Case Study: Professional Academy achieves a bright, consistent branded LMS and improved learner experience with Totara

Professional Academy benefits from a bright, beautiful and consistent digital experience with a custom Totara theme

Professional Academy, a UK-based provider of CIM, ISMM, CMI and CAM Foundation qualifications, wanted its Totara Learn platform to match a recently redesigned website and ecommerce store. The challenge was to deliver a uniform, recognisable digital identity across all online touchpoints while maintaining an intuitive, usable learner experience.

Working with Totara partner HowToMoodle, Professional Academy implemented a custom Brand It! Totara theme with improved navigation (quicklinks), brighter consistent styling and sliding website banners for immediate visual continuity. The Multi-T feature lets the team create bespoke themes for corporate clients (logo, colours, banners, front‑page text) and assign users accordingly. The update earned strong feedback—trainers called it a vast improvement and learners a fresh, modern system—while responsive support helped ensure consistent branding and a high-quality online learning experience.

Professional Academy

Michael O'Flynn

Sales and Marketing Manager