Monday, May 9, 2016

Deciding on an LMS (3.2.1)

Choosing an LMS that is best for each school can be a tedious task with all of the current LMS options.  With so many different strengths and weaknesses in each LMS, it is important to look at the most popular LMS used in business and education today.  According to eLearning Industry, Adobe Captivate Prime, Litmos, Docebo, TalentLMS and CourseMill are among the most used Learning Management Systems in businesses.  In the education field, there are a variety of used systems, but the top five are as follows:
1. Moodle 
2. Edmodo
3. Blackboard
4. SkillSoft
5. Schoology

After investigating the top 5 systems, I think it is hard to determine which software is necessarily the best because it depends on what the user needs.  However, I think Blackboard is probably most beneficial in online learning environments.  While it has many of the same features as a more basic system, it also provides resources like blogs, webinars and ebooks.  It does cost money so it will not be accessible to everyone.  If someone is looking for a beneficial learning management system that is free, I would recommend Schoology.  I think this software has all the features that anyone would need for online education. 

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