Elcom

Elcom is an Australian software company whose main product is a digital experience platform for intranets, websites, portals and digital workplaces, and its learning management system is built as part of that platform rather than sold as separate software. The LMS page puts it plainly: Elcom's enterprise LMS is built for large Australian organizations and offers unlimited user licensing, local hosting, and integration with your intranet and digital workplace. Because it is "Built as a web content management system," training can be managed as part of the wider digital workplace, alongside the website, intranet and portal.

That is the main thing to understand about the product. The FAQ explains the difference from a standalone LMS: "It runs on the same platform as your intranet/portal/website, so content, users, search and SSO are unified." The company's argument is fewer vendors to manage, simpler governance and faster time to value. For an organization already running an Elcom intranet, the LMS is a module on a system it already has. Elcom's other products, including intranet packages, custom intranets, mobile apps, forms and workflow, and the elements school portal, run on the same base.

Building and running training

The LMS page describes a platform for creating, deploying and managing training and eLearning programs for both internal and external audiences. Administrators create courses with visual training pathways, register users automatically, and organize resources such as training rooms and trainers. The FAQ adds that course authors can assemble modules, upload SCORM, set prerequisites, automate enrollments and reminders, and publish without any coding.

Training can be personalized down to the individual. Elcom describes personalized learning spaces with specific training plans and assessments for staff, members, partners or others. From one interface, learners can choose optional modules, enroll in courses using CPD points, check their progress, view calendars, manage payments and print certifications.

To measure whether the training worked, surveys and quizzes can be placed at specific points in a training plan. Administrators can report on pathways, individual and team results, and attendance levels.

Compliance and onboarding

For compliance training, the FAQ lists the core mechanics: assign mandatory training by role or location, set due dates and escalations, capture read-acknowledgements, and report on completions and expiries for audits. For onboarding, Elcom offers personalized induction or orientation courses that give new staff the responsibilities, skills and behaviors they need, and links to an employee onboarding checklist for planning each step.

Content, SCORM and AI

The LMS page says Elcom is "fully SCORM compliant," so organizations can buy third-party SCORM training packages and plug them in, and it mentions access to Tin Can reports. SCORM packages can be mixed with videos, documents, quizzes and microlearning, with completions and certificates tracked centrally.

Digital asset management covers eLearning documents, articles and images, with review and approval processes for quality assurance. Version control allows roll-back to earlier versions, managers can be notified to review changes, and material can be retired on set dates. Publishing is built for non-technical users, who can edit content directly on the front end with inline editing.

Elcom's OpenAI Connector adds an AI content creator: publishers can create and edit content from a few commands and translate highlighted text into any language, while admins control which settings publishers can use and run reports showing which articles contain AI-generated content.

Social and mobile learning

The LMS page lists shared resources, team workspaces, discussion forums and social streams to make learning collaborative, and says users can reach training on their personal devices wherever and whenever they want.

Payments and events

Organizations that charge for training can take payments when learners register. Courses or units can be created and priced, and users can be directed to PCI compliant gateways. An events manager handles the promotion and setup of training and development events, with online registrations, workflow components that notify the relevant people, and resource bookings.

Accessibility and integrations

Elcom says all of its base administration screens, the core authoring experience and selected modules are AA compliant. On integrations, the homepage says the platform can be extended with pre-built integrations or custom-built ones, and the platform menu names a SharePoint Connector, an OpenAI Connector and a Microsoft 365 Connector. Active Directory integration is listed for intranets, and the services page mentions training on the Elcom SDK and API for custom functionality.

Licensing and hosting

The LMS page compares Elcom with what it calls a typical LMS: unlimited users instead of per-user fees, local hosting instead of offshore hosting, an integrated digital workplace instead of an LMS alone, and Australian support instead of overseas or agency support. Unlimited user licensing, with accounts created directly on the platform, means access can extend "from casual employees to board members." The FAQ says hosting is in Australian data centers or the customer's preferred environment, and the page links hosting in Australia to meeting local privacy and security requirements.

Implementation, migration and support

Elcom works as a full-service vendor. Its in-house Australian team includes designers, developers, project managers and business analysts, plus a training manager. The services page describes onsite scoping workshops that produce a statement of work, design workshops with interactive wireframes, and builds by Elcom's own developers, a partner, or the customer's in-house team after training. Implementation time depends on scope: the FAQ says smaller rollouts with standard features and light integration can be delivered in weeks, while larger integration-heavy programs take longer. Elcom can migrate users, groups, historical results where supported, SCORM packages and key course assets from an existing LMS.

After launch there is a 3 month warranty and transition phase, a dedicated account manager, unlimited helpdesk support tickets and phone calls through phone, email and online support forms, and a customer success manager if needed. Reference and training sites are available 24/7.

Customers

The LMS page says Elcom has partnered with over 1,000 organizations, and the footer says its core product sits behind over 1,000 site deployments. Melissa Adeson, L&D manager at Spotlight Group, says "Central is bringing everything together for our 12,000 employees." Martin Rubens of APP Corporation says the project was delivered on time and on budget, and Ryan Davey of STAR Group credits the account manager, trainer and helpdesk team. The homepage names Kia Motors, Target, Austrade, Fred Hollows and The King's School among organizations Elcom has helped across its products.

Pricing

The LMS page offers a free consultation and a demo rather than published plan prices, and the site menu links a pricing page.

Who it suits

Elcom fits large Australian organizations that want training inside the same platform as their intranet or portal, with one login, one search and one vendor, and that value unlimited users, Australian hosting and a local team that builds and supports the system. Employers with large casual workforces get licensing that does not charge per user. The caveat is that the LMS makes most sense as part of the Elcom platform; an organization that only wants a standalone LMS is buying into a wider system.