We’re on a mission

To help you create effective elearning experiences faster than ever before

About us

Much has changed in elearning since we started in 1999, but two constants that haven’t are:

  • Meaningful interactivity is an essential component of effective elearning, elearning that influences learners’ behaviors and achieves ROI
  • Organizations are constantly seeking solutions that reduce the time and cost of providing effective elearning.

Our goal is to empower you to create custom, interactive elearning faster than ever. We serve dozens of large, medium, and small companies as well as non-profit, academic and government institutions. “Smart” clients include Google, Red Hat, Qualcomm, Cisco, Lawrence Berkley Lab, The Nature Conservancy, YMCA, and many others.

Our values

  • Passion for customer satisfaction
  • Leadership and innovation to make it faster and easier to create effective learning experiences
  • Provide a community for those who care about what works in elearning to learn from each other

Awards

LearnX Gold Award - Elearning &Training

2021 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards

SmartBuilder’s sister company, Plum eLearning, and our client, Google, used the SmartBuilder authoring tool to create an elearning game that won a Gold award for Best Use of Social/Collaborative Learning.
LearnX Gold Award - Elearning &Training

2021 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards

SmartBuilder’s sister company, Plum eLearning, and our client, Google, used the SmartBuilder authoring tool to create an elearning game that won a Gold award for Best Unique or Innovative Learning and Development Program.
LearnX Gold Award - Elearning &Training

2021 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards

SmartBuilder’s sister company, Plum eLearning, and our client, Google, used the SmartBuilder authoring tool to create an elearning game that won a Silver award for Best Use of Games or Simulations for Learning.
LearnX Gold Award - Elearning &Training

Learning Technologies Awards

SmartBuilder’s sister company, Plum eLearning, and our client, Google, used the SmartBuilder authoring tool to create a learning game that won a silver award from #LT20Awards for Best learning game.

LTA said that “The game approach has clearly improved the attitudes of developers towards security and this entry was high on innovation. This excellent entry came very close to securing the top award.”

LearnX Gold Award - Elearning &Training

Learning Technologies Awards

SmartBuilder’s sister company, Plum eLearning, and our client, Google, used the SmartBuilder authoring tool to create a learning game that won a silver award from #LT20Awards for Best use of social and collaborative learning technologies.

LTA said that “The judges were impressed at the quality learning solution on offer in such a complex field of work, especially with the speed to deployment and a scalability which was unavailable with the face to face model.”

LearnX Gold Award - Elearning &Training

Training Industry

SmartBuilder was selected to the 2020 Training Industry Top 20™ eLearning Authoring Tools Companies List. Selection was based on the following criteria:

  • Leadership and innovation of authoring tool.
  • Breadth and quality of authoring tool features and capabilities.
  • Company size and growth potential.
  • Quality and number of clients.
  • Awards, recognition and competitive differentiation.
    LearnX Gold Award - Elearning &Training

    Brandon Hall Group

    SmartBuilder won Gold in the Best Advance in Content Authoring Technology category. “Now entering its 23rd year, the Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards Program is the most prestigious awards program in the industry. Often times called the “Academy Awards” by Learning, Talent and Business Executives, the program was one of the first of its kind in the learning industry, which was pioneered in 1994.” (source – Brandon Hall)
    LearnX Gold Award - Elearning &Training

    LearnX Foundation

    Best Authoring Tool – Gold Winner

    The LearnX Foundation is a non-profit organization “Trust” that supports and promotes advancements in workforce learning. The LearnX Training and E-Learning Awards are presented to winners in the corporate and public sectors at the annual LearnX Asia Pacific Conference. SmartBuilder won gold in the Best Authoring Tool category.

    Brandon Hall Research Silver Award in Elearning Technology

    Brandon Hall Group

    Best Advance in Technology for Game or Simulation Authoring – Silver Award

    The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology Awards are presented by Brandon Hall Research, one of the leading research firms in training and development. The Learning Technology Awards program showcases innovations in the products in the marketplace for creating and managing learning, talent, and performance. SmartBuilder, won a Brandon Hall silver award for its e-learning authoring tool, SmartBuilder, in the Best Advance in Technology for Game or Simulation Authoring category.

    Brandon Hall Research Gold Award for Excellence in Elearning

    Brandon Hall Group

    Innovation in Learning Technology – Gold Award

    The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards, presented annually by Brandon Hall Research, showcases exceptional work in the use of learning technology. A total of 246 entries were submitted in 10 categories. The winners are listed at www.brandon-hall.com. SmartBuilder won a coveted Brandon Hall gold award for its e-learning authoring tool, SmartBuilder, in the Innovation in Learning Technology category.

    Bersin & Assoicates Learning Leaders Award for Elearning

    Bersin & Associates

    Learning Leaders

    The Bersin & Associates Learning Leaders Program recognizes organizations which have developed and implemented effective and efficient approaches to employee learning and development that has resulted in significant business improvement. Twenty six organizations hailing from the United States, Europe and Australia won Learning Leader Awards, including Sun Microsystems, Cisco, The Boeing Company and SmartBuilder.

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    2244 Faraday Avenue
    Carlsbad, CA 92008