Totara Community Updates

Go behind the scenes with SPAR soon + Last day to submit your Totara award submissions!

 
Matt Linaker
Go behind the scenes with SPAR soon + Last day to submit your Totara award submissions!
by Matt Linaker - Thursday, 20 March 2025, 8:53 AM
Group Totara

We’ll soon be going behind the scenes with SPAR to explore how their team supports thousands of apprentices using Totara Learn and Totara Perform. 

In this webinar, SPAR and Totara Partner LearnChamp will share how they’ve built a structured, scalable apprenticeship programme. 

Discover how SPAR streamlines competency tracking, integrates key systems, and enhances training efficiency to support thousands of apprentices.  

What you'll learn: 

  • How SPAR structures its apprenticeship training 

  • The role of Totara Learn and Totara Perform in tracking skills and competencies 

  • A live showcase of SPAR’s Totara platform in action 

  • Insights into API integrations and data flows 

  • Come along and ask questions!  

Date: Wednesday, 2 April 

Time: 10 am (London) | 11 am (Vienna) 

Sign up here 

If the time zone doesn’t work for you, sign up and we’ll send you the recording after the webinar.  
 
Enter the 2025 Totara Awards – Showcase your success! 

The deadline to submit your submissions for the Totara awards is tomorrow! Now is the time to share your achievements and get the recognition you deserve! 

Enter now and put your success in the spotlight!  

Share your thoughts 

Have you got some feedback on Totara? Share your thoughts easily using the new feedback block in the Community – we’d love to hear from you.

Upcoming webinar: 21st May: A Platform with Appeal: Inside the Law Society’s Monetised Learning Platform 

The Law Society supports over 155,000 members with professional development, career opportunities, and compliance training. Discover how they leveraged Totara to create a monetised learning platform, integrating custom e-commerce functionality to deliver an exceptional user experience and drive revenue. 

In this session, Chris Walsh, Head of Learning & Development at the Law Society, will share insights, discuss the journey, and provide a live behind-the-scenes demo of this innovative platform. 

Save your spot 

 
Updated course: Dashboards and basic theming v19  

In this course, we’ll walk you through how to theme your Totara site so that you can:  

  • Customise a theme and edit the front page 

  • Add your organisation’s logo and favicon 

  • Change the colour of text and buttons 

  • Create a dashboard 

  • Add featured links 

  • Set up user tours 

  • Add videos, images and blocks 

  • Customise the appearance of email notifications sent from your Totara site 

Start training now 

Sign up for microlearning  

Did you know you could get weekly microlearning sent straight to your inbox? 

If you’d like to get a weekly lesson to learn how to get the most from your Totara system, sign up here.  

 
Have a great end to the week!