Custom Channels

You can create custom channels specifically for your organization. You can create a new (blank) custom channel, copy an existing custom channel, or copy an existing Skillsoft channel. You can include a selection of custom content, Skillsoft content, or a combination of both.

Prior to creating custom channels, Skillsoft recommends you review the Custom Content Best Practices documentation.

Automatic content updates

  • Skillsoft channels automatically receive new Skillsoft content offerings as those offerings become available.
  • To receive automatic updates to a copied channel, you must not add or remove any content from the channel. You can change the title, description, and image without impacting automatic content updates to the copied channel.
  • If you copy a Skillsoft channel and add/remove content, your custom channel does not automatically receive new Skillsoft content offerings.

Channel creation

  • Check that existing channels do not already cover the topics you want to see in your custom channels.
  • Do not create large amounts of custom channels.
  • Ensure you have complete descriptions written for each channel.

Content selection

Ensure you know what content is already available on your site.

  • Locate both Skillsoft and custom content using search, and by browsing your existing channels.
  • Review your custom-linked content items.
  • To identify courses in a local language, see Find a course in a different language or use the All content listing by collection or All content listing by title reports and filter on the English Equivalent Title column for the English title you are using.
  • Even thought there is no software imposed limit on the number of items that you can add to a channel, we recommend that you try to keep the channel targeted for easy management and consumption.