The customer
The Royal Town Planning Institute supports planning professionals through membership, standards and professional development. As part of a wider programme to introduce a new learning management system, the team needed to move essential learning content out of its existing platform before it could be safely decommissioned.
The platform change was already a significant piece of work. With internal capacity focused across the wider programme, the RTPI needed practical support to help transfer priority learning content without compromising quality.
The challenge
This was not just a technical migration.
The RTPI needed to move priority courses from a legacy LMS into a new platform, while making sure the content remained accurate, well structured and ready for learners from day one. At the same time, every course needed to meet brand, accessibility and quality expectations.
There were also wider pressures around timing and internal bandwidth. The team needed to keep the programme moving, involve subject matter experts where needed, and make sure no essential content was lost as the old platform was retired.
What needed to happen
- priority courses had to be identified and transferred quickly
- course structures needed rebuilding within the new LMS
- content updates had to be managed with internal subject matter experts
- brand and accessibility standards needed to be applied throughout
- testing, review and final signoff had to happen before launch
- essential learning content needed to be protected before decommissioning the old platform
The approach
We supported the RTPI with the transfer, rebuild and validation of key learning content, helping make sure priority courses were ready for launch in the new LMS.
Content audit and prioritisation
We started with a rapid review of the existing LMS content, identifying which courses needed to move as part of the initial transition. That gave the project a clear focus and helped the RTPI prioritise what mattered most.
Course rebuild and content transfer
We exported content from the legacy platform and rebuilt each priority course in the new LMS. This was not a simple lift and shift. We reworked structures within the new system so courses were usable, consistent and ready for delivery.
Collaboration with subject matter experts
Where content needed refining or correcting, we worked closely with RTPI subject matter experts to update it as part of the move. That helped keep the material accurate and relevant while avoiding unnecessary delay.
Brand, accessibility and quality review
Every course was checked against RTPI brand and accessibility expectations, helping create a more consistent learning experience across the new platform. We also supported user testing, review and final signoff to make sure content was ready before launch.
“GetSavi helped us get the key courses we knew we needed into our new LMS without fuss and to a high-quality standard as part of our broader LMS change project.”
Chief Technology Officer, RTPI
The results
All priority courses were successfully transferred into the new LMS on time and to a high standard.
Essential learning moved safely
The RTPI was able to decommission its legacy LMS with confidence, knowing that key learning content had been transferred and protected.
A more consistent learner experience
Each course aligned with RTPI brand and accessibility requirements, helping create a stronger and more joined up learning experience in the new platform.
Positive internal feedback
User testers and internal reviewers responded well to the finished courses, giving the team greater confidence as the wider LMS programme moved towards launch.
Practical support at a critical stage
By taking on the transfer and rebuild of priority content, we helped ease pressure on internal teams and kept an important part of the implementation moving.
“GetSavi committed a lot of time and attention to ensure our courses were safely transferred to our new LMS in line with our brand standards. Their approach was highly collaborative both with internal leads who needed to validate content once transferred, and with our new learning platform provider.”
Corporate Projects Manager, RTPI
