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Metropolitan Community College – Institute for Workforce Innovation (MCCIWI) has become a Totara LMS Partner

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Totara LMS New Partnership with Metropolitan Community College

Metropolitan Community College – Institute for Workforce Innovation (MCCIWI) has become a Totara LMS Partner.  MCCIWI is based in Kansas City, Missouri USA.  What sets the Institute apart is its holistic approach: helping businesses run better and helping individuals become better employees.


Since 2009, the Institute has:

  • Prepared over 7,000 students for entry-level jobs
  • Contracted with over eighty companies to provide contract training, including Ford, GM, ATK, Hallmark, Harley-Davidson, Cerner
    and Honeywell
  • Supported 25 area companies to receive $2,527,827 through the Missouri Customized Training Program (MCT)
  • Helped companies receive $1,124,394 through Missouri New Jobs Training and Job Retention Training programs

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 organizations and include:

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


The Totara LMS Partner Program is designed to support organizations 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
    program
  • Training and support in how to deploy Totara
  • Access to the Totara knowledge base
  • Priority consideration for new features and
    fixes

Totara is actively seeking applications from organizations globally to become Totara Partners.

Willem Boom, Vice President – Partner Solutions, commented:
“We are delighted to have Metropolitan Community College – Institute for Workforce Innovation as a Totara Partner. The demand for Totara is building in
North America and our aim is to provide organizations with a choice of experienced partners who can help them implement and support their Totara LMS
initiatives. MCCIWI as a strong player in their region will be successful due to their client relationships and experience.”

Metropolitan Community College – Institute for Workforce Innovation said, “This partnership is another way to support businesses in our region with a high quality training management system.  It also allows us to provide a foundation for online training in noncredit courses.”  -
Kevin Kelley, PhD, Director of Community Development.