BuckeyeLearn has three separate versions of the system - called environments - that are used for different purposes.
While your username is the same in all environments, each environment has a separate password. If you forget your password, contact the IT Service Desk.
Please Note
It is very important to know what environment you are in. If you perform certain tasks in the wrong environment, you may confuse learners or otherwise cause problems in BuckeyeLearn.
Live
- Live is where learners log in to take training that appears on their transcripts
- This is where admins enter and manage their training for learners to take
- Live is updated daily with information from the university’s human resources system
- There is a separate administrative login page that only administrative users can use
Pilot
- Pilot is used for
- Administrator training
- Testing functionality
- Testing configuration changes
- Determining how certain actions will work when implemented in Live
- Pilot contains old data and is refreshed with data from Live once or twice a year
- Processing in Pilot is slower than in Live, and it may take more time for actions to be completed
- There is a separate administrative login page that only administrative users can use
Please Note
Pilot must never be used to review the content of courses, only that the functionality of the course works with BuckeyeLearn.
Testing Examples
Some things that admins might test in Pilot include
- A new online course feature works as expected when reporting completion to BuckeyeLearn
- The sign-up process for a multi-day in-person course is smooth for learners
- A curriculum with optional elements works as expected
Please Note
When testing training functionality in BuckeyeLearn, it is a best practice to assign the training to be tested to your own administrative account so you can easily access the training from your transcript for testing purposes.
Stage
- Used for testing Cornerstone’s quarterly releases by the BuckeyeLearn Support team before the release is deployed in the live environment
- As of August 2020, used for testing Workday user data and integrations
- As of August 2020, contains user data from both the PeopleSoft and Workday Human Resources systems
- Contains old data and is refreshed with data from Live several times a year
- Processing in Stage is slower than in Live, and it may take more time for actions to be completed
Please Note
The link to Stage should only be shared with administrators in your area if you need their assistance with release testing.