This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:
| Date | Module | Feature | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 NOV 2022 | Learning | Enhanced My Team Learning Date Range Filters | Updated document. Revised feature information. |
| 28 OCT 2022 | Controlled Availability | Learning Controlled Availability | Updated document. Revised feature information. |
| 02 SEP 2022 | Created initial document. |
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Column Definitions:
Report = New or modified, Oracle-delivered, ready to run reports.
UI or Process-Based: Small Scale = These UI or process-based features are typically comprised of minor field, validation, or program changes. Therefore, the potential impact to users is minimal.
UI or Process-Based: Larger Scale* = These UI or process-based features have more complex designs. Therefore, the potential impact to users is higher.
Features Delivered Disabled = Action is needed BEFORE these features can be used by END USERS. These features are delivered disabled and you choose if and when to enable them. For example, a) new or expanded BI subject areas need to first be incorporated into reports, b) Integration is required to utilize new web services, or c) features must be assigned to user roles before they can be accessed.
| Ready for Use by End Users Reports plus Small Scale UI or Process-Based new features will have minimal user impact after an update. Therefore, customer acceptance testing should focus on the Larger Scale UI or Process-Based* new features. |
Customer Must Take Action before Use by End Users Not disruptive as action is required to make these features ready to use. As you selectively choose to leverage, you set your test and roll out timing. |
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Oracle Learning Cloud is a skills driven learning platform that enables employees, teams and organizations to develop the most relevant set of skills. Oracle Learning combines informal and formal learning, from internal catalog and external learning sources into a single platform to provide learners with a single, unified learning experience.
Microsoft Teams Attendance Report Retrieval Automation
You can now automate the retrieval of the attendance report from Microsoft Teams. Schedule the Virtual Classroom External Provider Synchronization process to get the attendance report and add it to the activity details as a related materials attachment visible to learning administrators and instructors. They can use the attendance report when manually updating a learner’s status for that activity.
Related Materials Section on an Offering Activity Details Page
This enhancement gives learning administrators and instructors the information that they need to accurately update learning assignment statuses for activities.
Steps to Enable
You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.
Key Resources
- For more information about retrieving the attendance report, see the Virtual Classroom External Provider Synchronization Process topic.
Enhanced My Team Learning Date Range Filters
We added more date range options on the My Team > Learning page, for the enrollment date types Due Date and Expiration Date. You can use these options to search for enrollments that were due or expired more than 30 days ago.
- Last 12 to 24 months
- Last 12 months
- Last 6 months
My Team Page Showing the Choice List for the Enrollments Date Range
We removed these rarely-used search options:
- Past 7 days
- Next 7 days
- Next 3 months
This enhancement lets managers search for enrollments with date ranges older than the past 30 days.
Steps to Enable
You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.
Learning Replaced or Removed Features
From time to time, Oracle replaces existing features with new features, or removes existing features.
Replaced features may be put on a path of removal, the features below will let you know what update you will have to have moved to the newer feature. As a best practice, you should move to the newer feature as soon as possible for full support and to stay up with the latest updates that the product offers.
Any feature that is removed, will have an Update in which that feature is no longer available. Please make necessary plans to move off the feature by the Update indicated, as it will no longer be available.
Delivered Dashboards and Reports Removal
As we first announced in Update 21A What's New, these delivered dashboards and reports were removed as of Update 22D.
Dashboards:
- Abandoned Trainings – Top 5
- Managers With Overdue Workers – Top 5
- Trainings Created in Last 12 Months
Reports:
- Abandoned Trainings - Top5
- Abandoned Trainings - Top 5 Details
- Managers with Overdue Workers - Top 5
- Managers with Overdue Workers Details - Top 5
- No Shows Trainings - Top 5
- Overdue Trainings - Top 5
- Trainings created in Last 12 Months
- Trainings created in Last 12 Months Details
The new Learning Record subject area has enhanced functionality.
The enhanced Learning Record subject area lets you create the reports that best fit your needs.
Steps to Enable
You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.
IMPORTANT Actions and Considerations for Learning
REPLACED OR REMOVED FEATURES
From time to time, Oracle replaces existing Cloud service features with new features or removes existing features. When a feature is replaced the older version may be removed immediately or at a future time. As a best practice, you should use the newer version of a replaced feature as soon as the newer version is available.
| Product |
Removed Feature |
Target Removal |
Replacement Feature |
Replaced In |
Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learning / OTBI | Learning Management Subject Area |
TBD | 21A March/ 21B |
Customers should replace any reporting using the Learning Management subjects with the Learning Record subject area. |
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| Learning | eLearning Player Version Removal Notice | 22C | 21A | ||
| Learning | Delivered Dashboards and Reports Removal | 22D | Assessments Questions and Responses |
22A | The new Learning Record subject area has enhanced functionality. |
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KNOWN ISSUES / MAINTENANCE PACK SPREADSHEETS
Oracle publishes a Known Issues document for every Update to make customers are aware of potential problems they could run into and the document provides workarounds if they are available.
Oracle also publishes Maintenance Pack and Statutory Maintenance Pack documentation of bugs that are fixed in the monthly or statutory patching.
To review these documents you must have access to My Oracle Support:
Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud Functional Known Issues and Maintenance Packs (Document ID 1554838.1)
Controlled Availability for Learning
The following is a list of Controlled Availability features that are being offered by our Controlled Availability Program.
NOTE: These features are not generally available for all customers at this time. These are only available through the Controlled Availability Program and will require approval to become a part of the features program. To be a part of these programs you will be required to participate in testing and providing feedback. Some programs may require other participation as well.
Not to worry if you don't have to time to be a part of these early stage programs. You can uptake this feature when it is generally available for all customers. When these features are available for all customers you will see the features under their product headings as usual.
We invite you all to browse through the list of features to see if there are any features you are interested in implementing in advance of the features scheduled release. The table below will provide information on signing up for features. Please sign up soon, as these programs have limited availability and some are designed for specific types of customers.
The table below gives you a brief description of the features available and how to sign up. Some features are bigger than others, so for more information there may be a What's New describing the feature in more detail below this table.
We look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas as you participate the Controlled Availability programs!
| Product |
Feature Name |
Feature Description |
Type of Customer Needed to Test |
How to Sign Up |
Controlled Availability Release |
Is the Program Still Open? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learning |
Learning Planning |
Learning Planning allows learning departments to identify and disposition learner training needs, culminating in a set of learning assignments. Learning Plans may or may not be executed at some future date; a non-executed plan is sometimes referred to as a simulation. |
Customers must be:
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You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program. |
19D | Yes |
| Learning |
Offering and Specialization Activity Completion Sequencing (formally Sequencing and Completion Criteria for Activities Within a Specialization with increased scope) |
Enforce the order in which learners must complete offering or specialization activities, and which activities are required to be completed or can optionally be completed by learners. -Ability to define which activities are optional or required in offerings or specializations -Ability to set the order in which a learner completes offerings or specializations -Added support for sections in offerings -Enhanced support for system-wide default evaluation -Updated user experience for admins when managing activity definitions for offerings and specializations |
Customers must be:
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You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program. |
21C | Yes |
| Learning | Zoom Virtual Classroom Provider | Use the Zoom Integration with Oracle Learning Cloud. When you enable this integration, you can create and update Zoom web conferencing events directly in Oracle Learning Cloud. Instructors (hosts) and learners (attendees) can access training using web conferencing links located within offerings. |
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You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program. |
21D Nov | Yes |
| Learning |
Re-assigning Learning to Completed Learners (This feature is replacing the Option to Not Auto-complete Learning controlled availability feature) |
Administrators can choose to exempt learners in the target audience who have already completed the learning item, or to require them to re-take the learning, instead of the system automatically completing those assignments. A system-wide default behavior can be set, which controls the outcome when managers assign learning in self-service, and when learning assignments are created by learning communities. |
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You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program. |
21D Nov |
Yes |
| Learning |
Observation Checklists | An Observation Checklist activity provides the ability for someone to confirm the learner has obtained the necessary knowledge from the training before their assignment is completed. An observation checklist is a new content item that supports self-assessment in addition to an observer assessment. It is based on a questionnaire similar to assessments. Scoring of the checklist is optional. Once the Learner has finished the training, a worklist notification is sent to the observer who must complete the questionnaire and submit. |
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You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program. |
21D Nov |
Yes |
| Learning | New Manager Experience | The Team Learning page will give you insight into how your whole team is progressing on learning enrollments, it's a snapshot of all learning including overdue and what is due soon. The default criteria for this view is Reports>Direct Reports and Enrollment Status, which generally are 'Not Started' and 'In Progress’. You can use Switch Team action from the page level header to see enrollments of any reports of your direct reports. Page level actions like Assign Learning, Search Learning Catalog, Record Learning Experience, Request Noncatalog Learning, Publish Video, Author Learning Journey and Create Learning Community are available to the manager under Actions. The toggle in the main content area allows you to toggle between Learners and Learning Items Views. Learner rows can be drilled into for viewing the learning items that the learner is enrolled in. |
|
You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program. |
22D | Yes |
Learning Controlled Availability
Features under this heading are under the Controlled Availability Program. The Controlled Availability Program is a program for early testing and feedback of features, before they are included into the product line. You must request and be accepted into the Controlled Availability Programs to use these features. Please see the What's New for more information on being part of these programs.
NOTE: These features are not generally available to customers, customers must be approved to use these features. When these features are generally available to all customers they will be announced under their product area headings.
The new team learning manager experience provides a simpler and more intuitive approach to managing your team’s learning requirements and their progression. Key improvements include:
- Immediately see your team's progress overall using the learner view that summarizes an individual's learning status. You don't need to first search by learner or manager.
- See your team's progress for a specific item using the learning item view.
- Quickly identify people whose learning is overdue or whose completion is due soon using visual indicators.
- View only those relevant learning records by drilling into a person or learning item.
- Easily toggle between your direct reports or everyone who reports to you.
- View learning records for subordinates of any HCM manager type relationship.
- Switch to one of your subordinate line managers to view their team’s progress.
- Quickly filter learning records by date or status.
- Add analysis reports to the Reports tab for additional metrics you may require.
Also, you have improved keyword searching that's backed by Oracle Search Could Service.
Team Learning Page Showing the Default Learners View
Click a row in the Learners view of the Team Learning page to see all learning enrollments for that learner. This view shows you the enrollment titles, due dates, statuses, and due status badges.
Learner Details Page Showing Their Enrollments
In the Learning Items view on the Team Learning page, you can see all of the learning items your team is enrolled in, the count of learners per learning item, the count of learning enrollments with an assignment status of In progress, and what is due. The Sort By view default is Most Overdue. The other sort options are Most Enrollments and Name.
Learning Items View on the Team Learning Page
Click a row in the Learning Items view of the Learning Items page to see all of the learners enrolled in that learning. On this page you can send group reminder emails using the Send Reminder actions. The General action sends emails to everyone. The Overdue Enrollments action sends emails to just the learners with overdue learning. And the Overdue or Due Soon Enrollments action sends emails to learners with overdue learning and learners with upcoming due dates. You can use the row-level Action menu to send a reminder to a specific learner. The other row-level actions are Edit Enrollments, View Approval Task, View Enrollment Detail.
Learning Item Enrollment Details Page
The new team learning manager experience provides a simpler and more intuitive approach to managing your team’s learning requirements and their progression.
Steps to Enable
To enable this feature you need to log a Service Request (SR).
This feature is only available through the Controlled Availability Program at this time, which requires approval to join. Please log a Service Request through My Oracle Support if you would like to be in the Controlled Availability Program.