In this Internet and Smart devices era, unlimited access to online references, learning materials and archives are available. These millennial learners are smart learners. Thus the use of ICT for learning has also taken a leap from classrooms, physical laboratories, Power Point Presentation, Projectors to Smart, Collaborative, Virtual, Visual and 24 x 7 access to Learning. In academic environment, not only learning and evaluation but also reinforced learning is also needed. The learners experience mandates teachers to be creating contents and provide a innovative learning. The Learning and Content Management System (LCMS) not only supports the needs of both the teachers and e-learners community but gives a seamless synchronization between them to enhance the experience of both. In this paper MOODLE, a free and Open Source Software is used as a tool for creating an LCMS for an Engineering course (Computer Architecture). MOODLE’s features were exploited to bring in the best of the requirements of Content Creation, Course Scheduling, Course Registration, Creative Learning, Quiz, Assignments, Blogs, Assessments and Analysis. It is found that MOODLE is a rich platform for LCMS and is well suited for academic environment LCMS.

LMS, CMS, Moodle, E-learning, Moodle Approach, LCMS, Interactive Learning

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