NEOED Learn
What is it?
Learn is a learning management system (LMS) that serves as the University’s hub for employee training. This central platform will help us access university-specific trainings to help us navigate the systems, software, and procedures we need to perform our jobs effectively. View all your assigned trainings, track your progress, and receive reminders about due dates—all in one convenient location.
We will also use the Learn system to complete important required trainings—such as FERPA, Cybersecurity, Mandatory Reporter, and Indian Education for All (IEFA). Learn will connect to the Onboard module of NeoEd to assign new employees their required training and other training to help them succeed in their new roles as part of their onboarding checklist.
Who can use it?
Campus units with training responsibilities or interests can use Learn to deliver and manage training for faculty and staff. Please note students do not have access to Learn. Learn allows you to assign courses, track who has completed a course, and generate completion reports. Learn also offers a built-in library of courses on topics such as compliance, safety, and reporting that can be previewed for consideration by departments looking for ready-made training content.
How can I learn more about it?
If you're interested in seeing what’s available or want to explore how NeoEd Learn can support your unit’s training goals, contact jasminezink.laine@umontana.edu or zoe.phelan@umontana.edu.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Learn provides a centralized platform where employees will soon be able to easily view all their assigned trainings, track their progress, and receive reminders about due dates—all in one convenient location.
The tracking and enrollment features will help you easily assign and keep track of who has completed your trainings.
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Please fill out about your training needs: NeoEd Learn Custom Course Info. Once we have this information, the Office of Organizational Learning will coordinate with you to get your training ready for the NeoEd Learn platform.
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No. NeoEd Learn trainings are only available to UM employees. This is because the broader NeoEd system is a human resources platform UM is utilizing not only for training but for other employee processes such as recruitment, onboarding, and performance management. Students (including student employees) are not put into this system and therefore have no way to be assigned or access these trainings.
The exception is Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) and Graduate Research Assistants (GRAs) - these two categories of student employees will have access to NeoEd Learn trainings.
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This is not possible. Only UM employees have a log in and access to this system. (Employees of UM affilate campuses have access to Learn.)
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We recommend creating a presentation that is separated into short chapters, then recording a voice over with subtitles for your presentation (each chapter/video should not exceed ~5-7 minutes if possible). This format accommodates both visual and audio learners. We also recommend including summary text below the presentation.
Other methods you can use to keep your training engaging include: images, links to resources, quizzes/check-in questions through the training, and diagrams. For videos, we recommend using a voiceover and not physically
appearing in the video so that the video can remain relevant even as positions/roles may change.
The Office of Organizational Learning and Development team will work with you to create your trainings and make them relevant and engaging for employees.
****link to training guide****
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Once your course is created, you can be given admin privileges, so you can assign courses to any employee. If your course is required for all employees, we can set it to automatically assign whenever a new employee starts on their first day. If it is only for a specific group, depending on how this is specified, we may also be able to have the training automatically assigned to that specific set of employees.
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Yes, employees of all UM campuses, including UM-Missoula, Missoula College, UM Western, Helena College, and MT Tech will be able to access trainings hosted in Learn.
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Students (including student employees) are not put into this system and therefore have no way to be assigned or access these trainings.
The exception is Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) and Graduate Research Assistants (GRAs) - these two categories of student employees will have access to NeoEd Learn trainings.
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Yes, Learn does have a library of available courses they have created.
Please email zoe.phelan@umontana.edu and/or jasminezink.laine@umontana.edu - let us know what topic or area you are interested in, and we can share relevant courses for you to review.
Implementation Timeline
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- Office of Organizational Learning and Development (OOLD) team receive training from the NEOED implementation team on how to use the system and customize Learn for UM.
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- Representatives from IT and HRS complete a technical process to integrate our Banner Data with the NEOED system.
- This process will connect UM's employee data in Banner with the NEOED system so that our organizational structure and employees will be imported into NEOED.
- Once this is complete, employees will have accounts in NEOED Learn and will be able to access any trainings that are available or assigned to them by signing in with their NetID.
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- OOLD team coordinates with units responsible for delivering required trainings to employees.
- Subject matter experts develop courses to be added into Learn and assigned to employees when the platform is ready.
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- OOLD team collaborates with subject matter experts to create trainings on UM systems, processes, and procedures and put them into Learn.
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- When the technical integration timeline is complete, the OOLD team will work with Legal Counsel and other offices with required training needs to launch NEOED Learn as the system that will assign and track the required trainings employees must take to fulfill our compliance obligations.
- This will be made possible by the connection between the NEOED Onboard module and the NEOED Learn module that will automatically assign required trainings to new employees. Learn will be used to begin assigning required courses to new employees in September 2025.
- Current employees will also find their required ongoing trainings in the NEOED Learn system (e.g. trainings that must be completed on a recurring basis such as cybersecurity training and others). Existing employees will be assigned their required training in October 2025.
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- A library of helpful training courses on UM specific systems and processes will be available for employees to access in NEOED Learn.
- These will be created and added on a rolling basis as subject matter experts create them. Initial courses should become available starting in winter 2025 with more courses added throughout the year.
- The eventual goal of the project is to continue adding helpful trainings over time so that employees can access NEOED Learn to find the training they need to implement UM policies, procedures, and systems effectively.