Business Services Training provides relevant courses and resources to ensure UW–Madison employees have the knowledge and skills to perform their purchasing and financial responsibilities accurately and efficiently.
All Business Services trainings are available in a mix of live/virtual (Zoom/Teams) and on-demand, online (Canvas) formats. We are happy to accommodate learning styles/needs that are not met by these formats; please contact dawn.rekoske@wisc.edu so we can work with you.
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New to Workday Learning? Let’s get started!
The Division of Business Services began offering learning opportunities in Workday in March 2026. If you haven’t already participated, we hope you will soon. This information will help you acclimate to the new learning management system.
First, the basics
These tasks are each explained, step-by-step, in this Universities of Wisconsin KnowledgeBase (KB) document:
- How to find courses
- How to self-enroll
- How to download a virtual session invite to put on your calendar (this will include the link to join)
In Workday, learners may not enroll in more than one offering of an instructor-led course
To change your enrollment to a different offering, you must first drop the current offering and then enroll in the new offering. There is a KB guide with instructions for dropping a course. If you enroll in a session and then find you will no longer be available to attend, please be sure to drop the course. By doing this, you will then be able to enroll in a future session and, if the original session is full, someone on the waitlist can be given your spot.
Read the course description
Our course descriptions clearly state if the sessions are self-paced (on your own) or if they are live/virtual, instructor-led. In a couple of places within Workday, it refers to live/virtual, instructor-led sessions as “In person.” That can be confusing, so refer to the course description if you’re unsure.
Where to find the link to join a live/virtual, instructor-led session
Immediately after enrolling in a session, Workday will send you an email notification confirming your enrollment. It will include date and time, but it will not include a link to join. It is recommended that you download a virtual session invite to put on your calendar (KB on how to download a course calendar invite). Alternatively, at the time of the training, you can go to your learning transcript in Workday (Personal/Learning/My Learning/My Transcript), click on the session, and it will give you prompts, guiding you into the session.
Waitlisted and didn’t get in?
When a session is full and spaces open as learners drop the course, Workday automatically moves waitlisted individuals to enrolled status in the order that they were waitlisted. You will receive an email notification if/when this happens. If you do not get in, we hope you’ll enroll in a future session. This requires first dropping the course. Unfortunately, after a session has taken place, Workday will not let you drop a course for which you were waitlisted. Wonky, we know! Workday experts are looking at this to see if they can find a fix. Until then, if you were waitlisted, didn’t get in, and want to enroll in a future session, please contact dawn.rekoske@wisc.edu, so we can arrange a new enrollment for you.
Also, feel free to contact dawn.rekoske@wisc.edu with any questions you have related to Division of Business Services courses in Workday Learning.
Training currently offered by the Division of Business Services
All courses are available in Workday Learning. This is a developing curriculum. Check back for new courses.
| Course title | Type | Intended audience | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| UWMSN Business Services – Gifts in Kind Training | Self-paced | Anyone involved in receiving, assessing, acknowledging, and disposing of gifts in kind | Estimated 60 mins |
| UWMSN Department Property Administrator Training | Self-paced | DPAs and others involved in proper stewardship of capital equipment | Estimated 60 mins |
| UWMSN Expenses Q&A Training Session | Live/virtual, instructor-led via MS Teams | Anyone who performs tasks in the Workday Expenses hub. | 60 mins |
| UWMSN FY27 Property Control Q&A Session | Live/virtual, instructor-led via MS Teams | DPAs and others involved in proper stewardship of capital equipment | 60 mins |
Click on title for course description, schedule, and link to enroll. You may be asked to log in with Net ID and password.
Self-paced accounting courses available from LinkedIn Learning
Need to learn or brush up on basic accounting principles and practices? Here are some examples of courses available from LinkedIn Learning:
- Accounting for Non-Accountants (1h 45m)
- Accounting Foundations (2h)
- Accounting Foundations: Bookkeeping (1h 39m)
- Accounting Foundations: Understanding the GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) (1h 8m)
- Accounting Foundations: Understanding the Accounting Cycle and Accrual-Basis Accounting (1h 30m)
- Accounting Foundations: Cost Estimating (1h 15m)
- Develop Your Finance and Accounting Skills (13h)
- Financial Accounting Foundations (1h 49m)
- Excel for Accounting (1h 9m)
- Excel for Accountants (1h 31m)
These are among thousands of up-to-date courses developed and led by industry experts. All UW–Madison faculty and staff have access to the LinkedIn Learning library of courses. You can view the library by logging in to Workday and clicking “Personal”, “Learning”, “Discover”, and “Browse Learning.” To quickly find accounting courses, enter “Accounting” in the search box when you browse the learning catalog.
Finance@UW
Learn about Finance@UW or register for an upcoming cohort or conference on the Finance@UW website.
Contact
Dawn Rekoske
Training and Organizational Development Manager
dawn.rekoske@wisc.edu