Totara Version 20 boosts compliance with flexible multi-year recertification pathways, functionality to identify and close skill gaps, improved content discovery for learners and streamlined admin workflows.
London, January 27, 2026 – Totara has announced the release of Version 20 of its platform, introducing features that support complex compliance needs, close skills gaps, improve content discovery and time-saving enhancements to core workflows.
New recertifications & improved reporting to boost compliance rates
Totara Version 20 introduces new workflows that allow for flexible recertification paths to be created. This makes it easier to create targeted certification renewal paths once a certification has expired, allowing organisations to efficiently maintain compliance over time.
New reporting blocks make it easier for leaders to get instant insights into organisation and certification compliance statuses, encouraging quicker remedial action while supporting an ‘audit-ready’ focus.
Enhanced Skills functionality that helps identify and close gaps
Totara Perform, Totara’s skill development and performance management product that supplements its core LMS, includes updates that help leaders identify, report on, and close skill gaps:
- The Team Skill Proficiency report block provides managers and line managers with a clear view of their team’s current skill levels.
- Skill rating by audience enables flexible on-the-job assessments of skills to be made by audiences and roles of your choice (e.g. field specialists and practitioners)
- New audience type of ‘skill proficiency’ enables smarter enrolments and targeted next-step learning, as well as increased reporting options.
Workflow enhancements that boost the learner experience and streamline administration
Totara Version 20 includes four AI-Powered plugins that help streamline content creation (text and image creation assistants), drive engagement on social learning resources (AI-powered informal quizzes), and help set SMART goals to aid personal development.
Improved content discovery and search options make it easier for learners to discover relevant learning via dashboards and catalogues, while learners can now self-enrol to programs and certifications.
Site administrators benefit from a number of UX and UI improvements that support efficient audience management, digitise seminar attendance records, and free up admin time on everyday tasks, such as new ‘background’ exports on large-scale reports.
Dave Cruickshank, Chief Executive Officer of Totara Learning Group, commented:
“This release focuses on fine-tuning Totara’s capabilities to drive meaningful impact for our Totara community. We’re introducing powerful enhancements to boost compliance, close skill gaps, and embracing AI to improve the learner experience. We’ve also listened closely to user feedback, streamlining core workflows to free up L&D’s time so they can do what they do best, and focus on offering a compelling and effective learner experience”
“Maintaining compliance year-on-year is a challenge that complicates when L&D scales with thousands of learners with highly bespoke individual needs. Totara’s new recertification and reporting options meet these needs head on, offering efficiency gains that support leaders in highly regulated industries”
About Totara
Totara is a global leader in learning management technologies, supporting over 1,500 customers and 21 million users worldwide. Its flagship product, Totara Learn, is a customisable LMS that’s trusted to deliver mission-critical learning for multinational corporations, government agencies, and mid-sized enterprises.
Totara serves the UK Government and Healthcare sectors and the US public sector, with TotaraGov offering a FedRAMP® Authorized LMS purpose-built for government training. Totara also operates through a global network of 75+ partners who provide implementation, customisation, and support across a variety of industries.
With offices in the UK, US, and New Zealand, Totara’s 200+ team members continue to deliver reliable, mission-critical compliance and learning worldwide.