Re: Sharepoint as an LMS

[Rick Stone <rstone75 -at- kc -dot- rr -dot- com>]

Hi Kevin

Interesting. Do you also work with Melinda Smith? Melinda is asking 
about this identical issue over in the Captivate support forums.

I might suggest that because SharePointLMS.com exists, it is a good 
indication that SharePoint does not work as an LMS on its own.

A LMS has several functions:

Database of user names and passwords

    * Curriculums
    * Courses
    * Lessons
    * Who is assigned to which course
    * Whether the user passed or failed
    * Probably much more than I've listed here.


LMS normally communicates via SCORM or AICC. I'm not sure SharePoint 
would have the faintest clue about these protocols. From what I 
understand, SharePoint is really just a file sharing platform. Probably 
does a lot more than that, but I'd be surprised to learn that it may be 
used as a LMS just out of the box with no add ins or whatever.

Cheers... Rick :)

Kevin McGowan wrote:
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> Is anyone out there using Sharepoint as an LMS, and as a CMS?
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> I've recently discovered www.sharepointlms.com, which is a non-Microsoft LMS add-on for Sharepoint. Looks interesting, but I'm wondering if you can use Sharepoint easily as an LMS on its own. 
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> Any ideas out there?
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> Cheers,
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> Kevin
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> Kevin McGowan
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