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Mathew R.
Government Relations, 201-500 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Ability to provide an inexpensive LMS for use by
Easy to use to load content on and create a learning environment for users.
Not as visually pleasing as other LMS software I have used.
Hi Mathew, thank you for your review of the Totara Learn LMS! We'd urge you to upgrade to the latest version of Totara to ensure that your platform takes full advantages of our new easy to use interface, aesthetics and powerful integrations
Rory W.
E-Learning, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Totara LMS provides a low cost solution for our clients to be able to develop and roll out eLearning, automate classroom bookings and manage performance.
Ease of use for administrators
UI could be improved
Ian S.
Hospital & Health Care, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for 6-12 months
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Our main use if for LMS, e-learning and training compliance. It does everything we need.
It does everything we need and more. Complicated to set up but once everything set up it's good to use. It is great for reports, saves a lot of time.
It is very complicated to fully set up, luckily we had Chambury to guide and help us
Lakshminarayanan R.
E-Learning, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 6-12 months
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Buying Totara LMS is value for money according to me. What attracts me for this value is, 1. Features list, 2. Ease of installation and configuration of the LMS 3. Flexible Analytics/Reporting 4. Integration possibilities (with other systems through webservices, SSO, LTI etc) 5. Great community/customer support (with regular releases) 6. Plug in-plug out customizations
Ease of use
User interface could be made attractive.
Jose V.
Primary/Secondary Education, 1-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
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We are currently considering use Totara LMS for both commercial and individual clients. Totara LMS is adaptable as we consider enough to be implemented in the academic sector as well as for team members training
We work on the instructional design for a micro master on leadership and excellence, and Totara LMS has wonderfull features that means we can take the elearning product even further, in considerably less time than starting from scratch
It can be difficult for us to get to grips with the LMS. Our administration team will need some class of training. Of course, the good news is that Totara LMS spend a great deal of time training and supporting their partners
Lenka B.
E-Learning, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Functionality of the product is good, but some features are very cumbersome to set up. This is improving continuously improving from one version to the next, but some areas eg. Learning Plans still have lot to be desired.
Features, support
Configuration of the features, unstable roadmap and release of new versions / features is taking a long tome
Carlos F.
Used weekly for 1-2 years
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- All in one learning platform, customizable and it has some great features to manage teams and programs.
- Need some technical skills to fully exploit it. It can be hard at first but once it's up and running it will give you all the tools you need to manage learning.
senthil b.
Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for 1-2 years
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Totara is easy to use for end users as well as the admin. Flexible and it saves lot hectic works and time. Great to use such a product.
User friendly and core functionalities.
about the reports.
Janine M.
Education Management, 201-500 employees
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I have found Totara LMS to be as administrator focused as Moodle but is like Moodle on steroids! The feature set and reporting capabilities were very noticeable and welcome addition to my prior use of Moodle.
Feature set, flexibility, ability to host locally vs cloud, cost effective
The UI and general look and feel still feel very outdated compared to the latest web sites, technologies, and UI you expect today
Andrew R.
E-Learning, 10,001+ employees
Used weekly for 6-12 months
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There wasn't a huge learning curve to this software which is always ideal in a workplace where disruption is the last thing that new software should bring. The tech stack seems pretty modern and the load times for the software were pretty good. The layout and UX is decent, perhaps slightly better than the run-of-the-mill LMS
Integrations and supported activities are lacking. It would be good if this were fully responsive (it seems like most is but some stuff still renders poorly). The price point is high for the value delivered; I think that it will be a tough sell if they try to increase rates upon renewal
Anna V.
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There are many LMS choices on the market and deciding which system to select is never easy, but we couldn't have made a better choice when we selected Totara LMS. Totara LMS stood out for its ease of use and reporting features. Navigating in the system is intuitive at all levels. The system is reliable, very flexible, innovative, open and convenient. The customer service has been fantastic and they have gone out of their way to problem solve on issues that have arisen during our setup. Highly recommended Totara LMS. Intuitive and affordable, with a great team behind it.
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Rahul R.
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The best part of Totara LMS is that it is open source and a lot of feature/functionalities come straight out of the box. Configurations are also pretty easy and can be easily configured without coding knowledge. An hour or two spent on the application can help you modify the entire UI, look and feel, and other configurations enabling you to have the desired visual appeal. The support and users community is very good and always active with new suggestions and improvements.
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manoj k.
Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for 6-12 months
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Have worked on many major lms and lcms in my professional experience. Working with Totara lms was really wonderful. Its features are helpful, and usability is very good.
Reports section, hr integration...
Nope...
Mike K.
E-Learning, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used monthly for 2+ years
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I am the creative director for a learning group that deals with several international brands. We have had several challenges with the Totora software, as implementation takes a significant effort. When it comes to true customization we have found it a bit bulky. In addition, we have had to go into the code to turn off several "calls" just to boost performance, that seem fairly unnecessary. The reports can be beautiful, but the cost so-efficient doesn't justify the work often.
Great reporting engine
Cost of deployment on already complex systems can be difficult and expensive.
Chandran B.
Animation, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
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Good product, but it get more difficult to setup. Functionality of this product is awesome. Also Some futures are very nice.
Support
Need clear roadmap
David S.
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I have been using Totara since the first release and I have found it's flexibility and it's open source code to be very useful. The standard options and extensive feature set has allowed me to meet most requirements through configuration only, but when necessary the ability to add to, or edit the code to achieve non standard functionality has allowed us to tailor Totara to any need.
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Divya B.
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Accounting, self-employed
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It is an interesting tool which has helped me train and form networks
This is a great learning platform & is easy to navigate as well. Very good technology & over all an amazing platform to quickly learn
I would rate the over all experience as great and did not have any issues.
Mariya P.
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As a Totara Partner, our company deals with Totara on a daily basis. We see some improvements in functionality and stability in Totara 2.9 and 9, compared to previous versions. It has a lot of features and gets a lot done. It's catching up with the latest infrastructure level updates, like php7, but we would like to see many more updates sooner. Also the forking from Moodle is a bit of a concern in terms of plugin compatibility, as Moodle community plugins repository is very diverse and having them become obsolete is not ideal, unless an alternative can be presented in a timely fashion. Overall, I'm satisfied with the product and we definitely recommend it to all our prospective and existing clients that fit the need.
Learning plans, audience-based learning, hierarchies, dashboard
Bugs
Jennifer m.
E-Learning, 11-50 employees
Used other for 1-2 years
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The software is relatively easy to use if you understand the concept behind a learning management system.
To simple. There software is not very robust and is limited in its features and capabilities.
Gagandeep K.
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Featured could be enhanced but overall good. Flexibility could be enhanced and also more resource management would be good for face to face learning and enhanced reporting. Customizable certificates would also be appreciated
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Tanja B.
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Value for money. Standard features you'll only find in the big expensive LMS's. Easy to use for the learners. Clear overviews and reports. Lot's of possibilities.
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Lee G.
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Totara is easy to use and offers all of the reporting options that we need. Easily tracks information for both large and small projects and multiple clients.
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Chandran B.
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Good product, but it get more difficult to setup. Functionality of this product is awesome. Also Some futures are very nice.
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Akos H.
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I really like the type of the course with the videos and helpful teachers. This course help me a lot to learn the basics of totara.
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mark l.
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i have been working with TOTARA for the last 6 years and they keep on improving it with every version
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