Percipio MS Viva Learning Integration

Overview

Microsoft and Skillsoft are delivering the next generation of learning with Skillsoft's expansive library of pre-curated, role-based, and skill-based learning paths integrated with Microsoft's Viva Learning app. Together, we’re transforming workplace education and realizing the promise of learning in the flow of work. To help your people master new skills, we need to meet them where they are. You can utilize both systems as you see fit, taking advantage of features from each to build a learning experience targeted to your organization.

Our goal is the best possible learner experience while simplifying the content management responsibilities of your administrators. Percipio integration supports:

Benefits of a Percipio Integration

Integration enhances learner engagement and the learning experience by offering:

  • Learning in the flow of work
  • Simplified learning
  • Learning content and tools from different sources in one central hub
  • Streamlined content discovery
  • The right content at the right time with personalized recommendations and search

Integration alleviates administrator burden with automatic content updates including:

  • Automatically deploying Skillsoft content directly to Microsoft Viva Learning
  • Reducing content swapping with inline content updates
  • Easing the typical curation effort with pre-curated learning paths

Integration at a Glance

Channel/Journey support

Yes, Skillsoft Channels/Journeys are supported as online content.

Multi-modal content support

Skillsoft multi-modal assets will all have an asset type of “online content” in MS Viva Learning. Learner will be able to filter on read, watch, listen, and practice.

Multi-lingual asset support

Multiple languages are supported, however, Viva does not currently support right-to-left languages.

Launch mechanism

The MS Viva Learning app is required to be downloaded through MS Teams.

Tracking mechanism

All learner activity tracked in Percipio. Learner activity tracking in MS Viva Learning coming soon.

Content update mechanism

Daily automatic updates for new content and changes in metadata as they are published in Percipio.

Learn More

If you are interested in learning more about a Percipio integration, connect with a Skillsoft learning solution expert or contact your Customer Success Manager.

How it works

From within Microsoft Teams, users can search and find Skillsoft’s content so they can develop new skills in broad areas like machine learning, design thinking, blockchain, leadership and management, and business skills.

To take advantage of the Viva Learning and Percipio integration, you need:

  • A license for Skillsoft content.
  • MS Viva Learning app downloaded from the App Store in MS Teams.
  • Your MS Teams administrator to configure the Viva Learning app to see your Skillsoft content.

The diagram below represents both the learner flow from MS Viva Learning to Percipio and the flow of data from Percipio to MS Viva Learning. Each numbered area of the diagram is described in more detail in the following numbered sections.

1. Automated content deployment to the MS Viva Learning

Percipio provides a daily, metadata export of the latest, licensed non-compliance Skillsoft content including courses, videos, book summaries, audio books, audio book summaries, test preps, labs, boot camps, live events,Skill Benchmarks, channels, and journeys.

The MS Viva Learning and Skillsoft integration uses a Percipio Connector using standard Catalog Export V2 APIs.

Regardless of your content deployment strategy, your learners can browse and search for Skillsoft content.

To configure this element of the integration, the Skillsoft implementation team and your team will perform the configuration steps in both Percipio and your LMS

2. Content launch from MS Viva Learning to Percipio

When learners launch a Skillsoft content asset in MS Viva Learning, the item opens in Percipio. Authentication to Percipio is made by using your standard corporate login credentials.