Totara LMS

Totara LMS is an open source distribution^[1] of Moodle developed for the corporate and government market.^[2] However, Totara's source code is not publicly available^[3]. Totara is translated into 19 languages^[4] and has over 5 million subscribers.^[5] The current version of Totara LMS is 2.7 and is based on Moodle 2.7.

Main features

• Cloud Technology and Mobile features
• Supports SCORM 1.2, AICC, OLSA^[6]
• Immediate loading of any file: Word, Excel, PDF, video, audio
• 14 languages are supported
• Individual development plans
• Classroom management
• Team management
• Competency management
• Learning paths
• Program management
• Sophisticated reporting
• Enhanced search
• Interfaces with HR and ERP applications and authentication systems such as LDAP and Active Directory
• Open Badges
• Performance Management
• Certifications

Standards

Totara LMS is programmed in PHP and JavaScript and can use a variety of databases including MySQL and PostgreSQL. Totara is SCORM compliant.

Awards

2012 Best of Elearning! Award of Excellence - Best Open Source Solutions^[7]

2012 Winner; Open Source Use in Business - NZ Open Source Awards^[8]

2011 Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Awards - Best Advance in Learning Management Technology^[9]

History

The team that have developed TotaraLMS have also worked on other open source learning software including the ePortfolio system Mahara, Moodle Networks (M-Net), and contributing to the core code of Moodle. The first release of TotaraLMS was 1 March 2011.

References

External links

• Official Totara website