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Using the UC Learning Center

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The UC Learning Center, powered by SumTotal, serves as the Learning Management System (LMS) for the University of California. The UC Learning Center is used at UC Davis Health for systemwide learning and development and to manage and track employee training, including, mandatory training programs, instructor-led or eLearning activities.

Explore frequently asked questions, helpful links, job aids, and videos that guide you through the various features of the UC Learning Center.

Frequently Asked Questions

New employees: Employee accounts are automatically generated. It may take up to 48 hours for your information to sync from UCPath to UC Learning Center.

External employees: You will need to submit the UC Learning Center LMS (External Employees) access request.

New employees: Assignments will populate the day after your start date. We recommend that you search for any training you may need to take in the meantime. 

Current employees: Your UCPath payroll status is likely showing an LOA status. We recommend that you follow up with LOA Services. Assignments typically populate within 48 hours of an active payroll status in UCPath.

Those active in UCPath (including employees and contingent workers) may update their preferred name in UCPath, which will typically be reflected in UC Learning Center within 48 hours.

This is most likely a caching issue. We recommend clearing your browsing history, using an Incognito/InPrivate window, or trying a different browser.

We suspect your browser may not be displaying the full course window, including navigation buttons in the lower right corner. Try maximizing the course window and setting the zoom to 100%. Try zooming both in and out. Certain browsers may only resize the course player when zooming in.

Some iPad users have reported issues completing this course. We recommend switching to a laptop or desktop to complete the course.

Yes! Please download the SumTotal Next app. The SumTotal Next app has been redesigned to provide a more intuitive interface and replaces the legacy SumTotal Mobile app. Please be aware that not all courses are compatible with the mobile app.

Some eCourses allow you to select a language the first time you launch the course. Your progress will be bookmarked in that specific language version, and you will be returned to it upon subsequent access.

If you wish to complete the course in a different language than initially selected, you will need to (1) cancel your current registration and then (2) relaunch the course. This will allow you to revisit the language selection page.

Note for Tagalog: Due to system restrictions, Tagalog is listed as "English (Philippines)" from the available menu options. If you wish to take the course in English, select "English (United States)".

Go ahead and select Restart! This is expected behavior and is simply a warning. It will not cause any issues with your training records or prevent you from completing the activity.

If you have previously completed an online activity, when restarting the course the system will remind you and ask you to confirm you want to restart the activity. When restarting/retaking an activity, the system will add a new attempt in addition to any previous completions.

Note: The University of California regularly requires employees and certain contingent workers to retake certain systemwide compliance courses, such as the annual cyber security training. Retraining requirements may be based on UC policies as well as state or federal laws.

CPPN issued CE certificates can be accessed directly from your training transcript. If you completed a course for CE through a vendor such as Elsevier or Pediatric Learning Solutions, the CE certificate is available within the course portal. You will need to relaunch the course and look for the CE tab.

The connection between an employee and supervisor is established through UCPath. If you need access to additional employees, please submit a UC Learning Center LMS Manager Admin access request. Please indicate how you would like access setup such as by division, department, etc. If you are requesting access by department, please include the department code(s).