LMS At A Glance
What is LMS?
Learning Management System (LMS) is a term used to describe software tools designed to manage user learning activities and to help educators and business operators create effective online learning communities.
LMS can also be referred to as a course management system (CMS).
LMS Services
Go Beyond Simple Training Documentation...
LMS goes far beyond traditional training records management and reporting. The biggest benefit for LMS is the extensive range of added functionality that is offered. Functions such as:
- On-line assessments
- Management of Continuous Professional Education (CPE)
- Collaborative learning (e.g. chats, forums, discussion threads, instructor blogs, etc.)
- Training resource management (e.g. instructors, facilities, equipment)
- Learner self-service (e.g. self-registration on instructor-led Training)
- Training workflow (e.g. user notification, manager approval, wait-list management, timed release of lessons, grading of assignments/essays, etc.)
- The provision of on-line learning (e.g. Computer-Based Training, SCORM/AICC compliant content)
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Key benefits and features
- LMS is suitable for 100% online classes as well as supplementing face-to-face learning (perfect for learning institutions)
- LMS has a simple, lightweight, efficient, compatible, low-tech browser interface
- Course listings show descriptions for every course on the server, including accessibility to guests.
- Courses can be categorized and searched
- Most text entry areas (resources, forum postings, journal entries, etc) can be edited using a capable, embedded WYSIWYG HTML editor
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How can LMS help you?
Learning Management Systems are preferred by regulated industries (e.g. financial services, education, health care, industrial, construction, etc.) where compliance training and documentation is essential.
For businesses and industries that think having their own LMS is too expensive or requires too much technical expertise to manage consider the following points regarding our LMS service:
- Our LMS is designed in a modular way, and allows a great deal of flexibility to add (and remove) functionality at many levels.
- Our LMS upgrades very easily from one version to the next remotely.
- Our LMS has an internal system to upgrade it's own databases and repair itself over time.
- Our LMS requires only one database (and can share it with other applications if necessary).
- Our LMS includes comprehensive database abstraction that supports many major brands of database.
- There is an emphasis on strong security. Forms are all checked, data validated, cookies encrypted etc.
Having your own LMS for employees or clients/vendors is easier than you think. Contact us today to learn more about having your own corporate LMS.