An LMS helps make learning interesting and engages learners so they take a more active role in their own development.
Start for freeTraditionally, a Learning Management System (LMS) is software designed specifically to create, store and deliver educational content to organizations, companies, individuals or groups of individuals.
Most up-to-date systems include built-in authoring tools, which allow building courses from scratch and support xAPI and/or SCORM standards. That gives you the flexibility to build new learning or re-use what you already have.
A Content Management System (CMS) is often confused with an LMS. A CMS is a completely different product that could house some learning materials — a place for instructors and authors to create course designs ahead of release — but it is no substitute for an LMS. Courses developed in a CMS can be exported to an LMS later through xAPI and/or SCORM.
Make sure employees or members receive mandated training, and manage recurring certification and accreditation programs. A single centralized approach simplifies the task, mitigates risk and helps avoid regulatory compliance issues.
Amplify membership value by creating new training content and facilitating engagement among members of non-profit organizations.
Provide training to your customers — common for technology companies who need to onboard new customers fast and effectively, which also reduces support effort later on.
One of the most common use cases: supporting new employees through their initial onboarding so they get up to speed quickly.
Support talent management and development of current employees. Courses can be created and assigned so employees acquire new job skills and stay informed about product or process changes.
Software as a Service (SaaS) is usually hosted in a cloud such as Microsoft Azure or AWS, with support, maintenance and upgrades included in the price. It is normally a multitenant platform: all clients share one instance, and administrators, instructors and learners are separated by the company they are registered under. Companies can usually brand it with their own logo and color scheme. There is nothing to install, which makes it a good option for any organization that wants to implement training quickly with minimum expense. The downside of a single shared instance is that very little customization is allowed and learning objects cannot be shared among several companies.
Platform as a Service (PaaS) is also cloud hosted, but gives much more flexibility. Every customer has their own instance, so branding, customization, integration and content sharing can go much further. Support, maintenance, updates and upgrades are still provided for your instance. That is also why PaaS costs more than SaaS: in SaaS everybody shares hosting, support and maintenance expenses, while in PaaS the instance is yours alone.
Learners count as active users only when they access learning content — not when their account is created or when they log in. This is the most cost effective model, because you only pay for interaction with course content.
Usage is calculated on several user metrics: how many users log in, register for a course, buy content or earn a certificate. This can become expensive quickly as learning programs scale.
Tailored to the sale of content, typically expressed as a percentage of revenue shared with the LMS vendor.
Use CoreAchieve to create and manage eLearning content and validate completion.
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