Supporting Inclusion for all
Yes. New York State law requires all employers to ensure that employees complete sexual harassment prevention training on an annual basis. It is not sufficient for us to offer the training – state law requires us to ensure employees complete the training. Recognizing that our employees are balancing a number of obligations, we have created a brief refresher course that can be completed in less than twenty minutes.
New York State law requires all employers to ensure that employees complete sexual harassment prevention training on an annual basis. Sexual harassment and other forms of unlawful harassment are unfortunately common in workplaces. We want to ensure that everyone can learn and work in a respectful and appropriate environment. UB’s sexual harassment prevention training is intended to promote the harassment-free environment to which everyone is entitled.
New York State requires all students to complete sexual assault prevention training as part of Education Law Section 129(b) (Enough is Enough). At UB, this course is AlcoholEDU and Sexual Assault Prevention.
New York's Mandatory Sexual Harassment Prevention Training is a separate training that meets the state's requirement to train all employees. New York defines "employee" as anyone who is paid. Therefore, student assistants, teaching assistants, graduate assistants, and research assistants meet the New York State definition of "employee" even though they are primarily students and may not be working full-time. The sexual harassment prevention training course includes topics that are not covered in the AlcoholEDU and Sexual Assault Prevention courses. Therefore, if you are hired as a student assistant, teaching assistant, graduate assistant, research assistant or you are a work-study student, New York State requires that you complete mandatory annual Sexual Harassment Prevention training.
Follow the instructions below to complete the online training course via UB Learns.
Using UB Learns requires use of a computer connected to the internet and one of the following compatible, up-to-date web browsers.
* Important note: This course will not work with Internet Explorer (IE).
For more information about browser support, see Browser support on the D2L Brightspace Community website.
EDI uses Panopto to create the training video. The software requires your browser to accept third-party cookies. If you use Safari, you may have to change your settings in order to view this video.
If you are using an Apple device (i.e., MacBook, iMac, iPad or iPhone) and the Safari browser, please see How do I enable third party cookies in supported browsers?
If you do not see the 2024: UB Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Course – EDISHP in your ‘Select a Course’ pulldown, you will need to Discover the course and self-enroll.
The course requires you to:
Use the Visual Table of Contents Widgets to guide you through the course and additional resources available to you outside of the course content. (For details about each widget, click on the ? icon. To close the details, click the X or the "Back" button.)
There are two ways you can access the post-training quiz.
Once you access the quiz, follow these instructions to complete the quiz:
Follow these instructions to view your awards/certificate of Completion:
Select ‘View Awards" If you do not receive a pop-up listed above, you may access your certificate by the following:
a) Select the Messaging icon to view the latest updates about the course:
b) Select the Message you would like to view:
c) You will navigate to the ‘My Awards’ page:
Select the Sexual Harassment link
d) Select ‘Generate Certificate’ to create a PDF Certificate of Completion
A PDF will download to your device.
Go To letter h. to view the certificate.
If you do not receive a pop-up, or see a message in your message area, you may access your certificate by the following:
e) Select your Profile Name and select Profile:
f) Select View My Awards:
g) Select the Sexual Harassment link
Select ‘Generate Certificate’ to create a PDF Certificate of Completion
A PDF will Download to your device.
h) To View the Certificate, Open the PDF
Please DO NOT email EDI with your certificate. We receive your completion information from UB Learns, and this is entered into our official records. Our training liaisons will have access to our official records.
Your certificate is for external organizations who may require your completion.
To access Alternative Formats Select the Alternative Formats link below the video.
This will bring up the options to select multiple formats to review the training material.
Select the desired format and select Download.
Once you have completed the video and the quiz, you will receive a completion notification in your email. Please DO NOT email EDI with your email notification. We receive your completion information from UB Learns, and this is entered into our official records. Our training liaisons will have access to our official records.
After you have completed the training and the quiz, be sure to logout of UB Learns.
You can use UB Learns on mobile devices with the Brightspace Pulse app, available through Google Play® or the Apple App Store®. Requirements for mobile phones or tablets are available on the D2L Brightspace Pulse website.
The University at Buffalo strives to create accessible content for all. The University at Buffalo will provide reasonable accommodations to ensure individuals with disabilities have equal access to the training content. To request accommodations, please contact Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) by email at equity@buffalo.edu or by phone at 716-645-2266 for assistance.
If you completed an online or live training after February 1, 2024, you may upload your external completion certificate, and this will meet UB's mandate. If you do not have a completion certificate, please contact Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at (716) 645-2266 or equity@buffalo.edu.
Please note that individual departments have the discretion to require employees in their areas to complete an updated online training course or a live session, regardless of whether they previously completed sexual harassment prevention training.
Follow the instructions below to complete the online training course via UB Learns.
Using UB Learns requires use of a computer connected to the internet and one of the following compatible, up-to-date web browsers.
* Important note: This course will not work with Internet Explorer (IE).
For more information about browser support, see Browser support on the D2L Brightspace Community website.
EDI uses Panopto to create the training video. The software requires your browser to accept third-party cookies. If you use Safari, you may have to change your settings in order to view this video.
If you are using an Apple device (i.e., MacBook, iMac, iPad or iPhone) and the Safari browser, please see How do I enable third party cookies in supported browsers?
If you do not see the 2024: UB Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Course – EDISHP in your ‘Select a Course’ pulldown, you will need to Discover the course and self-enroll.
The course requires you to:
Use the Visual Table of Contents Widgets to guide you through the course and additional resources available to you outside of the course content. (For details about each widget, click on the ? icon. To close the details, click the X or the "Back" button.)
There are two ways you can access the post-training quiz.
Once you access the quiz, follow these instructions to complete the quiz:
Follow these instructions to view your awards/certificate of Completion:
Select ‘View Awards" If you do not receive a pop-up listed above, you may access your certificate by the following:
a) Select the Messaging icon to view the latest updates about the course:
b) Select the Message you would like to view:
c) You will navigate to the ‘My Awards’ page:
Select the Sexual Harassment link
d) Select ‘Generate Certificate’ to create a PDF Certificate of Completion
A PDF will download to your device.
Go To letter h. to view the certificate.
If you do not receive a pop-up, or see a message in your message area, you may access your certificate by the following:
e) Select your Profile Name and select Profile:
f) Select View My Awards:
g) Select the Sexual Harassment link
Select ‘Generate Certificate’ to create a PDF Certificate of Completion
A PDF will Download to your device.
h) To View the Certificate, Open the PDF
Please DO NOT email EDI with your certificate. We receive your completion information from UB Learns, and this is entered into our official records. Our training liaisons will have access to our official records.
Your certificate is for external organizations who may require your completion.
To access Alternative Formats Select the Alternative Formats link below the video.
This will bring up the options to select multiple formats to review the training material.
Select the desired format and select Download.
Once you have completed the video and the quiz, you will receive a completion notification in your email. Please DO NOT email EDI with your email notification. We receive your completion information from UB Learns, and this is entered into our official records. Our training liaisons will have access to our official records.
After you have completed the training and the quiz, be sure to logout of UB Learns.
You can use UB Learns on mobile devices with the Brightspace Pulse app, available through Google Play® or the Apple App Store®. Requirements for mobile phones or tablets are available on the D2L Brightspace Pulse website.
The University at Buffalo strives to create accessible content for all. The University at Buffalo will provide reasonable accommodations to ensure individuals with disabilities have equal access to the training content. To request accommodations, please contact Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) by email at equity@buffalo.edu or by phone at 716-645-2266 for assistance.
Your completion of the online course will be recorded automatically in UB Learns. EDI does not require completion certificates, but you have the option of viewing and printing a certificate after you complete the online course. You will need to score a 66% or greater on the quiz. You should automatically receive notification of your certificate. If you do not, you obtain a certificate as follows:
1. Select Your Name in UB Learns in the upper right corner
2. Select Profile
3. Select View My Awards
Detailed instructions are on the website as well as a 'how to' video.
The online course is designed to be completed in approximately twenty minutes.
Yes. All employees must take the training, regardless of whether they are full-time, and regardless of classification or funding source.
New York State requires employees to complete training on an annual basis.
Employees who are on leave must complete the training when they return from leave. Taking the training is a work-related activity, and UB cannot require employees to work while they are on leave.
Yes. New York State considers anyone receiving payment from the University to be an employee and this includes work study students. They are therefore required to complete the training.
The training you completed will meet UB’s training requirement as long as it includes all of the information required by New York State. You may submit an external certificate of completion of the training to EDI. Please note that individual departments have the discretion to require additional training.
Call the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at (716) 645-2266 or fill out a contact form.
The Harassment Prevention Training program is an online training course available to anyone with a University at Buffalo appointment.
Refer to the section on: How do I access the Training.
If you have a UB appointment and still cannot access the program, please contact the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at (716) 645-2266, or fill out a contact form.
Please ensure that you are using the current version of Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge or Safari as your browser. We have received feedback that the program does not operate as well using other browsers such as Internet Explorer.
The University at Buffalo strives to create accessible content for all. The University at Buffalo will provide reasonable accommodations to ensure individuals with disabilities have equal access to the training content. Please contact Equity, Diversity and Inclusion by email at equity@buffalo.edu, or by phone at (716) 645-2266 for assistance.
No. Employees must be afforded work time to complete the training, as it is a required work activity.
EDI has enrolled current paid appointed faculty, staff, and students in the course, so most employees are already enrolled. If an employee does not see the course in their 'My Courses' list, the employee may enroll in the course by Discovering the course:
Detailed instructions on how to enroll are available on our website.
All UB employees, including new employees, must take sexual harassment prevention training. If someone with a limited appointment has not taken UB's training in the past year, they will need to complete the online training. If you are hiring a group of people for the summer only, you have the option of scheduling a live training session with EDI.
EDI will be tracking online program completion and loading this into UB InfoSource. This information will display in your School, Department or Unit Liaison designee’s SIRI Training dashboard.
For live sessions, including sessions conducted through Zoom, EDI will provide a sign-in sheet for department liaisons to track attendance by name, date of training and person number. The liaison can then upload the roster on EDI's website. EDI will enter the completion information into UB InfoSource.
The New York State Division of Human Rights has instructed employers to use appropriate administrative remedies to ensure that all employees complete sexual harassment prevention training. Accordingly, EDI will work with you and UB's Office of Employee Relations to follow up with the employees who do not comply with the training requirement.
Yes. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion can present a live training to your department, either in person or by Zoom. We are also happy to join a regular department, school, or area meeting to present the information. To accurately track attendees, we will require you to provide a roster of names and person numbers of individuals who participated following the training session or meeting. To facilitate tracking, EDI can provide you with a department or area roster upon request prior to the training. Please complete a training request form to request a live training session.
In addition to Sexual Harassment Prevention training, mandatory training offered by other offices includes:
For Employees
Workplace Violence Prevention Training
For Students