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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

Contact Sam Barbee for a free consultation

sam@learningpool.com0207 101 9383www.learningpool.com