Once an academy administrator has enabled the Skills Management feature, you are ready to find and add skills relevant to your Academy. The skills that you will add will be the ones that will be assessed on each user.
Navigation: UKG Learning > Academy Workspace > Development Admin > Skills > Manage Skills
This page lists the Skills used in your Academy and includes the Skill name, the number of jobs it is mapped to, the number of courses it is mapped to, the Skill type, and actions you can perform on the skill. Selecting the arrow by a Skill name expands it to show the description, the group(s) the skill belongs to (if any), and the available languages for the Skill.
Add Pre-Defined Skills
- Select the + Add Skill drop-down menu.
- Select Add from database to see all the available system-defined skills. The options provided are the default type, Skill.
- Search for a skill by name.
- Select the checkbox in the Actions column next to each skill to be added.
- Select the +Add to Academy button. A pop-up appears when the skill has been added to your Academy.
Add Custom Skills
You can add a custom skill if you cannot find a pre-defined skill.
- Select the + Add Skill drop-down menu.
- Select Add manually.
- Select a skill Type from the drop-down list.
- Assign the skill a Category using the drop-down list.
- (optional) Select a language for the skill.
Note:
The languages available here are the UI languages selected in your Academy's settings. Each user will see the skill titles and descriptions in their UI language. - Enter a name for the Skill.
- Enter a Description for the Skill.
- (optional) If using proficiency levels in your Academy, you can enter a description for each skill proficiency level.
- Select Save.
- Once the skills have been added to your academy, you can edit them based on your needs. Select the edit icon associated with the skill title.
Bulk Upload Skills
You can upload multiple skills at one time by using a template file.
On the Active Skills tab, select Download Template to download the template file. Enter the skills you want to add to your academy, then save the completed file.
Select Upload File, choose the completed template, and upload it to add the skills to your academy.
Group Skills
After you have added skills to your academy, you can organize them into categories and groups.
Navigation: UKG Learning > Academy Workspace > Development Admin > Skills > Group Skills
- Select Create Category to add a new skill category.
- Select Create Group to add a new skill group.
- To rename a category or group, select Edit.
- To remove a category or group, select the Delete (X) icon and confirm the deletion.