--- title: "Cornerstone Learning in Your Employee App or Intranet" source: https://octily.com/insights/learning-data-in-your-employee-app/ description: "Bring each person's learning assignments, due dates and completions from your HR platform into the employee app they already use – near-realtime and secure." --- # Your frontline will never open the LMS. So bring the LMS to them. ![Robert Bucher](https://ebnnmeydktscnefergjm.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/insights-images/robert-bucher.jpeg?width=168&quality=70&resize=contain) Written by Robert Bucher Publication date November 14, 2026 Categories Octopinions Insights Reading time 6 min read 6 min read 0 % 6 min ## How do I show Cornerstone learning assignments in my employee app or intranet? Bring each person's own learning data – assignments, due dates, what is required or overdue, completions – from the HR platform into the employee app they already open every day, near-realtime and checked against who is looking. The HR platform stays the system of record. The app becomes the place where people see what is due and act on it. That is the whole idea. The rest of this article is the why and the shape of it, with the platform names as examples: an HR or learning platform such as Cornerstone OnDemand (and its Workforce AI), SAP SuccessFactors or Workday, and an employee app or intranet such as Microsoft Viva Connections, Unily, Staffbase or SharePoint. The pattern is the same whichever two you run. ## Why frontline employees don't complete their LMS training Picture a shift lead on a production line, a nurse on a ward, a technician on a construction site. They have a phone, a few minutes between tasks, and an employee app their company rolled out so they get news, shift plans and the canteen menu. What they don't have is a reason to open the learning platform. It was built for people at a desk. The reminder lands in an inbox they rarely check, the link asks them to sign in somewhere else, and by then the break is over. So the mandatory course stays open, the due date quietly passes, and a manager finds out from a report two weeks later. Nobody did anything wrong. The information was just in the wrong place. ## "We tried something similar" – a link tile is not the answer Most organizations have already tried the obvious move: a tile in the employee app that links to the LMS. It is a door, not an answer. People still have to walk through it, find their way around and work out what matters today. What changes the picture is when the app itself already knows: you have two courses due this week, one of them is required, and the one from last month is now overdue. Not a link to the information – the information. ## Bring LMS due dates into your intranet app: what people see The concept is a handful of small, calm cards or widgets inside the employee app: - **What's due for me:** open assignments with due dates, overdue first. - **Required:** what is mandatory and still open, and what is already overdue. - **My progress:** how much is completed, in progress and still open. - **Done:** recently completed training – a small win worth showing. - **My goals:** where your organization chooses to switch them on. One tap opens the course in the HR platform, where completion is recorded as it always was. The app shows. The platform stays in charge. For managers who work inside Cornerstone itself, there is a team view of exactly this in our [Team Training Progress MicroApp](https://octily.com/products/microapps/team-training-progress/). ## Not another middleware project When we talk to IT teams about this, the first reaction is always the same, and it is a fair one: "If you can do this without building a middleware, please do." So the shape is deliberately small. Your HR platform stays the one source of truth. [octo.taxi](https://octily.com/products/octotaxi/) brings each person's data from it, near-realtime, and keeps it ready for the employee app. The app shows it. Your IT sets up read access on the HR platform side and one connection on the app side – and does not build, host or patch anything. Octily runs the rest as a service, including the follow-up whenever one of the connected platforms ships a new release. It is also gentle on your HR platforms' API limits. The employee app does not ask the HR platform every time someone opens it, so a whole workforce checking their phones at the start of a shift does not compete with your other integrations. The [IT architects section of our Trust Center (opens in a new tab)](https://octo.taxi/trust#it-architects) has the details your architects will ask for first. ## Who sees what: each person, their own learning Learning data is personal, and it should be treated that way. Each person sees only their own learning, and access follows the identity they are signed in with. Nobody browses anyone else's data through the app. octo.taxi stores HR data in Germany, is GDPR compliant by design and was built with works councils in mind. Every view shows how current its data is, so nobody acts on yesterday's numbers without knowing it. The full picture lives in the [octo.taxi Trust Center (opens in a new tab)](https://octo.taxi/trust). ## Works with the tools you already use Honest answer first: Cornerstone is where we started and where our integration goes deepest – Octily has been a Certified Cornerstone Partner for over 10 years. Every other HR platform joins as its own connector, built on demand for the organization that needs it. The employee app side is just as open: octo.taxi needs one connection there, the app is the window, and the pattern behind it stays the same. **HR and learning platforms** - **Cornerstone OnDemand:** our deepest integration, from over 10 years of partnership. - **SAP SuccessFactors Learning:** joins as its own connector, built on demand. - **Workday Learning:** joins as its own connector, built on demand. **Employee apps and intranets** - **Haiilo:** an employee communication app and intranet. - **Microsoft Viva Connections:** the employee experience inside Microsoft Teams. - **SharePoint:** intranet sites and pages in Microsoft 365. - **Simpplr:** an intranet and employee experience platform. - **Staffbase:** an employee app and intranet for frontline and desk teams. - **Unily:** an intranet and employee experience platform. - **Your own intranet app:** the same cards, through the same one connection. ## What changes for the people on the floor octo.taxi is built for organizations from 1,000 to half a million employees and more – shaped by a decade of work with 105+ large international organizations. But the use case is small and human. A person opens the app they already know, sees what is due, taps once, and gets on with their day. Learning platforms are very good at managing learning. Employee apps are very good at reaching people. The interesting work sits in between – and it does not need a new app, just the right data in the right place. ## See it with your platforms If your people live in an employee app and your learning lives somewhere else, we would love to show you how this looks. [Request an octo.taxi demo (opens in a new tab)](https://octo.taxi/get-started) – we reply within one business day with a walkthrough on demo data – or [book a call with me](https://octily.com/meet). More on the product: [octo.taxi for employee apps (opens in a new tab)](https://octo.taxi/#employee-apps) and [why we built octo.taxi](https://octily.com/insights/why-we-built-octo-taxi/). ## FAQ **Can I show Cornerstone learning assignments inside our employee app or intranet?** Yes, as a concept that works with any employee experience app. Each person's assignments, due dates, overdue items and completions from Cornerstone OnDemand appear as cards in the app, near-realtime, while Cornerstone stays the system of record. Octily builds and runs this with octo.taxi. **Do employees need another app or another portal?** No. They see their learning in the employee app they already use every day. Only when they start a course does one tap take them into the learning platform, where completion is recorded. **Does this replace our LMS or HR platform?** No. The HR or learning platform stays the system of record for assignments and completions. The employee app only shows the data and links back. **Who can see my learning data in the employee app?** Only you. Each person sees their own learning, and access follows the identity they are signed in with. **Does it work with SAP SuccessFactors or Workday?** Yes. Cornerstone OnDemand is the deepest integration; SAP SuccessFactors, Workday and other HR platforms join as their own connector, built on demand. **Does this work with Microsoft Viva Connections, SharePoint or Staffbase?** Yes. On the app side octo.taxi needs one connection, and each person sees their own learning cards where the app shows them content. The HR platform stays the system of record. **Does this work with Unily, Simpplr or Haiilo?** Yes. On the app side octo.taxi needs one connection, and each person sees their own learning cards where the app shows them content. The HR platform stays the system of record. **Will it slow down our HR platform's integrations?** It is designed to be gentle on your HR platforms' API limits: the employee app does not ask the HR platform on every opening, so your other integrations keep their headroom. **How current is the data?** Near-realtime. Every view shows how current its data is. ![Robert Bucher](https://ebnnmeydktscnefergjm.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/insights-images/robert-bucher.jpeg?width=168&quality=70&resize=contain) Written by Robert Bucher November 14, 2026 Get notified about new articles Your browser asks for permission first. Delivery via OneSignal, details in our [Privacy Policy](https://octily.com/privacy-policy/#push-notifications). [Customization ### Workforce AI (formerly Galaxy) Customize Cornerstone Workforce AI (formerly Galaxy) to match your HR strategy with AI-powered workflows and branded experiences. 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