What % of registered students that have actually taken at least one course is considered good, acceptable? We have a new online Corporate University- and have 56% of registered users that have taken a course. Is this good, average, below average?

Good question. We worked with a Fortune 500 and to start they had around 17% participation, though there weren't a lot of courses in the catalog. Mostly it was an issue of getting them logged in. So we created a marketing plan and after 6 months achieved over 93% utilization. If you're already starting with 56% having completed a course, I'd say that's above average, based on our experience.

There are a number of factors to consider, such as mandatory courses, but overall it sounds like you're doing well. Of course that's a relative term. Big question is what does your CFO/Director want to see?

Sheldon Murphy
Solid State Learning
www.sslearn.com