With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, educational institutions and many companies had to switch to remote work. At the same time, the number of users of various LMS (online learning management systems) also increased sharply.
Now that offline events have returned to our lives, LMS remains popular. Many business owners are even thinking about creating their own systems using an LMS development company. Let’s discuss the advantages of such a solution and consider the features of creating such systems.
Benefits of developing your own LMS with a developer
Collaborating with an experienced LMS system developer has several significant advantages. Platform development by a professional has the following strengths:
- the possibility of any changes in the configuration and implementation of functionality depending on the customer’s needs;
- the ability to create a unique user interface and application design;
- the possibility of further monetization of the LMS by selling it or conducting paid online courses with its help.
The benefits are truly significant. Now, let’s move on to the process of creating such systems.
Development of an LMS system with the help of professionals
Usually, the development team already has all the necessary equipment and employees to start working on a new product. As a rule, they also have a ready-made, time-tested, step-by-step action plan for its development. Usually, it looks like this:
- Conducting research. First, it is important to understand the main purpose of the future system and determine its tasks. This can be helped by analyzing competitors, surveying the service’s future target audience (in this case, company employees), and studying reviews from users of other platforms.
- Thinking through the system’s functionality. At this stage, you need to consider the tools and functions of the future platform. The required set of functions includes training programs, the ability to create and conduct tests, a knowledge base, a training calendar, the function of sending email newsletters and push notifications, and the ability to configure different access rights for users and analyze indicators. Additional functions will depend on the business objectives and client desires.
- Selecting a technology stack. Typically, a stack (a set of technologies based on which a service or program is developed) includes programming languages, a framework, database management systems, and compilers that translate a programming language into a set of machine code. Its exact composition depends on the future project architecture, system requirements, and set of functions. The stability of operation and the ability to withstand heavy loads of the future LMS will depend on it.
- Drawing up the system architecture (set of rules). At this stage, programmers use a modeling service that divides all functions into isolated modules. Required modules: a designer that creates courses, LRS for collecting and storing data, dashboards and reports, a user management system, a training calendar and a player for launching content.
- Development of system design and launch of the first version. The interface and design of the system must be carefully considered to facilitate work for both users and administrators. Typically, a basic version of the LMS is released first and tested on a test group of users. Based on their feedback, what the system lacks and how it can be improved is determined.
Now that you know all about the benefits and development of LMS systems from scratch, you can implement this idea for your business someday.
