learning management system

[lur-ning man-ij-muhnt sis-tuhm]

noun

1. a software application used to organize and distribute e-learning materials, assignments, and assessments; track and calculate grades; and facilitate communication among students and teachers. LMS

Word History and Origins

Origin of learning management system¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Last month, the company that oversees Canvas, a learning management system popular in California schools and universities, said it would add “interactive conversations in a ChatGPT-like environment” into its software.

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A professor is attempting to teach 24 of us how to log in to Canvas, a learning management system many universities use to collect student work.

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Later, I taught myself how to code mods for Age of Empires and shared them on public forums, and I helped build a basic learning management system for my high school.

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Shortly after, they sent a group email mandating teachers take a 20-hour remote course to master Canvas, a digital learning management system in "asynchronous mode."

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The program is delivered via a five-minute-per-day learning management system.

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