When I first wanted to learn about Oracle HCM I started researching in the internet for various economical resources. These below resources would only help if you have prior experience in using other HCM systems like peoplesoft, eBiz. There are plenty of training institutes that provide trainings on Oracle Cloud application. But all those come with a heavy price.
What is Oracle Fusion/Oracle Cloud?
Fusion is a term that Oracle uses to refer to its Cloud infrastructure(Fusion Middleware) and the new suite of applications specifically designed for the cloud.
Unlike the on premise application like peoplesoft which used to be hosted on servers/data centers in the client premises, the Oracle Fusion Applications for a client are stored in remote servers and hence the term 'Cloud'.
Oracle has got different models of its cloud offering. Oracle HCM cloud is an offering of SaaS model.
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| Oracle Cloud Models |
I will later on write a detailed post on the various modules and offerings available in the Oracle Cloud.
Oracle Lauchpad
https://learn.oracle.com/ords/launchpad/learn?page=index
Oracle has come up with this Oracle Launchpad to provide an easy way to start learning about its cloud applications. It is built in a more intuitive way and there are thousands of topics to learn about the cloud application.
Oracle launch Pad has got a wonderful UI, which lets you filter based on the area of interest.
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| Area of Interest Filter |
These topics are also categorized based on the role that you play in the organization. Oracle launchpad is a perfect place to start learning about the various cloud applications. After completing each topics, there are quizzes that you can complete. Completion of these quizzes gives you points, which inturn gives you badges that can be shared in social platform like LinkedIn,Twitter, etc. For taking quizzes users are supposed to have an Oracle SSO.
At anytime you can visit your profile to see the points and the badges earned. Oracle launchpad can be used to sharpen your Oracle cloud skills as well as your marketability by earning points, badges and bragging rights.
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| Oracle Launchpad Profile |
Oracle Cloud Community
https://cloudcustomerconnect.oracle.com/pages/home
Oracle Cloud Customer connect is another good way to connect with people of same interest around the globe. For connecting to the SaaS community Oracle mandates that the user should have have/use his/her corporate emailID and also you need to have a CSI number for your organization.
Oracle Docs
https://docs.oracle.com/en/
This is another source for learning all authenticated material from Oracle themselves. These are not just usual guides but they contain a whole lot of information on the various SaaS offerings. I recommend using this on a regular daily basis to understand and learn Oracle cloud
Demo.oracle.com/partner.oracle.com
If you are working for a platinum partner organization then you can use https://demo.oracle.com/ and https://www.oracle.com/partners/index.html. These are a very good source to learn oracle cloud, giving you access to Sandbox environment to practice.
Udemy
There are many paid courses in Udemy that gives you detailed explanation about various concepts in the Oracle HCM cloud. I am listing few which I found really good. Though there isnt any prerequisites for these courses, I felt like for people having prior working experience in any other HCM system like peoplesoft or eBiz, these courses are an easy way to understand the concepts in Oracle HCM cloud.
Core HR Concepts:
https://www.udemy.com/share/101WAO/
Oracle HCM Cloud Implementation Concepts
https://www.udemy.com/share/101GAm/
These are some of the resources that are available easily for any one to start their first step with the Oracle Cloud applications. If you know of anything more, please feel free to update in the comments
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