Title : Report on Learning Management System (LMS) and Course

Management System (CMS)

Members :

1- Nor Hanisah Binti Abdullah (A150339)
2- Norafazira binti Royal (A149295)
3- Fionna Anak Jeffery ( A151239 )
4-Tuan Nur Afzan Binti Tuan Nazam ( A150980 )


Group : T1
Lecturer : Dr. Fariza Binti Khalid




Introduction

We were given a task by Dr. Fariza for our second assignment in week 3. The
purpose of writing this report is to describe the definition of Learning Management System
(LMS) and Course Management System (CMS). This report also includes the comparison
between LMS and CMS so we had to differentiate between Learning Management System and
Course Management System. The report was done by examining all the online information
collected from Google search engine network that each of us shared in Google Docs. As the task
is a group work so in order to complete the task, we required everyones commitment to do it as
a team to complete the task within the time given .



















Discussion

1. Learning Management System (LMS)

Definition :
LMS is a systematic software application for the administration, documentation,
tracking, reporting and delivery of e-learning education courses or training programs. The LMS
has become a powerful tool to control learning process of an entire organization and often being
confuse with related but conceptually different terms called Course Management Systems
(CMS).

Function:
LMS various software and products grant many organizations the opportunity to create and
develop intelligent electronic coursework; and we can expect unmatched reach and flexibility to
be deliver with it. It also provides the users the ability to manage its continued use over time. An
LMS offers an incredible balance in between the functionality and ease-of-use to users. It
provides an easy, simple yet modern user interface.
Advantages:
LMS is a very great creation in this technology era and of course it has it owns benefit to make it
stand tall with the others such as it has many choices to create curriculum.(belum hbis edit)
Easily adapting and reusing materials over time.
More choices for creators of curriculum, such as method of delivery, design of
materials, and techniques for evaluation.
Creating economies of scale that make it less costly for organizations to develop and
maintain content, as they rely on third parties.
Improvements in professional development and evaluation, allowing companies to
get more value from human resources while empowering individuals with additional
tools for self-improvement..


Features:
the ability to create class rosters and waiting lists and control over registration
processes
enable to create and publish course calendar.
Deliver course content that allowing remote participation by the instructor or pupil
for most of the time.
enable to create various methods of assessment and testing such as creating instant
pop quizzes
enable to upload and manage documents containing curricular content.
enable students to interact among each other through email, discussion forum and
instant messaging


Example :
Free software resource : Grovo, Paradiso LMS, Accord LMS, FirmWater LMS,
Exxtend LMS, LatitudeLearning.com, CourseWebs.com, Training JumpStart Portal, Travitor
LMS, SMPWeb





2. Course Management System (CMS)

Definition :
Tools that allow instructor to post information on the web without the instructor
having to know or understand HTML or other computer languages.

Function:
Advantages:
It is an important role in academic enterprise of teaching and learning, contains
aspects of administration such as class rosters, recording of grades yet also deals directly with
core aspects of teaching that may contain learning objects, class exercises, quizzes and tests.

Features:
An area for faculty posting of class materials such as course syllabus and handouts
An area for student posting of papers and other assignments
A gradebook where faculty can record grades and each student can view his or her
grades
An integrated email tool allowing participants to send announcement email messages to
the entire class or to a subset of the entire class
A chat tool allowing synchronous communication among class participants
A threaded discussion board allowing asynchronous communication among participants.

Free software resource :
WebCT(www.webct.com) Blackboard (http://www.desire2learn.com/ )
desire2learn (http://www.edutools.info/course/productinfo/index.jsp.



The Differences between LMS & CMS



Learning Management System
( LMS )

Course Management System
( CMS )

A learning management system plans,
delivers and manages all the learning
needs of an organization.

An LMS is designed keeping an eye on
the corporate learning market.

It makes courses available, makes
enrollments and develops its
confirmation, checks learner eligibility,
develops reminders of class schedules,
records course completion, develops
tests, communicates the completion of
the course to the learners employer and
generates follow-up correspondence to
the learner.

It provides a platform to manage
blended learning that includes
conventional classroom learning and

A CMS or a Content Management
System is basically designed to support
educative or academic courses.

It allows the instructor to create a
course website, where documents can
be uploaded in popular formats such as
word, powerpoint, etc. without having
to convert them to a web format such
as HTML. This requires few
specialized skills, thus making a CMS
the ubiquitous choice of instructors.

It also efficiently supports distance
learning because of its robust
discussion board application.
Instructors post the essence of the
course that leads students through
varied learning activities, after which
the instructors supervise course
online learning. An LMS can also be
used to record and assess training
satisfaction.

It can generate reports such as the
number of students enrolling in
particular courses, or aggregated records
of student performance in particular
courses.

discussions through the discussion
board.


Price

An LMS is the most expensive
learning investment of organizations,
with some systems ranging between
several million dollars.




Rapid leap frogs in technology
An LMS soon becomes redundant
because of the upcoming technology

Price
In a bid to make the CMS appeal to the
corporate segment, publishers have
resorted to adding complex features to
it, resulting in a sharp surge in its
pricing. While some universities have
remained loyal to them still, others
have dropped them completely.




Less flexibility
The design of the course is less flexible
in a CMS. The names of the standard
that is included in its newer versions.
Making the LMS more flexible to
adapt to changing technology is the
only way out. Some LMSs survive a
bit longer by adding the features of
learning content management systems
to their present structures.
Customization problems.
Diverse learning needs of varied
organizations give rise to the problems
arising out of customization. A little
alteration in the system to suit to your
needs can always be done, but
extensive customization has often done
more harm than good.

sections can seldom be changed or
altered.



Inefficiency in providing interactive
e-learning
Interactive e-learning through
authoring tools such as Dreamweaver
or Flash cannot be delivered through a
CMS. For this purpose, instructors
need to link to separately created
materials, which are stored somewhere
else.
Inefficiency in testing and tracking
A CMS cannot verify the identity of
the students taking tests, nor can it save
the test before a student transmits it to
the instructor. Also, some CMSs are
not capable of transferring grades from
the gradebook to other progress
tracking systems.



Function

Registration of learners
* Tracking participation in courses
* Testing
* Conducting follow-up discussions
* Transferring information to other
systems inclu* Scheduling courses
* Managing skills
* Managing blended learning




Online posting of course material
Material such as reading copies and
powerpoint slides can be made
available online, apart from the
schedule of the course and its syllabus.
Learner assessment
Learners can be assessed through
online quizzes, tests and gradebooks.
Discussion forum
Discussions can be conducted through
a discussion board Allotment of lock
boxes
Learners can store class assignments,
class notes or presentations in
individual lock boxes.
Review of statistics
The course statistics can be reviewed at
will, which details information about
who used the site and when.


Summary and conclusion

At the end of the report, we were able to differentiate between Learning Management
Strategies and Course Management Strategies besides we can give their respective definitions
and functions. Upon completing this report, we managed to familiarize ourselves with the terms
used and will be able to explain in details about the matters. We also get to know each other
better while using the chance to explore more about Learning Management Strategies along with
Course Management Strategies in depth.





















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