Cornerstone OnDemandKaitlin ReisingerThe University of Montevallo
Cornerstone OnDemand is self-described for providing talent management, training e-learning, and performance management software delivered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Below is a quick video to provide a more detailed overview.
This video features one of the clients Cornerstone provides services, which is Penn State Hersey Medical Center. It demonstrates how the LMS engages its the medical community in professional development and archives a vast number of resources for continued training.
As discussed in the table below, Cornerstone has features for all five types of extended enterprise solutions. Here is a summary of them -- "Licensing and Certification:
Sophisticated tiered certification and recertification
Custom certification
Forms management
Compliance management
Standard and custom reports
Management dashboard views
Show certification status by partner type
Adaptive Learning:
Controlled access to catalog and content
eCommerce:
Anonymous course browsing
Self registration
Shopping cart
Payment processing
Transaction management
Tiered training catalogs (fee vs. free)
Purchase any type of training
Social Collaboration:
Universal profile for each learner including photos, skills, resume and profile information
Activity streams for people, places and projects
Groups, communities and forums
Engagements and connections
Blogs and & social content
Product innovation communities
Rate and share ideas across audiences
Mobile:
Mobile app for smartphones and tablets
Deliver mobile enabled eLearning, transcripts, social networks and OJT
Disconnected learning with sync to LMS
Globalization:
41 language localizations
Offices in Santa Monica, Auckland, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, Munich, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Tel Aviv and Tokyo" (Leh 2014).
To summarize, there are a lot of unique features that would make this great for large companies and corporations. For educational institutions, there are better solutions. The biggest complaint across the board was support. Until our educators catch up with the technology industry, Cornerstone would not be a wise choice. The tiny details and extra features would confuse many teachers and become frustrating, which would require a person on staff to be a "Cornerstone Expert."
Advantages* Long-time competitor, which focused solely on LMS
One of few companies that provides services and solutions for all five types of extended enterprise solutions.
Many different levels of features including:
social
certification
reporting
ecommerce
globalization
audience management (Leh 2014).
* Single sign on feature
easily search for training
integrates with Outlook
Can create own reporting methods
Employees can add in their own training that they may have completed somewhere else (Higgins 2012).
Disadvantages* Does not provide gamification functionality, which is needed in extended enterprise settings
Mobile applications needed to built out to compete with rivals
No primary/secondary education clients published experience on website
Maybe too large of a service provider, could potentially lack in customer service (Leh 2014).
Some features can only be enabled by the vendor, which can take a long time.
Users sometimes have to "click" many times to reach a certain page.
Must unenroll students one by one, not group unenrollment feature.
Can be tricky to make changes to courses after already published (Higgins 2012).
Cornerstone OnDemand is self-described for providing talent management, training e-learning, and performance management software delivered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Below is a quick video to provide a more detailed overview.
This video features one of the clients Cornerstone provides services, which is Penn State Hersey Medical Center. It demonstrates how the LMS engages its the medical community in professional development and archives a vast number of resources for continued training.
As discussed in the table below, Cornerstone has features for all five types of extended enterprise solutions. Here is a summary of them --
"Licensing and Certification:
- Sophisticated tiered certification and recertification
- Custom certification
- Forms management
- Compliance management
- Standard and custom reports
- Management dashboard views
- Show certification status by partner type
Adaptive Learning:- Controlled access to catalog and content
eCommerce:- Anonymous course browsing
- Self registration
- Shopping cart
- Payment processing
- Transaction management
- Tiered training catalogs (fee vs. free)
- Purchase any type of training
Social Collaboration:- Universal profile for each learner including photos, skills, resume and profile information
- Activity streams for people, places and projects
- Groups, communities and forums
- Engagements and connections
- Blogs and & social content
- Product innovation communities
- Rate and share ideas across audiences
Mobile:- Mobile app for smartphones and tablets
- Deliver mobile enabled eLearning, transcripts, social networks and OJT
- Disconnected learning with sync to LMS
Globalization:- 41 language localizations
- Offices in Santa Monica, Auckland, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, Munich, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Tel Aviv and Tokyo" (Leh 2014).
To summarize, there are a lot of unique features that would make this great for large companies and corporations. For educational institutions, there are better solutions. The biggest complaint across the board was support. Until our educators catch up with the technology industry, Cornerstone would not be a wise choice. The tiny details and extra features would confuse many teachers and become frustrating, which would require a person on staff to be a "Cornerstone Expert."- One of few companies that provides services and solutions for all five types of extended enterprise solutions.
- Many different levels of features including:
- social
- certification
- reporting
- ecommerce
- globalization
- audience management (Leh 2014).
* Single sign on featureHiggins, S. (2012, October 15). Cornerstone OnDemand Review: Integration with Workday and Outlook are great. Retrieved January 29, 2016, from https://www.trustradius.com/reviews/cornerstone-ondemand-2012-10-13-04-06-43
Leh, J. (2014, April 11). LMS Reviews: Cornerstone OnDemand - Talented Learning. Retrieved January 29, 2016, from http://talentedlearning.com/lms-reviews-cornerstone-ondemand/