Andy Kirk, Channel Partner Manager for TLS, discusses the progress of Totara LMS, and looks forward to continued innovations and progress with features in the roadmap.

1. Totara, the story so far & the next chapter
Andy Kirk
Channel Partner Manager, EMEA Totara
Learning Solutions

2. Based on 4 Core Benefits of our Open Source model
Freedom to innovate = flexibility and business
agility
Increased value through significant cost-saving
Improved quality through collaboration &
openness
Mitigating business risk through no lock-in, ability
to customise, and greater transparency of value
2011- Our Mission – Transform the market through
Enterprise Open Source

3. Feature set
Sales
Partners
Brand awareness
and…Products
3 years of growth

4. To 2014 - Adoption across all sectors
• Approximately 20% of customers are at 10,000
users or above
• Several above 250,000
• Organisations large and small - UNICEF, Google,
Tesco, Safeway, Sony Europe, British Dental
Association, Houses of Parliament, EasyJet

5. By the numbers
2011: 88
sales
(7
p/m)
2012: 118
sales
(10
p/m)
2013: 215
sales
(18
p/m)

6. Moodle heritage
An important part of our story
• But not the main message, or relevant to all users
• Strengthening our position with other enterprise
LMS vendors
• In April alone two Saba Partners joined the Partner
network, more joining

7. Two themes
Adding polish, refinement, UI improvements
Continuing community engagement, shaped by
demand, your input
The Roadmap?

8. • Undertook feedback process with partners & clients
for 2.6
• 11 of top 15 highest rated feature improvements
implemented
• Will repeat this process for future releases over next
year. Do use the forums or raise your priorities
through Kineo
The Roadmap?

9. More than just new features: widening product range
and services:
Mobile
Social
Academy
Cloud
Seedlings
The bigger picture

10. Multi-device learning with mobile app
Access selected LMS content
Another good example of collaborative
model
Already available through Kineo. Will be
distributed for core.
Totara Mobile

11. An enterprise Social learning platform
A collaborative tool for sharing organisational knowledge
A companion and complement to Totara LMS and
formal learning – integrate or stand alone
Totara Social

12. Mash-up and share create content
Social Networking
Create online CVs share for different audiences
Ask questions grow knowledge bank
Propose ideas Connect without the noise
Totara Social

13. A certification program for Totara practitioners in:
Administration and
Course creation
A complement to partners’ training, this is very much
around certification and evidencing knowledge of Totara
products. Partners will become certifiers.
Totara’s Open Badges and inherent portability

14. Enrolment underway now for prep webinars
Academy@totaralms.com
First intake starts in August – get involved!

15. Totara Seedlings
A beta release of Totara, unsupported/maintained, for
evaluation, developers. Not for production
Increased visibility = greater demand for Enterprise
version and the quality support only available through
partner network

16. Feature Totara Seedlings
(Beta)
Enterprise Service
License Open Source Open Source
Community
Innovations
 
Access to
Product Source
Code
 
Certified
Totara Solution
Partners

Open
Source Assurance
Program

End of Life
Support policy

Features All features, new
features
Stable versions,
Enterprise Support
Testing
Cycles
Untested Enterprise-level
Quality Assurance and
Performance testing
Independent
Security Testing

Web-based
support
24x5 (2hour
response)
Product
Alerts and
Notifications

Consolidate
d Service Updates

Security
Alerts and Fixes

Access to
Community Portal /
Knowledgebase

Enterprise Edition
Fully featured, tested, stable
Product support and backing
Upgrade paths
Software Update Service
 Service Patches
 Error correction
 Ticketed support
 Updates
 New Version Releases
 Clear, affordable fee