Lms Configuration

LMS Configuration Learning Management SystemAbility to combine training initiatives on a scalable,
(or LMS) is a software solution that enables theeconomical Web-base
management and delivery of online content toAssembles and delivers content swiftly in several
learners. LMSs are web-based to make possiblelanguages.
"anytime, any where, any pace" access to learningMeasures the efficiency of training initiatives.
content and management.Incorporates other LMS.
Usually an LMS allows for learner registration,Consolidates and automates administration.
delivery of learning activities, and learnerUser friendly and easy to learn
assessment online .Some LMSs include tools suchMerges classroom and online learning.
as competency management, skills-gap analysis,Maintains portability and standards: AICC, IMS and
succession planning, certifications, and resourceSCORM.
distribution (venues, rooms, textbooks,Benefits
instructors, etc.). Other than the mostLearning management systems allow companies
straightforward, basic functionality, all LMSs focusto plan and track the learning requirements and
on different educational, administrative, andaccomplishments of employees, customers, and
deployment requirements.partners.
LMS Commercial & Open SourceWithin a company, an LMS can link organizational
Recognizing the incapability of many companies togoals to employee jobs and competencies. It
create and organize e-learning courses withprovides a catalogue of available and relevant
appropriate content, a niche market was createdcourses, books, and training events.
that offered outsourced e-learning solutions.LMSs deliver content in classroom-based or
These companies take an organization’se-learning formats. The system also has the
learning content, and create, host, and supervisecapability to register learners for courses etc.
Web-based courses. They provide services toLMS has mixed-media training initiatives,
make the course content web based on theirautomation and administration of courses.
software rather than license the software to theLimitations An LMS drives/dictates the nature of
user.interaction (instructors-learner, learner-learner,
While most systems are commercially developedlearner-content.
and frequently have non-free licenses or restrictThe interface - generally is confusing for many
access to their source code, free andlearners. The key criteria in interface design should
open-source models do exist. Open source andbe what the end needs to do, but Current LMS
Web-based LMS solutions are growing rapidly ininterface designs rely on what the designers
the education and business world.administrators want to do.
CharacteristicsIn limited ways LMS vendors have started
LMSs can combine mixed-media training initiatives,extending tools that offer anything beyond simple
automation and administration of courses, collectcontent sequencing and discussion forums.
and deliver content, measure learningAs thinking skills move to advanced levels, artificial
effectiveness and merge with other enterpriseconstruction of content and interaction imposed
applications.by an LMS are limiting to constructivist learning.
Because of its ability to integrate, organize andIn Conclusion
standardize learning across broad organizationalLMS is still the best e-learning solution. These
needs, the LMS model has been comparedlimitations are not the end of LMS, with a few
favorably to enterprise resource planning (ERP)changes it can be made to suit the user end. As
solutions, which change a company’stime changes the LMS will also evolve to be
back-office into a flawlessly functioning whole.better and more user friendly.
A good LMS has the following characteristics --