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The Ultimate Glossary of eLearning Terms

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LCMS (Learning Content Management System). Like an LMS, an LCMS manages the creation, storage and delivery of eLearning content. The primary purpose of the LTI standard, created by the IMS Global Learning Consortium, is to connect learning systems, such as an LMS, with external service tools. RFP (Request for Proposal).

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The A to Z of eLearning Acronyms Part 2

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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.