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Can AI turn an employee handbook into onboarding training?
Yes. Upload your employee handbook and Cognitivv generates a structured onboarding course from it, built for the roles you assign it to. Set deadlines and passing scores per team, and the same course scales whether you're onboarding ten new hires or ten thousand.
How it works in Cognitivv
- Upload the handbook. Upload your employee handbook as a PDF, DOCX, TXT, or Markdown file — the same upload Cognitivv uses for any source document.
- Cognitivv builds the course. The AI turns the handbook's content into a structured onboarding course — modules, lessons, quizzes, and a final exam — in minutes.
- Review and refine. An admin reviews the generated outline and can chat with the built-in AI Consultant to adjust it for a specific role or team before publishing.
- Assign by role. Push the course to specific roles, teams, or individuals — front desk, housekeeping, a new hotel location — with deadlines and passing scores set per assignment.
- Certify and track. Managers track completion in real time, and certificates are issued once a new hire passes the assessments.
What it doesn't do
Cognitivv doesn't publish the handbook itself as the training — it rebuilds the handbook's content into a course with lessons and assessments, so a new hire has to actually engage with it, not just skim a PDF. It also doesn't onboard everyone with a single generic course: the same handbook can become several role-specific assignments, each with its own deadline and passing score, for a front desk team or a corporate office.