A Content Management System (CMS) allows for the uploading, editing, and publishing of content, generally to a website. The functionality of any system depends on its usage, but most allow users to collaborate on content, track editing, formatting the content, update search and retrieval terms, etc. Content management systems are integrated programs that are mainly used to manage the access and publishing of learning content. They also allow authors of the content, subject matter experts, and content managers the ability to modify, upload or remove content, which is particularly useful for those who know Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).Course management systems have become an integral part of the higher education system. They make teaching the subject and management of the entire course work easy by providing tools in the form of a framework, which is quite helpful for instructors. The administrative perspective of such systems is it may include class rosters and the ability to record students' grades. To the teaching aspects, it could also include a lot of other activities such as class exercises, quizzes, and various tests.The CMS may also include tools for chat, or asynchronous bulletin board type communications. The CMS tool also focuses on entire aspects of teaching, learning and teacher-student interactions.
Few U.S institutions have also developed open-source projects such as CourseWorks, CHEF, and Stellar. Even there are some colleges also, who develop their course management systems to fulfill the needs as per requirement.
