Overview

Totara is dedicated to transforming the learning technology marketplace through open technology coupled with business collaboration, as a sustainable, strategic response to an ever-changing environment and unpredictable future. The Totara Talent Experience Platform unites three essential solutions to help you build a better workplace – one that’s agile and resilient enough to prosper in an ever-changing and distributed world of work. This includes; Totara Learn, our transformational Learning Management System (LMS); Totara Engage, our Learning Experience Platform (LXP); and Totara Perform, our robust performance management system.

Level 2, 186 Willis Street
Te Aro
Wellington 6011 New Zealand

Email: enquiry@totaralearning.com

Year Founded: 2010

Number of Employees: 96

Number of Locations: 3

Ownership: Private

Product Name:

Product 1 : Totara Learn
Product 2 : Totara Engage
Product 3 : Totara Perform
Product 4 : Totara Mobile

Top Use Cases

Use Cases:

Employees
Extended Enterprise
Federal Government
State or Local Government

Other Use Cases: National Health Services (UK)

Top Differentiators

Functionality:

Learner Experience
Administrative Experience

Technical:

Platform Configurability

Fiscal:

Low Cost-Affordability-TOC

Other: Open-core technology

Top Client Impact

Reduce Costs:

Reduce training administrative and delivery costs

Business Process:

Improve and ensure regulatory compliance
Reduce employee or partner onboarding time
Onboarding employees - customers - partners

Other: Improve learner engagement and manage ongoing development.

Top Industries

Industries:

Business Services
Government
Healthcare

Other: Has customers across all sectors - no industry focus

Costs

Avg Annual License: $5-10K

Other: Set up is primarily delivered through partner network.

Other: Setup time is 1-3 months on average, but there is a wide range due to the ability to customize and integrate the solution.

Critical Feature Sets

Critical:

Automation
Certification Mgmt
Cohorts
Compliance Mgmt
Content Creation
Content Mgmt
Continuing Ed Mgmt
Event Mgmt
Gamification
Globalization and Localization
Live ILT
Integration
Learner Experience
Learning Paths
Mobile
Notification Mgmt
Personalization
Reporting and Analytics
Roles Mgmt
Skills and Competencies
Survey
Testing and Assessment
Video
VILT

Nice to Have:

Adaptive Learning
Artificial Intelligence
B2B eCommerce
B2C eCommerce
Content Curation
Content Recommendation
Digital Badges
Group and Org Mgmt
Machine Learning
Microlearning
OJT Checklist
Performance Mgmt
Personalization
Social and Informal
User Generated Content

No Importance:

In-App Learning
Proctoring
QuickStart Templates
Virtual Reality

Top Integration Types

Integrations:

3rd Party Content
CRM
eCommerce Gateway
HR
Single Sign On

License Model

License Models Supported:

Annual Active User
Open Source

Other: Annual tiered subscription based on active users.

Review

Totara is an all-purpose, global LMS, LXP and performance management solution that enables corporations and government entities to deliver enterprise-grade education to employees and external audiences. The Totara solution is quasi-open source and is distributed directly, but also through a certified partner network that can provide regional or industry-specific services such as configuration, platform customization, content creation, managed administration, hosting and other services.

- John Leh, CEO and Lead Analyst, Talented Learning

Solution Details

Learn about the Totara Learning LMS functional, technical, implementation and ongoing support features and capabilities below:

Functional Capabilities

Artificial Intelligence:

Content Recommendations

Content Types and Standards:

SCORM 1.2
SCORM 2004
xAPI
LTI
Documents
Live Instructor Led Training
Virtual Training
AICC
URLs

B2B eCommerce:

Organizational Coupon Codes
Client or Member Area

Continuing Education Management:

Digital Certificates
External Credit Achievement Mgmt

Compliance Management:

Fixed and Dynamic Due Dates
Due Dates Based on Hire
Dynamic Rules for Content Assignment
Recertification Requirements
Configurable Validity Period
Form Management
Audit Trails
Compliance Status Reports

Intra-LMS Content Creation:

Content Object Assembly
Prerequisites
Learning Paths
Adaptive Learning
Branching Scenarios
Assessments and Quizzes
Surveys

Gamification:

Badges
Leaderboards
Content Gamification
Open Badge Integration

Globalization and Localization:

User Language Preference
Machine Translation
Human Localization
Translated Help and Notifications
Multilingual Content

Mobile:

Learner Mobile Responsive
Downloadable Content
White Label App
iOS Mobile Learner App
Android Learner App

Notifications:

Intra LMS Notifications
Text Notifications
Dynamic Fields
Customized Notifications
Localized Notifications

Skills and Competencies:

Skill Definition
Skill Hierarchy
Self-Manager Skill Assessment
360-Skill Assessment
Proficiency
Skill Gap Analysis
Earn Skills with Content

Reporting and Analytics:

Out-of-Box Reports
Ad-Hoc Reports
Saved Reports
Shared Reports
Real Time Reports
Custom Field Reporting
Dashboards
Google Analytics Integration
Scheduled Reports

Social Learning:

Discussion Boards
Activity Feeds
Cohort Support
Public Profiles
Sharing
Ratings

Testing and Assessment:

Quizzes
Tests
Pre-Tests
Test Item Analysis
Randomized Questions
Randomized Answers
Question Pools

VILT Management:

Virtual Tool Integration
Manual Attendance Tracking

Technical Capabilities

Deployment Environments:

Production
Staging
Testing
Sandbox

Deployment Options:

Multi-tenant SaaS
Single-tenant SaaS
On-Premise-Behind Firewall
3rd Party Hosting

Other: Cloud, partner owned hosting

Hosting Provider:

Other Hosting Provider: Hosting is primarily offered by partners

Accessibility:

WCAG 2.1 Level A
WCAG 2.1 Level AA
Section 508

3rd Party Accessibility Audit: Yes

Public, documented API: Yes

Integration Protocols:

SOAP
Restful
GraphQL
JSON

Other Integration Protocols: Webservices

CRM Integration:

HubSpot
Microsoft Dynamics
Oracle
Salesforce
Sugar

Virtual Meeting 1-Way Integrations:

Microsoft Teams 1-Way
Zoom 1-Way

3rd Party Content Integrations:

Go1
LinkedIn Learning

HR-ERP Integration:

ADP
Bamboo
Bob
Ceridian
Oracle
PayCom
SAP
UtiliPro (Ultimate Software)
Workday

Professional Service Requirements

Implementation Services:

Administrative Training
Adoption Marketing

Other Implementation Services: Professional services provided by partner network

Expert Client Resources:

3rd Party Implementation

Administrative Services:

Mon-Fri Local Support
Dedicated Support Contact
Email Support
Buyer Controlled Upgrades
Managed Administration
Online Ticket Management

Other Administrative Services: Admin support services provided by partner network

Other End-Learner Support: Support provided by partner or client as relevant.

User Groups:

Customer Webinars
Industry User Groups

Other User Groups: Free training Academy and the Totara Community space.

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Thought Leadership

Check out the learning technology thought leadership content developed by Talented Learning and Totara Learning:

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