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This presentation was delivered by Sam Barbee at Learning Pool's Totara Seminar on 1st December 2011.
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Agenda10.00 Overview – Moodle, DLE and Totara
Sam Barbee – Learning Pool
10.30 Importance of Talent ManagementPaul Brooks – Northumberland County Council
11.00 Why Totara is the SolutionWendy Henry – Lincolnshire County Council
11.30 Break11.45 Andy Kirk – Totara LMS11.55 Totara’s Features & Benefits12.15 Demo of Totara13.00 Lunch and Networking
How it all started
• DLE launched in late 2007• 100 subscribers in the first year• Classroom Connect released 2010• Currently – Over 200 local authorities – 350 total DLEs– Over 500,000 learners
Typical investment weighted on technology Minimises risk, greater success
Why Open Source?
Moodle• Open Source LMS• Robust• Scalable• Customisable• Easy to use
“Moodle™ is ranked as the #1 LMS product among eLearning Guild members with over 24% of respondents selecting it as their primary LMS.”
Core Moodle Functionality
Manages a range of content• E-Learning packages • Word documents• PDF documents• Audio files• Video files• Web links
Functionality includes• Full tracking• Calendar • Discussion forums / Live
Chat• RSS feeds• Blogs• Wikis• Evaluations• Quizzes/surveys• Certificates
DLE Enhancements
• Hierarchy• Reporting• Enrolment manager• Classroom connect• Activity enhancements• Data management
The public sector has needs:
• Managing a wide range of learning• Learning depends on roles, service area, function,
etc• On-going development with individual learning plans• Supervisor / Manager roles• Managing both classroom and online learning• Competency and objective led rather than course led• Site wide reporting and compliance reporting
What is Totara?
• Totara LMS is a distribution of Moodle for sophisticated organisations
• Totara is a joint venture of Catalyst IT and Kineo
• Community of partners and users
Key Enhancements
• Individual development plans• Personal dashboard• Team management• Classroom management• Competency management• Programme management• Sophisticated search• Dashboard reporting• Roles and Organisations • HR system integration
• Enables organisations to quickly deploy an enterprise level learning management platform
• Provides benefits of open source software• Provides easy to use functionality covering the learning needs of
sophisticated organisations• Has no licence fees and can reduce platform costs by up to 80%
In summary, Totara:
How it all works
A range of service levels
To meet your specific needs
Service to suit youFeature Essential Total Dedicated learning consultant Yes Yes Dedicated support specialist No Yes End user support (phone and email 7 days a week) Yes Yes Onsite induction and launch support Yes Yes Authoring tool workshop places (2 days) 4 4 Totara admin workshop places (1 day) 2 2 Onsite mentoring Yes Yes Advanced user management Yes Yes Marketing support Yes Yes Enhanced theme customisation Yes Yes Annual theme refresh No Yes Site support (avg. 2hrs a day) No Yes Content development support No Yes
Functional Overview
Programme Management• Ability to – define dependencies between courses– define dependencies based on events and time– make courses mandatory– define recurrence
• Ability to assign programmes to individuals, groups or positions
Performance Management
• Strategic goal management• Form builder• Workflow builder (including actions and
actors)• Assignment management• Automatic learning plan generator• Reporting engine
