CYPHER Live in review
Instructor-led training (ILT) and virtual ILT (vILT) remain some of the most impactful learning formats—but also some of the most operationally complex. Scheduling instructors, coordinating rooms and equipment, managing costs, tracking attendance, and keeping everything aligned with learner progress can quickly overwhelm even the most capable L&D teams.
In our recent CYPHER Live session, Mark Schuster (Head of Product at CYPHER Learning) and Peter Ołyarczuk (Sales Director at Training Orchestra) demonstrated how pairing a modern learning platform like CYPHER Learning with a purpose-built Training Management System (TMS) eliminates that complexity and delivers a seamless ILT experience from back-office scheduling to front-end learner engagement.
Over the last two decades, organizations have matured in e-learning delivery—often adopting powerful LMS platforms like CYPHER. But ILT operations are still commonly run through sprawling spreadsheets, email chains, and manual processes. As Peter emphasized:
This separation of “front office” (LMS) and “back office” (TMS) allows each system to do what it does best—while seamless integration keeps everything unified for learners and instructors.
Peter walked through Training Orchestra’s core capabilities, showing why it excels at ILT operations at scale:
Create sessions ranging from one-hour webinars to multi-week blended programs, with full control over timing, breakouts, virtual or physical rooms, and more.
The platform tracks everything about each trainer, including: skills & expertise, approved courses, location & travel availability, conflicts (like PTO or overlapping sessions) and cost and utilization.
This allows teams to assign the best-fit instructor with confidence.
The allocation dashboard shows what’s required–such a specific room or specialized equipment, what’s available, and where conflicts occur. Then it allows instant assignment with drag-and-drop efficiency.
Every session automatically aggregates trainer fees, room costs, external services (like catering) and any additional expenses, giving teams BI-level insights into ILT ROI, utilization, and budget allocation.
Training Orchestra ensures that nothing slips through the cracks, with:
These features help eliminate administrative errors and improve operational rigor.
After Peter’s demo, Mark walked through how ILT sessions created in Training Orchestra appear—in real time—inside the CYPHER platform.
Data flows smoothly with the out-of-the-box integration between CYPHER and Training Orchestra:
Pairing Training Orchestra with CYPHER Learning offers a lot of benefits for all your users.
Instructors see ILT sessions assigned to them directly in CYPHER where they can access all of the tools and resources available to them in CYPHER, like:
Learners experience the session as a fully integrated part of their CYPHER learning journey and:
Mark summed it up perfectly: ILT scheduling can feel like “taming the beast.” For organizations running dozens—or thousands—of sessions monthly, the administrative burden is enormous. Training Orchestra solves the operations challenge, while CYPHER elevates the learning experience. Together, the two platforms create a unified ILT ecosystem that is:
This CYPHER Live session demonstrated how pairing the operational strength of Training Orchestra with the learner-centric power of CYPHER produces a best-in-class ILT experience.
As Mark noted, teams managing heavy ILT workloads will wish they had this system years ago.
If you’d like a deeper dive into how the integration could streamline your own ILT operations, contact your CSM to schedule a full demo.
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