Your Learning and Organizational Development (LOD) team is making steady progress behind the scenes. This month, we’re updating key courses and preparing for enhancements that will support your learning experience. Here’s a snapshot of what’s underway, and what’s coming soon.

Annual Discrimination and Harassment Training Gets a Refresh for 2026

We’re making changes to improve your learning experience! WSU’s annual discrimination and harassment course is being repackaged from one long session into two shorter, bite-sized courses.

Why the change?

✨ Adult learning theory shows shorter modules help learners stay focused and retain information.

✨ Smaller time commitments make courses easier to complete without interruption, which translates to less stress about finding large time blocks to dedicate to completing essential training.

✨ Shorter courses make for fewer technical issues and reduce problems related to time-outs and other disruptions.

We believe this update will create a more engaging, accessible, and effective learning experience for everyone.

Now Available: Refreshed Course on WSU Energy and Comfort

Developed by WSU’s Integrated Design and Construction Lab (IDCL), this updated and course reflects feedback from system-wide surveys about how our community experiences comfort, energy use, and learning environments. Explore how everyday choices impact energy consumption and personal comfort across campus, and gain practical insights you can apply right away. Make energy sense your superpower. Access the course in Percipio.

New Employee Journey Audits

Throughout December, LOD will be conducting a comprehensive review of all new employee journey trainings to ensure outdated information is addressed and updated. This refresh is long overdue, and we’re excited to showcase the university with courses that reflect current practices and resources.

Streamlining University Policies and What it Means for On-Demand Courses

The Office of Policies, Records, and Forms is merging Business Policies and Procedures Manuals (BPPMs) and Executive Policies (EPs) into one unified resource: the University Policies and Procedures Manual (UPPM). This system-wide update will streamline policy access and consistency across the university. For full details on the policy transition, view the full announcement posted on October 29, 2025.

What Learners Need to Know
Due to these policies being referenced in custom course content within Percipio, some modules will require updates. As Learning and Organizational Development makes these necessary changes, learners who have started but have not completed an affected course can expect:

  • Advance notice before any course maintenance begins, giving learners time to complete the course to preserve their progress.
  • After updates, those who have not completed the course will be required to start from the beginning. In-progress courses that were not completed will need to be restarted from the beginning.
  • Learners who have not started the previous version of the course will be unaffected.

Next Steps
Watch for email notifications about upcoming course maintenance. If you receive one, log in to Percipio to review your progress and complete any modules that are still in progress before the maintenance date. This will help ensure you don’t lose your progress when updates are applied. Questions? Contact Learning and Organizational Development at hrs.trainng@wsu.edu.

Critical Update to the Annual Compliance Training Schedule

Starting in 2026, all compliance courses will be assigned on January 2nd each year, with a due date in December of that same year. This new schedule gives employees a full year to complete all system-wide required training—making it easier to plan around individual schedules.
This change replaces the previous practice of splitting courses every six months, as was the practice for 2024 and 2025.


We’ll also be updating our audience structure in Percipio to streamline new employee assignments and remove duplicative courses, ensuring a smoother experience for everyone.

Content credit: Carey Musburger, Sr. Assistant, Learning and Organizational Development