"Points to consider while selecting LMS"

Selecting the appropriate Learning Management System (LMS) and / or Learning Content Management System (LCMS) for your organization starts with identifying your learning strategy and requirements. It is important to prioritize your requirements in order to find the right LMS that will meet your core requirements initially, and grow to meet your subsequent requirements in the future. It is important to list down your requirements and categorize them as must have and good to have.

Common Must-Have Built-in Features:

• Secure logon/authentication
• Ease and extent of LMS look and feel customization. The better systems allow for extensive customization to match your organization’s brand
• Sub-portals: The ability to create multiple LMS instances and to partition (separate) your learner populations
• Integrated learning plans, job skills, and other features to facilitate assigning and tracking of training on a job-specific basis
• Learning Plans/Course Authorization
• Job Skills, Succession Planning, Talent Management (corporate training).
• Student Information System (registration, matriculation, grading, etc.)
• Social Networking (discussion forms, live chat)
• File/assignment upload
• Full SCORM 2004 support
• Vendor and Client Hosted options
• Built-in course authoring tools (use sparingly)

Common “Nice to have”

• Personalized profiles (upload picture, bio, etc.)
• Internal email
• Work offline/Synchronize
• Online marketing tools
• Course templates

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Selecting an LMS and /or LCMS provider for your enterprise-wide or department-wide training management, consider these areas of focus Skill Assessment, Content Access, Enrollment and Tracking, Learning Evaluation, Marketing Communications, Content Development. 

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