Comparing Totara versions

Updated on 20 Apr 2022
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This table shows a comparison of major features across all Totara Learn (v2.7 - 12) and the Totara Talent Experience Platform (TXP) versions (v13 - 15).

Features have been grouped together into categories for ease of use.

Learning and delivery

Content management	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	TXP 13	TXP 14	TXP 15
SCORM compliance	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SCORM attempt management								✓	✓
LTI v2 support				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Static content creation	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
File and folder upload	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Drag-and-drop file upload	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Add URL	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Glossary activity	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Database activity	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lesson activity	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Book activity	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
External repository APIs	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Content marketplace				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
LinkedIn Learning integration									✓
Course management	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Multiple course formats	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Activity completion criteria	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Course completion criteria	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Course completion upload	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Course completion editor				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Record of Prior Learning	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bulk course creation	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Activities and resources	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Groups	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Recycle bin				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Enrolment banner									✓
Catalogue management	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Categories and subcategories	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Backup and restore	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Course and activity tagging	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Program and certification tagging					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Tag collections				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom course fields	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom search and filters	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Topic filters							✓	✓	✓
Time to read filter							✓	✓	✓
Resource and playlist search							✓	✓	✓
Custom course icons	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom course images						✓	✓	✓	✓
Report-based catalogue	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Grid catalogue						✓	✓	✓	✓
Catalogue homepage							✓	✓	✓
Header and footer blocks							✓	✓	✓
Assessment and achievement	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Open badges	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Badge endorsements							✓	✓	✓
Badge versions							✓	✓	✓
Multi-language badges							✓	✓	✓
Badge issue for course completion	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Badge issue for program completion				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Badge issue for audience membership				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom certificates	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Quiz activity	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Drag-and-drop question types			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Grading	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Assignment activity	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Offline and virtual learning	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Seminar events and sessions dashboard			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Event attendance tracking	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Session attendance tracking							✓	✓	✓
Grade to pass							✓	✓	✓
Manual grading							✓	✓	✓
Valid no show status							✓	✓	✓
Attendance upload							✓	✓	✓
Booking management	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Waitlisting	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Waitlisting conflict alerts					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Declare interest	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Signup sheet			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Self approval	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Manager approval	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Two-stage approval			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multiple signups based on attendance status						✓	✓	✓	✓
Asset management			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Room management	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Facilitator management							✓	✓	✓
MS teams and Zoom webinar integration							✓	✓	✓
Manager reservations	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom notifications	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom messaging	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom fields for sign up and cancellation	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom fields for all forms and elements			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Repeat seminars when enrolled via a certification					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Gamification	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Activity results leaderboard		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Topic access restrictions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Quiz access password	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Course access keys	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Orphaned activities	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Social and collaborative learning	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Live chat activity	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Forum activity	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pinned forum posts				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Forum discussion locking				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Workshop (peer review) activity	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Messaging	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Wiki activity	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Feedback and evaluation	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Feedback activity	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Conditional feedback questions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Feedback reminders	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Choice activity	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mobile app	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
App authentication							✓	✓	✓
Mobile branding							✓	✓	✓
Current courses							✓	✓	✓
Current programs and certifications							✓	✓	✓
Offline SCORM Player							✓	✓	✓
Push notifications							✓	✓	✓
Mobile catalogue (Find learning)									✓
Course self-enrolment									✓

Organisation and compliance management

Reporting	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
In-built admin reports	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
In-built course reports	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom report builder	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Report source search							✓	✓	✓
Report templates							✓	✓	✓
Scheduled reporting	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Scheduled reports sent via email	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Scheduled report send to self					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Scheduled report source					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Scheduled report capability					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Set scheduled report recipients					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Exportable reports	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Graphical reporting	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Updated graphical reports							✓	✓	✓
Clone report		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Global report restrictions		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Content restriction by audience						✓	✓	✓	✓
Report column aggregation	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Default saved searches							✓	✓	✓
Performance optimisation				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hierarchies	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Organisational hierarchies	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Positional hierarchies	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Competency hierarchies	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
HR Import	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Support for partial sync within HR Import				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Source and schedule settings for each element						✓	✓	✓	✓
Job assignment HR Import source				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Competency HR Import source						✓	✓	✓	✓
Competency export						✓	✓	✓	✓
Compliance management	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Programs	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Certifications	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Recertification management	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Improved program and certification assignment							✓	✓	✓
Centralised program and certification notifications								✓	✓
Extended enterprise	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Enhanced multitenancy support							✓	✓	✓
Tenant administrators							✓	✓	✓
Tenant bulk user upload							✓	✓	✓
Tenant-specific courses							✓	✓	✓
Tenant-only resources							✓	✓	✓
Tenant-only workspaces							✓	✓	✓
Tenant-specific performance activities							✓	✓	✓
Tenant dashboards							✓	✓	✓
Tenant theme configuration							✓	✓	✓
Tenant login pages							✓	✓	✓
Tenant default images								✓	✓
Tenant branded emails									✓

Development and review

Learning plans	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Custom workflows	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multiple templates	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Evidence custom fields			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dynamically assigned learning plans			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Talent management and succession planning	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Competencies linked to organisations	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Competencies linked to positions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Competencies auto-added to learning plans	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
External evidence	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom evidence forms							✓	✓	✓
Performance management	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Legacy appraisals and 360 feedback	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Performance activities							✓	✓	✓
Appraisals							✓	✓	✓
Feedback							✓	✓	✓
Check-ins							✓	✓	✓
Redisplay question								✓	✓
Goal review									✓
Learning review									✓
Competency review								✓	✓
Evidence review									✓
Aggregated responses								✓	✓
Advanced participation management							✓	✓	✓
Participation reporting							✓	✓	✓
Performance activity reporting							✓	✓	✓
Priority card view									✓
Advanced filtering and sorting of activities									✓
Personal and organisational goals	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Link positions and organisations to company goals		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Competency management	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Custom completion scales	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Competency types	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Competency profile dashboard							✓	✓	✓
Advanced achievement paths							✓	✓	✓
Proficiency set by assignment								✓	✓
Proficiency achieved date				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Competency ratings reporting								✓	✓

User management

Access management	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Guest access	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Self registration	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Self registration with approval				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
OAuth2.0 (Microsoft, LinkedIn, Google login)							✓	✓	✓
Instant access to learning for self-registered users				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Password expiry for self registered users					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Password policy	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Password rotation policy	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom access rights	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Persistent login option					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Audience management	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Set audiences	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dynamic audiences	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Tenant audiences							✓	✓	✓
Disable automatic membership updates		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Course/certification/program visibility	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Course/certification/program enrolment	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Learning plan assignment	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Goal assignment	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Access rights assignment	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Legacy main menu navigation	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Main menu						✓	✓	✓	✓
Team management	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Team dashboard	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Job assignment-based seminar approval			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
All reporting staff (multiple job assignments)			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
User account management	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Browse users report				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Profile information	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Users must complete required profile fields upon login					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Position assignment	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Manager assignment	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multiple manager assignments			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Organisation assignment	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Primary, secondary and aspirational positions	✓	✓
Job assignments			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Improved user creation workflow							✓	✓	✓
Configurable user profile page							✓	✓	✓
Custom user profile card							✓	✓	✓
Tenant association							✓	✓	✓
Enrolment management	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Manual and self enrolment	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Audience sync enrolment	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Competency-based enrolment	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Seminar direct enrolment	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Learning plan-based enrolment	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
GDPR	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Versioned site policies					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multi-lingual site policies					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
HTML site policies						✓	✓	✓	✓
Site policy consent records					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
User data management					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Data export					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Data purging					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Customisation

Adaptive learning	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Custom program notifications	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Centralised program notifications								✓	✓
Course reordering within sets							✓	✓	✓
‘Then’ and ‘or’ dividers between program course sets	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
‘And’ dividers between program course sets		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Optional courses within program course sets			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Activity completion tracking	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Activity access restrictions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Organisation and position activity access restrictions					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Audience and preferred language activity access restrictions					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Time since completing activity restriction						✓	✓	✓	✓
Learner personalisation	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
User themes	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Alerts and tasks	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
My Learning page	✓	✓
Learner dashboard(s)			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Record of learning	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
My current learning			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Last course accessed block			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Recently viewed block							✓	✓	✓
Activity completion-based progress bars				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Program progress bar based on course set progress						✓	✓	✓	✓
User tours				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Improved notification preferences								✓	✓
Globalisation	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Multiple language translation packs	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Language customisation	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Right-to-left display support	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multiple time zone support	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multiple date and calendar formats	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Design and navigation	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Audience-based dashboards	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Clone dashboards			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Access control-based main menu	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Customisable and responsive theme	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ventura theme and customisation options							✓	✓	✓
Customisable user menu		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Font-based icons			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Featured links block				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Program and certification tiles within featured links					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Course progress display on featured links					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Enhanced gallery display within featured links						✓	✓	✓	✓
Quick add block workflow						✓	✓	✓	✓
Header and footer block regions						✓	✓	✓	✓
Front page centre block						✓	✓	✓	✓
Three levels of top navigation						✓	✓	✓	✓
New administration/quick-access menu						✓	✓	✓	✓
Default course, program and certification images						✓	✓	✓	✓

User engagement

Collaboration and engagement	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
Workspaces							✓	✓	✓
Engagement reporting							✓	✓	✓
MS Teams integration with Totara Engage							✓	✓	✓
Recommendations and content discovery	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
ML recommendations engine							✓	✓	✓
Natural language and hashtag processing							✓	✓	✓
User profile inputs								✓	✓
Trending items							✓	✓	✓
Workspace recommendations							✓	✓	✓
Microlearning recommendations							✓	✓	✓
Course recommendations							✓	✓	✓
Related content tab									✓
Content creation and curation	2.7	2.9	9.x	10.x	11.x	12.x	13	14	15
User library							✓	✓	✓
Engage resources							✓	✓	✓
User/quick surveys							✓	✓	✓
Content likes							✓	✓	✓
Playlists							✓	✓	✓
Playlist ratings							✓	✓	✓
Topic label							✓	✓	✓
Time to read label							✓	✓	✓

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