Training Overview
Training Overview
Workday Student Training is designed to prepare you to effectively use the new student information system.
Workday Student - Training Approach
Based on lessons learned from Launch 1, as well as feedback from our community, we have revised our approach to training.
Where possible, training will be practical and hands-on. Guided by community needs and preferences, training will focus on the system’s most common tasks, processes, and scenarios.
The design and delivery of training for staff and faculty will follow a continual and consistent stepped approach bringing users through the following models of training in this order.
| Build Foundation | Build Foundation training focuses on providing information in topic areas to help the community contextualize the change and future state for their business. This training type is delivered through Change Bundles, Call-In Sessions, Demos, and Videos. |
| Build Expertise | Build Expertise training is where users receive hands-on training sessions, which teach them how to complete tasks needed for their business operations. |
| Support Learning | Support Learning training includes short-term and long-term sustainable artifacts that can be efficiently updated and are in a format the community will continue to use to onboard new users to the system or refresh knowledge for existing users. Examples of Support Learning training include Knowledge Base articles, Drop-in Sessions, Canvas Courses, etc. |
| Assessment | Throughout all training, ongoing assessments will help measure the readiness of our community and the effectiveness of the training being delivered. |
Simultaneous training, across several topic areas, will occur throughout the entire training period. For example, users can expect to receive Build Foundation training in one topic area while completing Build Expertise training in another.
Read more about the upcoming training approach here.
FAQs
The change to Workday Student will be a big one for UBC, with impacts to staff, faculty, and students. It is important for our community to prepare as much as possible for this transition. Training is designed for staff and faculty that are current users of the Student Information System and will be affected by the transition to Workday Student. If you are unsure if you are impacted, please reach out to your Primary Transition Lead.
Launch 2 training starts in November 2023 for staff and faculty and will use a phased training approach that is informed by the first use of functions in Workday Student and following the academic year cycle that informs our ongoing operations.
With training, learners will gain access to key information about Workday Student and its functions when it is most important to them. Training is an opportunity to have your questions answered and to learn how to perform day-to-day tasks in the system. Learners will also be able to discover and use features unique to Workday Student, such as using the Workday global search function to start tasks and processes and generate reports.
Additional Resources
Prepare for Training with Workday Student 101
Watch the Community Call-in Session Videos
For UBC Workday HCM and Finance training, please visit ISC Training page
Stay tuned for more information on Workday Student Training!