In the AI era, content is everywhere—but trust is harder to earn.
Learners are overwhelmed with generic content that feels irrelevant, and L&D teams are under more pressure than ever to deliver training that actually sticks. Personalization isn’t just a nice-to-have anymore; it’s the expectation.
That’s why we’re excited to introduce our latest innovation: Semi-Custom Courses, now available for waitlist and free for all OpenSesame Plus Complete customers.
What are Semi-Custom Courses?
At OpenSesame, we’ve always believed that quality and efficiency shouldn’t be mutually exclusive. With our new Semi-Custom Courses service, we’re giving L&D teams the best of both worlds:
- Start with expertly built, pre-vetted content from our publishers
- Add your organization’s unique voice and branding
- Deliver courses that feel custom without the heavy lift
This new function allows you to take any eligible OpenSesame course and layer in your internal context, leadership messaging, policies, and more.
No design degree. No additional software. No reinventing the wheel.
Why now?
In today’s workplace, employees expect training that feels relevant, thoughtful, and tailored to their role. But most L&D teams don’t have time to build from scratch or the instructional design expertise to ensure that training meets quality and compliance standards.
At the same time, AI has made content creation faster than ever. But not all AI-generated training is trustworthy or engaging. The real differentiator today isn’t speed; it’s credibility. Learners and executives alike want to know:
Is this course grounded in real expertise? Does it also reflect our values? Will it still resonate with our people?
That’s exactly the gap Semi-Custom Courses are designed to fill.
You’re not starting from a blank page. You’re starting from trusted, publisher-created courses – then adding the context, culture, and credibility only you can provide.
What you can do with Semi-Custom Courses
With this new feature, you can now:
- Add your branded videos, images, and policies
- Include internal videos from your leadership, customers, or SMEs
- Attach policies, job aids, and reference materials right alongside the course
- Adjust passing scores or quiz thresholds to reflect your internal standards
- Control slide progression to ensure learners don’t skip over must-know content
- Enable “Test Out” functionality for experienced learners
- Apply translations so your edits are reflected across global teams
Best of all? Everything happens within your OpenSesame Plus subscription and is delivered seamlessly through your LMS. That means there is no new system to juggle and no extra integration work.
Built for the modern learning program
If you’re responsible for training across departments you’ve never worked in, for teams in countries whose languages you don’t speak, or for roles where expectations shift weekly—this service was built for you.
You don’t have to be an expert in every topic. You don’t have to spend weeks creating custom training from scratch. And you definitely don’t need to chase down SMEs and stitch together half a dozen systems to make something that feels relevant.
With Semi-Custom Courses, you have more control over how content looks and feels, while still leaning on the trusted foundation of OpenSesame’s world-class library.
You can deliver training that’s:
- Faster to launch
- More relevant to your workforce
- Aligned to your company culture and strategy
Guardrails that protect quality and compliance
To ensure you maintain the integrity of sensitive or regulated content, some smart restrictions apply. For example, you won’t be able to:
- Remove course sections
- Alter publisher wording
- Add content that’s inappropriate
This gives you the freedom to customize, without the risk of unintentionally compromising learning outcomes or standards.
Designed for learner engagement. Backed by customer experience
We know from research (and reality) that personalized training increases learner engagement and retention. When employees see their company’s language, branding, and leadership voice in a course, it doesn’t feel like “just another off-the-shelf module.” It feels relevant. It feels real.
And for you? You get to scale a training experience that looks and feels on-brand, without adding manual work to your overflowing to-do list.
As always, if you need support, our curation and customer success teams are standing by to help you strategize, prioritize, and implement. You’re never doing it alone.
Ready to make learning more personal?
Semi-Custom Courses are available to all Plus customers at no additional cost. We’re rolling this out through a waitlist to ensure early adopters get the best experience—and we’d love to include you.
You’ll be the first to access, get hands-on support, and help shape the future of personalized training at scale.
Because in today’s world, generic doesn’t cut it. And with OpenSesame, it doesn’t have to.