2.2. LMS - Learning Management System

The Learning Management System (LMS) focuses on the management of learning and teaching.

There is no exact definition of LMS, however, one could describe this system as follows: every LMS is at core a kind of wrapping that puts certain features at your disposal in order to be able to realize your didactic concept in a seminar or to provide your learning content and administer your participants.

LMS is a tool that supports you when organizing "Blended Learning" or virtual seminars. Most of the time, the administration and coaching of course participants is in the center of attention. The integrated features of the relevant LMS will thus enable you to, e.g., limit the access to your courses, to edit courses, to administer participants or groups, to assess course participants, to use so-called collaborative tools (such as forum, chat, TWIKI, e-mail, etc.), to create tests and self-tests or to provide your participants with different learning materials. These features may vary from LMS to LMS. The most popular LMSs today are Web applications.