Who is Skovrum for?
A shared training notebook for corporate trainers and learning and development (L&D) teams who run live training: who Skovrum suits, and who it doesn't.
Skovrum is for the people who stand in front of the room. If you run live training (in person or on a call) and your notes about how each learner is doing end up in a notebook, a spreadsheet and your own head, Skovrum is built for you.
Nearly every organization still trains people live. In the Association for Talent Development's 2023 State of the Industry report, the two most used delivery methods were live instructor-led classrooms (92% of organizations) and live instructor-led virtual classrooms (82%) (ATD). Skovrum is built for that part: the trainer in the room.
Corporate trainers
You run classes: a two-week onboarding program, a monthly product workshop, a leadership series. During a session you notice things. Priya asked a sharp question about pricing. Marcus missed the second half. Two people still can't find the escalation queue.
In Skovrum those notes live with the session and the learner they're about. You take attendance with a tap, write an observation about one learner and rate it against a competency, and park a question you'll answer tomorrow. The next morning, the session screen shows what happened last time and what's still open. See taking notes and observations.
Learning and development teams
When several trainers share the work, notes need to be shared too. A co-trainer picks up where you left off. A training manager sees which learners need attention across every class, without asking each trainer for an update.
Skovrum gives an L&D team one workspace: classes, learners, attendance, certifications and renewals, surveys and reports. Each trainer sees what they need, and roles decide who can change what. See roles and permissions, and a training notebook for L&D teams for what a shared notebook changes day to day.
Training and enablement managers
Managers want to know two things: is each learner on track, and is the training working? Onboarding is where those questions bite hardest: only 12% of employees strongly agree that their organization does a great job of onboarding (Gallup). Skovrum answers both from what trainers already record. Every learner's profile shows their attendance, observations, scores and what they missed. Class reports and survey results show how a program is landing. When a learner moves on, a handoff packet gives their next manager a one-page summary.
What Skovrum isn't
Skovrum isn't a learning management system (LMS), on purpose. An LMS hands courses to learners, who sign in to take them. In Skovrum, learners never sign in and never need a seat: the only thing a learner sees is a survey link you send them. If you already have an LMS for e-learning, Skovrum sits alongside it and covers the live part.
It also isn't a general note-taking app. OneNote or a shared document can hold notes, but they don't know which learner a note is about, who missed which topic, or when someone's certification runs out. Skovrum does, so it can show you. If you're comparing training software for live, instructor-led training, that's the line to draw: tools for learners to take courses, and tools for trainers to run them. See tracking learner progress without an LMS for what the trainer's side looks like in practice.
A quick check
Skovrum is probably a good fit if:
- you run live training for adults at work, alone or as a team;
- you track learners across sessions, not just one-off events;
- your notes, attendance and certifications currently live in different places;
- someone (you, a manager, a learner's next team) needs a clear picture of how each learner is doing.
If that sounds like your week, the demo is a working week of a sample training team. Click around: nothing you do there affects anyone. The features page lists what's in it, and pricing is per trainer, with learners free.