About LCMSs

A Learning Content Management System (LCMS) is a software system designed to deliver educational and training courses created by teachers or trainers for their students. Key services that LCMS's provide, include:

• Student management
• Provision of learning materials
• Communication tools
• Course administration

Although not a specific requirement, in practice LCMS's always make extensive use of computers and the Internet, see Wikipedia to find out more about LCMS's.

In addition, LCMS's can support multiple courses, enabling students and instructors in a given organisation (and across multiple sites and organisations) to enjoy a seamless experience within a familiar framework when subscribing to more than one course. LCMS's may also include elements such as:

• Quizzes and/or formal assessment
• Authoring and communication tools
• Course syllabus
• Administrative controls
• Teaching materials
• Student registration
• Tracking