Navigate 1.3.1 – Discussing the LMS and CMS Quest

According to the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, a Learning Management System (LMS) is "the set of tools that houses course content and provides the framework for communication between students, teachers, and parents." Similarly, a Course Management System (CMS) also provides the platform for teachers to deliver content to students and communicate with those students and their parents. Though there is a fine line between these two management systems, it appears to me that the LMS is a more vast overarching system, while the CMS is a part of that Learning Management System. The biggest difference is that the LMS does not create course content. The CMS is the platform that creates and distributes the actual course content.