Learning Management System (LMS): Characteristics, Functions and Benefits

A Learning Management System (LMS) is a software application that is used to plan, deliver, publish and place self-paced online courses in online catalogs. Employees login to the LMS by using a browser. They can select courses from the online catalog and begin their online study. Alternatively, a manager can assign courses to employees based on their learning needs.

An LMS allows managers and administrates to track course completions, current status or performance of employees. In fact, all employee activities in the LMS can be tracked that could be useful for performance evaluation, competency management and other related functions.

Features of an LMS

An LMS today is a one-stop shop of hosting, assigning, managing, reporting and evaluating eLearning courses. It can be used for a variety of educational, deployment and administrative purposes. So, if we were to list down what you can do with an LMS, they would be as follows.

Managing users, courses, roles, instructors, and generating reports:

This includes uploading courses, assigning roles, recommending courses and generating various reports.

Making a course calendar:

This is a feature that enables LMS users to view the availabl