Reply from a community member, 8 January 2026

Hi Kayla,

We use ILTs extensively for virtual and in-person live training, both mandatory and optional. Overall, they work well - particularly from a learner experience/self-management perspective, though the admin/system side could be improved.

We’re integrated with MS Teams. Some initial bugs have been resolved by Litmos. Bear in mind teams events created default to participant cameras and audio off. We have to manually update settings to our preferences (cameras/audio on) which increases admin, though on the plus side attendance can be registered at the end.

Other points:

• We’re UK-based, but learners default to US English, and there’s no way to bulk update this setting. We must manually configure each ILT template for US and UK English - about eight templates per event - which is incredibly time-consuming. I’d be interested in how others manage global/multilingual audiences.
• Learners control M365 or Google Calendar in their individual profile. If not enabled, events won’t appear in their calendar, it's sent as link or attachment.
• If a learner unregisters via their calendar, they remain registered in the platform. As declining via their calendar is easier for them they rarely unregister in the system which skews no shows and attendance results.

What works well:

• Learners like the diary/calendar view for browsing optional live learning; registering or unregistering is simple.
• Despite extra admin, ILTs support our blended learning approach and keep training records in one place.

Hope this helps, and I’d be interested in how others use ILTs or handle these challenges.

All the best,Liz

Reply from a community member, 8 January 2026

This is a great suggestion, John. Thank you! I also just started testing using Assets for FGs, and then limiting access to an Instructors' Teams Library. I like the thought of the views and downloads metrics you get from Assets, although I'm wondering if there's a glitch or significant lag when it comes to capturing that data. I downloaded an Asset 2 days ago and as of today, the metrics tab still shows 0 views and 0 downloads. Disappointing, but still good to know there are a couple of workarounds!

Reply from a community member, 8 January 2026

Hi Liz - This is really great info.

We're planning to expand Litmos access globally this year so I'd also be interested in hearing how others manage global audiences.

Kind of disappointing to hear unregistering via calendar invite, doesn't translate to unregistering from the session itself in Litmos. Seems valuable to have the ILT hold space on the learners' calendars, but also seems like extra admin-work when it comes to dealing with unregistering. Regardless, I'm really glad you pointed this out so we can take this into account!

Reply from a community member, 8 January 2026

Another question when you have time - how do you handle scheduling across different time zones?

By default, almost all of our user accounts are set up with the UTC time zone. I'm wondering if we'll need to proactively update all profiles to their actual time zones or if the Teams/M365 integrations will adjust to the users' actual time zones. What I don't want to happen (and what has happened when I've tested this) is a 10 AM UTC session is scheduled in Litmos and then translates to 5 AM EST on my external calendar. I did this testing by creating a MS Teams meeting and copying that link to the session details which somehow triggered a calendar invite email (despite not having my external calendar authorized on my profile) so maybe that ..janky.. approach contributed to the time zone mismatch. I'm not sure, but I'd love to hear how you navigate this.