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Totara LMS Start-Up Training Trainer: James Gale

AGENDA

• Welcome & Introductions• Schedule of the day• Breaks/lunch• Fire alarm• Phones/E-mails• Questions

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AGENDA

The objective is to guide you through the wide variety of functionality which Totara supports, in the eyes of your users.

This is to give you some insight into how these activities work and therefore help you think about how they can be used to support your learning goals.

“What is start-up training?”

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AGENDA

1. Logging in & Navigation2. HR/User Data3. Audiences

o Dynamic vs Set Audienceso Benefits of Audiences

4. Dashboards5. Courses, Activities & Resources

o Face-to-face (Classroom)o Manager Approvalo Manager Reservationso Taking Attendance

o Forum

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AGENDA

6. Programso User journey walk-througho Messages

7. Reportso Creating Reportso User Reports

o Scheduled reports

8. Competency o Linking Courses/Other Competencieso Mapping to Positionso Record of Learning

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Training User Profiles

Name User ID Password

Lewis learner1 Kineo123$Nina-Marie learner2 Kineo123$

Paul learner3 Kineo123$Steve learner4 Kineo123$

https://totaratraining.kineo.com/27/login/index.php

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Learning in Totara

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Totara Course

Blocks

Activities

Resources

Page containing a learning object blend

with completion criteria

Including instructor-led, self paced, social elements with supporting resources for a

blended approach.

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Course/Single Activity Course

Competency

Program

Learning Plan

Certification

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Totara Program

Competency

Course/s

Define learning paths with sets of

courses/competencies and their dependences

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Totara Certification

Expiry/Renewal Date

Competencies

Courses

Sets of single or multiple courses

with an expiry/renewal date

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Learning Plan

Competencies

Programs

Courses

Displays current learning & competencies to

learners. Shows any deadlines, mandatory learning and what to

prioritize

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Competency

Competencies

Courses

Define skills, knowledge and behaviour used to

assess staff performance

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Training Portal

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On demand access to all:o Documents and resources referenced during Kineo trainingo Official Totara help and support including:

o Totara online helpo Totara YouTube channelo Totara demo siteo Moodle docs

o Evaluate the training you have just received

Kineo Training Portal

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On submission your training evaluation, you’ll receive a shiny digital badge with a downloadable certificate to certify your Kineo training

Kineo Training Portal