learning management system - LMS
What is a learning management system or LMS
LMS is short for Learning Management System
LMS enables organizations, school or companies, to manage learning in a computerized way.
There are many forms and characteristics of such systems and all in order to support the specific needs of the organization
The following tools can usually be found in such systems:
- Possibility of online courses that include video and various elements of content resources and tools for activity.
- Use of online tests and assignments
- Reports and tools for organizational insights about learners activities and workflow processes
Ultimately the main goal of learning management systems is to simplify and increase the learning and learning management capabilities of the organization and at the same time also try to streamline processes, save resources and enable insights and information about learning processes.
Additional benefits of a learning management system
- Persistence and consistency of learning content
Presenting a course using LMS keeps the content centralized so that all participants have a single source of content, instructions and questions. There are no excuses for old books or material from recent years. Everything is up to date, always.
Easy tracking and reporting
With LMS you can easily track the progress of the participants in the learning process. You can see reports of participants who have completed the course, who are halfway there, or participants who have not even started learning. - Creating fascinating courses
Text, images and even video can be easily integrated into a learning management system. Which is a bit difficult to incorporate in the old way on paper. Through the use of more engaging material, participants will continue to focus on the material and the learning will be more in-depth. - Better results through participant involvement and attrition
Because the study material is more fascinating, users will learn more. Using the game in LMS maintains the interactivity and interest of the users.
Additional benefits of a learning management system
A learning management system has additional benefits:
- Keep the course up to date
Is there any new and up-to-date information that should be updated? Content change? Or changing parts of the course to a more in-depth material? With the help of the system, any change or update becomes simple. - Easy distribution
The content of the course can be distributed as easily as sending an email. Simply upload the list of users in the LMS and invite them by email. Or paste the course URL and send an email via personal email. - Cost savings
It really depends on which LMS you choose. There are many expensive competitors of learning systems and there is us, LMS at an affordable price. It’s cheaper than a pack of papers!
Are learning management systems available online?
Most LMS are cloud-based. That is: they are available online and do not require local software installation.
Also, today it is advisable to pay attention to the compatibility of the system for mobile, or by dedicated app or responsiveness, as many users prefer to use mobile devices, and this brings us to the biggest and most significant challenge of those systems: The ability to create a comfortable, productive and fun environment for the users.
When you are considering working with a learning management system, keep in mind who it is used for, what the main needs of the end users are (and the reference here is mainly to those who are learning and not to the teachers or system coordinators) make sure the system meets their needs. Make sure the system is easy to use and that it creates a comfortable feeling and a desire for student engagement. Those are very important things, They can be the difference between success and failure of the whole project
Learning management system - SCHOOLY
SCHOOLY is an authorized provider of the Ministry of Education of Israel for learning management systems and provider of services on a number of open source platforms such as EDX, MOODLE, LEANPRESS and also a SCHOOLY learning management system that is a more custom to the specific needs of schools in Israel and integration throughout workflow processes.
Scully provides developments and implementation of applications on these systems with convenient management UI and with API integration. Ongoing maintenance and updating of additional versions, security, sso, integration, gamification tools and more.
Gamification of a learning management system
We briefly mentioned the main challenge in any learning management system – creating a good user experience in order to create their involvement and activity in the system and learning processes.
One of the features that can be used by you for this purpose, and we recommend it, is to assimilate a game tools so that the learning experience will become a little playful. Everyone loves games !
Adapt your content and how it is presented to learning in the 21th century !
We whish you Success !