LMS: Learning Management System Features
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LMS Definition
- An learning management system (LMS) is a set of software tools for delivering, tracking and managing online training and education. LMS options range from systems for managing training records to more flexible software for distributing courses over the Internet and offering features for online authoring. In some instances, corporate training departments purchase an LMS to automate their record-keeping as well as to allow registration of employees for classroom and online interactive courses.
- Key features may include student self-service, self-registration, instructor-led training, skill groups management, user notifications and deadlines, manager hierarchies, wait-list management, and of course actual serving if the training material.
- Also common in an LMS is an automated testing facility which records answers, grades tests, and keeps all data for later reporting and analysis.
- Optional LMS features may include a built-in authoring tool, chat boards, and discussion boards.
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