Totara User Group (from Kineo Learning Insights Live Event)1. Totara LMS – User Group
Key new features and roadmap
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2. Where are we now?
− Latest version: Totara 2.2.9
− Based on Moodle 2.2
− Significant new functionality in Moodle 2 range
− Significant new features in Totara v2
− We will be showing some of these
− In your own time:
− http://sandpit.totaralms.com
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3. Staying in lock step with Moodle
− Moodle
− 2 releases per year: July and December
− Totara
− Releases planned for March & September
− Innovations flow both ways
− Moodle -> Totara: via upgrades
− Totara -> Moodle: close working with Moodle HQ (e.g. at Perth Hackfest in October)
− http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Perth_Hackfest_October_2012
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5. Award winning software
− Brandon Hall Bronze award Best Advance in Learning Management
Technology
− http://www.brandonhall.com/awards/excellence-in-technology/139.html#1
− New Zealand Open Source awards 2012
− http://www.nzosa.org.nz/news
− Gaining further recognition in the marketplace
− Bersin, Elearnity, Brandon Hall
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6. Next Totara release
− Totara version 2.4
− Planned for end of Q1 2013
− Skipping Moodle v2.3 to avoid too many releases
− Moodle innovations:
− http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.3_release_notes
− http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Roadmap
− New Totara functionality
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7. Key new functionality
− Already here
− Program management − Early next year (part of v2.4)
− Audience Management − Significant face-to-face enhancements
− Mobile theme − Improvements to Totara Sync (HR /
people data integration module)
− Bigger initiatives
− Enhancements to the report builder
− Performance management
− Evidence Management in Learning Plans
− Open badges
− Totara social
− Program of usability improvements
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9. Open badges
− Led by the Mozilla foundation:
− Infrastructure to recognise that learning
happens everywhere
− Issuing, managing and displaying badges
− Badges are images with metadata
− More granular; can be validated
− More info at:
− http://www.openbadges.org/en-US/
− http://docs.moodle.org/dev/openbadges
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10. Open badges
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12. Totara social
− Social learning system
− Trend in the industry (Web 2.0, social learning…) moving towards portals and communities
− User centred – create and join teams, develop knowledge and share
− Combines social networking with fast web page creation, portfolio tools, groups, journals, CV
builder and more.
− Rich integration layer with TotaraLMS
− Currently at requirements gathering stage, soon to go into specification
− Highly pluggable and mobile friendly
− Working towards a launch during 2013
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13. Usability – program of work
• Default vanilla theme • Universal toolbar
• Messages & feedback • Long forms
• Error handling • Help model
• Help icon • My Learning
• Form template • Learning Workflow
• Interactive states • Face to face
• Lists & tables • Dashboard
• Selecting from hierarchical lists • Pending approval
• Modal dialogues • Browse catalogue
• Filtering lists • Global search
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14. Performance management feature
− Performance management
− Research and requirements done
− Stakeholder group in place
− Feature currently in specification phase
− Feature planned for 2.4 release
− Funding contributions received
− Show wireframes
− Interested parties come talk to me
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17. Slide title
Thank you
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