Comparing Totara versions

This table shows a comparison of major features across all Totara Learn (v9 - 12) and the Totara Suite versions (v13 - 20).

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

Learning and delivery

Content management

SCORM compliance

✓

SCORM attempt management

✓

LTI v2 support

✓

Static content creation

✓

File and folder upload

✓

Drag-and-drop file upload

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

External repository APIs

✓

Totara AI features

✓

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Content marketplace

✓

Content marketplace activity

✓

LinkedIn Learning integration

✓

Course management

Multiple course formats

✓

Pathway course format

✓

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

✓

Courses in workspace libraries

✓

Catalogue management

Categories and subcategories

✓

Course and category pagination

✓

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Exclude courses from catalogue

✓

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Backup and restore

✓

Course and activity tagging

✓

AI course tag recommendations

✓

Program and certification tagging

✓

Tag collections

✓

Custom course fields

✓

Custom search and filters

✓

Topic filters

✓

Time to read filter

✓

Resource and playlist search

✓

Workspace search

✓

Custom course icons

✓

Custom course images

✓

Report-based catalogue

✓

Grid catalogue

✓

Explore catalogue

✓

Catalogue homepage

✓

Header and footer blocks

✓

Catalogue block

✓

Catalogue search and recommendation features

✓

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Assessment and achievement

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

Seminar events and sessions dashboard

✓

Event attendance tracking

✓

Seminar self-attendance

✓

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Session attendance tracking

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Waitlisting conflict alerts

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

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

Activity results leaderboard

✓

Topic access restrictions

✓

Quiz access password

✓

Course access keys

✓

Orphaned activities

✓

Social and collaborative learning

Live chat activity

✓

Forum activity

✓

Pinned forum posts

✓

Forum discussion locking

✓

Workshop (peer review) activity

✓

Messaging

✓

Wiki activity

✓

Feedback and evaluation

Feedback activity

✓

Conditional feedback questions

✓

Feedback reminders

✓

Choice activity

✓

Mobile app

✓

✓

✓

✓

Current programs and certifications

✓

Offline SCORM Player

✓

Push notifications

✓

Mobile catalogue (Find learning)

✓

Course self-enrolment

✓

Mobile offline support

✓

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Organisation and compliance management

Reporting

In-built admin reports

✓

In-built course reports

✓

Custom report builder

✓

Report source search

✓

Report templates

✓

Scheduled reporting

✓

Compress scheduled reports

✓

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Scheduled reports sent via email

✓

Scheduled report send to self

✓

Scheduled report source

✓

Scheduled report capability

✓

Set scheduled report recipients

✓

Exportable reports

✓

Background exports for reports

✓

Graphical reporting

✓

Updated graphical reports

✓

Clone report

✓

Global report restrictions

✓

Content restriction by audience

✓

Report column aggregation

✓

Default saved searches

✓

Performance optimisation

✓

Hierarchies

Organisational hierarchies

✓

Positional hierarchies

✓

Skill hierarchies

✓

HR Import

✓

Support for partial sync within HR Import

✓

Source and schedule settings for each element

✓

Job assignment HR Import source

✓

Skill HR Import source

✓

Skill export

✓

Compliance management

Programs

✓

Certifications

✓

Multi-year recertification sequences

✓

Recertification management

✓

Improved program and certification assignment

✓

Clone programs

✓

Clone certifications

✓

Certifications - current compliance block

✓

Improved program content UI

✓

Improved certification UI

✓

Extended enterprise

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 email

✓

Tenant-specific reporting

✓

Tenant-level notifications

✓

Development and review

Learning plans

Custom workflows

✓

Multiple templates

✓

Evidence custom fields

✓

Dynamically assigned learning plans

✓

Talent management and succession planning

Skills linked to organisations

✓

Skills linked to positions

✓

Skills auto-added to learning plans

✓

External evidence

✓

Custom evidence forms

✓

Performance management

Legacy appraisals and 360 feedback

✓

Performance activities

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Totara goal tasks and linked courses

✓

Totara goals transition mode

✓

Create goals in performance activities

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Direct report participants

✓

Advanced participation management

✓

Dynamic performance activities

✓

Hide incomplete responses

✓

Hide/close suspended user responses

✓

Participation reporting

✓

Performance activity reporting

✓

Enhanced performance activity reporting

✓

Manual performance activity closure

✓

Priority card view

✓

Advanced filtering and sorting of activities

✓

Personal and organisational goals

✓

Improved goals user interface

✓

Link positions and organisations to company goals

✓

Performance overview

✓

Managing access to performance activity instances

✓

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Skill management

Custom completion scales

✓

Skill types

✓

Skill profile dashboard

✓

Advanced achievement paths

✓

Proficiency set by assignment

✓

Proficiency achieved date

✓

Skill ratings reporting

✓

Bulk achievement paths

✓

Assigning audiences (assessors) as raters

✓

User management

Access management

Guest access

✓

Self registration

✓

Self registration with approval

✓

OAuth2.0 (Microsoft, LinkedIn, Google login)

✓

SAML SSO

✓

Multi-factor authentication for all users

✓

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

✓

External API

✓

Audience management

Set audiences

✓

Dynamic audiences

✓

Preview dynamic audience membership changes

✓

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

✓

Audience and workspace sync

✓

Team management

Team dashboard

✓

Job assignment-based seminar approval

✓

All reporting staff (multiple job assignments)

✓

Team skill proficiency block

✓

User account management

Browse users report

✓

Profile information

✓

Users must complete required profile fields upon login

✓

Position assignment

✓

Manager assignment

✓

Multiple manager assignments

✓

Organisation assignment

✓

Job assignments

✓

Improved user creation workflow

✓

Configurable user profile page

✓

Custom user profile card

✓

Tenant association

✓

Enrolment management

Manual and self enrolment

✓

Audience sync enrolment

✓

Skill-based enrolment

✓

Seminar direct enrolment

✓

Learning plan-based enrolment

✓

Course enrolment approval workflows

✓

Program and certification self enrolment

✓

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GDPR

Versioned site policies

✓

Multi-lingual site policies

✓

HTML site policies

✓

Site policy consent records

✓

User data management

✓

Data export

✓

Data purging

✓

Schedule user deletion

✓

Notifications

Centralised notifications

Improved notification preferences

✓

Centralised program and certification notifications

✓

Activity completion notifications

✓

Course notifications

✓

Centralised seminar notifications

✓

Centralised performance activity notifications

✓

Centralised notification auditing

✓

Customisation

Adaptive learning

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

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Last course accessed block

✓

User engagement

Collaboration and engagement

Workspaces

✓

Multiple Workspace Owners

✓

Engagement reporting

✓

MS Teams integration

✓

Recommendations and content discovery

Machine learning recommendations engine

✓

Natural language and hashtag processing

✓

User profile inputs

✓

Integrations

Totara integrations

MS Teams integration

✓

MS teams and Zoom webinar integration

✓

LinkedIn Learning integration

✓

IntelliBoard integration

✓

Webhhooks

✓

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