Bridge is continuing to raise the bar for employee development. By partnering with Skillsoft, a leader in professional development, we’ve expanded our content library, giving you access to 150 ready-made courses directly in Bridge, already tagged with skills.
Read on for tips and best practices to help you get the most out of your Skillsoft integration and deliver skills development programs in less time.
An Overview of Skillsoft Courses in Bridge
Bridge Talent Suite comes with a built-in library of Skillsoft courses, ready to launch from day one, so you can:
- Accelerate upskilling with ready-to-use content covering today’s most in-demand skills.
- Reduce admin overhead, since all courses are organized, tagged, and integrated into Bridge’s skills framework.
- Offer continuous development through engaging, modern learning experiences trusted by organizations worldwide.
- Support compliance and professional growth with curated content built for a wide range of roles and industries.
- Improve learning outcomes with access to an AI assistant that’s specific to each course, enabling learners to ask questions and fill knowledge gaps.
- Immediately deliver high-quality training without the time, effort, or resources typically required to source, curate, and configure training.
Tip: Explore Skillsoft’s embedded course catalog.
Accessing Skillsoft Content in Bridge
There are two ways to access Skillsoft content within Bridge:
1. Via the Author menu:
Go to Author > and click Courses.
Courses imported from the Skillsoft integration will display the Skillsoft logo. Admins can filter by Content Type and select Skillsoft in the Courses tab.
2. Via the Admin menu:
Go to Admin > Learning > Manage Categories. There, you’ll find pre-populated Skillsoft categories ready to use.
Assigning Course Categories
When Skillsoft content is provisioned in Bridge, it’s automatically mapped to a category.
Key points to note about Skillsoft content categories:
Behavior
Category names are unique. When Skillsoft content is provisioned in Bridge, and a category already exists in your system, the content automatically merges with your existing category.
If no category exists in Bridge, a new one will be created.
If a Skillsoft category is edited or deleted in Bridge, it will reappear after the nightly content sync.
Example A: You have a category named “Professional Improvement,” and the Skillsoft content requires the category “Professional Improvement.” The Skillsoft courses will be merged into your existing “Professional Improvement” category alongside existing courses.
Example B: You have a category named “PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENT” and Skillsoft content includes a category called “Professional Improvement.” Since category names are case-sensitive in Bridge, the Skillsoft courses will be placed in a separate category.
User Access
Categories aren’t automatically available to all learners. You must assign users individually or in groups.
Flexibility
There will only be one category associated with a Skillsoft course.
Skillsoft courses can be added to your existing categories to consolidate content.
Admins can’t edit the categories associated with Skillsoft courses, but they can add additional categories and tags to individual Skillsoft courses.
Tip: Read our guide to learn more about adding a category to a learning content item in your account.
Auto-Tagging Content
Bridge leverages a dynamic database of 32,000 job titles and corresponding skills, powered by Lightcast, to automatically tag each Skillsoft course imported into Bridge. By analyzing the course title, description, learning objectives, and associated content, Bridge intelligently determines and associates the most relevant skills.
As a result, your courses are ready to assign, track, and report on skills right out of the box. They can also be recommended to learners based on skills gaps and career aspirations, helping you personalize learning and ensure alignment with your organization’s development goals.
Administering Skillsoft Courses in Bridge
Skillsoft courses can be set to Required, Recommended, or Available in Library to control learner engagement. They can also be added to programs and journeys, and pushed to affiliated subaccounts.
Some course settings are hidden in Bridge. For example, the Required Score (80% by default) isn’t visible in Bridge until a learner has completed a course.
Most Skillsoft courses allow an unlimited number of attempts. Admins can navigate to Course > Quiz Settings > Limit Attempts in Bridge to control how many times a learner can relaunch the course.
Skillsoft Course Retirements
Skillsoft maintains its content library, and regularly retires, refreshes, and replaces training.
Important notes about course retirements:
- When a course reaches its retirement date in Skillsoft, it will automatically be listed as Archived in your Bridge library.
- Retired Course is displayed in the Archived section in your Bridge library.
- Learner details in the course show the correct progress status when a course is retired.
- A retired course won’t be shown to learners, and. If they've already completed it, it will be removed from the Completed section
- The replacement course won’t have any enrollments, and will need to be added again.
- A Skillsoft course that’s archived due to retirement or removal can’t be unarchived in Bridge. If an admin manually archives an active course, it can be unarchived as long as it’s still listed as Available/Active in the Skillsoft collection.
- Skillsoft courses can’t be deleted, regardless of whether they’re active or archived.
Skillsoft courses and AI course descriptions are available with Bridge Talent Suite. Fill out this form if you want to learn more.
Skillsoft Content in Bridge: FAQs
These FAQs aim to answer the most common questions about Skillsoft content in Bridge and how it’s used within the platform.
Q: What’s the required completion score?
A: The default required completion score is 80%.
Q: Is there a limit to the number of test attempts?
A: Most Skillsoft courses allow unlimited attempts on tests while within the course, so learners can improve their scores, ensuring they fully grasp the material, while compliance requirements are still met where necessary. Admins can control how many times a learner can relaunch a course in Quiz Settings.
Q: Can the AI assistant be removed from Skillsoft courses?
A: Yes. To explore removing the AI assistant from your Skillsoft Content, please contact Bridge Support for more information and next steps.
Q: What languages does Skillsoft provide support for?
A: Skillsoft content is currently available in English only.
Q: How often is content retired?
A: Retirements are scheduled quarterly for January 31, April 30, July 31, and October 31. Advance notice is provided for which courses are being retired and those being introduced to replace them.
Q: How do I add Skillsoft courses to my Bridge account?
A: Skillsoft courses and AI course descriptions are available with Bridge Talent Suite. Fill out this form if you want to learn more.
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