The team at Catalyst work with your organisation to install, optimise and customise your Totara performance management system. This allows you to invest in Talent Management, the on-going development and retention of your greatest asset, your people.
What is Totara Perform?
Totara Perform is an agile performance management system that's adaptable to your business operations
Driving increased engagement, improving performance and productivity to align with the strategic goals for your organisation. Performance management initiatives include regular check-ins, rapid and continual feedback, appraisals, reviews and goal based personal development plans.
This short 2 minute video provides an overview of the open-source performance management system

Totara Perform is an agile performance management system
The platform supports your staff to deliver value for your business and unlock their full potential:
- Ongoing performance management – frequent check-ins, appraisals and constructive feedback.
- 360 feedback – reflect on individual performance/self-evaluation and get formal feedback from peers and management
- Performance goals – assign competencies and individual goals. Select content permission using dynamic audiences.
- Track development – monitor progress with real-time metrics to improve performance, profitability, job satisfaction and motivation.
How Totara Perform enables a productive, optimal workforce
Explore the latest version – Totara 19
Totara additions and enhancements
Collaborative Learning features now standard in Totara Learn
- Workspaces: Shared spaces for cohorts to collaborate and share knowledge.
- Forums: Facilitate peer discussions and knowledge sharing.
- User-Generated Content: Allow learners to share resources, create playlists, and conduct surveys.
User Experience (UX) and Interface (UI)
- Improved Navigation: New collapsible left-hand navigation bar for better usability and space optimisation.
- Enhanced Explore Catalogue: Unified search and filter panel for intuitive content discovery.
- Mobile-Friendly Design: Updated Inspire theme for seamless browsing across devices.
- Modern Look and Feel: Sleek card-based layouts, faster load times, and customisable catalogue views.
Learning and Engagement
- Enhanced Workspace Features: Multiple owners, improved workspace tagging and search, link courses to workspace libraries.
- Tailored Learning Pathways: Admins can curate catalogue views for personalised learner experiences (e.g., onboarding).
- OpenAI Integration: AI-powered tools for content tagging, personalised recommendations, and L&D efficiency.
Performance Management
- Improved Goal Functionality
- More flexible Performance Reviews
Certifications and Programs
- New streamlined workflows for managing fixed expiration.
- Ability to duplicate certifications for faster setup.
Enrolment Workflows
- Improved approval process for course enrolments, allowing manager oversight for cost-related decisions.
API Enhancements
- Automated HRIS data synchronisation for smoother starter, mover, and leaver management.
Additional Features
- Reporting Tools enhancements.
- New Inspire Theme as default.
Watch this short 5 minute video overview
How Catalyst IT supports Totara Perform

Consultancy, including requirements analysis and solution design. We focus on long-term partnerships with our clients. We are dedicated to helping you enhance, evolve and grow online learning for your business or organisation.

Managed AWS cloud hosting, with outstanding follow-the-sun support and global incident response services for customers. We provide highly available, fully scalable cloud hosting solutions.


Development and integration, including theming and design. White label your LMS with your brand to make a more personal experience for your users and encourage higher levels of engagement.

Bespoke training with our learning technologist team to develop your e-learning content and help engage your learners to achieve great results.
Benefits of working with a Totara Platinum Partner
Choose Catalyst IT for your Totara Perform support services
- Catalyst is the Totara Global Partner of The Year 2020 – a multi-region IT service provider
- Open source software development experts – over 20 years of support for e-learning technology
- 24/7 follow the sun support, providing real-time response to issues as they arise
- World-class hosting on AWS architecture for exceptional system performance, reliability and high availability
- Security and reassurance of being able to build and audit open source code
- Being able to share the benefits of Totara Learn community contributions
Explore how Catalyst can help migrate, customise and support your Totara Performance Management System