Udemy Business LMS And LXP Integration Partners

Udemy Business integrates with different learning management systems (LMS) and learning experience platforms (LXP) (see below) to provide a number of benefits to your organization. 

• Note: LMS/LXP integration is only available with the Enterprise Plan.

• Cohort learning: Review how to configure Udemy Business LMS/LXP partners with our cohort learning platform, Corp U.

Why integrate a LMS or LXP with Udemy Business?

A LMS delivers and manages instructional and training content. It typically handles learner registration, online course administration, tracking, and assessments of a learner’s work. Instructional content can be live instructor-led training (ILT), books and articles, video courses, blog posts & forums, and other media. 

Each partnership may vary in functionality, but integrating Udemy Business with your LMS or LXP presents a variety of benefits with learning management:

• Centralize search and discovery of Udemy Business catalog from your LMS or LXP.   
• Assign Udemy Courses directly through your LMS or LXP.
• Centralize reporting to understand consumption or engagement of learning content across providers, track skills, and guide learning development
• Deliver learning experiences in familiar systems.

Current list of LMS and LXP partners

Integrations with other systems

Please note that you can integrate your Udemy Business instance with systems not included in the list above or with other in-house tools.  For any provider not on the list, Udemy Business will provide access to our web service REST APIs and provide guidance during the integration build.

Frequently Asked Questions:

How much does the integration cost?

Udemy Business does not charge forLMS/LXP Connectors or access to API services. Note that your LMS/LXP/3rd party service provider may charge on their end for integration or professional services, so we recommend confirming with them as well..

How long does it take to integrate Udemy Business with an LMS?

The Udemy Business configuration is entirely self-service and authorized administrators can enable their Udemy LMS/LXP and SSO functionality in minutes.  Setup time on the LMS/LXP side may vary. 

How will learners complete integrated courses?

Launching a course from your LMS/LXP will open a new tab in your browser to complete the course within your Udemy Business instance directly.  This ensures an optimal end-learner experience as courses are built for consumption within Udemy Business.  

Learners can benefit from resources and functionality within Udemy Business itself, by having access to instructor monitored Q&A, instructor announcements, downloadable resources, learning tools, and more.  Courses are frequently refreshed by instructors as well,  so this help ensures that end-learners receive the most up-to-date and relevant content.

Will learners have to re-enroll in the course within Udemy?

No.  You can enable auto-enrollment within Udemy settings.

Will learner and course reports still be sent over if the course is completed within Udemy?

Yes, so long as the Reporting API is enabled.

Will my learners have to re-authenticate into Udemy? 

No.  The login flow from LMS/LXP to Udemy is seamless via SSO.

How are course searches, discovery, and recommendations managed through 3rd party LMS? 

This depends entirely on the LMS/LXP system.  3rd party LMS/LXP systems have their own algorithms for surfacing content and providing content recommendations which is different from Udemy.

Can I see what the integration looks like?

Yes.  Please reach out to your Udemy Business representative and we can share screenshots, videos, and/or a short demonstration of what various integrations can look like.

What if my LMS/LXP is not on the list above?  Can I integrate with on-premise or “in house” systems?

Yes, integration is still possible!  For any provider not on the list, Udemy Business will enable access to our REST APIs and provide guidance during the integration build. However, the LMS/LXP vendor or customer will be responsible for the work required to facilitate the integration. The Udemy Business team will provide advisory services for the Udemy Business API.

What specific information and fields can be sent via the Udemy Business API?

Broadly speaking, Udemy business APIs support integrating Courses, Learning Paths, and Reporting information.  For more detail, see our API Reference documentation for a list of all the possible fields you can access via our open API.  Note that our 3rd party partners with pre-built integrations may not necessarily map all of this information as part of the connector they’ve built out, so let us know if you have questions on what is supported through an existing integration.

Will the LMS/LXP integration include custom Udemy Business content we’ve created?

Yes.  

How frequently does the data refresh with integration? 

For xAPI reporting integration, progression and completion statements are sent in real-time.

For our REST APIs (Course Catalog, Learning Paths, and Reporting) most partners call our API a minimum of once every 24 hours.  

If I assign a course from my LMS, will notifications also be sent from Udemy?

No.  Course reminders will be sent based on which system you assigned the course from.

Is Single-Sign-On (SSO) required to integrate with my LMS/LXP?

No, but SSO is recommended for optimal user experience.

Do you support flat file course uploads?

Yes. If the LMS/LXP does not support API based integrations, Udemy Business can provide a .csv file of course URL deep links for upload into the LMS. This is a simple way to populate the LMS/LXP with Udemy Business content; however, this method requires manual upkeep.

Does Udemy Business support integration through SFTP?

This is not currently supported.

What other options are available if we don’t wish to integrate?

Udemy Business data can be manually exported as CSV files.  Depending on the overall scope and requirements, doing periodic file uploads can be straightforward with minimal uplift or maintenance.

Enabling custom learning objectives in your LMS/LXP system may also be a suitable option if you only wish to surface a few Udemy Business courses or learning paths.

If you have additional questions about integration please don’t hesitate to reach out to your Udemy Business representative and our team will be happy to support in further discussions.