What is a learning management system (LMS)?
A learning management system, or LMS, is software that delivers, tracks, and manages training and education in one place. It holds the course content, enrolls the learners, runs the assessments, and reports on who completed what.
Software that delivers, tracks, and manages training and education in one place.
Learners get a single place to study, and administrators a clear view of progress, completion, and gaps.
A learner can pick up on a phone where they left off on a laptop.
An LMS delivers many courses and tracks every learner’s progress.
Schools, universities, and companies all lean on one. Instead of scattered files and spreadsheets, an LMS gives learners a single place to study and gives administrators a clear view of progress, completion, and gaps.
Modern systems are cloud based, so a learner can pick up on a phone where they left off on a laptop, and a teacher can update a course once and have it reach everyone instantly.
Figure 1. One platform between the course and the people
Drawn from this article: an LMS holds the course content, enrolls the learners, runs the assessments, and reports on who completed what, and a teacher can update a course once and have it reach everyone. Structure only; the figure carries no count or measure.
NeoSOFT built a cloud based LMS for a K-12 education provider, with virtual classrooms, content management, and real time performance tracking built in.
Is an LMS the same as an online course?
No. A course is content. An LMS is the platform that delivers many courses and tracks every learner’s progress.
An online course
What it is- Content
- One of the many courses an LMS delivers
A learning management system
What it is- The platform that delivers many courses
- Tracks every learner’s progress
- Enrolls the learners and runs the assessments
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Industry: Education & Learning
