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eLearning Glossary: Definitions for the Most Commonly Used Terms

Association eLearning

SCORM, LMS, AMS, LCMS, API, JITT, what does it all mean?! LCMS – A Learning Content Management System (LCMS) typically provides a multi-user environment where administrators, instructors, and content managers can create, store, reuse, and manage learning objects from a central object repository.

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Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) for Managing Course Assets

Tony Karrer

They have Articulate courses, classroom courses, SharePoint sites, etc. They have an LMS but not an LCMS. A long time ago, the goal of an LCMS was to help to manage all of these kinds of assets. But I’m not sure they line up with what most LCMS packages provide – unless you decide that you will use it as a super-authoring tool.

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LMS, LCMS, Content Authoring: Exploring eLearning Tools

WBT Systems

A Learning Content Management System (LCMS) typically is an LMS to which the LMS vendor has added an authoring tool. The authoring tool in an LCMS can be used to create content and courses, but has limited functionality compared to a multimedia content authoring tool. Which eLearning Tool is Right for You?

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The top 10 elearning LMS platforms & software available right now

Elucidat

LMS vs Learning Content Management System (LCMS): There’s some crossover between LCMSs and LMSs. The main difference is that LCMS specializes in digital learning – allowing you to create and deliver elearning all in one place. LMS or LCMS? Both allow you to host and deliver web-based learning, and both are SCORM compatible.

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Top online learning tools for successful solutions

Elucidat

Articulate Storyline 360: this well-known authoring tool provides a clean and simple approach to content creation. A Learning Content Management System, or LCMS, allows you to create, manage, host and track digital learning content. An LCMS could be for you. For example, Elucidat is an authoring tool and an LCMS.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

Someone came up with the idea to create templates for developing courses quickly – and no, it wasn’t someone from Adobe or Articulate. Not Articulate. Instead, it was someone from Macromedia Dreamweaver, which is software for building websites. The person who saw the template potentially hit it out of the park.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

The LCMS Learning Content Management System. They started to drop off the map, due to the LMS adding more capabilities that an LCMS could do. Articulate and Adobe definitely did damage to the market, again, with their original RCAT. It was truly the wild west back then. There are a couple out there.