Totara Learning Solutions update Andy Kirk, Totara Learning Solutions Learning Pool Totara Seminar Nov 19 2014
Totara Learning Solutions update
Andy Kirk, Totara Learning Solutions
Learning Pool Totara Seminar Nov 19 2014
2.6 recap
2.7 – Reporting improvements
- Customisable menu
- Appraisal improvements
Longer term?
Editable interface (now improved with fully customizable
menu)
Upload icon sets to courses & programs
Enhanced catalogue with faceted search
Update: We will now support IE8 in V2.6 and 2.7
2.6 released in May 2014 with a range of
enhancements including:
Editable interface (a precursor to a fully customisable
interface in 2.7)
Exhausted your use of existing icons? -Upload icon
sets to courses & programs
Enhanced catalogue with faceted search
- More enterprise-friendly, configurable search across
categories, custom fields for more targeted searching
What’s coming – 2.7
Appraisal improvements
Reporting improvements
- Graphical & Badge reports
Fully customisable menu
Key theme – polish and ‘deeper’ improvements
to existing feature set
Details of new features at
http://community.totaralms.com/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=9563
A patch for v2.6 will also be provided
-A range of improvements including warning trigger if
appraisal is missing key information or membership
-New appraisal auto created when users added to
groups
aggregate reporting of closed appraisals, a report to
display closed appraisals (and/or exclude them from the
other report)
-If a user’s manager changes after activation, it will be
reassigned
- Appraisal improvements
Dynamic is the key word – it also addresses the
Issue of when users join (or leave) a group*
They will be assigned to any related appraisal if they
join, or it will be ‘Closed’ if they leave
* A group can be mean a user’s organisation, their
position or belinging to an audience
2.7 – Reporting improvements
Open Badges reporting
A new report builder source, ‘New Badges Issued’ - per
user per badge.
Filter by badge status
Allows admin to customise the contents of Totara menu
via interface
Reorder items
Show/hide items from main screen
Create custom menu items
Open links in a new window
Customisable menu
The bigger picture and Beyond
Future enhancements
Extended product line – Totara Social
High Priority feature enhancements