Totara Learn

RATING:

4.4

(51)

About Totara Learn

Totara Learn is an enterprise learning management system (LMS) powered by open source technology and trusted by the USDA, Western Union, Sony, Pepsico, Save The Children and more. Being open-source, Totara Learn specializes in helping large government agencies and enterprises adapt and scale their training. Not only does Totara Learn’s adaptable nature allow for a bespoke platform, but it also blends with and amplifies an organization’s culture, technological environment and adapts to unique functional requirements. Through a vetted global partner network, the platform offers flexible implementation options such as an on-premise solution, a platform as a service solution or a cloud-based SaaS LMS. Totara Learn enables organizations to cater to multiple groups or c...

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Totara Learn Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Totara Learn

1 - 5 of 50 Reviews

Anonymous

501-1,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2018

Totara LMS for small organizations

Very positive - it was a first LMS for our company and the set up and implementation were smooth. Users did not have much difficulty using this (construction workers) and it has been easy to maintain.

PROS

I liked the ability to customize and make the system work for our needs. We were able to work with our vendor to add some functionality to fit our business.

CONS

From an admin role it helps to be a little techie/geeky. But the support from our vendor really helped get through that.

Steve

Civic & Social Organization, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed April 2021

Totara works for us

Really happy with the supplier support and the way the software keeps evolving

PROS

The product is easy to implement - it is fairly intuitive for the learner and easy to brand and upkeep as an administrator.

CONS

The moodle base means you have to be careful about retakes - it only records the first one - so if you need certifications updating then plan ahead

Reason for choosing Totara Learn

Cost was a factor - cheaper - plus a organisation wish to go moodle based.

Reasons for switching to Totara Learn

Useability and uptake

Vendor Response

Hi Steve, thank you for the amazing review! Glad to hear that it was easy to implement and that you're happy with the support from your Totara Partner. We have lots of stuff coming up on our roadmap so stay tuned :)

Replied April 2021

Anonymous

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

2

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed July 2018

Our company implemented Totara through a third party reseller. We migrated from Moodle.

PROS

It is hosted off-site so we don't need to rely on our small Systems team. This is really the true value to me as an LMS administrator as previously it was impossible to upgrade our Moodle versions. Navigating to the courses is very simple. The look and feel is decent. So far it's been pretty stable.

CONS

I would like to see more features that are not already available in the free Moodle LMS system. I would like to see the Reporting features better implemented. I would also like to see support for plug-ins that are currently supported in free Moodle, particularly H5P.

Sahar

Non-Profit Organization Management, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2021

From Learnforce to Totara and beyond

We have been using Totara Learn for past 2 years (almost). We love it even more because of the exceptional customer support by our vendor Kineo. Since we moved from Learnforce LMS, which had a completely different interface, some ulearners find it difficult but LMS admins love the flexibility now they have to configure even things like custom fields etc.

PROS

The flexibility that an admin has in configuring this software.

CONS

Inconsistency in different reports. e.g. SCORM reports are filtered differently where as other USer reports are filtered differently.

Reason for choosing Totara Learn

We chose totara by going through an extensive Tender process. Totara Learn fulfilled most of our functional/non-functional requirements.

Reasons for switching to Totara Learn

- Lack of configurability for Admins in Learnforce - Needed one platform for Face to face and eLearning courses, which learnforce didn't have. - Lack of accessibility for user reports

Vendor Response

Hi Sahar, thanks for the lovely review! Our partner Kineo will be delighted to hear that. I'll pass on your feedback about the user reports. Glad to hear your LMS admins enjoy the flexibility of the platform.

Replied May 2021

Rob

Human Resources, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2021

Great but lacking some aspects.

We love it. Our clients hate it. They find it difficult to navigate and over complex.

PROS

Payment gateway for access to courses is a major challenge. The use of HR import and a Wordpress shop make for a clumsy integration.

CONS

Better certificate issue and management for different instructor groups

Reasons for switching to Totara Learn

Needed a [professionally managed and stable environment. Moodle partner hopeless.

Vendor Response

Rob, thank you for your review of Totara Learn. We're happy to hear that you're enjoying the many adaptable features, functionality and value for money. We're always actively working on improving Totara Learn with every release (and gathering the required research and customer feedback in order to do so), so we really do appreciate your feedback. Speaking of which, we'd kindly suggest ensuring that you're using the latest version of Totara Learn, Totara Learn 13. It features multiple improvements to user experience for your learners and admins. This includes improvements to site accessibility, more streamlined navigation (particularly when viewing learning plans or creating user accounts) and much more.

Replied April 2021