Likelihood to Recommend We have utilized Articulate Rise for our primary curriculum design platform for multiple years. Although it can look pricey compared with other free options, they do a great job of supporting nonprofit use and more cost-effective. By doing so, they continue to be the best in the industry when it comes to value relative to cost with a nice suite of content creation tools that can easily create an out-of-the-box online curriculum while still being easy to navigate for traditional teachers who may be extremely knowledgeable about curriculum development but not tech-savvy. The product could benefit from more content formats and activity types (doesn't seem to have been updated in years) and more authority and control over color/visual palettes and style.
Read full review As a real estate services company with properties (& employees) in six states, Totara LMS is well suited for implementing and our employee learning platform to our many team members that work remotely and cannot benefit from regular in-person learning courses. Totara LMS's comprehensive and customizable reporting system also allows us to accurately review and tell the story of employee performance and talent development, while tailoring this reporting to the needs of different internal stakeholders.
Read full review Pros Mobile compatibility Rapid eLearning design Online collaboration Read full review Distribute elearning run exams Read full review Cons I think it struggles a little being screen-reader friendly Image sizes are challenging sometimes to get right Storyline blocks mean you need to make sure you don't delete them from Articulate Rise Read full review Reporting can be a little inflexible - sometimes, the report cannot be customized to have all the columns you need as they are not available from that area of the LMS. Graphic reporting needs some more work to be a bit more professional looking. Read full review Support Rating Easy to access both local support and support/advice from other Totara LMS users as we keep in regular contact as a part of the totara government users group. Our vendor also keeps in touch with this group and a lot of knowledge is shared. It's easy to access the Totara LMS users academy, and one of my administrators has also set up a local forum where they ask each other questions and share knowledge as well. Our vendor is easy to access via our support plan and we have monthly catch-ups with our account manager where we hear about anything new coming up.
Read full review Alternatives Considered We chose Articulate Rise because it was the best balance of offering multiple design tools and embeddable content without being obnoxiously priced. Because the course design also ensures SCORM-compliance, whatever we create can easily be embedded in learning management systems later on. We looked at some more robust platforms but the type of tools they offered required a level of coding and technical expertise that would have left those same tools unused by staff. Meanwhile, many free services have some features but make it hard to create a truly cohesive, unified course experience (as opposed to disjointed activities and readings that essentially just get "collated" online). In this case, you really can build a great, linear, holistic course without spending an arm and a leg.
Read full review Return on Investment Has made the development of truly mobile eLearning possible Saves our developers time with rapid design tools Allows for the development of eLearning on any computer with a modern browser Allows for collaboration across our team without files sharing Read full review Totara LMS has helped increase our employee retention by 15%. Totara LMS has drastically improved our employee learning and development processes that weren't in place prior to having this system. Totara LMS has decreased the time the onboarding process takes by 1 day. Read full review ScreenShots