Essentials LRS Free
Track and explore your learning data for free
Welcome to Watershed Essentials
The modern learning ecosystem is no longer just an idea—it’sfinally plug-and-play.
Watershed Essentials LRS is our most basic solution to starttracking and exploring learning outside an LMS. It allowsmultiple options for getting data in and showing progress whileproviding bumpers so you don’t drown in the data or reporting.
And yes, it really is free to get started.
Who can use Essentials LRS
xAPI Enthusiasts
Essentials has a fully xAPI conformant LRS so developers can utilize toos for:
- Debugging
- Data search
- Data stats
- Deployment & testing of xAPI tools
L&D Practitioners
Answer questions about learners and their activities with out-of-the-box functionality, such as:
- A preconfigured reporting dashboard
- Drill-down reports
- Report search
- External & internal learner tracking
What’s Included
Watershed Essentials is an LRS with basic reporting capability. It's intended to help you lay the foundation on the path toward more robust learning and training analysis.
Included in Essentials LRS:
- Unlimited Statements
- Track unlimited learners
- Report on unlimited learners
- Dashboard with demo data to get started
- Out-of-the-box functionality
- Prebuilt reports
- Data export in CSV or JSON format
- Self-serve knowledge base
- Developer tools
What’s the catch?
There’s no catch. We wanted to provide free learning record store software for those just getting started with xAPI. But, a standalone LRS doesn’t do much good, so we also added a basic reporting layer to help visualize your data.
Essentials was designed to get you started with xAPI or learning analytics. Use it as a:
- fully xAPI-conformant repository for your data until you’re ready to use it
- test engine for your xAPI content or data
- snapshot view of organizational learning and activities
- stepping stone to getting started with learning analytics