Thank you Craig. 

I will give these a read.

Hi Stephen, your message was timely as I am meeting with our Apprenticeship Co-ordinator on Friday for an initial meeting about this.

My email address is sue.blake@diamond.ac.uk if you drop me an email we can discuss this further and perhaps arrange a virtual meeting to share ideas.

Kind regards

Sue

Hi Stephen,

They have a similar set-up to yourself, offering elearning content to complete before attending any face-to-face elements but they also include all the assessments within Totara rather than needing to use another platform like OneFile.

This is done through the use of Assignment mostly. We find for most clients offering accredited courses and qualifications, the Assignment tool in Totara can handle most of the requirements (including the internal and external verification of the work). Tutors are assigned to Groups and receive notifications of submissions before marking and providing feedback to learners.

Grouping all the modules into a Program means it's really easy for their staff to manage the apprenticeship alongside all their other training as it all sits on the one dashboard. Modules are grouped into stages (sets) and if one stage needs to be completed before the other, they're using the "then" operator in the Program. The other benefit here is they can schedule send reminders if learners are falling behind with assignments.

Hope that helps!

Ian