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What are Learning Management Systems?
Learning Management Systems (LMS) are one of the three components used to deliver and manage your company's learning programs; Learning Management Systems, Content Authoring Systems (LMCS) and content or courseware libraries. Learning Management Systems track, coordinate, quantify and otherwise manage all training, education and certification for a diverse array of learning and e-learning requirements. Whether your requirements are focused on continuing education, human capital development, e-learning or certification, Learning Management Systems ensure your company's defined goals are met and ROI is realized.
Who is Learning Management For?
Learning Management Systems are designed to enable your company or organization to properly manage continued learning initiatives, thus allowing results to be measured and modifications to be made. Although these systems can be used by any sized organization, they typically fit medium to large sized clients who have many users and diverse learning and e-learning activities.
How do Learning Management Systems help me with Employee Development?
Learning Management Systems are critical to your employee's development because they manage and track learning programs with automated tools that greatly enhance the capabilities of managers. Think of it this way: you could do the accounting for a medium sized business, with potentially thousands of transactions, using an excel spreadsheet or even by hand in a ledger, but it would be much easier and infinitely more productive to use Quickbooks or another software accounting system. Learning Management Systems enable excellent record keeping, which is paramount to any learning endeavor, as well as providing many automated features such as notifications, reminders and tracking compliance.
The benefits of Learning Management Systems go beyond employee training. Learning Management Systems can be used to deliver information to partners, customers, suppliers and resellers, at anytime and any location worldwide. They help with corporate responsibility, accountability and compliance by automatically documenting important components of a learning curriculum.
What types of learning can be managed by an LMS?
LMS-managed training is web based and can be delivered anywhere for any purpose:
- E-learning (online training)
- Classroom / seminars (offline training)
- Homestudy (book, CD-ROM)
Companies use Learning Management Systems to track a variety of training initiatives: sales courses; educating clients, customers, and partners; continuing education for managers; computer competency courses; and required certification courses for technical employees.
Nearly any type of knowledge transfer, training, learning, or education will benefit from an LMS.
Nearly any type of knowledge transfer, training, learning, or education will benefit from an LMS.
What are some typical features of an LMS?
- Learner tracking and reporting
- Web-based
- Contact management
- Course management
- Professional growth and development management
- Learning event scheduling and reporting
- Testing and exam management
- Learner collaboration
- Knowledge management
- Resources
Can an LMS be customized to fit my precise training needs?
Our LMS is very customizable. Our experts routinely work to custom-design a system that meets special requirements.
What are the system requirements?
Our LMS is delivered via web technologies, either internally or across the Internet. All you need is a browser and you can run LMS.
How much does it cost?
Our LMS is sensibly priced. Here's what one of our clients said about our pricing recently: “…for the price of one lunch I can have my student in the system for a year.”
How long does it take to implement?
For a simple hosted solution, we can get you up and running in less than 1 day. For a totally customized solution, the implementation time varies based on your requirements. will work within your time constraints to deliver a solid solution quickly and effectively.
