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Last Updated: 2025-06-13
Reference: External Content Provider Configurations

Reference: External Content Provider Configurations

Workday plans to retire Content Cloud YouTube integration in a future release.
You can set up Cloud Connect for Learning and Public Learning Content, and use the
Configure External Content Provider
task to enable third-party provider content in your tenant.
All Cloud Connect for Learning integrations require an Integration System User (ISU) and Integration System Security Group (ISSG).
Provider
Settings
Coursera
Parameters
:
Contact Coursera for your client credentials.
Process Monitor
:
You can check the status of the import integration by accessing the Process Monitor information. The Process Type is Integration and the Process is Coursera Import. Scheduled processes run nightly but the only way to view them is to check your Process Monitor to see when the import was previously run.
Content Import
:
  • We import courses and guided projects only.
  • We don't import courses with languages that aren't supported in Workday Learning.
Go1
Parameters
:
Contact Go1 for your client credentials.
Process Monitor
:
You can check the status of the import integration by accessing the Process Monitor information. The Process Type is Integration and the Process is Go1 Import. Scheduled processes run nightly but the only way to view them is to check your Process Monitor to see when the import was previously run.
Content Import
:
  • We import Go1 courses only.
  • We don't import courses with languages that aren't supported in Workday Learning.
Harvard ManageMentor®
Parameters
:
Enter the subdomain that your organization uses for Single Sign-On (SSO).
Channels
:
The channels correspond with Harvard ManageMentor courses that can contain content such as text, video, and quizzes.
Workday displays the courses in Learning, but you must manually launch the course in Harvard ManageMentor to view the associated lessons and assessments.
Content Import
:
We don't import courses with languages that aren't supported in Workday Learning.
LinkedIn Learning
Parameters
:
Contact LinkedIn Learning for your client credentials.
Channels
:
The channels correspond with LinkedIn Learning subjects that contain courses. Workday displays the courses in Learning but you must manually launch the course in LinkedIn Learning to view the associated lessons and assessments.
The
Unclassified
channel corresponds to LinkedIn Learning courses that don't belong to any specific subject.
You must have an All Language License from LinkedIn Learning to activate non-English channels.
Process Monitor
:
You can check the status of the import integration by accessing the Process Monitor information. The Process Type is Integration and the Process is LinkedIn Learning Import. Scheduled processes run nightly but the only way to view them is to check your Process Monitor to see when the import was previously run.
Content Import
:
We don't import courses with languages that aren't supported in Workday Learning.
OpenSesame
Parameters
:
Contact your OpenSesame Implementation Specialist for your Customer Integration ID (CIID).
Process Monitor
:
You can check the status of the import integration by accessing the Process Monitor information. The Process Type is Integration and the Process is OpenSesame Import. Scheduled processes run nightly but the only way to view them is to check your Process Monitor to see when the import was previously run.
Content Import
:
  • We import OpenSesame courses only.
  • We don't import courses with languages that aren't supported in Workday Learning.
Pluralsight
Parameters
:
Contact Pluralsight for your client credentials.
Process Monitor
:
You can check the status of the import integration by accessing the Process Monitor information. The Process Type is Integration and the Process is Pluralsight Content Import. Scheduled processes run nightly but the only way to view them is to check your Process Monitor to see when the import was previously run.
Content Import
:
  • We import Pluralsight courses only.
  • We don't import courses with languages that aren't supported in Workday Learning.
Skillsoft Percipio
Parameters
:
Contact Skillsoft Percipio for your client credentials.
Channels
:
Channel selection isn’t available for Skillsoft Percipio. Contact Skillsoft Percipio for assistance on the content selection process before importing into Workday assessments, audio, books, courses, labs, and videos.
Process Monitor
:
You can check the status of the import integration by accessing the Process Monitor information. The Process Type is Integration and the Process is Percipio Import. Scheduled processes run nightly but the only way to view them is to check your Process Monitor to see when the import was previously run.
Content Import
:
  • We import external content types such as assessments, audio, books, courses, labs, and videos. No configuration is required to import content types but we recommend that you contact Skillsoft Percipio for assistance on the content selection process.
  • Learners can use the
    External Content Type
    facet on the
    Browse Learning Content
    report to filter external content if they've configured Skillsoft Percipio in their tenant.
  • We don't import courses with languages that aren't supported in Workday Learning.
  • We enable you to import up to 25 exact and synonymous skills per piece of content, and up to 12,000 skills total for Skillsoft Percipio.
Udemy Business
Parameters
:
Contact Udemy Business for your client credentials.
Channels
:
The channels correspond with Udemy Business subtopics that contain courses. Workday displays the courses in Learning but you must manually launch the course in Udemy Business to view the associated lessons and assessments.
Process Monitor
:
You can check the status of the import integration by accessing the Process Monitor information. The Process Type is Integration and the Process is Content Provider Course Import. Scheduled processes run nightly but the only way to view them is to check your Process Monitor to see when the import was previously run.
Content Import
:
  • We don't import courses with languages that aren't supported in Workday Learning.
  • We enable you to import up to 25 exact and synonymous skills per piece of content.
YouTube
Channels
:
The channels correspond with YouTube channels that contain videos. Workday displays the videos in Learning as standalone lessons.
Some content creators might require additional licenses. Customers are responsible for ensuring that they have the proper rights to use content for these channels.
You can only activate these channels from the Workday-delivered list:
  • 99u
  • Berkeley Haas
  • Collision Conference
  • Columbia Business School
  • Content Marketing Institute
  • DataCamp
  • DevTips
  • ESADE
  • Forbes
  • GOTO Conferences
  • Harvard Business School
  • HSGUniStGallen
  • INSEAD
  • Jack Welch Management Institute
  • Kellogg School of Management
  • KnowledgeAtWharton
  • Lean In
  • LearnCode.academy
  • LevelUpTuts
  • London Business School
  • Microsoft Office 365
  • Mind The Product
  • Presidents Institute
  • Rotman School of Management
  • Said Business School, University of Oxford
  • SimonSinek
  • South x Southwest (SXSW)
  • Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Startup Grind
  • The Economist
  • The Ross School of Business - University of Michigan
  • Workday
To remove external content from the
Browse Learning Content
report, access the
Configure External Content
task, select the external content you want to remove, and select the
Exclude from Search and Browse
check box.
To deactivate an external content provider, access the
Configure External Content Provider
task and deselect their channels. If an external content provider has no channels, you can deactivate the content by deselecting the
Active
check box that displays on the task instead.