Summary
In this chapter, you have been introduced to the key features of Moodle Workplace, such as multi-tenancy, dynamic rules, reports, and many more. You have learned about the divergence between standard Moodle and Moodle Workplace, which is a powerful extension of the base product. The design and development of this delta between the two products is quite a technical masterpiece, maintaining 100% compatibility with standard Moodle while adding a plethora of features that can be used consistently throughout the system.
We have also covered the popular Totara product suite and explained the dissimilarities between Moodle Workplace and Totara Learn, both in terms of functionality and commercials. This led nicely into Workplace's business model, showing its main revenue streams and stressing the importance of Moodle Partners. Finally, you have been given some insight into the Workplace versioning policy and its dependencies on standard Moodle.
Understanding the information we have covered in this chapter is important in order to acknowledge the depth and breadth of Moodle Workplace and the impact it is likely to have when you provide your team with such a powerful learning solution for training and development. Yes, Moodle is a bit late to the party, but when it finally turned up, it brought a superstar of a guest along.
Now, equipped with this knowledge, it is time to give you a more detailed overview of Moodle Workplace. Let's start in the next chapter with the basic concepts and terminology that are crucial when working with Workplace.