
An LMS provides a platform for housing all types of eLearning courses, as well as tracking who has completed them, when, and what kind of score they
received on assessments. Furthermore, an LMS allows administrators or trainers to prepare reports, make assignments, and send reminders all at one central location.




LMS
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LCMS
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Primary target users
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Training managers, Instructors, and Administrators
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Content developers, Instructional Designers and Training Managers
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Primary management
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Learners
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Learning content
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Mainly used for management of classroom and instructor-led trainings
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Yes, (but not always, in few cases)
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No
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Reports generation of trainings
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Primary focus
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Secondary focus
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Learner collaboration
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Yes
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Yes
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Keeping learner profile data
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Yes
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No
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Sharing learner data with an ERP system
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Yes
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No
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Event scheduling
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Yes
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No
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Competency mapping – skill gap analysis
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Yes
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Yes, (In a few cases)
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Content-creation capabilities
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No
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Yes
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Organizing reusable content
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No
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Yes
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Creation of test questions and test administration
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Yes
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Yes
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Dynamic pre-testing and adaptive learning
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No
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Yes
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Workflow tools to manage the content development process
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No
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Yes
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Delivery of content with navigational controls and learner interface
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No
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Yes
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