MindScroll

MindScroll is a cloud learning management system made by Infonative Solutions Pvt Ltd. Its home page leads with "Easy to use LMS for Employee Training" and describes a system that lets organizations "deliver, track and certify online courses and training for their employees, partners and customers", combining an integrated virtual classroom, a training management system, an online test engine and collaborative learning tools. The company describes itself as building learning technology products for small and mid-size businesses, lists its address in Saket, New Delhi, and names Delhi and Mumbai in its footer. Alongside internal training, MindScroll also offers a course creator and an e-commerce module for organizations that want to sell courses online.

Setup and administration

MindScroll is fully hosted. The home page calls it truly plug and play cloud LMS software with no installations or plugin requirements: an organization signs in and starts delivering courses. Setup is pitched as a matter of minutes rather than days, with a simple onboarding process and integrated data importers for bringing in existing information. The interface works on any device, and the admin panel is designed to be easy for LMS administrators.

Assessment runs through the built-in online test engine, and the integrations list adds proctored exams with automated surveillance and evaluation of results. The site's description of the product calls it "AICC SCORM xAPI compliant" and a mobile e-learning platform, so courses packaged to those standards can be delivered and tracked, and the core promise of delivering, tracking and certifying training covers certification of learners as well.

What the hosted model means for a buyer

A post on the MindScroll blog about choosing between open-source and cloud learning systems spells out what the hosted model is meant to save. It describes a cloud LMS as a web-based system hosted on the vendor's servers and offered as a completely managed software-as-a-service subscription that users reach from anywhere and on any device. The provider handles hosting, maintenance, updates and support, so the customer avoids installing plugins, troubleshooting or upgrading, and capacity can be scaled up or down as the number of users changes. The post adds that such a system can usually be set up in minutes or hours without technical expertise or extra hardware, and recommends the cloud route for organizations that have no in-house IT team and want installation, maintenance and upgrades handled for them on an affordable budget.

Live training with MindScroll Connect

Live learning is built in through MindScroll Connect, which the site describes as a video conferencing meeting platform by MindScroll. Its listed features are video conferencing, high-definition video and audio, screen sharing, calendar integration for scheduling, a user-friendly interface, secure and encrypted conversations, access on desktop, mobile and tablet devices, and support from a dedicated customer support team. Virtual classroom sessions with subject matter experts run through this integrated tool.

Teams that already use other tools are covered too. The integrations section names MS Teams for live training, Google Meet for real-time video meetings and training, and Zoom for virtual classroom sessions. For video content, MindScroll can host learning videos on Vimeo for streaming, and its integrated Azure Media Services support an over-the-top media distribution setup.

Engagement, collaboration and languages

Gamification is rule-based. Administrators create predefined rules, with a frequency, for events such as videos, live classes and course completions, assign custom points to each rule that feed a leaderboard, and award customized badges when learners complete assessments, courses and other milestones. Leaderboards also let managers monitor activity and progress while learners see how their peers are doing.

Collaborative learning features add an informal side: discussions on a discussion forum, sharing achievements on social media with likes and comments, and the live virtual classroom sessions mentioned above.

Multi-language support is aimed at organizations with a geographically dispersed audience. The home page says it makes LMS navigation easy for a multilingual audience, cuts the time spent on employee onboarding training, removes communication barriers with non-English-speaking frontline and blue-collar staff, keeps the learning experience consistent, and makes courses simple to translate and accessible to all learners.

Enterprise features

For training beyond the workforce, MindScroll lists enterprise-ready features for delivering training to external partners and customers. These include easy integration with business applications, social media and more; secure access through single sign-on via SAML, LDAP, OKTA and other authentication methods; custom-branded LMS portals for partners; and administrative rights that can be handed to customers and partners so they can run their own part of the system.

Selling courses

The second half of the product serves course sellers. The home page invites visitors to "Create an online course in minutes using our online course creator", then sell it through an e-commerce module with an integrated payment gateway, support for subscriptions and discount coupons, and promotion to a global audience. MindScroll also offers APIs to integrate with e-commerce platforms such as Amazon and Flipkart for online course delivery, and the site has a separate Online Academy page about creating and selling online courses.

Scale, trial and pricing

The home page lists 100,000+ active users, 100+ loyal customers, 99.99% uptime and 24/7 customer support. A free trial is offered from the main menu, and demos can be scheduled. Prices do not appear on the home page; the site's pricing page is described in its own page data as flexible payment plans and subscription plans. A post on the MindScroll blog explains that cloud LMS plans are typically monthly or annual subscriptions priced by features and number of users, that a buyer can start with as few as 25-50 users and scale up, and it points readers to the MindScroll free trial to try the process.

Who it suits

MindScroll fits small and mid-size businesses that want to run employee training without installing or maintaining software, especially those with dispersed or multilingual frontline teams. Its built-in conferencing, plus links to MS Teams, Google Meet and Zoom, suits organizations that mix live classes with self-paced courses, and the branded partner portals and delegated admin rights suit companies that train dealers, partners or customers. Organizations that want to sell courses get a course creator, payments, subscriptions and coupons in the same system. The main caveat is that pricing sits behind the pricing page, a trial or a demo rather than on the home page, so comparing costs takes an extra step.