Manage and Deploy Content in an LMS/LXP
Depending on your contract with Skillsoft, you might have up to two different groups of content:
- Skillsoft content - this includes content from Business, Technology & Developer, and Leadership collections. This does not include any compliance content.
- Skillsoft Compliance content - this includes content from the Legal, and Environmental, Safety & Health collections.
When integrating content with your system, you can choose which content you want to deploy, the initial deployment method, and how best to keep the deployment in sync with the regular content updates Skillsoft provides.
What content you deploy and how you deploy it is largely dependent on two things: capabilities of the system you are integrating with and your content management strategy.
Content Integration Approaches
Percipio provides two content integration approaches depending on which system you want to integrate with and the content you have:
- Connector Integration: Use this method if you want to integrate Skillsoft content on your instance of Cornerstone, Degreed, Saba, SAP SuccessFactors, or SumTotal.
- Content integration: Use this method if you have any other LMS, another system such as SharePoint, or want to integrate Skillsoft Compliance content.
Compliance Note: To deploy Skillsoft Compliance content, see Managing and Deploying Compliance content in your LMS/LXP.
Connector Integration for Skillsoft Content
Review the specific deployment options available for your system for Skillsoft non-compliance content and choose the one that best meets your needs by following the actions outlined:
Cornerstone LMS
With Cornerstone OnDemand you can choose to deploy one of the following options:
- Deploy all Skillsoft content using a connector: Include all non-compliance content from all Skillsoft collections in your catalog. Deploy using a connector.
- Action: Work with your Skillsoft Application Engineer to set up the connector.
- Deploy selected Skillsoft content using a connector: Build a customized catalog relevant for your learners. Deploy with connectors. Choose this option when you want to have only the content that caters to your business allowing your learners to focus on what is meaningful to them and their jobs.
- Action: Create a set of rules where you choose the relevant content, content types, and languages for your catalog.
- Action: After you build your custom Content rule set, work with your Skillsoft Application Engineer to set up the connectors.
Degreed
With Degreed you can choose to deploy one of the following options:
- Deploy all Skillsoft content using a connector: Include all non-compliance content from all Skillsoft collections in your catalog. Deploy using a connector.
- Action: Work with your Skillsoft Application Engineer to set up the connector.
- Deploy selected Skillsoft content using a connector: Build a customized catalog relevant for your learners. Deploy with connectors. Choose this option when you want to have only the content that caters to your business allowing your learners to focus on what is meaningful to them and their jobs.
- Action: Create a set of rules where you choose the relevant content, content types, and languages for your catalog.
- Action: After you build your custom Content rule set, work with your Skillsoft Application Engineer to set up the connectors.
Saba Cloud LMS
With Saba you can choose to deploy one of the following options:
- Deploy all Skillsoft content using a connector: Include all non-compliance content from all Skillsoft collections in your catalog. Deploy using a connector.
- Action: Work with your Skillsoft Application Engineer to set up the connector.
- Deploy selected Skillsoft content using a connector: Build a customized catalog relevant for your learners. Deploy with connectors. Choose this option when you want to have only the content that caters to your business allowing your learners to focus on what is meaningful to them and their jobs.
- Action: Create a set of rules where you choose the relevant content, content types, and languages for your catalog.
- Action: After you build your custom Content rule set, work with your Skillsoft Application Engineer to set up the connectors.
SuccessFactors Learning
With Succesfactors you can choose to deploy one of the following options:
- Deploy all Skillsoft content using a connector: Include all non-compliance content from all Skillsoft collections in your catalog. Deploy using a connector.
- Action: Work with your Skillsoft Application Engineer to set up the connector.
- Deploy selected Skillsoft content using a connector: Build a customized catalog relevant for your learners. Deploy with connectors. Choose this option when you want to have only the content that caters to your business allowing your learners to focus on what is meaningful to them and their jobs.
- Action: Create a set of rules where you choose the relevant content, content types, and languages for your catalog.
- Action: After you build your custom Content rule set, work with your Skillsoft Application Engineer to set up the connectors.
SumTotal Learn
With SumTotal Learn you can choose to deploy one of the following options:
- Deploy all Skillsoft content using a connector: Include all non-compliance content from all Skillsoft collections in your catalog. Deploy using a connector.
- Action: Work with your Skillsoft Application Engineer to set up the connector.
- Deploy selected Skillsoft content using a connector: Build a customized catalog relevant for your learners. Deploy with connectors. Choose this option when you want to have only the content that caters to your business allowing your learners to focus on what is meaningful to them and their jobs.
- Action: Create a set of rules where you choose the relevant content, content types, and languages for your catalog.
- Action: After you build your custom Content rule set, work with your Skillsoft Application Engineer to set up the connectors.
Workday Learning
With Workday you can choose to deploy one of the following options:
- Deploy all Skillsoft content using a connector: Include all non-compliance content from all Skillsoft collections in your catalog. Deploy using a connector.
- Action: Work with your Skillsoft Application Engineer to set up the connector.
- Deploy selected Skillsoft content using a connector: Build a customized catalog relevant for your learners. Deploy with connectors. Choose this option when you want to have only the content that caters to your business allowing your learners to focus on what is meaningful to them and their jobs.
- Action: Create a set of rules where you choose the relevant content, content types, and languages for your catalog.
- Action: After you build your custom Content rule set, work with your Skillsoft Application Engineer to set up the connectors.
Content Integration for Skillsoft Content
Review the deployment options available for Skillsoft non-compliance content and follow the actions outlined:
With any other system you can choose to deploy one of the following options:
- Deploy all Skillsoft supported content via FTP: Receive an AICC zip file that contains all supported content from all your Skillsoft non-compliance collections. Deploy from an FTP site.
- Action: Work with your Skillsoft account team.
Note: Some systems that only support AICC files are smaller and may not be able to support a large AICC file as would get generated by a full content export. Check your system's guidelines for importing AICC files.
- Deploy selected supported content from an AICC file via file download Choose the supported content to include in an AICC file. Manually download the AICC file and install on your system. Choose this option to really target the content your learner sees from your catalog.
- Action:Test content for integration to ensure it behaves as expected in your LMS.
- Action: Create a set of rules where you choose the relevant content for your catalog.
- Action: After you build your custom Content rule set, download the AICC package and supplemental metadata.
- Action: Install the AICC package and supplemental metadata to your system.
- Action: On a regular basis, query recently added or retired content contained in your rule set. Uninstall retired content. Install recently added content.
Note: AICC supports courses, books, audiobooks, TestPreps, and labs with limited support for channels and journeys. For more information on supported content types, see Content Types Supported for Content Integration Customers.
Before making your selection, review Content Types Supported for Content Integration Customers to see which content types can be launched and tracked in your LMS.
You may also wish to review the Frequently Asked Questions about Content Integration.
Content Integration for Skillsoft Compliance Content
To deploy Skillsoft Compliance content, see Managing and Deploying Compliance content in your LMS/LXP.