Beyond the Dashboard: Why Specialised Science Platforms Outperform Generalist LMS in the Laboratory. In the world of EdTech, it is easy to assume that any platform delivering a digital lesson is a Learning Management System (LMS). While platforms like Canvas, Moodle, and Blackboard are essential for institutional administration, serving as the digital registrar, the grade book, and the central repository for lecture notes, they weren't built to handle the unique, data-driven demands of a physiology or biology lab.