Differences between Course Management & Learning Management Systems

1. CMS differentiating features

1.1. Support for ongoing classroom courses

1.2. Gradebook

1.3. Assessment Administration (some limitations)

1.4. Discussion Boards for between class conversations

1.5. Designed for Universities and other academic environments

2. Reference: Author Unknown, LMS vs. LCMS vs. CMS vs. VLE, retrieved from http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=65417

3. LMS differentiating features

3.1. Enrollment

3.2. Automatic note generations

3.3. Course catalog

3.4. Skills management list

3.5. Checks for Pre-requisits

3.6. Seemless links to e-learning

3.7. Automatic generated follow-up coorespondance

3.8. Assessment administration

3.9. Transfer completing records to permanent records

3.10. Discussion board for between class conversations (sometimes)

3.11. Designed for work place learning environments