-Wilhelm Scheer received an honorary doctorate from Widener University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 10th, 2023. This is his third honorary doctorate. He is being recognized as a thought leader in modern business process management and an innovation driver for flexible and resilient business models. The award was presented as part of this year’s graduation ceremony for Widener's graduates. In addition, Prof. Scheer was asked to hold the commencement speech for the young academics.
The ARIS architecture and method developed by Prof. Scheer have been used for many years in the Business School of Widener University and are also the subject of many lectures. The ARIS architecture plays a particularly important role in the master's program "Business Process Innovation".
Prof. Scheer was very pleased about the prestigious award: "I have been in close contact with Widener University for many years, which focuses on business process management in research and academics and emphasizes international networking. I perceive it as a great honor to now be awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa by Widener University."
In his speech, he emphasized the importance of teamwork, the different roles of team members and how these roles may change with the experiences of professional life. He ended his remarks by advising the graduates to always recognize their abilities and use them until the end of their lives. Offering them the credo of his life as they are about to launch their careers, he closed with "Never get retired!"
The university now known as Widener University was founded in Delaware in 1821. In 1862, it moved to Pennsylvania. Since 1972, it has been known as Widener University. Widener consists of four campuses with the main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Widener's graduate programs include business, education, engineering, nursing, social work, physical therapy, and clinical psychology. In addition to its award-winning research, the university places a special emphasis on application-oriented education.
About Scheer Holding
Scheer Holding supports and manages the merger of innovative and technology-oriented companies in one network. Scheer GmbH, imc AG and Scheer PAS Deutschland GmbH as established companies are the driving forces for the start-ups in this network.
August-Wilhelm Scheer, professor for business informatics, inventor of the ARIS concept and successful entrepreneur since the foundation of IDS Scheer AG, established Scheer Holding GmbH as a network of high-growth IT companies. Process expertise, high quality, innovative strength and focus on customer benefits characterize products and services. The close exchange with science and research additionally increases the innovative power of the individual companies and opens up new markets. As the sole shareholder of Scheer Holding, Scheer holds significant stakes in the network companies. Investments in start-up companies are made while at the same time emphasizing the entrepreneurial power of the start-up management.
Scheer Group companies prove to be strong partners, winning three of the sixteen Gaia-X projects
The award for MERLOT, POSSIBLE and Gaia-X RESCUE facilitates broad engagement in key flagship projects of the European Cloud Initiative
Saarbruecken, 02 July 2021
Gaia-X is a European project to develop a competitive, secure, and reliable data infrastructure for Europe, involving representatives from industry, science, and administration. The objective is to develop and provide applications that leverage the opportunities of modern cloud technology while guaranteeing data sovereignty for all users. Scheer Group companies and the August-Wilhelm Scheer Institute are now among the selected project partners for the Gaia-X flagship projects MERLOT, POSSIBLE and Gaia-X RESCUE.
Innovative and practical applications and dataspaces in the digital Gaia-X ecosystem receive funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). Project partners must ensure the technological viability of new applications, as well as their economic feasibility and security. As the umbrella company for the Scheer Group companies, Scheer Holding has already been involved in Gaia-X since the autumn of 2019.
Prof. Dr. August-Wilhelm Scheer
“Gaia-X is an ambitious project. It involves the development of data infrastructure of the next generation. This is the foundation for secure, transparent, and controllable data provision in Europe. Data economy needs this foundation to thrive. The key vision of Gaia-X is to make the value of the data obvious and tangible. Right from the start, making Gaia-X come to life and provide an experience through innovative applications has always been key for us,” Prof. August-Wilhelm Scheer, Sole Shareholder and Managing Director of Scheer Holding explains.
The MERLOT, POSSIBLE and Gaia-X-RESCUE projects at a glance
- MERLOT – ‘Marketplace for lifelong educational dataspaces and smart service provisioning’ – focuses on innovative developments in the education sector. Dataspaces and services with superior security are created, which can be accessed via marketplaces within the Gaia-X ecosystem.
- POSSIBLE – ‘Phoenix open software stack for interoperable engagement in dataspaces’ – aims to develop an innovative and user-friendly cloud solution for the public sector. For instance, applications for the education sector, medium-sized companies and administration bodies are developed and implemented to facilitate secure data exchange.
- Gaia-X-RESCUE seeks innovative data solutions for a smart fire brigade. It revolves around the collection, analysis, and distribution of data in rescue services, implemented via secure dataspaces in the cloud. inspirient GmbH, a start-up investee of Scheer Holding, is participating in this project.
“I am delighted that the jury approved of our innovative partners and ideas for the MERLOT, POSSIBLE and Gaia-X RESCUE projects, especially in relation to the public sector including education,” says Dr. Sabine Wilfling, Unit Lead Public Government, Scheer GmbH. “Quickly applying Gaia-X in precisely those areas across all regions is crucial.”
imc has taken the lead in the MERLOT consortium
Scheer Holding company imc AG is leading the consortium for the MERLOT project. The other consortium partners are: August-Wilhelm Scheer Institute, edu-sense gGmbH, Hasso-Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, IBM Deutschland GmbH, International Dataspaces Association e.V., IServ GmbH, Schülerkarriere GmbH, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, 1& IONOS SE.
Bechtle AG leads the consortium for POSSIBLE. The consortium partners are: August-Wilhelm Scheer Institute, Dataport AöR, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, imc information multimedia communication AG, Univention GmbH, 1&1 IONOS SE.
Safety io GmbH leads the consortium for Gaia-X RESCUE, which also comprises: Alice&Bob.company GmbH, Berlin Fire Brigade, Free University of Berlin, University of Applied Sciences, inspirient GmbH (Scheer Group), sysEleven GmbH.
Further information
Find out more about Gaia-x
With more than 20 years experience, 12 international locations and 300 employees, imc is the leading full-service provider for digital training. Experts in the fields of technology, e-learning content and strategy work hand in hand to provide holistic and customized e-learning solutions - worldwide. 1,200+ commercial enterprises, government organisations and educational institutes with over 5 million users around the world rely on imc's holistic and bespoke solutions.
Research at imc: Making teachers around the world fit for digital lessons
The imc AG research team is working on digital teacher training and professional development in not one, but two new projects. imc coordinates the projects which both receive EU funding under the Erasmus+ programme.
Saarbruecken, 19.04.2021
The imc InnoLabs team firmly believes that schools can only be successfully digitalised if teachers are trained in handling and utilising digital media and learning content. Thus, the team is leading two international research projects with this objective, collaborating with European project partners from educational institutions, industry and business. The focus is on high-quality open education resources and their creation by teachers. Both projects receive EU funding under the Erasmus+ programme.
Automated recommendations for better content
The Design-CT project launched on 1 April 2021 aims to support teachers at all grade levels to create digital learning content that is pedagogically sound. The project helps teachers obtain a range of digital competences. These are conveyed through the training programme and pedagogic digital kits, as well as an intelligent ecosystem.
For instance, teachers will receive automated recommendations and design suggestions when they create training courses and resources. To this end, the existing “Lernwelt” platform based on the imc Learning Suite, the learning management system by imc, is extended.
Communities of Practice for greater exchange
The second project is called Open Teach. It was launched in October 2020 and offers a platform for teachers focusing on STEAM subjects at junior and senior high school level. The Open Teach project aims to drive research on high-quality open education resources and processes, as well as the implementation and evaluation thereof.
It offers teachers practical online courses on open education resources and processes, and provides them with a collection of quality-assured open education resources. Moreover, the project seeks to create a transnational Community of Practice where teachers can actively exchange ideas and share tried and tested content. The platform builds on the imc Learning Suite with relevant extensions.
Rola Sayegh, Research Project Manager at imc
Rola Sayegh has been part of the InnoLabs team since 2018 and acts as project lead for both projects. She says: “We are thrilled that both applications were approved.
Maintaining continuous contact with universities, research institution and other companies and researching topics such as these is of great importance to us. Teacher training is a matter particularly close to our hearts, and we are excited about advancing these topics together with our project partners and contributing the expertise we gained from corporate learning.”
Additional information
Project partners at a glance:
Design CT
imc AG - Koordinator
NUCLIO Núcleo Interactivo de Astronomia (Non-profit NGO for teachers' training, Portugal)
EA Ellinogermaniki Agogi (School with R&D department, Greece)
Lernwelt - Verein zur Förderung moderner Lernsysteme (Germany)
SÜDSCHULE - Grundschule St. Ingbert Südschule (Germany)
Open Teach
imc AG - Koordinator
USAAR - University of Saarland, EduTech Department (Germany)
EA Ellinogermaniki Agogi (School with R&D department, Greece)
NUCLIO Núcleo Interactivo de Astronomia (Non-profit NGO for teachers' training, Portugal)
Find out more about imc's research projects.
With more than 20 years experience, 12 international locations and 300 employees, imc is the leading full-service provider for digital training. Experts in the fields of technology, e-learning content and strategy work hand in hand to provide holistic and customized e-learning solutions - worldwide. 1,200+ commercial enterprises, government organisations and educational institutes with over 5 million users around the world rely on imc's holistic and bespoke solutions.
imc AG is the leading full-service provider according to mmb’s E-Learning Economy survey
The independent mmb Institute publishes the only annual market survey on the German e-learning industry in its mmb Branchenmonitor survey. The survey takes a look at developments in industry revenues, number of employees, e-learning business sectors and the provider landscape, and imc is the full-service provider with the highest turnover.
Saarbruecken, 10.12.2020
The independent, private research and consulting institute, mmb Institute, put the development of the e-learning industry in Germany under the microscope for the 13th time. The 2019 figures from 40 providers of education were assessed with regard to the development of their sales volume, number of employees and share of turnover in the e‑learning business sectors. This was used to create a ranking of the most important German e‑learning providers.
Compared to the previous year, imc improved its overall ranking by two places and achieved the third highest turnover. This makes imc the most successful full service provider offering both learning technologies and individual learning content and consulting.
The Branchenmonitor survey first shows the total turnover followed by a breakdown into six additional sub-categories which are sorted according to business sector. imc secured 1st place in the "creation/enhancement of digital learning content" category. The Saarland-based provider also consistently ranks among the leaders in other fields such as "adaptation services for e‑learning content and software" or "tools for e-learning".
As emphasised by Sven R. Becker of the imc Executive Board, who is pleased with the positive result, "Our approach of offering client-oriented technologies has paid off. We are the full‑service provider with the highest turnover, which demonstrates that the market demands holistic strategic support."
Additional information
The full issue of Branchenmonitor 2020 with the figures for 2019 can be found here (German only). The report from the previous year can be found in Branchenmonitor 2019.
With more than 20 years experience, 12 international locations and 300 employees, imc is the leading full-service provider for digital training. Experts in the fields of technology, e-learning content and strategy work hand in hand to provide holistic and customized e-learning solutions - worldwide. 1,200+ commercial enterprises, government organisations and educational institutes with over 5 million users around the world rely on imc's holistic and bespoke solutions.
Innovation Pack 14.8
imc Learning Suite adds further value at the end of the year, especially for administering courses
The new functions of the imc Learning Suite will especially make administrators happy: the administration of courses will be simpler, clearer and faster. In addition, it is now possible to create automated certificates with individual corporate design.
10.12.2020
Let the year slowly fade away? Not really our style! Shortly before the end of the year, the Innovation Pack 14.8 brings some new features to the imc Learning Suite.
Training management has now become easier due to the following changes:
- Task list: with the task list you can easily tick off items and save recurring tasks as templates even when creating complex training scenarios.
- Scale organisational processes: the Enrolment Form Manager allows an easier customization of the configuration settings for registration forms.
- Test activation via PIN: with this feature, tests can only be started by entering a PIN. This ensures correct identification of all participants.
- Certificate templates: you can automatically design all certificates to reflect your corporate style.
- User panels: this feature simplifies the search for contact persons.
imc board member Christian Wachter is satisfied: "By implementing these new features at the end of the year we have achieved our goal of simplifying the user experience for both users and administrators. We will continue to work in this direction in 2021.”
More information
If you would like to learn more about Innovation Pack 14.8, please have a look here.
Gold in Asia for best Learning Management System
The imc team in Asia was awarded Gold for the category of the best Learning Management System at the HRM Asia Readers' Choice Awards Ceremony yesterday. The award recognised the local presence and expertise of imc Asia
01.10.2020
First entry, first gold award! The HRM Asia Readers’ Choice Award was held on 30 September 2020. The winners over 19 categories were announced online at the HR Tech Festival Asia, which featured HR technology solution providers and industry partners. The judges especially recognised solutions and providers that support the HR community in Asia to navigate this new era of HR and the workplace.
imc Asia proudly accepted the Gold award for the Best Learning Management System in its inaugural appearance at the annual event.
Ivana Lee, imc’s Managing Director Asia, said: “We are delighted at receiving this award. Especially in Asia, it is so important to be known for high-quality solutions. With our German technology and the ability to translate our knowledge to the needs of the Asian market, I am very proud of our team, strategic partners, and the work we have done to serve our customers.
We are even more honoured that we were awarded by HRM Asia. We will continue to strengthen our presence here.”
Further information
The HRM Asia Readers’ Choice Awards are presented each year to bring together the entire ecosystem of service providers to this complex industry for one day every year and offers recognition for the best of the best of industry partners and solution providers: consultants, recruiters, technology providers, relocation experts, trainers and coaches, and more.
Learn more about HRM Asia Awards.
Want to know more about our award-winning LMS? Then check here for further information about imc Learning Suite.
Innovation Pack 14.7: 180° feedback enables individual learning strategy
The new functions of the imc Learning Suite allow learners to gain an easier overview of acquired learning success, performance and planned courses. With the new 180° course feedback it is even more easy to adapt learning strategies to individual needs.
29.09.2020
Not every learner finds courses equally meaningful, and supervisors may also have a different view on the effectiveness of further education programmes. However, it has proved difficult to reflect this in learning management systems (LMS) and to evaluate courses in a targeted manner.
But that will change with the Innovation Pack 14.7 of imc Learning Suite. The 180° feedback enables both course participants and the respective supervisor to evaluate completed courses regarding their effectiveness for employees.
Furthermore, the latest version of the LMS allows learning activities to be more clearly displayed and rewarded. With the up-skilling function, the learner receives points as soon as a milestone is reached and thus sees immediate learning success. Previously, these only became visible after completing the entire module.
A further innovation is the "Wish List for Courses". As many customers today have such a large selection of digital learning content, it is often difficult for learners to decide which course to select. If an interesting course catches their attention but they can’t or don’t want to attend right now, they can add it to a wish list in their own learning area and thus keep an eye on the course.
Sven R. Becker, imc board member summarises: "With the new features of Innovation Pack 14.7, we are significantly improving the learning experience for learners.
We make learning successes immediately visible to make learning even more sustainable. Altogether, the digitisation of learning activities will thus become easier, better and more efficient".
More information
If you would like to learn more about Innovation Pack 14.7, please have a look here.
Creating and digitising learning content has never been this easy
Poorly prepared corporate learning content will soon be a thing of the past. Systematic digitalisation of knowledge is becoming easier than ever before: That is what imc Express promises – the latest product by imc AG to be launched in early 2021. It allows all knowledge holders to effortlessly produce learning content themselves.
23.09.2020
The expectation that employees share and digitalise their knowledge has become commonplace in organisations. Yet, that is often easier said than done. Few knowledge holders know how best to digitise, didactically prepare and publish learning content.
That’s where imc Express comes in. imc’s latest product will make these processes accessible when launched in the first quarter of 2021. In contrast to complex authoring tools primary designed for learning organisers, imc Express lets anyone create their own user-generated content.
When we say “anyone”, that includes total strangers to the world of design, didactics and technology. Thanks to integrated artificial intelligence (AI), imc Express identifies the form of presentation with the greatest didactic benefit, and creates all content directly in the corporate design.
Having played a key role in the development of imc Express, Oliver Nussbaum, Managing Director at imc in Austria, sums it up: “From apprentices through marketing managers, from consultant to blue collar worker: Anyone can use the tool intuitively and save time usually required for conceptual design, realisation and presentation.”
In addition, imc Express can also translate all content into all world languages with a single click, and play them text-to-speech.
AI-based image recognition automatically adds suitable text to all image material and stores it, guaranteeing optimal barrier-free presentation.
imc Express can be used directly in the browser without prior installation, and learning content can be displayed and shared directly in the learning management system.
More information
If you would like to learn more about imc Express, please check here for further details.
