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TDM becomes Totara LMS Partner

Wellington, NZLearning NewsKineo

TDM, UK specialists in helping organisations to leverage open source software solutions, has become a Totara LMS Partner.

Totara LMS, is an open source LMS for the corporate sector based on Moodle. Totara LMS has a range of enhancements over and above the wide ranging functionality available in Moodle. These enhancements are designed specifically for corporate organisations and include:

• Individual development plans
• Classroom management
• Team management
• Competency management
• Learning paths
• Sophisticated reporting
• Enhanced search

TDM will add Totara LMS to the range of services that it offers its clients including other open source solutions such as Mahara, Joomla, Drupal, VTiger and Xerte Online Toolkits.

The Totara LMS Partner Program is designed to support organisations in delivering enterprise LMS solutions to their clients.

Totara Partners are supported through:

• A global marketing campaign promoting Totara
• Participation in marketing events
• High profile endorsement of Totara partners
• Generating leads through the Totara marketing programme
• Training and support in how to deploy Totara
• Access to the Totara knowledge base
• Priority consideration for new features and fixes

Richard Wyles, Director of Totara, commented: “We are delighted to have TDM as a Totara Partner. Our aim is to provide organisations with a choice of experienced partners who can help them implement and support their Totara LMS initiatives. We also aim to help partners succeed and drive profitable revenues from Totara LMS.”

“We are seeking to create a global network of Totara partners with the skills and experience to deliver the services required by such organisations.”

Derrin Kent, Managing Director of TDM, commented: “We are really pleased to become the UK’s first Totara LMS partner. Totara enables us to offer an enterprise version of Moodle for our corporate clients and will complement the range of TDM’s learning development and delivery services. We will also be supporting Totara platforms for other private training providers who deliver Work-Based Learning programmes to their own client companies.”

Totara is actively seeking applications from organisations globally to become Totara Partners. More information on the Totara Partner Programme is available on the Totara website at www.totaralms.com.

About Totara

Totara is designed to bring the benefits of open source learning management software to corporate enterprises.
The Totara company was formed by three partners: Catalyst IT, Kineo and Flexible Learning Network (now Kineo Pacific). We share a passion for delivering cost-effective solutions to corporate enterprises.The three partners together form a global alliance dedicated to enhancing Moodle, the leading open source learning platform, for the corporate sector and to creating the leading learning platform for corporate enterprises.
The combined experience of the three partners includes custom Moodle developments for over 100 corporate enterprises including McDonald's, Nikon, BP, Tesco and Nike.