Item: Totara LMS
Rating: 8
Author: Benjamin Smith

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We currently use Totara LMS for employee development and compliance management, which is key for us in the real estate industry with many federal, state and local laws that must be followed. For learning development, we currently use the e-learning side, which allows us to easily roll out this program to our many site users that are not housed at the corporate office - particularly out of state.

Pros and Cons

The reporting feature is excellent, particularly with the automated reports that help us to stay on top of compliance.
Totara LMS offers a wide range of learning topics from which to choose, including certifications.
Totara LMS is very customizable, which allows us to brand and select the courses, plans and reports that are helpful to us.

The expansive capabilities of Totara LMS out of the box can be intimidating to those first starting out with an LMS.
Cost of deployment is high and the ramp up is time consuming.
Help documentation is limited, but we hear it will be improved in the future.

Return on Investment

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.

Key Insights

Do you think Totara LMS delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Totara LMS's feature set?

Yes

Did Totara LMS live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Totara LMS go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Totara LMS again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Yardi Voyager, AvidXchange, Canva

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

Totara LMS is the Total Employee Development Platform and the Only One You'll Ever Need!

Overall Satisfaction with Totara LMS