The LMS Guidebook: Learning Management Systems Demystified

CHAPTER 3

Academic LMS Features

This chapter describes what an academic LMS is and how it differs from a corporate LMS. It covers the features of an academic LMS that allow you to manage users and courses and administer the system.

An academic LMS is very different from a corporate LMS. An academic LMS is a system for developing, managing, and delivering learning content in the context of an online classroom that replaces or augments a physical classroom. While one or more super-administrators manage the LMS technology and grant instructor permissions to faculty, the primary administrators of an academic LMS are instructors, professors, and teachers.

Academic LMS products are used in a variety of settings, including primary, secondary, and ...