What is an LMS?

A learning management system is a software package that enables the management and delivery of online and instructor-led training content to learners. Most LMSs are Web-based to facilitate anytime, anyplace and any pace access to learning content and administration.

Generally, an LMS will allow for learner registration, delivery of learning activities and learner assessment in an online environment. You can also get a more comprehensive LMS that will include tools such as:

•  Competency management •  Skills-gap analysis •  Succession planning •  Certifications •  Resource allocation

Generally, an LMS will allow for learner registration, delivery of learning activities and learner assessment in an online environment. You can also get a more comprehensive LMS that will include tools such as:

Overall, an LMS is a high-level, strategic solution for planning, delivering, and managing all learning events within an organization, including online, virtual classroom and instructor-led courses. It is the perfect solution for replacing isolated and fragmented learning programs with a methodical means of assessing and raising competency and performance levels throughout the organization.

Automating once manual paper-based process, rewarding and retaining best performers, linking pay to organizational results, attracting and retaining key talent and being recognized as an employer of choice are just some of the ways an LMS will help your organization.

Additional points to consider when implementing an LMS for your business include: creating employee development plans, manager assessments, and self assessments, and providing managers with the facts to manage employees. There is also a substantial organizational cost reduction experienced after implementing an LMS.

The LearnCenter platform leads your learning management initiative by:

•  Delivering a cost effective, user friendly, flexible, and configurable learning management system •  Automating all training •  Creating and tracking a custom online and classroom based curriculum •  Utilizing LearnCenter's unique, out of the box, sub-LearnCenter capability, which allows separate learning portals for your clients •  Using LearnCenter's WYSIWYG editor to give an organization's portal their own look and feel •  Creating custom courseware •  Conducting professional, fully customized online training - whether it is instructor led, virtual instructor led or Web-basedΒ •  Customizing and localizing training and communications •  Providing critical information and knowledge in real time •  Creating a centralized training and employee development repository •  Tracking skill gaps and competencies •  Creating an unlimited amount of customized, fully-functional learning portals. •  Offering training on demand with a broad library of coursework •  Producing learning plans and certifications •  Automating skill completion for learners through completion of Web-based and live training, and other outside activities •  Managing job profiles and the required skills and recommended learning plans for each job profile •  Creating standard development plans for job profiles that are automatically assigned to personnel in those jobs •  Creating customized development plans based on training and development needs for each individual, and tracking those plans against completion timelines •  Measuring enterprise value of skills by applying our XML integrations to report skills data against your financials, HR systems, and more •  Tracking and reporting on competency and performance, and adjusts development plans and performance appraisals accordingly •  Implementing competency management by mapping competencies to performance appraisals for auto completion at review time •  Enabling learners, via Learn.com's patent pending WebPad, to take online notes from any learning interventions •  Utilize pre-populated competency assessments with role-specific assessment criteria including global question and answer pool and category management

The LearnCenter platform manages your organization-wide learning programs by:

Tracking and monitoring student engagement and behavior including:

-  Which courses they have taken -  How many pages they viewed -  How long they spent per page per course -  What tests they have taken -  How long it took to complete the test -  Certifications achieved -  Skill gaps, best matches, job profiles Learning plan completions, ILT event status -  Where learners may be deficient -  How they compared to certain groups now and over time, and more

•  Establishing pre-course, on-course, or post-course competency profiles and learning paths •  Allowing the learner to plan how they will enter the workplace and begin to apply their learning •  Providing its own internal e-mail system, multilevel chat rooms, threaded discussion tables and forums •  Providing a location to share documents, files, presentations and knowledge throughout the entire organization •  Creating a customizable and printable completion certificates for learning activities •  Delivering synchronous and asynchronous training and delivery •  Enabling an instructor to control and navigate student instruction, regardless of course format or student location •  Establishing asynchronous and synchronous event and class schedulingΒ - through Learn.com's enrollment forms and scheduling tools, students may sign up for instructor-led virtual training or instructor-led classroom training •  Offering scheduling agents to manage these integrations unattended by your training or technology staffs •  Featuring a sharable resource manager which allows users to share documents, collaborate, share competitive analysis and much more •  Featuring reports and tools that track who has participated, what they have learned, report feedback on individual job performance, and calculate the return on your investment •  Including a robust QTI tool which allows users to import or export XML based questionnaires consisting of multiple sections, fill-in-the-blank questions, and ultiple-choice questions •  Enabling individuals to write an entire online course or upload existing knowledge objects using only their Web browser •  Providing each user with an individualized learning plan and personalized home page complete with challenging HTML or Flash-based testing and comprehensive results tracking •  Delivering all internal communication messages and notifications to your learner's e-mail inbox •  Integrating with your intranet or active directory to offer single sign-on capability to your learners