Longhorn Employee Orientation (LEO) is a guide for getting started as a new employee (staff, faculty, or student employee) at The University of Texas at Austin. It is also a resource that UT employees can refer to at any point in the future when they may need information in the LEO curriculum. A Spanish language version of LEO is now available also - Orientación para Empleados Longhorn (OpEL).
Launch LEO in UTLearn
LEO is one of the many ways that UT L&D supports UT Austin’s standard of excellence, and it sends the message immediately to new employees that the way we realize that mission is Excellence Through People.
Watch the Spanish-language version of this introductory video on UT L&D’s YouTube channel.
What’s in LEO
- Welcome and Overview.
- Brief background information about UT.
- New Employee Action Items organized into 3 phases.
- Opportunities for learning and enrichment.
- Detailed information about insurance, benefits and leave.
- Retirement information.
- Comprehensive collection of resources and reference material.
Why UT L&D’s Approach to Employee Orientation is Powerful
- More Accessible.
- Watch when it’s most convenient for you.
- Spread out learning over time.
- Delivered in easily digestible format.
- Closed captioning in four languages.
- Spanish language version of LEO available - Orientación para Empleados Longhorn (OpEL).
- Organized into succinct chapters.
Improved Employee & Learning Experience
- More comprehensive curriculum.
- Thoughtfully organized into chapters.
- Information supplemented with interactive visualization.
- Multi-modal teaching delivery.
- Learn important information over time.
- Supplemental materials and resources organized into single section.
Easier for Hiring departments & Managers
- All new benefits-eligible employees are automatically registered for LEO.
- In UTLearn, managers can assign and monitor progress.
- UTLearn provides data and reporting to align with other performance metrics.
- Allow managers to easily refer employees to LEO for answers to their questions.
- Enhanced onboarding training for managers and HR Contacts.
- Part of our effort to re-invent the new employee experience included partnering with UT Document Solutions to design our LEO Welcome Bundle that managers and hiring units can purchase for all their new hires. (use discount code "LEO-2025" for $5 off)
Long-term Positive Impacts
- Employees more empowered and enabled to help themselves.
- Employees can more quickly focus on the work they were hired to do.
- Consistent experience for all new employees.
What’s Next
- Updates and improvements on who to contact with questions at UT-Austin.
- Adding more information about the culture of UT-Austin.
- An in-person socializing event for new employees.