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Have you tried Skillsoft yet?
 
This fall, Human Resources, in partnership with ITS, announced the roll out a new series of online learning resources for employee skills improvement and professional development. The offerings are part of a new trial service agreement with Skillsoft, a company which offers access to a variety of online content (over 3,100 courses, videos, job aids, assessments, simulations, etc.) in three main collections:
 
· Business: management, leadership, HR, customer service, etc.
· IT: software development, server technologies, resource planning, etc.
· Desktop: MS Office, Internet skills, computing fundamentals, etc.
 
With this trial, we aim to enhance our ability to support employee performance and meet the rapidly changing and diverse learning needs of our employees. Skillsoft can provide our employees with easy access to a greater variety of content in a more flexible and cost-effective way.
 
Signing up
 
To sign up, go to the HR calendar: https://events-eod.dal.ca and look for a session titled “Skillsoft: Sign Me Up” (weekly enrollments). There's no in-person attendance required: this is just to register for your account.

If you've already got an account

Log in at https://dal.skillport.com/skillportfe/ and give a course a try!
 
Options
 
If you’d like more information, please contact EOD (eod@dal.ca). We can provide 1-on-1 guidance. We're also happy to come to an upcoming team meetings to discuss this online resource with your group.
 
Feedback?
 
Once you’ve had the opportunity to explore this course collection, we’d love to hear from you! Send your feedback to: eod@dal.ca