BuildEmpire

On the Totara learning platform, BuildEmpire designs, builds and supports learning management systems for organisations with complex training needs. The company says it takes Totara and enhances it so that the platform fits the organisation, rather than the other way round, and its developers build on Totara in-house.

Learning platforms built on Totara

The company builds on Totara Learn, Engage and Perform, the platforms that cover learning, engagement and performance management, and fits each one to the client's exact needs. It describes its work as giving a learning platform that bends rather than breaks, with flexibility in how it is used and reliability in how it runs. Its edition of Totara sits at the highest partnership tier the vendor offers, and its certifications include Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO 27001.

Customisation from plugins to theming

Customisation reaches into plugins, dashboards, eCommerce, badge-and-points gamification and the look of the platform itself. The platform can include live chat and forums, file, folder and link uploads, and the company reshapes features so the platform works around how each organisation operates.

Course sales and payment integrations

Where an organisation sells courses, the platform is connected to payment gateways such as Stripe, so learners can buy from a catalogue. Subscription payments and video transcoding are part of the same kind of build. Integrations extend to single sign-on, third-party booking platforms and other business-critical applications, which keeps the learner journey and onboarding consistent.

Compliance training and reporting

Learning systems are structured for organisations with compliance, accreditation and certification needs across multiple departments and spread-out workforces. Completion and compliance are tracked by team, and the reporting is designed to support audits. Its platforms are described as reliable for compliance teams and approved by IT departments.

Hosting, support and client projects

Hosting and support keep each platform running and up to date. Recent client projects include a platform built for the Center for Creative Leadership with single sign-on and business-critical integrations, a learning platform integrated with a third-party booking service for webinars and live sessions, a bespoke digital transformation project for BPP, and an e-commerce learning platform that takes payments through Stripe.