Metropolitan Community College – Institute for Workforce Innovation (MCCIWI) Is Now A Totara LMS Partner

Bend, Oregon (I-Newswire) January 27, 2012 - Metropolitan Community College – Institute for Workforce Innovation (MCCIWI) has become a Totara LMS Partner. MCCIWI is based in Kansas City, Missouri USA. What sets the Institute apart is its holistic approach: helping businesses run better and helping individuals become better employees.
Since 2009, the Institute has:
• Prepared over 7,000 students for entry-level jobs
• Contracted with over eighty companies to provide contract training, including Ford, GM, ATK, Hallmark, Harley-Davidson, Cerner and Honeywell
• Supported 25 area companies to receive $2,527,827 through the Missouri Customized Training Program (MCT)
• Helped companies receive $1,124,394 through Missouri New Jobs Training and Job Retention Training programs
Totara LMS is an open source LMS for the corporate sector based on Moodle. Totara LMS has a range of enhancements over and above the wide ranging functionality available in Moodle. These enhancements are designed specifically for corporate organizations and include:
• Individual development plans
• Classroom management
• Team management
• Competency management
• Program Management
• Learning paths
• Sophisticated reporting
• Enhanced search
The Totara LMS Partner Program is designed to support organizations in delivering enterprise LMS solutions to their clients.
Totara Partners are supported through:
• A global marketing campaign promoting Totara
• Participation in marketing events
• High profile endorsement of Totara partners
• Generating leads through the Totara marketing program
• Training and support in how to deploy Totara
• Access to the Totara knowledge base
• Priority consideration for new features and fixes
Totara is actively seeking applications from organizations globally to become Totara Partners.
Willem Boom, Vice President – Partner Solutions, commented: “We are delighted to have Metropolitan Community College – Institute for Workforce Innovation as a Totara Partner. The demand for Totara is building in North America and our aim is to provide organizations with a choice of experienced partners who can help them implement and support their Totara LMS initiatives. MCCIWI as a strong player in their region will be successful due to their client relationships and experience.”
Metropolitan Community College – Institute for Workforce Innovation said, “This partnership is another way to support businesses in our region with a high quality training management system. It also allows us to provide a foundation for online training in noncredit courses.” - Kevin Kelley, PhD, Director of Community Development.

About Totara Learning Solutions:
Totara is designed to bring the benefits of open source learning management software to corporate enterprises.

The Totara company was formed by three partners: Catalyst IT, Kineo elearning and Kineo Pacific. We share a passion for delivering cost-effective solutions to corporate enterprises.The three partners together form a global alliance dedicated to enhancing Moodle, the leading open source learning platform, for the corporate sector and to creating the leading learning platform for corporate enterprises.

The combined experience of the three partners includes custom Moodle developments for over 100 corporate enterprises including McDonald's, Nikon, BP, Tesco and Nike.

Company Contact Information
Totara Learning Solutions
Willem Boom
Phone : 541 647 2633