Totara Community Updates

New gamification guide, course creation tips, and author dynamic elearning content with thirst.io

 
Matt Linaker
New gamification guide, course creation tips, and author dynamic elearning content with thirst.io
by Matt Linaker - Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 9:27 AM
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Hi everyone, 

We hope everyone is staying safe and managing to do some online training whilst many of us are in lockdown. We’re seeing lots of new users coming into the Community, so welcome to everyone who’s just joined us. This week, we’ve got two great webinars happening tomorrow and we’ve released a new gamification guide

Gamifying training is one way to help ensure your learners stay motivated and feel engaged when training. But, how can you gamify your learning in Totara Learn? Delve into our new guide for some answers on how to start gamifying your training content. Learn more on our gamification page and even try our time trial to see how quickly you can create a user. Are you fast enough to make it onto the leaderboard?

Upcoming webinars

We’ve got lots of great webinars coming up, so if you’re looking to upskill come along to the following sessions. 

Create mobile-first, dynamic elearning content with thirst.io authoring tool – 29th April 3PM BST / 9AM CST

Tomorrow we’ll be talking to thirst.io founder Fred Thompson as we look at how you can use thirst.io to create mobile-first elearning content, set up dynamic content, and co-author projects with your colleagues. Fred will focus on:  

  • What is thirst.io and why does it exist?
  • How does thirst.io work with Totara?
  • Examples of courses created in thirst.io
  • How does thirst.io compare to other authoring tools?

 Register for the webinar

Hidden gems for Course Creators in Totara Learn – 29th April 4pm BST / 10 am CST

Then Totara's Senior Solutions Consultant Meredith Henson will highlight some hidden gems for Course Creators as she unearths some examples of functionality you may have missed when setting up courses. Join the webinar to pick up some top tips to make great courses.

Register for the webinar

If you can’t wait until tomorrow we’ve put together some top tips for Course Creators that you can read now

Hidden gems for Site Administrators in Totara Learn – 6th May at 4PM (BST)/ 10AM (CST)

Next week we’ll be looking to help Site Administrators with some of their own hidden gems. With so many configuration options available, paired with the pressures of running an organisation's Learning Management System, a Site Administrator might not always have the time to experiment with all available options within Totara Learn.

In this session, Meredith will uncover some of the features and functionality-based hidden gems available to Totara Site Administrators.

Register for the webinar

Don’t forget, if you miss a webinar you can also watch all of our webinars on-demand in the Community. 

Are you certified? 

The Totara Academy has an enormous range of materials available for you to learn all about Totara Learn. As our training is all online, there’s no start date. You can start right now by self enrolling in a program and earn your certification from the Totara Academy. Simply choose a program suitable to your role: 

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Have a great week and stay safe.