1. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Appraisals Ability for leaners and managers to facilitate appraisal mechanism MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

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

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

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

14. Advanced reports Some advanced reports on learners and the organisation MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

15. Report builder User interface to create customised reports in release MoodleELISESCMIOMADTotara

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

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

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

19. 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

20. SOLUTIONS

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. BOOKING TRAINING

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

27. 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

28. 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

30. 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

32. CERTIFICATION

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

34. 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?

35. 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

36. Simplecertificate activity https://moodle.org/plugins/pluginversions.php?plugin=mo 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

38. Certificate activity URL https://moodle.org/plugins/view/mod_certificatehttps://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

40. PROGRESS MONITORING

41. 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

42. 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

43. Progress Bar Block URL https://moodle.org/plugins/view/block_progresshttps://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

45. REPORTING

46. Analytics URL https://moodle.org/plugins/view/local_analyticshttps://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

48. Example Google Analytics Reports

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

53. Contact Info Gavin Henrick Email: gavin@lts.iegavin@lts.ie Blog: http://www.somerandomthoughts.comhttp://www.somerandomthoughts.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/ghenrickhttp://twitter.com/ghenrick