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Wait. What? I can buy an LMS with a credit card?

Janet Clarey

Homework may involve the investigation of things like “What is an LMS and how is it different than an LCMS, virtual classroom, or authoring tool?” (We Evaluate the system against your use case(s) not just an RFP response or demo. ” Do not pass GO if you can’t answer those questions. Do not collect $200. We have a primer on that.).

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How to Buy a LMS

eLearning 24-7

LCMS – Learning Content Management System – going the way of the dodo bird. With over 511 LMSs on the market and more than 140 authoring tools finding the right one can be an exercise in pain and confusion. I never did a RFP nor spent more time than necessary to find a system. Try to avoid using a RFP template.

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The A to Z of eLearning Acronyms Part 2

LearnUpon

An LCMS can be considered to be an LMS that includes an authoring tool. If you need to create materials from scratch (rather than the upload of pre-existing materials such as documents, video, audio, SCORM or xAPI), you should choose an LMS and an authoring tool or an LCMS. It is usually a subset of Human resources.