Presentation by Thomas Bell of TDM Wyre Academy: Totara LMS and integration with Mahara e-Portfolios. The presentation showcases current Wyre Academy use of both systems and future plans.

1. Totara LMS & Mahara
Integration
Thomas Bell - @thomaswbell88
+ Author of 10 Business Critical Areas - Open Courses
+ LSIS Sector Reference Group for Sustainability Member
+ LMS Programme Coordinator
+ ICT Professional Trainer

2. Presentation Warning!
● CamelCasing Things :( Sorry, habit
● Pictures all over the place! Some irrelevant :0
● This isn't so much a demo of Totara, it's a demo of how
TDM Wyre Academy use Totara & Mahara to achieve
successful learning.
(Therefore, you might not see all Totara LMS features.
Head over to www.totaralms.com to request a full demo or give us a
ring: +44(0)1299 404 193 for a walk through Totara LMS)

3. Quick intro ...
TDM
The Development Manager Ltd:

4. ● Training..
● In Open Source Software
● Consultancies
● Business & Education focus
● Development..
● Of Open Source Software
● Bespoke Software development
● Management..
● Of Open Source Software
● 'Implementation Management' for organisations
● Successful software deployment

5. ● First UK Totara Partner
● Managed Hosting
● Development
● Moodle Services company
● Implementations
● Training
● Mahara Partner
● Authors of the Mahara book: Mahara 1.2: A
beginner's guide
● Mahara Certified Training Courses

6. Newly established, but with
decades of training provision:
Online Training Academy
IT / ICT Apprenticeships Delivery
Mentor Training
Tutor Training
Management Training
High-stakes Industry Qualifications

7. Proud to be partnered/certified with:

8. What is ?
Corporate 'Distro' of Moodle
● Packaged up for quick and effective corporate learning
delivery – work-based learning delivery
● Based on the most stable Moodle code
● Support Services – 24/7 Support, guaranteed response
times
● Added functionality – and the constant development of
new features
● Open Source Enterprise – following the same model as
the most successful Open Source business – RedHat

9. What is ?
● Learner Management System
in contrast to...
● Virtual Learning Environment /
Course Management System

10. What is ?
● Competency Based Learning
● Team/Cohort Management
● Staff / Hierarchy Management

11. What is ?
● Organisation/Department Management
● Booking Management
● Excellent Reporting & Progress tracking
● Pathway specific training programmes
● Programme Management

12. Competency Based Learning
● Competency Hierarchy Import
● e.g. IT User & ICT Professional
Qualifications = 6000+
standards/competencies
● Import from Register Ofqual
Database
● Learners evidence competence
against given standards

13. Team / Cohort Management
● Manager – Manages team of staff
=
● Trainer / Assessor – Manages cohort of
learners

15. Classroom Booking Management
● Face-to-Face Session
booking.
● Calendared events
tailored to learner's
individual plans

17. Pathway Programmes
= Totara Positions
● Assign learners to a pathway
● Automatically retrieve relevant competencies to
Individual Development Plan
● Set 'aspirational' position/pathway – Learner
Engaging

19. Individual Learning Plans (ILP)
● If assigned a Position, the learner receives the relevant
competencies in their ILP
● Competencies – Gathered from:
● Learner Pathway (Position)
● Organisation
●
● Courses – linked to competencies
● Automatically drawn in with the competencies

21. Totara Reporting & Progress
Tracking
● Totara Report Builder
● We built a set of reports for specific roles
– Learners see the stats they need to see
– Trainers see the stats they want to see
– Assessors...
– IV & EV etc

23. How do Mahara and Totara mix?
● Wyre Academy Totara = Structured Learning
Delivery:
● Online Courses
● Tracking + Reporting
● Workshop Booking
● Webinar Booking

24. How do Mahara and Totara mix?
● Wyre Academy Mahara = Personalised
Learning
● Professional Learning Community
● Reflective Journals
● Evidence gathering
● Evidence showcasing
● Assessment submission to Totara

25. Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara
● Learner Registration & Interview
● Diagnostics Assessments
● Successful employment placement
● Induction training: Totara & Mahara
● Totara Position setting

26. Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara
● Individual Learning Plan creation
● Auto assigned relevant competencies
● Auto enrolled on relevant courses
● Objectives setup with Assessor
● Timescales and due dates added to competencies

27. Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara
● Learner gathers evidence in Mahara
● Learners constructs their views/pages in
Mahara:
– Screencasting
– Videos
– Audio
– Product evidence
– Witness testimonies

28. Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara
● Formative Assessment:
● Assessor Feedback attached to views
– Video/audio feedback
● Final submission & competency completion

29. Plans for the future..
● “Mahara Evidence – Totara Competency” Mapping
● “Mahara Assessor Overlay”:
● Point and click on Mahara blocks to grade/assess in
Totara/Moodle
Get involved! If these sound interesting, contact us about
joining resources to fast-track its development

30. Mahara ePortfolios
for TDM and for WBL
● We've been involved in the development of
Mahara for over 3 years now and still inputting.
● Very happy for the continuing success and
uptake
● Looking to write the sequel to our successful
Mahara 1.2: A Beginners Guide

31. References
● http://www.flickr.com/photos/salim/
● http://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/
● http://www.flickr.com/photos/alancleaver/
● http://wyreacademy.com
● http://tdm.info
● Mahara 1.2: A Beginner's Guide book