MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE WORKPLACEEvery 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 BREAKDOWNA 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

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Student Dashboard• Visual dashboard showing progress for learners and what

is required

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

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Manager / Supervisor concept• Giving one user management and reporting rights over

their team or collection of users

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Exam / Certification tracking• Specify and track requirements for examinations or

certifications

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Competency tracking• A competency framework management system for

tracking of competencies and outcomes.

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Appraisals• Ability for leaners and managers to facilitate appraisal

mechanism

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Program management• Ability to create groups of courses into curriculum and

programs

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Learning Plans• Enable custom user learning plans based on courses or

competencies

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HR Import• Ability to manage specific and custom integrations with

HR systems beyond just authentication and enrolment

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Advanced reports• Some advanced reports on learners and the organisation

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Report builder• User interface to create customised reports in release

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Multi-tenancy• Enables configuration for multiple organisations with

different themes and permissions keeping them separated.

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E-commerce• Integrates with a payment system for selling courses

either in core or with available plugins

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Open badges• Supports the Open badge format for micro-credentials

and gamification

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Feature Moodle Totara Elis Iomad ESCM

Course Store / Course licensing Yes Yes Yes

Notifications Yes Yes Yes

Dashboard Basic Yes Yes Basic Yes

CPD tracking Yes Yes Yes

Manager / Supervisor concept Yes Yes Yes Yes

Exam / Certification tracking Yes Yes Some Yes

Competency Hierarchies Yes Yes Yes

Appraisals Yes

Program management Yes Yes Yes

Learning Plans Yes Yes

HR Import Some Yes Yes Some Some

Reporting Some Yes Yes Some Lots

Report Builder Plugins Yes Moodle

Multi-tenancy Yes Yes

Ecommerce Plugins Plugins Plugins Yes Plugins

Open Badges Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

SOLUTIONS

ELIS for Moodle™

Built by Remote-Learner

http://www.remote-learner.net/enterprise-lms-platform-elis/

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

http://www.enovation.ie/compliance-manager/

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

http://www.remote-learner.net/enterprise-lms-platform-elis/

Aimed at• Multi-tenancy sites• E-Commerce• Course Licensing• Reporting

Totara

Built by from Totara Learning Solutions

https://www.totaralms.com/

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• https://moodle.org/plugins/view/mod_facetoface • Author Stacey Walker• Sites 883• Version support 2.6, 2.7, 2.8

Comment• Plugin is sometimes supported and sometimes not

Scheduler activity• https://moodle.org/plugins/view/mod_scheduler• Author Henning Bostelmann• Sites 1632• Version support 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9

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• https://moodle.org/plugins/pluginversions.php?

plugin=mod_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 https://moodle.org/plugins/view/mod_certificate • 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 https://moodle.org/plugins/view/block_progress• Author Michael de Raadt• Sites 3660• Version support 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9

Comment• Nice visual time planer for learners• Cross course report on student dashboard

REPORTING

Analytics• URL https://moodle.org/plugins/view/local_analytics• Author Bas Brands• Sites 444• Version support 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7

Comment• Works with Google Analytics and Piwik Analytics• Clean urls in the reports

Example Google Analytics Reports

Configurable reports• URL https://moodle.org/plugins/view/block_configurable_reports

• 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

Contact Info

Gavin Henrick

Email: gavin@lts.ie

Blog: http://www.somerandomthoughts.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/ghenrick