Continuous Education

Continuing Education Management Software

Training management system with a suite of features to meet the needs of continuing education. Power your university's short courses, professional development, and certificate programs from one platform.

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Designed for continuing education and lifelong learning

Arlo is built to handle the operational complexity of continuing education units. Whether you’re running public CPD programs, internal staff development, or professional certifications, Arlo supports the workflows, integrations, and scale you need.

  • Serve multiple departments or colleges from a single system
  • Set user permissions and lock down system-wide settings
  • Offer public and private courses with distinct access and visibility rules
  • Provide registrants with a branded portal to manage training history, certificates and more
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Powerful and customizable registration workflows

Handle open enrolments, invite-only programs, and application-based registrations with ease. Arlo’s flexible forms and business rules allow you to collect the right data and guide learners through the right process.

  • Offer public and private registration flows
  • Add custom fields, dropdowns, document uploads, and logic
  • Support waitlists, registration limits, multi-course bundles, and learning pathways
  • Allow multiple registrants and courses per order
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“If we didn’t have Arlo, we’d need to hire another admin. Instead, we’re investing that time and money into making our training better, designing new courses and growing the business."

Jeff, CEO
cLearn
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Department-level access and control

Support decentralized teams while maintaining consistency and control. Arlo gives you the flexibility to manage multiple colleges or units in one platform, without losing oversight.

  • Assign roles and restrict access per college or department
  • Lock core settings while allowing local course management
  • Share templates and central assets across teams
  • Maintain a single source of truth for course, learner, and financial data
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Automated communications & certificate delivery

Save hours on manual admin with automated emails, surveys, and certificates. Whether you run face-to-face, online, or blended courses, Arlo takes care of the details.

  • Send calendar invites, reminders, follow-ups, and surveys automatically
  • View and manage historical, paid and unpaid orders
  • Offer flexible payment options such as credit card, invoice and bank transfer
  • Connect with your accounting system of choice, with QuickBooks or Xero integrations
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Flexible payment methods with accounting integration

Move away from disjointed payment gateways and tedious reconciliation. Arlo lets you manage paid registrations from checkout to invoice to receipt.

  • Accept credit card, invoice, and bank transfer payments
  • Integrate with Authorize.net, Stripe, PayPal, Windcave, and more
  • Automatically generate invoices and receipts
  • Push data to Xero, QuickBooks, and other accounting tools
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Course, instructor & resource scheduling

Arlo manages all aspects of transfers, refunds, and cancellations for you. Built-in tools allow you to easily cancel or transfer registrations and automatically notify your customers of any changes.

  • Send calendar invites, reminders, follow-ups, and surveys automatically
  • Trigger certificates based on attendance, results, or survey completion
  • Brand your emails and certificates per department or program
375K
Courses scheduled
7.5M
People trained
9.7M
Hours of admin saved
100M
Emails sent
$3B
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Track progress and compliance instantly

Automatically capture registrations, attendance, and certificates, no more chasing data. Build reports once, filter by region or manager, and schedule them to run when needed. Export to CSV, Excel, or Power BI with ease.

Connect to the systems you already use

Whether you’re using Microsoft, Salesforce, or a homegrown solution, Arlo connects seamlessly with your existing LMS, CRM, and communication tools. Link sessions to Zoom, Teams, or Webex in one click.

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Customer Self-Service Portal

Empower your learners with a branded portal to manage their registrations, view upcoming courses, access course materials, and download certificates — all with secure logins and autofill convenience.

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Marketing & SEO Tools

Promote your live training effectively using Arlo’s built-in marketing features. Run targeted campaigns, offer discounts, optimize your website for SEO, and outrank competitors to drive more traffic and registrations.

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Presenter Mobile Access for Attendance & Results

Give presenters mobile tools to mark attendance and record results directly from their phones. No chasing paperwork or manual entry, updates sync instantly to Arlo and can trigger automatic certificate issuance, saving admin time and improving accuracy.

Integrated Task Management for Pre & Post-Course Workflows

Create reusable task sets tied to course schedules and auto-assign them to staff with due-date logic. Team members are notified automatically, so you can manage logistics, from setup to follow-up, without relying on separate tools or emails.

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Continuing Education Management Software FAQs

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Can we run programs for multiple departments with one Arlo account?
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Yes. You can assign different roles and permissions for each college, division or department, and control branding, course access, and visibility.

Can we support application-based registration flows?
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Yes. Arlo allows you to set up application-only registration and manually or automatically approve applicants. You can also create conditional logic and pre-requisites.

Can Arlo issue certificates automatically?
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Yes. Certificates can be triggered based on attendance, successful completion, or even post-course survey submission.

What payment methods does Arlo support?
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Arlo integrates with secure payment gateways so you can accept a wide range of online payment methods directly through the Arlo checkout. Available options include:

  • Credit and debit cards — via Stripe, PayPal, Windcave, or Authorize.Net
  • Digital wallets — Google Pay and Apple Pay (via Stripe)
  • Buy now, pay later — Klarna and Afterpay/Clearpay (via Stripe, region restrictions apply)
  • Alternative methods — bank transfer and invoice payments
  • Refunds — full and partial credit card refunds can be processed directly in Arlo (Stripe and Windcave)

Supported payment gateways:

  • Stripe – Fast setup with no merchant account required; embedded checkout experience; supports refunds, wallet payments, and buy now/pay later.
  • PayPal – Express Checkout integration for online payments.
  • Windcave (PxPay 2.0) – Hosted or embedded payment pages with PCI compliance.
  • Authorize.Net – Best suited for USD payments; embedded checkout option.

For accounting, Arlo integrates with Xero, QuickBooks, and other tools to automatically push payment and reconciliation data.

Does Arlo support both paid & free courses?
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Yes. Arlo supports a range of financial models so you can offer:

  • Paid courses — with flexible payment options including credit card, digital wallets, buy now/pay later, bank transfer, and invoice.
  • Free courses — with full registration tracking but no payment required.
  • By-invitation–only courses — control access with private links or restricted registration settings.

You can set the payment model at the course level, allowing different courses to have different pricing and payment options.

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