1pm Cataloguing resources

It can be extremely difficult for students to find the resources they need to meet their learning needs, whether this is inside an organisation or externally. One of the simplest, yet most powerful functions of an LMS is to list all of the resources available. Pretty well any LMS is capable of listing online courses, but you may find it helpful to list all other available resources, including classroom events and offline media (CD-ROMs, books, workbooks, etc.).

LMSs that include competency management facilities will also include the capability to cross-reference learning resources to competencies. This means they can then automatically list those resources that address an identified gap.

Some systems act more as course-finders, providing access to the many thousands of external courses on the market, face-to-face and online. Although these systems can be extremely useful, they are better categorised as learning portals or even learning procurement systems, rather than fully-fledged management systems.