Learning Management System (LMS) + Moodle + Blackboard: Create Your Own Online Learning Sites!

Hello lovely people! I am glad you are here. Today I am going to talk about an important topic: Learning Management System and a few useful LMS that you guys can use in your teaching. Have a nice reading! 

 What is the Learning Management System (LMS)?

A learning management system (LMS) is a software technology designed for creating, distributing, and managing the delivery of educational content. It is a functional platform that allows instructors to upload educational content, share data, and deliver lessons to their students. 

Learning management systems can improve learning by making it more productive, faster, cost-effective, and trackable. Both instructors and students can easily access courses and administrators can monitor their students' development and make improvements.

Why Teachers Should Use A Learning Management System? 

1) Teachers can store all of the eLearning materials that they prepared for their lessons in one location. This can help them to create eLearning courses easily and track their lesson materials and important data.

2) When teachers upload their eLearning materials on the LMS and share them with their students, students can access the information that they need easily. They can use their smartphones, tablets, and computers to log in and reach the materials. This can provide them to study after lessons and develop learning skills by themselves.

3) Teachers can easily track the students' progress and performances while using Learning Management Systems. Teachers can easily detect their students' struggles and provide what is necessary to overcome that struggle in their classes.

4) A Learning Management System reduces learning costs such as instructor travel costs, online training site rentals, and printed eLearning materials. Teachers can make their students become online learners and carry the learning sessions throughout an online environment. This can help teachers to reduce the costs.

5) A Learning Management System reduces learning and development time in terms of providing the information that the students need in a direct and organized way. The students can go and check the online materials that they need and learn easily. They can take online exams, quizzes, and watch videos.

6) Thanks to LMS, teachers can make modifications in their eLearning courses easily and quickly without doing everything all over again.

7) While using a LMS, teachers can integrate social learning in their eLearning courses. They can include different links, social media, and online forums. They can create peer and group collaboration through social learning.

For further information, you can check this YouTube video about the Learning Management System (LMS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezbJwaLmOeM

Some Learning Management Systems (LMS)

                                                                Cloud-Based LMS:                                                                  

Docebo

Adobe Captivate Prime

TalentLMS

SAP Litmos LMS

LearnUpon LMS

Inquisiq LMS

LearninPool

Mindflash

Absorb LMS

iSpring Learn

Looop

LearnAmp

GnosisConnect

Coassemble

Effectus LMS

Tovuti

Growth Engineering's Academy LMS

Skillcast LMS

CoreAchieve

Open Source LMS:

Blackboard

Moodle

Chamilo

Open edX

Totara Learn

Canvas

Let's talk about some of the Learning Management Systems:

Moodle

Moodle stands for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment. Moodle founded and developed by Martin Dougiamas in 2002. It provides instructors, educators, administrators, and students an open, free, and secure online platform for creating personalized learning environments.

You can check their website and create your own online learning sites. Here is the link to their website: https://moodle.org/?lang=en_us

Blackboard

Blackboard Learn (previous name: the Blackboard Learning Management System) is a learning management system developed by Blackboard Inc. It allows its users to upload online, blended, and web-assisted courses, content, and modules. The users can collect students' tests and assignments, grade their works, and interact with them by using communication tools.

For further information and get started to create your online learning sites, here is a link to their website: https://www.blackboard.com/teaching-learning/learning-management/blackboard-learn

Thank you for reading. I will see you in my next blogs. Take care and stay healthy!