We help education and nonprofit organizations select, configure, and deploy learning management systems that support learners without unnecessary complexity.
Choosing the right LMS is a significant investment for education organizations. We help teams test, compare, and select learning management systems before deployment, using your org's real content and brand identity. This approach supports confident LMS adoption by making costs, feature tradeoffs, and long-term sustainability visible during the decision process.
Identify essential capabilities and avoid overbuilt platforms through stakeholder interviews and needs analysis.
Review and shortlist LMS options based on your needs, constraints, and budget.
Hands-on evaluation using sample lessons or existing client content to test real-world fit.
Cost of ownership and tradeoff analysis to inform stakeholder decisions, including comparison with custom or lightweight alternatives.
Customize and deploy the selected platform to match your organizational workflows and learner needs.
A configured and deployed LMS that supports your learners and fits your organization
National nonprofit organization with over $1M in annual revenue from school district partnerships, delivering professional learning both online and in person across multiple programs and learner audiences.
As part of an enterprise LMS selection process, we evaluated multiple platforms head to head, including TalentLMS, Docebo, Canvas, Google Classroom, Tovuti, and others. Platforms were assessed against instructional, operational, reporting, governance, and budget requirements defined during requirements gathering.
During LMS free trial periods, we placed a representative sample eLearning lesson into each platform and applied the organization's branding to reflect real use. We created guided walkthroughs for learner and administrator workflows prioritized by the client team, enabling direct comparison using the organization's own content rather than vendor demos.
This hands-on enterprise LMS evaluation allowed the organization to confidently disqualify platforms based on cost, complexity, and fit, ultimately selecting a best-fit LMS within budget that met the highest-priority requirements across programs.
There is no substitute for testing your own content inside each LMS. Experiencing real workflows, look and feel, and administration is essential to making an informed enterprise LMS decision and supporting long-term adoption.
We provide ongoing LMS administration and operational support, including user management, course catalog maintenance, and platform governance.
Our team also supports eLearning development and instructional design, working with internal teams or external vendors to ensure content is instructionally sound and technically well implemented.
When relevant, we consult on learner conversion, engagement, and retention, helping organizations align platform configuration, content structure, and reporting with their target learners and program goals.
We bring a learning-first perspective to platform decisions, combining instructional design expertise, implementation experience, and technical fluency.
Platform decisions should start with learner needs, not vendor features. We help you identify what matters most for your learners and organizational context before evaluating options.
We focus on solutions that your team can actually use and maintain. Our recommendations account for your technical capacity, budget constraints, and long-term sustainability.
Sometimes a full LMS isn't the right answer. We'll help you explore alternatives when simpler or custom solutions better serve your needs.
Integral Platforms is a division of Integral Ed Services, serving education organizations, schools, and nonprofit training providers since 2011.
We bring a learning-first perspective to platform decisions, combining instructional design expertise, implementation experience, and technical fluency to help organizations choose tools that actually work for their learners and teams.
Ready to find the right learning platform for your organization? We'd be happy to discuss your needs and explore how we can help.