From the course: HTML for Educators
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Setting up an LMS
- [Instructor] The learning management system, or LMS, has become fairly ubiquitous across education, both in K-12 and higher ed. There are many LMS's, and chances are pretty good that if there is one on your campus, it's probably one of the big five, Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas, Desire2Learn, or Sakai. While they all have their advantages and disadvantages, one common feature that they all share is the ability for you to get to the HTML for learning objects that you create in your course. We're not going to go into the specifics of each element because they all generally work the same in this one respect. So in the interest of empowering you to test out your new HTML skills, I want to quickly step through setting up a Moodle learning management system, and a simple course on your web infrastructure, so you can practice and explore the use of HTML inside of a real LMS. If you want to go further and learn about a specific LMS, then check out some of the courses here in the online…
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