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    What is a Learning Management System (LMS)?

    Definition

    A learning management system (LMS) is software used to create, deliver, track and manage training and courses in one place. It hosts learning content, enrolls and organizes learners, and records completions, scores and certifications — so teams can run and prove training at scale. Modern, AI-native systems go a step further and build the courses for you, not just host them.

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    In short

    LMS at a glance.

    Create, deliver, track and manage training in one place
    Enrolls learners and organizes courses into role-based paths
    Records completions, quiz scores and certifications for audits
    Delivers on web and mobile, and via SCORM / xAPI export
    AI-native systems also build the courses, not just host them

    What does an LMS do?

    An LMS handles the operational side of training: hosting courses, enrolling learners into paths, delivering content on web and mobile, running quizzes and assessments, and reporting completion and certification. For compliance-heavy teams it also keeps an audit trail of who completed what, and when.

    LMS vs LXP vs AI learning platform

    A traditional LMS hosts and tracks content you build somewhere else. An LXP (learning experience platform) layers on discovery and recommendations. An AI learning platform also creates the courses from your own material — combining the authoring tool and the LMS into one system.

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    LMS — frequently asked

    An LMS is used to deliver and manage training at scale — onboarding, compliance, product and skills training. It hosts courses, enrolls learners, tracks completion and certification, and reports results, so organizations can run and prove training without spreadsheets and scattered files.

    A traditional LMS only hosts and tracks courses you build somewhere else. An AI learning platform also builds the courses from your documents and recordings, then delivers and tracks them — so you get the authoring tool and the LMS in one system.

    Most do. SCORM and xAPI are standards for packaging e-learning content and exchanging results, so courses and completion data can move between systems. ContentBuilder imports and exports both, which makes migrating off a legacy LMS straightforward.

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