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Overall Satisfaction with Cornerstone OnDemand
We utilize Cornerstone OnDemand to support all learning across the organization as well as offer training opportunities to an affiliated organization. It assigns training based on need of the staff as well as is used for optional training and registration into larger organization sessions when needed. It solves out need for compliance training assignments and tracking as well as support the administration side and professional development opportunities.
Pros
- Automatic recurring assignments are easy to get that refresher training out without needing to assign it fresh each time.
- Reporting 2.0 makes it easy to write and share your reports with just selected filters. Making it easy for people receiving it to just change what they need to see.
- Learning Admin Console makes it easy to peek at what is going on in your portal and open up connected reporting when needed.
- Success Center is a great resource for getting peer answers to questions and learning about the releases and suggesting changes that should be added to the roadmap.
Cons
- Their Product Support can take a long time to respond and/or give incomplete responses so you have to go back and forth to get the correct response.
- Certifications exist but are in bad need of an update to make them more user friendly as they are the only way to set an expiration date.
- Reporting 2.0 can have more latency issues then other parts of the system and it is always when you really need to grab that report.
- We needed a system that would help us switch from all in person training to online content and blended content and it does that with an easy to use interface.
- In person session scheduling and tracking used to be a pain and the no show rate was high using ILT and having the registration easy to use and have calendar appointments emailed on registration has increased our attendance.
- Playlists have allowed up to move our learning culture forward as we can connect content by topics and it makes it easy for our staff to pick what they want to take on that topic.
We selected Cornerstone versus Saba during our initial implementation because of the Administrative resources and the easy of use for administering training at the time Saba had a better learner experience in our reckoning. Now they are one company so it seems we chose well. We implemented Workday HCM and there was some consideration on moving to their learning platform but Cornerstone does more and offers a better use experience so we are sticking with Cornerstone Learning.
Do you think Cornerstone OnDemand delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Cornerstone OnDemand's feature set?
Yes
Did Cornerstone OnDemand live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Cornerstone OnDemand go as expected?
No
Would you buy Cornerstone OnDemand again?
Yes
Cornerstone OnDemand Feature Ratings
Using Cornerstone OnDemand
9600 - All employees and most of our non-employees that are provisioned have access to Cornerstone. There are some regulatory/compliance trainings, some departmental trainings and professional/personal development offerings.
1 - We have a single centralized resources for Cornerstone Support (end user and superuser support) and a network of training administrators across the organization that manage their own training and help to make system decisions. We call it the federated model and it helps to keep autonomy for the training groups but they have the support they need.
- Certifications for regulatory training with expiration dates
- Assignments that recur
- Playlists to connect topical resources together.
- We use a user form as part of a material to collect job function responses that then assign training.
- We leveraged forms, form tasks, approval workflows and electronic signatures to collect performance appraisals last year .
- Teams integration
- Learn App
Evaluating Cornerstone OnDemand and Competitors
Yes - We didn't have an LMS before Cornerstone and instead leveraged manaul processes in PeopleSoft, SharePoint (with some workflows) and Access databases or Excel. We wanted something more automated and easier for the administrator to use. As well as that could host self paced content and track expiration dates for required training.
- Product Features
- Product Usability
We wanted it to be so much more user friendly then our other solutions so it could truly be that one stop shop we were aiming for.
I think we did really well and I wouldn't change the process.
Cornerstone OnDemand Implementation
- Implemented in-house
- Third-party professional services
Bluewater Learning- https://www.bluewaterlearning.com/cornerstone-partnership/
Change management was a big part of the implementation and was well-handled - We did the majority of of the change management with very little coaching from our implementation partner. It went well as our team had a lot of experience in change management.
- Certifications - Incorrectly configured
- Understanding functionality options
- Working with Implementation Partner
Cornerstone OnDemand Training
Configuring Cornerstone OnDemand
Practice, practice, practice in your test environment to know how something will work for the end user as well as the administrator. The other thing is to take advantage of the Success Center for asking about best practices from other customers.
Some - we have done small customizations to the interface - We had help setting up our Welcome page to be custom but it has been easy to update for rebranding purposes.
No - we have not done any custom code
We are doing a lot with leveraging Reporting 2.0, FTP and Edge Import which is sort of customizing or being creative with pieces of functionality that are available.
Cornerstone OnDemand Support
Pros | Cons |
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Kept well informed Quick Initial Response | Slow Resolution Poor followup Problems left unsolved Difficult to get immediate help Need to explain problems multiple times |
We are in the middle support package. We picked it as the bottom one doesn't allow for you to be as involved in the direction of Cornerstone and with support.
Yes - It was resolved not as timely as i hoped but it was resolved.
I think the Regional User Groups are my favorite thing rather then the actual contacting of Support.
Using Cornerstone OnDemand
Pros | Cons |
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Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using | None |
- Use Learning Search to find content
- Use Learner Home to see everything you need learning wise
- Express class to give ad hoc credit
- ILT session copying
- Test editing
- Certifications in general
Yes, but I don't use it
Cornerstone OnDemand Reliability
Integrating Cornerstone OnDemand
- Workday
- Zoom
- Microsoft Teams
- Google Tag Manager
- Nothing else currently planned
- File import/export
- Single Signon
- API (e.g. SOAP or REST)
Read everything you can in the Success Center about what you are trying to do.
Upgrading Cornerstone OnDemand
Yes - Their release support is very clear with both a community and a playlist. I feel like I have the information I need for each release.
- Certification updates
- Learning assignment safeguards
- Reporting 2.0 fields
- More admin changes
- More certification updates
- More Reporting 2.0 fields.
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