Download - Totara Features - What Aren't You Using?
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Features
Danielle Hamilton, Theresa Sharp
May 15th 2014
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AGENDA
What areas would you like to discuss?
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Activities
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Activities : Quizzes
Cable & Wireless
• Full quiz structured to be easily to follow
• Multiple question formats available
• Marks per question displayed alongside
question
• Attempts permitted can be managed
• Results can be easily viewed by trainers
• https://
cw.kineodev.com/course/view.php?id=85
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Activities : Books and Lessons
Institute of Customer Services
• Structure a large amount of
information
• Split into chapters and sub-
chapters
• Navigate though the chapters
• Jump to different chapters
• https://
ics.kineodev.com/mod/book/view.php?id=1306
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Activities : Databases
British American Tobacco
• Site wide library
• Paginate and categorise
• Learners can browse the library
• Learners can search for particular
resources
• http://
www.financelearningzone.com/mod/data/view.php?id=1188
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Activities : Assignments
Totara Demo Site
• Assignment can support other
learning activities
• Learners can easily submit their
work
• Trainers can easily view and
feedback on submissions
• https://
learntech.kineo.com/course/view.php?id=2
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Face-to-face
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Face-to-face : Resource Management
Totara Demo site
• Linking Trainers to active user accounts
• Setting up rooms site wide• Choosing rooms from pre-set up
rooms• Conflict management• https://
learntech.kineo.com/course/view.php?id=2
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Face-to-face : Notifications
Totara Demo site • Activate and deactivate
notifications• Add adhoc notifications• Use existing templates• Manage timings for notifications• https://
learntech.kineo.com/course/view.php?id=2
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Face-to-face : Alternative Calendar
Environment Agency
• Default calendar view• View list by course• View list by date• Search by rooms• Also view waitlisted courses
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Clever configuration
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Clever Configuration : Feedback Reminders
• Set up multiple feedbacks and link to each activity• Set up multiple feedbacks for immediate feedback and 30 day feedback
https://learntech.kineo.com/course/view.php?id=2
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Clever Configuration : Feedback Reminders
• Set up multiple feedback reminders: invitation to feedback, reminders and escalation notifications
• Link different reminders to different activity completion and feedback questionnaires
• Send out notifications each day/week etc.
https://learntech.kineo.com/course/reminders.php?courseid=2&id=2
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Clever Configuration : Web Pages• Display content from documents in popups• Build landing pages for organisation units/types of training• Help pages and tool kits
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Clever Configuration : Audience Tricks
• Sequencing Courses and Programs using audiences• Front page system roles to hide/show blocks on the front page
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Case Studies
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Case Studies : Programs/InductionCable & Wireless : Finding your way
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Case Studies : Programs/InductionCable & Wireless : Course Design
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Case Studies : Programs/InductionCable & Wireless : Program Map
• Multiple course sets• Week-by-week program• Welcome splash screen forms
first course• Assessments throughout• Final completion set for
manager sign off
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Case Studies : BadgesBMI : My latest badges
• Set of 7 badges created• Issued to learners on course
completion• My latest badges block added to
My Learning page
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Case Studies : Goals• Goals can be used to capture:
o Competencieso Objectiveso Goalso Behaviourso Sales targets
• Bulk assigned to audiences, organisations or positions
• Auto-update when users move around the business
• Can be rated and reviewed by employee and manager in or outside an appraisal
• Can be personal
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Hidden Features
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Hidden Features : Course Requests
NatCen
• Propose a course which is not in Totara
• Enter supporting information• Submit for approval
Totara demo site• https://
learntech.kineo.com/course/index.php
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Hidden Features : Accordion Course Catalogue
Vanilla Totara
• Alternative way to view sub-categories
• Expand one category at a time• Can be switched on or off in your
theme
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Hidden Features : Summary Reports• Standard Summary Report: Course completion by organisation• Configure the report to produce many types of summary reports• Highlights how many courses are in progress, complete, not started etc.• ‘Course’ column below can be changed to be organisation, position or user
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Custom Work
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Custom Work : Course Ratings
Smiths News
• Course rating block allows users to provide star rating directly from the page
• Can force course rating by linking it to course completion criteria
• Users can search for courses by star rating
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Custom Work : User Data CaptureBMI/Environment Agency
• Custom data capture form for new users/existing users periodically update• Can force users to fill in their own data based on admin selected fields
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Custom Work : Course Completion Report
BMI
• Custom activity completion report
• Larger version of those found within a course
• Choose course to see activity results
• Can add RPL through this report
• Managers can just see their own team
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Custom Work : Browse Courses Pages
Gestamp
• Images attached to each course, category and category
• Provides simple, clean and clear browsing for learners
• Maintains brand throughout the catalogue
• Editable by administrators through the front end