ConnectYard, Inc., a leading provider of social and mobile technologies for educational institutions, today announced the formal launch of its new QuickConnect Widget which integrates Facebook, Twitter, text messaging and email into a single communication thread within popular learning management system (LMS) solutions, including Blackboard, Desire2Learn, Moodle, Sakai and others. QuickConnect is a widget, or HTML badge, that can be easily added by instructors to courses on their LMS. The new fe

Trainers are using Learning Managements Systems to teach people using computers and the internet. Web based computer applications for online learning are used to increase the productivity and efficiency of the people in training and the training process itself. These systems are providing more flexibility in learning schedules through increased access to the learning materials. Students are often instructed through online videos, tested online, and reading course content online, instead of pur

People often confuse Course Management Systems (Blackboard, WebCT, Moodle) and Learning Management Systems (Saba, SumTotal, to name just a few of many). That’s because the term ‘Learning Management System’ is often used for both (such as in this Wikipedia article ). But they’re quite different. This journal article by Lisa M. Lane gives a backstage look at designing courses in a CMS. (Lane avoids the confusion by using the term CMS throughout.) Lane’s description clearly shows t