Concept: Cloud Connect for Learning Integration Methods
Third-party learning content providers integrate with Workday Learning using 1 of these 2 methods:
- The Cloud Connect for Learning (CCL) platform.
- These legacy tasks:
- Configure External Content
- Configure External Content Provider
- Configure External Content Tracking Credentials
- Create Client Credential Mapping
Cloud Connect for Learning (CCL) Platform Integration
The CCL platform is the streamlined solution for integrating content providers with Workday Learning. It enables third-party providers to build and manage their own integrations with Workday, independent of Workday's release schedule. This approach simplifies the setup process for you.
Key features:
- Simplified Setup: You use a single task,Configure Cloud Connect for Learning, to set up or migrate a content provider.
- Future-Proof: All future enhancements and new features for learning content integrations will be delivered exclusively through the CCL platform. This includes new content types, like collections, and expanded skills import functionality.
- Provider Independence: Content providers can release updates to their integrations at any time, giving you quicker access to new features and a wider choice of providers.
If you're setting up an integration with an existing content provider where channels were used, Workday no longer supports channel selection in the CCL platform as content curation will be done on the content provider side.
Benefits of Migrating to the Cloud Connect for Learning Platform
- Access to Innovation: You'll receive all future enhancements, ensuring your learning ecosystem remains current.
- Simplified Configuration: A single task simplifies the setup and management of each content provider integration.
- Greater Content Choice: As more providers build on the CCL platform, you will have a larger and more diverse catalog of content to choose from.
If you’re using the legacy integrations, you can continue to use the current setup. However, as the CCL platform is the strategic path forward for all learning content integrations in Workday, we recommend:
- Migrating existing legacy integrations to the CCL platform when your content provider becomes available on the platform. After you migrate a provider, Workday automatically removes it from the legacy configuration tasks.
- Using the CCL platform if you are setting up CCL for a content provider for the first time if your provider is already available in the CCL platform.
Legacy Integration
The legacy integration method is the original way of connecting content providers to Workday Learning. This approach involves a point-to-point integration that requires you to configure multiple tasks to establish the connection for each content provider. Use this integration method if your content provider is not yet in the CCL platform.
Key features:
- Task-Based Setup: Configuration typically involves using a combination of these tasks:
- Configure External Content
- Configure External Content Provider
- Configure External Content Tracking Credentials
- Create Client Credential Mapping
- No Future Enhancements: Workday won't update individual legacy integrations with new features. Example: New content types won’t be available for any content providers, and skills import functionality will be available only for 2 content providers through this method.
Content providers available in the legacy integration task:
- Coursera
- Go1
- Harvard ManageMentor®
- LinkedIn Learning™
- OpenSesame
- Pluralsight
- Skillsoft Percipio
- Udemy Business
To take advantage of new features like skills support and ensure long-term support, you should plan to migrate your providers to the CCL platform if your provider is already available in the CCL platform.