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10 ways to make the most of your LMS

Ditch That Textbook

In many ways, your learning management system (LMS) is the digital home for your classroom.Students find assignments there.You give them announcements there.They communicate with you and with each other there.Because you likely spend lots of time there, it's a great place to be more efficient and effective, saving you time and sanity.

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5 Tips for Teaching Online

Catlin Tucker

1 Think of Your LMS as Your Online Classroom. The LMS becomes the space where we engage students in learning. Instead, your LMS is where students will engage with the course content, with each other, and with you, their teacher. It is not merely a vehicle to disseminate resources or collect assignments.

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Moodle: The Unsung Hero of LMS Options

Ask a Tech Teacher

A Learning Management System (what is often called an LMS) has become foundational to blending technology into education experiences. Besides thousands of K-12 schools, users include the State University of New York, Microsoft and the Open University, and the London School of Economics. This isn’t as hard as it sounds.

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Creating Interactive Lessons Through App Smashing

A Principal's Reflections

Most schools are relying on their Learning Management System (LMS) such as Google Classroom, Canvas, Microsoft Teams, or Schoology to push out work. The power of an LMS can be unleashed when lessons or assignments are posted, and then students can respond in a variety of ways.

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A Teacher’s Best Evaluator

Ask a Tech Teacher

If a teacher wants a good picture of how teaching impacts students, I suggest using a Google Form survey or Microsoft forms. I prefer posting them on an LMS as I found that my students did not check their email often. Moreover, the teacher can analyze the data like Microsoft or Google Forms. .

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Must-have features in any LMS

Neo LMS

Learning platforms features are standardized because users expect each platform to have the same basic features, such as integrating a school’s grading system in the LMS. So what are these features that any LMS should have? Gamification So ubiquitous and redundant, but every LMS should have some sort of gamification.

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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

To alleviate some of that burden, many academic institutions have turned to third-party, Learning Management Systems (LMS) to help decrease the workload being placed upon their IT staff. An LMS is a proprietary, academic software platform that facilitates a host of interactive classroom support services.

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