Content Management System (CMS) vs Learning Management System (LMS)

CMS

CMS stands for: Content Management System

If you want to create your own blog or website, you can start from scratch. Using Java, HTML or CSS make it possible to start from script. If you’re building a website and you’re not familiar with technology, you’d better use a proven CMS. CMS does not require as much technical knowledge as building it from scratch :) On the other hand building from scratch gives you the chance to make it more personalized. The options are endless. By using CMS users with appropriate permissions can edit, add and view content. Users with a lower level of access can only view content.

Examples of content management systems

WordPress

This may be the best known CMS. There are plenty of plug-ins you can use. You can add social features to your blog or website, create membership areas and a whole lot more.  Another plus point is the ability to choose from many different themes for your website or blog.

Tumblr

Building your weblog on a platform which has deep integrated social capabilities. It’s not as advanced as WordPress, but it’s very user-friendly. Tumblr is mostly used as a weblog and not for the use of websites.

LMS

LMS stands for: Learning Management System

What does Learning Management system exactly mean? LMS is a platform for housing all types of e-learning courses. Learning is not something that happens at school, but also in at work. LMS makes it possible to organize your learning, cuts on the time needed to create courses and distribute your courses to your colleagues. Make learning more attractive and fun for learners by using a device. The creator is able to design, for example, a quiz, track progress of users and see their results. Read more about LMS.

Example of learning management system

Easy-lms.com

Our LMS provides more than just one thing. You are able to create quizzes, build courses, create exams and make assessments.  A friendly-user system with plenty of options. Click on one of the links to get to know more.

Difference between CMS and LMS

CMS is a more passive application, it’s mostly used to view documents. Whereas LMS is an application where learners are motivated to be interactive with the system. Learners are able to try, for example a quiz. Creators are able to create a quiz and track progress of learners.

Useful resources

ResearchGate