
ApproveThis manages your LearningSuite Integration approvals.
April 17, 2025
Integration Category: Education
When Bureaucracy Meets E-Learning
Let's be real - training approvals suck. HR needs sign-off from department heads. Compliance wants exam results verified. IT requires manager approval before granting course access. Meanwhile, Susan from accounting just wants to finish her damn cybersecurity certification.
This is where ApproveThis and LearningSuite become the ultimate tag team. We handle the approval chaos. They deliver the training. Together? You get automated workflows that would make even the most process-obsessed CFO smile.
Why This Combo Works Like Bourbon and Bad Decisions
LearningSuite manages courses. ApproveThis manages decisions. Connect them through Zapier, and you've got a self-running system where:
- Approvals trigger automatic course enrollments
- Completed exams kick off compliance reviews
- External partners get access without needing LearningSuite licenses
It's like giving your L&D team a clone. But cheaper, and without the ethical dilemmas.
Real-World Use Cases That Don't Put People to Sleep
1. Auto-Enroll Employees After Approval
Picture this: A sales manager approves a negotiation training request. Before they finish their latte, the rep gets enrolled in LearningSuite courses. No IT tickets. No manual data entry.
Who needs this: Tech companies rolling out mandatory AI training. Healthcare orgs requiring HIPAA recertification. Basically anyone who hates chasing people through 12 approval steps.
2. Lock Down Exam Results Until Compliance Signs Off
Employee finishes a safety certification exam in LearningSuite. Instead of assuming someone will review it, ApproveThis automatically:
- Flags results for compliance leads
- Locks course completion status until approved
- Alerts managers if scores are suspiciously high (looking at you, accounting department)
Who needs this: Financial services firms. Manufacturing plants. Anywhere where "I swear I passed!" doesn't cut it.
3. Let Clients Request Training Without Hogging Licenses
External partner needs access to your supply chain courses. Normally, this would mean:
1. Purchase LearningSuite seat
2. Wait for IT provisioning
3. Hope they actually use it
With ApproveThis? Their manager approves the request. LearningSuite grants temporary access. No permanent license required. If they ghost after approval? Automatically revoke access after 30 days.
Features That Matter When You're Not Messing Around
ApproveThis isn't just another checkbox tool. These features actually fix real problems:
Approval Thresholds: Auto-approve $500 training requests. Escalate anything over $5k to the CFO. Because nobody wants to explain why Bob's "team building" course cost as much as a used Honda.
Vacation Delegation: Karen from legal is on a beach. Her approvals automatically route to the deputy GC. No more "per my out of office" reply chains.
Email Approvals: Let executives approve/reject from their inbox. 74% faster than making them log into yet another portal.
How to Set This Up Without Losing Your Mind
1. Connect via Zapier: Takes 8 minutes. Tops.
2. Map Your Triggers: New course request → ApproveThis workflow. Exam completed → Compliance review.
3. Set Guardrails: Approval thresholds, escalation rules, auto-revoke permissions.
4. Test With One Team: Start with IT security training. Expand once they stop complaining.
Pro tip: Use ApproveThis' calculated fields to auto-flag requests that exceed department budgets. Your finance team will send you cookies.
Who Actually Benefits From This Wizardry?
HR & L&D Teams
Stop playing approval traffic cop. Set policies once. Let the system route requests, nudge approvers, and update LearningSuite automatically. Now you can focus on finding courses that aren't from 2003.
Compliance Officers
Every approved training request becomes an audit trail. Every exam approval includes documented sign-off. When regulators come knocking, you've got proof nobody skipped ethics training.
IT Managers
Employees get instant access upon approval. Offboarding revokes permissions automatically. And external partners? They never get full LearningSuite licenses. Your security team might actually smile.
The Part Where We Tell You What to Do Next
If you're still manually approving training requests in 2024, we need to talk. Here's your playbook:
1. Book a 12-minute demo (we timebox religiously)
2. Try the LearningSuite integration for one process
3. Watch other teams beg you to automate their workflows
Worst case? You save 6 hours a week. Best case? You become the office hero who killed the approval bottleneck.
Integrate with LearningSuite Integration and get 90 days of ApproveThis for free.
After you create a Zapier integration, please email us at support@approve-this.com with your account name and we'll add 3 months of ApproveThis to your account. Limit one redemption per account.
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Best Approval Workflows for LearningSuite
Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for LearningSuite
Activate LearningSuite member on new approval request
When a new approval request is initiated, automatically activate or deactivate a LearningSuite member, ensuring compliance with approved access levels. This integration streamlines membership activation based on real-time approval workflows.
Zapier Components
Trigger
New Request
Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

Action
Activate/Deactivate Member
A Member gets activated or deactivated
Create approval request for completed exams
After a member completes an exam in LearningSuite, an approval request is created in ApproveThis to ensure exam results are verified and approved by authorized personnel, before being finalized.
Zapier Components

Trigger
Exam Completed
Triggers when a Member finishes an Exam
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
Submit feedback for approval
When new feedback is submitted in LearningSuite, create an approval request for the feedback to be reviewed and accepted by the responsible department through ApproveThis, ensuring quality control and proper action on feedback.
Zapier Components

Trigger
New Feedback
Triggers when a user submits a new feedback
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
Enroll members in new courses after approval
Once a course enrollment request is approved, automatically enroll the member into the specified courses in LearningSuite, streamlining access procedures post-approval.
Zapier Components
Trigger
A Request Is Approved/Denied
Triggers when a request is approved or denied.

Action
Add Courses to Member
Adds Courses to a Member
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