PREPARED BY:TREESA VARGHESE

LMS AND CMS

LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Alearning management
system(LMS) is asoftware application
for the administration, documentation,
tracking, reporting and delivery of
electroniceducational technology(also
callede-learning) courses or training
programs.

Learning Management Systems range

from systems for managing training and
educational records to software for
distributingonlineor blended/hybrid
college courses over the Internet with
features for online collaboration.
Colleges, universities, school districts,
and schools use LMSs to deliver online
courses and augment on-campus courses.

LMS FUNCTIONALITY

Course Content Delivery

Student Registration and
Administration
Training Event Management (i.e.,
scheduling, tracking)
Curriculum and Certification
Management
Skills and Competencies Management
Skill Gap Analysis

Individual Development Plan (IDP)

Assessing and resulting
Reporting
Training Record Management
Courseware Authoring
Resource Management
Virtual Organizations
Performance Management System Integration

Blackboard Inc. currently refers to their

Blackboard Learn platform as an LMS (
Blackboard Inc., 2013). At this time,
LMS represents the ubiquitous term for
a product containing attributes of both
a LMS and a LCMS, whether for CMS or
LMS use.

COURSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS)

Definition - What doesCourse

Management System (CMS)mean?
A course management system is a set of
tools that enables the instructor to
create online course content and post it
on the Web without having to handle
HTML or other programming languages.

Traditionally a course management system (CMS) is

defined as an Internet-based software that creates and
distributes course content, manages student
enrollment and tracks student performance. In this way,
the CMS enables instructors to extend the classroom
beyond its traditional boundaries of time and space.
With the advent of digital libraries and Web 2.0
technologies, the term CMS is being replaced by
Learning Management System or LMS. This term extends
the previous CMS concept to include tools that allow
easy access to digital resources and enable a wide range
of collaboration activities.

Course management systems have

become an integral part of the higher
education system.
They make teaching and course
management easier by providing a
framework and set of tools for instructors.
The administrative aspects of such
systems may include class rosters and the
ability to record students' grades.

With respect to the teaching aspects,

however, it could include learning objects,
class exercises, quizzes and tests. The
CMS may also include tools for real-time
chat, or asynchronous bulletin board type
communications. The CMS tool also
focuses on all aspects of teaching,
learning and teacher-student interaction.

Some of the major players in the CMS

field include WebCT and Blackboard.
Some U.S institutions have developed
open source projects such as
CourseWorks, CHEF and Stellar. Some
colleges also develop their own smallscale course management systems.

What is the difference between a

course management system and a
learning management system (LMS)?
Which one do you use and when? The
difference is subtle between these two
options, but knowing the difference will
better enable an organization to levelset their continued learning needs.

First, the term course management

system may not be familiar to most,
and it is often used in the same respect
as a learning management system.
However, a course management
system (although quite similar) implies
something slightly different than a
traditional LMS.

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