LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

A Learning Management System (LMS) is a set of software tools designed to manage user learning interventions including online, virtual classroom, and instructor-led courses.
Web-based and facilitate "anytime, anyplace, any pace" access to learning content and administration.
                                                 The focus of an LMS is to manage learners, keeping track of their progress and performance across all types of training activities. It can be used to totally or partially replace face-to-face teaching.
                                                       The virtual learning environment used by universities and colleges allow instructors to manage their courses and exchange information with students.

• Learner self-service (self-registration on instructor-led training) 
• training workflow (user notification, manager approval, waitlist management)
• provision of on-line learning (Computer-Based Training, read & understand) 
• On-line assessment, management of continuous professional education (CPE)
• collaborative learning (application sharing, discussion threads) 
• training resource management (instructors, facilities, equipment)

• Identifies people who need a particular course and tells them how it fits into their academic career, when it’s available, how it’s available (classroom, online, CD-ROM), etc. 
• Once the learners complete a course, the LMS can administer tests based on proficiency requirements, report the test results, and recommend next steps.
• These are instrumental in assuring that organizations meet rigid certification requirements, can simplify global certification efforts, enable entities to align learning initiatives with strategic goals, and provide a viable means of enterprise-level skills management.
• Helps educators create effective online learning communities and create online courses with opportunities for rich interaction. 
• Modular in construction and can readily be extended by creating plugins for specific new functionality
• Promotes collaboration, critical reflection, etc, and is suitable for 100% online classes as well as to supplement face-to-face learning.
• Simple, efficient, compatible, low-tech browser interface and is easy to install. 

 MOODLE

In Moodle a teacher has full control over all settings for a course, choice of course formats such as by week, by topic or a discussion-focussed social format, course themes, facilitates forums, quizzes, glossaries, resources, surveys, assignments, chats, workshops.
400,000 registered users, speaking over 75 languages in 193 countries.

Claroline

Allows teacher to write a course description, publish documents in any format, administer public and private forums, develop learning paths, create groups of students, prepare online exercises, publish announcements
Translated into 35 languages.

OLAT - The Open Source LMS

Multilingual online translation tool having flexible course system.
Offers wikis, single pages with integrated WYSIWYG HTML editor, forums and "file dialog" element to discuss papers, questionnaire for course evaluations, etc.

EFront 

Offers a wide range of features from content creation, test builder, project management, extended statistics, internal messaging system, forum, chat, surveys User management
Lessons, Courses and Categories management, Files management, Exam builders, Assignments builders, Communication tools (Forum, Chat, Calendar, Glossary), Progress tracking, Authentication methods, Enrollment methods, Certifications, Reports generators, Modules management, Payment integration and more.

Fle3 > Future Learning Environment

Supports learner and group centered work that concentrates on creating and developing expressions of knowledge.
Easy to localize to different languages.
Fle3 WebTops can be used by teachers and students to store different items, organize them to folders and share them with others.

KEWL.nextgen:

Two main versions of KEWL- KEWL.NextGen and KEWL 3.0.
Features includes Communication ( Forums, Blog, Podcast, etc), Content ( Content management, Instructional Design, file uploads, timelines, Google Maps, RSS feeds, Wiki), Assessment (Quizzes, podcasts, blogs, essays, etc,) and Other features ( a full online survey capability, muti-language support, GUI management tools, Flexible configuration options at the level of site and course).
Supports full range of educational options from simple delivery and summative assessment through approaches such as problem-based learning.

Brihaspati:

Platform independent, highly scalable content delivery tool for webbased elearning system.
It supports multiple GUI languages including English, Hindi, French, Urdu, Bangla and Marathi.
Can be used to deploy e-learning content for off-campus self as well as mentored learning.
Enables instructors to enhance on-campus learning by sharing course materials, having class discussions, and making assessments on the web.

• Can upload/publish content material in any format directly to the course. 
• Can manage students’ details in his own course, including addition, deletion and modifications.
• They can also take backup of the course material and can create module wise question bank of various types (true/false, short type and multiple type). 
• Online tests can also be conducted by the instructor. The users can communicate online through chat and whiteboard.