MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE WORKPLACE Every organisation has different needs from a course and learning management system. The flexibility and modularity of Moodle helps meet those needs through the availability of a wide range of plugins developed the community. This workshop will focus on a selection of common workplace use cases that can be challenging in the standard installation and that are catered for by one or more of the many plugins that are available in the community. Gavin Henrick Learning Technology Services

Some business uses Hiring process Product rollout Regulatory compliance Professional development / competencies Informal learning communities Corporate structured learning spaces

FUNCTIONALITY BREAKDOWN A look at the features needed in a learning management system for businesses

Course Store Ability to add external courses or have licensing for internal courses MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

Student Dashboard Visual dashboard showing progress for learners and what is required MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

CPD Tracking Tracking and reporting on the CPD requirements for roles MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

Manager / Supervisor concept Giving one user management and reporting rights over their team or collection of users MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

Exam / Certification tracking Specify and track requirements for examinations or certifications MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

Competency tracking A competency framework management system for tracking of competencies and outcomes. MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

Appraisals Ability for leaners and managers to facilitate appraisal mechanism MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

Program management Ability to create groups of courses into curriculum and programs MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

Learning Plans Enable custom user learning plans based on courses or competencies MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

HR Import Ability to manage specific and custom integrations with HR systems beyond just authentication and enrolment MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

Advanced reports Some advanced reports on learners and the organisation MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

Report builder User interface to create customised reports in release MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

Multi-tenancy Enables configuration for multiple organisations with different themes and permissions keeping them separated. MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

E-commerce Integrates with a payment system for selling courses either in core or with available plugins MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

Open badges Supports the Open badge format for micro-credentials and gamification MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

FeatureMoodleTotaraElisIomadESCM Course Store / Course licensingYes NotificationsYes DashboardBasicYes BasicYes CPD trackingYes Manager / Supervisor conceptYes Exam / Certification trackingYes SomeYes Competency HierarchiesYes AppraisalsYes Program managementYes Learning PlansYes HR ImportSomeYes Some ReportingSomeYes SomeLots Report BuilderPluginsYesMoodle Multi-tenancyYes EcommercePlugins YesPlugins Open BadgesYes

SOLUTIONS

ELIS for Moodle™ Built by Remote-Learner Aimed at Professional Development Talent Development and Management Certification Programs For Sale Training Corporate & Government Training

ESCM – Compliance Manager Built by Enovation Solutions - Certified Moodle Partner Aimed at enabling Control and monitoring of training and supervision program Empowering the employee to allow them monitor and track their own compliance, CPD and personal development progress Track fitness and probity requirements Record skills, qualifications Easy identification of key talent

IOMAD Built by E-Learn Design - Certified Moodle Partner Aimed at Multi-tenancy sites E-Commerce Course Licensing Reporting

Totara Built by from Totara Learning Solutions Aimed at Develop people with learning plans Managing compliance, certifications and programs Seminar and Face to face management Mobile Learning Learner focused Catalogs Motivate with Badges

BOOKING TRAINING

Requirements Enable HR to set up a schedule of classes Enable staff to book training sessions Enable tracking of those attending

Solution 1 – Choice HR can set up a choice activity with options Can limit the number per option Staff can select which of the options they choose Can select more than one option

Face to face activity Author Stacey Walker Sites 883 Version support 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 Comment Plugin is sometimes supported and sometimes not

Scheduler activity Author Henning Bostelmann Sites 1632 Version support Comment Plugin is sometimes supported and sometimes not

CERTIFICATION

Requirements Issue something to represent completion of training Configurable Branded Date bound Specifying the trainee Specifying the course

Solution 1 – Badges Pros Moodle core supports Open Badges Badges linked to activity completion Badges linked to course completion Badges can be designed in advance with whatever branding Cons Open Badges not as well known What to do with them?

Solution 2 - Certificate Plugin for Moodle Can configure look and feel Can configure the text on it Can include fields such as name, date, course

Simplecertificate activity d_simplecertificate Author Carlos Alexandre Fonseca Sites 1467 Version support 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 Comment Can replace backgrounds/images used easily Many configuration options

Certificate activity URL Author Mark Nelson Sites 6172 Version support 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 Comment Requires server level access to replace the backgrounds/images used Few customisation options

PROGRESS MONITORING

Requirements Enable learners see where they are in the key tasks What they have done, what they have to do Enable trainers to see where students are in the key tasks

Solution 1 – activity completion Pros Moodle core supports activity completion Can enable tracking on every time Learner can see on course page Trainer can see on a report Cons If all tracked – hard to identify key steps Cross course reporting not possible in core

Progress Bar Block URL Author Michael de Raadt Sites 3660 Version support Comment Nice visual time planer for learners Cross course report on student dashboard

REPORTING

Analytics URL Author Bas Brands Sites 444 Version support Comment Works with Google Analytics and Piwik Analytics Clean urls in the reports

Example Google Analytics Reports

Configurable reports URL Author Juan Leyva Sites 4029 Version support 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 Comment Can use interface to build reports Can use SQL to create reports Can specify who can access reports

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