23 Apr Moodle for Business — How is it different from Moodle LMS?
One of the most frequently asked questions we receive is: ‘Can I used Moodle for my business?’
The answer is ‘yes’! Businesses can use Moodle too. So, let’s explore this further!
Moodle is one of the most popular open-source learning platforms on the planet, with hundreds of millions of users worldwide.
Founded 21 years ago in Perth, Western Australia, Moodle quickly became one of the most popular learning management systems on the market and a firm favourite with educators.
In 2019, Moodle introduced their highly-anticipated ‘Moodle Workplace’ offering – the corporate distribution of Moodle.
Moodle Workplace is a scalable and flexible learning solution. It supports effective organisational training for businesses of all different shapes and sizes.
But which specialist features are included in Moodle Workplace, and how do you know if it is the right platform for you? Let’s take a closer look.
Audience and Availability
Moodle Workplace is for an enterprise-level audience. While Moodle LMS (Learning Management System) is perfect for schools, higher education establishments, and micro-SMEs.
Moodle LMS is open-source and free to download. This allows smaller businesses to host their own training platform affordably – providing they have the internal resources and technical expertise.
Moodle Workplace is only available from Moodle Premium Certified Services Partners. The platform isn’t free to use. Accipio are one of four companies in the UK that offer Moodle Workplace services. Partnering with an approved Moodle Workplace provider ensures organisations have a much smoother implementation journey, with technical expertise available at every stage of delivery.
Multi-tenancy
Moodle Workplace features multi-tenancy functionality, which allows businesses to split their platform into departments, teams, or divisions, and provide different learning experiences on a single installation. System administrators manage multi-tenancies as independent entities. Administrators can also control custom themes, permissions, and learning content, to provide tailored learning environments and experiences for different audiences.
Report Builder
Moodle Workplace features an intuitive report building tool for businesses. This allows line managers, HR personnel, and senior management to easily track learners’ progress and performance. Administrators can report across multiple tenancies to compare the training performances of different teams or divisions. These reports feature advanced filtering and sorting, allowing a breakdown of information based on demographics, departments, job titles, and much more.
Dynamic Rules
Moodle Workplace features dynamic rules and automated workflows, to help save time, unburden administrators, and boost productivity.
Automations are established based on user profile details. These include departments, job titles, and much more. This also enables automated enrolment, where learners are auto enrolled into courses based on specific demographics that can be chosen by the system administrators.
Organisation Structure
Moodle Workplace allows businesses to set up their learning platform to completely mirror their organisational structure. Administrators can assign Managers or Departmental Leads and create the same lines of reporting within the learning system that exists within the organisation. Automated workflows then deliver tailored training experiences.
Programs and Certifications
Many businesses need to deliver mandatory work-based learning or compliance training. Moodle Workplace takes this a stage further, by offering Programs and Certifications out of the box.
Administrators can create one-off programs to support the on-boarding process of new staff, or recurring certifications can be created to ensure all members of staff are regularly kept informed, upskilled, and safe. Employees are automatically alerted if they need to take a course, or if they have missed a key deadline.
Moodle Workplace features an advanced notification system. This provides powerful alerts that help administrators to contact learners and keep them updated with key deadlines or other important information.
Event and Appointment Management
Many businesses offer internal webinars or training events. Moodle Workplace has an Event Management feature, which helps L&D staff or senior managers to organise, track, and manage face-to-face-training activities.
Ready to upgrade to Moodle or Moodle Workplace?
So, those are the more advanced features within Moodle Workplace.
We are one of four organisations in the UK that exclusively offers Moodle Workplace. We provide a fully end-to-end service, which includes fast and secure hosting, unlimited rapid support (provided on average in less than ten minutes), advanced theming, next-generation plugins (including Accipio Shop – The world’s most advanced native shop for Moodle), and implementation and training.
Got any further questions about Moodle LMS or Moodle Workplace? Please get in touch!