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ADVANCED REPORTING IN MOODLE &
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 3
LIMITED ACCESS TO DATA 4LIMITED CAPABILITIES TO
ANALYZE DATA 5
LIMITED OPTIONS TO

PRESENT DATA 8TOO MUCH TIME SPENT
CREATING REPORTS 9
LIMITED ABILITY TO
DEMONSTRATE THE BUSINESS
VALUE OF LEARNING 10

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INTRODUCTION
When the learning management system spread from the education market to the corporate sector in the mid-2000s, tech-savvy business
professionals were quick to criticize LMS reporting functionalities. Fast
forward a few years to 2009, wherein a survey from Bersin & Associates
found that 45% of LMS owners described LMS reporting as their number
one challenge. Today, according to a research report from Expertus, this number has nearly doubled to 81% leaving many to wonder why
organizations have not jumped in to fill the gap.
LMS reporting capabilities are so weak that many organizations have
built internal software, or designed spreadsheets with manually compiled
data, to avoid dependence on LMS-generated reports. After speaking
with many of our clients, we quickly realized the severity of the gap
in Totara and Moodle Reporting, as many users relied on the costly
measures aforementioned. In sum, clients are pained with the following
challenges in Totara and Moodle’s reporting capabilities:
ĥLimited access to data for the creation of Totara and Moodle reports
ĥLimited capabilities to analyze data within Totara and
Moodle’s reporting features
ĥLimited options to present data due to a lack of visual
presentation capabilities
ĥExcessive time spent creating custom reports
ĥLimited ad-hoc query capabilities
ĥLimited ability to demonstrate the impact of learning on
business outcomes
Lambda Solutions is excited to finally bring a LMS reporting solution to market that addresses all of the aforementioned challenges, and more. In
this eBook, we discuss the solution we have developed, Lambda Zoola™
for Totara and Moodle Reporting. Enjoy this eBook as we discuss, in
detail, how Lambda Zoola™ will solve your reporting problems for open
source learning management systems, Moodle and Totara. If you are
already eager to see Zoola™ in action, save your spot for a 30 minute
demo in the button below.Interestingly enough, proprietary LMS users surveyed by Expertus
cited identical LMS reporting pains in
the following order of importance:
Limited out-of-the-box
reports 54%
Limited access to data 48%Customization of reports 47%Ease of use 46%Data accessibility 35%
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Solution: Access to all of your data
Lambda Zoola™ gives you have full control over all of your LMS learning
data. While this may not seem like a feat, we have heard a number of
examples where entire Totara and Moodle sites have crashed when
attempting to access LMS data. Additionally, users have described the
need to access all tables, and data within the tables to effectively prove to
stakeholders the return on investment of their learning programs.
With access to the wealth of data aggregated in an LMS such as Moodle
and Totara, companies are able to accurately determine which employees
are obtaining course knowledge, which ones need more time, and which
courses are most effective. This helps talent managers to accurately
determine who is ready for promotion, or who may be a good fit to fulfill
internal vacancies, among other things. On a more general level, access to
all of your LMS data allows managers to create reports that:
ĥMeasure your people’s level of expertise
ĥRecord completion dates for all regulatory compliance training and non-regulatory training
ĥDetermine the time spent learning by each learner in each course
ĥDetermine which employees have completed which courses
ĥProve the effectiveness of your learning programs
With Lambda Zoola™, we’ve made it easy for you to discover this information using interactive lists, graphical charts, detailed reports,
and executive dashboards that incorporate all of your LMS data. In the
next section we discuss the out-of-the box LMS reports and executive
dashboards that allow you to visualize the aforementioned data.

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Solution: Executive Dashboards, out-of the box
Reports and custom reports
Recognizing the need for training, learning and talent development
managers to access reports and dashboards that provide them with five
points listed above, our team of developers have created a wide variety of
out-of-the-box reports and executive dashboards that provide you with all
of the aforementioned information and more. If one of these customizable
reports do not provide you with the information you need, our ad-hoc or
custom report builder makes it easy for you to build the exact LMS reports
you need. This list is not exhaustive by any means, but below you will find
a few of the key LMS reports and dashboards in Lambda Zoola™, that
provide you insight into the following learning metrics.
Measure Your People’s Level of Expertise
ĥCompetencies, Programs and Certifications Report: This provides the benefit of deeply understanding the skill sets of your people. With
this report, you not only gain an understanding of the progress your
talent is making, but also a keen understanding of their competencies,
making it easy to form teams, and promote internally.
ĥRecord of Learning Report: See how your learners are progressing,
in terms of learning and talent development. Be in the know regarding which courses they are enrolled in, which courses they have
successfuly completed, which competencies they possess and the
organization-wide objectives they are contributing to.
ĥObjective Progress Dashboard: This dashboard is loved by c-suite
executives because it provides analysis of learner progress in
correlation with organizational goals and objectives. With this dashboard you have the ability to zoom out for a bird’s eye view
of the learning actions being taken by your people, and how those
actions are impacting your business objectives.
ĥLearning Plan Progress Dashboard: Do you know which of your
people are actively engaged in their learning plan, and what activities
they are engaging in to reach their goals? This dashboard provides you with this knowledge, so you know who is falling behind, and who
isn’t even set-up with a learning plan.

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Records of Completion Dates for Non-compliance and
Compliance Training
ĥCourse Completion Dashboard: Gain insight into the course completion
progress of your learners. With two interactive reports that can be filtered
by organization, position, manager, course category, or course, you have
the ability to see the number of courses completed within any timeframe
of your choosing.
ĥExpired Certifications Dashboard: This dashboard provides information
on certification expiry dates, with flexibility in sorting and managing views. Managers love this function because it allows them to have these reports
sent directly to their inboxes, through emails scheduled at key times,
allowing them to know who to contact for recertification.
ĥWho Has Not Taken Courses Dashboard: Just as it appears, this
dashboard allows you to know who has not enrolled in both mandatory
and non-mandatory courses, with complete flexibility for filtering by organization, position, manager, course category, course, and enrollment
date range.
Comparing How Employees are Managing their Careers
ĥCourse Engagement Dashboard: This dashboard gives you the ability to
see the number of learners who are engaged and active within courses.
Equipped with this knowledge, you can reward those employees who are
significantly engaged, and provide supplemental knowledge, and motivation
for those who are not.
ĥCourse Enrollment Dashboard: This dashboard displays an enrollment
count, by month. You can see which months boasted the most active learning, and whether the trend of learning is going up or down.
ĥLearning Plan Progress Dashboard: This dashboard also allows you to
compare employees based upon how well they are progressing through
their learning plans, so that you can pinpoint the employees that are
putting their success in their own hands.

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Graphical and Drill Down Reports for Your Managerial Needs
Easy Access to Completion Data with a Click of a ButtonFIGURE 1 . Course Engagement Dashboard: Easy to use drill down reports to compare and contrast how learners are
engaging in course activities.
FIGURE 2 . Course Completion Dashboard: Graphical and easy to access course completion data at your fingertips.

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ĥCompetencies, Programs and Certifications Report: When building collocated teams, it is important to place those people with
complementary skills together. This report allows you to identify employee
skills and competencies, thereby assisting you in putting together cohesive
and productive teams.
ĥObjective Progress Dashboard: Similarl to the report listed above, the
Objective Progress Dashboard allows you to identify the people who are working towards the same business objectives. With an understanding of
how they are contributing, it is much easier to group employees together
based on their competencies and targets.
Searching for Top Talent
ĥPerformance Appraisal Progress Dashboard: For any competitive organization, finding and keeping top talent is integral for a healthy
growing company. We also know that promoting internally can save
significant costs. In conjunction with the competencies dashboard,
the performance appraisal dashboard makes it easy to identify those
employees that are ready for promotion, and where they will fit best.
ĥObjectives Progress Dashboard: The objectives progress dashboard also allows you to identify the employees who are vastly impacting your
organization’s business objectives through the learning objectives they
achieve, which is another prime factor in searching internally for top talent.

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LIMITED OPTIONS TO PRESENT DATA
FOR ADMINISTRATORS, MANAGERS, AND
STUDENTS
Solution: Analyze, collaborate, and share data
easily with automation and sharing functions.
You can schedule and automate LMS report
distribution, as well as filter and export reports.
A big challenge for LMS report users is the inability to efficiently and
effectively present their data. To address this, Zoola™ is equipped with a
number of new presentation capabilities for reports. First, users have the
power to style their LMS reports. Users can design their own reports by
using branded templates, so that reports match the look and feel of their
organization. This helps to reflect your companies branding, and policies.
Zoola’s ease of use is evident here, as users have complete control over
configuring the content and format of their Totara and Moodle reports.
Second, have the ability to export LMS reports. Once reports are
configured to the user’s liking, they can easily export them to the file
format of their choosing. No hassle, and no time wasted – just a few clicks
of your mouse.
Lastly, there are LMS report scheduling capabilities. Users can have their
reports scheduled to be sent at any specific date and time, to any recipient
they wish. This allows users to receive their reporting and analytics just in
time for key decision making. These reports are designed to make data
presentation quick and simple to read.

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TOO MUCH TIME SPENT
CREATING REPORTS
Solution: Quick and easy ad hoc report
creation, with user friendly interface, and advanced capabilities
ĥReporting is, without a doubt, essential to the online learning process,
but it should not be where all efforts and energy are spent. The
overall goals and objectives of organizations should always be at
the forefront, but LMS Report building can be time consuming, and
complicated. What often happens, is learning administrators have to
dedicate a great deal of time to create these reports. Lambda Zoola™
solves this issue by allowing you to build reports in minutes, not days.
this time can be spent focusing on students and learners. We repeat –
you can build reports in minutes.
ĥZoola™ also provides the capability to quickly and easily create ad hoc reports. Not only do ad hoc reports provide you with more
control to analyze your data, they allow you to gain a more holistic
picture of the learning and talent development that occurs within
your organization. Lambda Zoola™ makes the process very simple,
allowing you to create these custom reports quickly and efficiently.

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BUSINESS VALUE OF LEARNING
Solution: Access powerful learning analytics
that demonstrate learning effectiveness and provide insight to accurately understand where to invest in the future
Dashboards Available to Measure the Business Value of eLearning and
online training:
ĥObjectives Progress Dashboard
ĥAppraisal Progress Dashboard
It takes considerable time and money to develop training programs that contribute to business objectives, so it is vital that dollars spent are being
put to good use. Having the ability to see how eLearning and online
training creates business value in turn creates positive outcomes in a
duplicative way. First, when training and talent development professionals
can prove the value being created with training, buy-in for C-suite executives becomes easy, and budget allocation is justified. On another
level, learners can also see the impact of their time spent learning which
only serves to further motivate the effort they put into learning.
The two dashboards that provide this information are the Objectives
Progress Dashboard, and the Performance Appraisal Progress Dashboard.
The former is meant to present data analysis of student progress in correlation with organizational goals and objectives. It also measures the
degree to which compliance is met. The Objectives Progress Dashboard,
is presented as a pie chart, counting by objective status the number of
learners who are working towards organizational objectives. There is also
an Objectives Progress Table which displays the details behind the chart,
including first and last name, manager, objective name, objective status,
objective priority, and objectives due date. The Performance Appraisal
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