Course-management systems -- or collaborative-learning environments, to use the term Sakai’s developers prefer -- have come a long way in the last few years, and their role on our campuses has ...

Some platforms also enable students to pay for a course, which might be included in the CMS itself, or “pass through” to the university’s online e-commerce system. Typically, access for both teachers ...

A growing number of K-12 educators are using the technology to share assignments, homework, classroom assessments, and other information with students and their parents.

It’s near-impossible to think about course management systems (CMS) without thinking about innovation, collaboration, and the sharing of ideas across institutions and even from vendor to vendor. Yet, ...

A growing number of K-12 educators are using course-management systems to distribute information to students and their parents.

LectureShare has released an update to its free online course management system at lectureshare.com. New features include enhanced compatibility with common file types, a new student comments feature, ...

Google’s unusual new messaging system is pitched as “e-mail 2.0,” but some wonder if it could end up supplanting course-management systems.

Data Management. For students to access course material, the CMS must allow for the creating of classes, as well as the assigning of one or more instructors and a number of students to that class.