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Exploring the role of a learning management system

Exploring the role of a learning management system

From the course: Teacher Tips

Exploring the role of a learning management system

Hello educators, and welcome to another week of Teacher Tips. This is week, we're going to be taking a look at learning management systems. In particular, we're going to explore three of the top free learning managing systems that are available. Now if you're not familiar with learning management systems. They're essentially an online portal that allows you to manage all of the events that happen inside of a typical learning environment. For example, most LMS's give the teacher the ability to upload an overview the objectives for the course. Teachers can also build in the assignments for the course and those due dates. With these two areas, the Learning Management System or LMS functions a lot like a digital syllabus. Essentially, students can access this online portal to get information about what's happening in the class. As LMS's have changed over time though, now, many of them allow students to turn in work, or take test directly online. And even more recent, some LMS's are…

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