Blue People Insights Platform

The Blue People Insights Platform is a solution designed to support data-driven decisions at all levels of an organization. Blue is built to support important feedback processes, including course evaluations, central and major surveys, and 360-degree reviews. With Blue’s reporting engine – which includes metadata augmentation and analysis of open text comments – the user can provide the right results, in the right way, to the right stakeholders.

Metrics That Matter (MTM), an L&D effectiveness tool, automates the learning measurement process across the entire L&D portfolio. By combining data from enterprise systems (LMS, HRIS, etc.) with information collected through evaluations, MTM paints a complete picture of learning programs and business performance. With more than 1.5 Billion data points, Metrics That Matter boasts the largest validated source of learning impact benchmarks based on the latest research in learning analytics to give the user the best prescriptive insights on improving the effectiveness of L&D initiatives.

COURSE EVALUATIONS

Built for course evaluations, Blue offers flexibility, personalization, and control when gathering student feedback. By integrating with a student information and learning management systems (SIS and LMS), Blue leverages data to automate the evaluation processes fully. Advanced functionalities are specifically designed to handle the most complex evaluation scenarios with ease (e.g., cross-listed and team-taught courses) and help improve response rates.

ORGANIZATIONAL SURVEYS

A centralized survey system, Blue is built for performance so users can reach the right people with the right questions at the right time. With Blue, the user can spend less time managing complex survey processes and more time taking action based on survey insights. It integrates with IT systems, and Blue automates surveys of any size and offers intelligent forms (demographic piping, nested branching, etc.), a variety of question types, and smart notifications.

360 DEGREE FEEDBACK

Powers skills assessment, competency assessment, and talent review processes and connects the dots across a talent landscape. Blue, provides a 360-degree feedback process with the ability to adapt to the user's talent strategy, competency framework, organization structure, and workflows. Providing actionable insights for improvement, Blue assesses both teaching and learning competencies.

This solution enables companies to:

• Seamless IT Integration: Leverage existing source data and hierarchy including HRIS, SIS, LMS, ERP, CRM, portals, and other security and information systems
• Accessibility: Meet the latest accessibility standards for WCAG 2.1 (AA) and Section 508
  
• Text Analytics: Tap into qualitative data through machine learning embedded in Blue and obtain a more complete picture of stakeholder feedback
  
• Reporting: Perform time trend analysis to compare improvement results evolution or aggregate results by any criteria that matter (departmental, organizational, etc.)
  
• Smart Notifications: Send centralized and personalized invitations, reminders, emails, and SMS notifications to participants anytime, anywhere
• Cascaded Evaluations: Support evaluations with hundreds of questions easily in one cascaded project
  
• Localization: Provide forms and reports in a variety of languages as well as cultural adaptations to match the audience requirements
  
• Flexibility: Build evaluations around current or event-based data including open evaluations, open surveys, fixed surveys, and surveys with event triggers.