Offer LinkedIn Learning courses through your portal
Select courses, import their content, and enroll learners through LearnUpon to track their progress.
Availability: all customers who have a subscription with LinkedIn Learning
The following screenshot shows the interface when you connect to LinkedIn Learning.
See the setup instructions for technical requirements: Content: set up LinkedIn Learning to import courses.
Learn more about LinkedIn Learning: LearnUpon is not responsible for content outside this website.
Overview
The LinkedIn Learning integration lets you connect your portal to LinkedIn Learning. The integration has 2 parts: the API connection, and the xAPI reporting integration from LinkedIn Learning.
After setup, you can view and browse LinkedIn Learning courses in your portal's Content Hub. Use search terms and filters to select the courses for your organization, and Import to your portal.
LearnUpon imports the courses as individual modules, and creates a new LearnUpon course in Draft status to hold each module.
The following screenshot from a sample portal's Courses shows a group of LinkedIn Learning courses after importing them to LearnUpon, before publishing them.
The modules include whatever content was in LinkedIn Learning, like course description, keywords, thumbnail and course images.
The LinkedIn Learning modules are also available for you to add directly to other LearnUpon courses.
You decide how to use the course content, when you set the course details from Courses > my course > Info. You can add more modules to the course, like a branded intro module, an additional exam or quiz, or a survey to finish the course.
You can add LinkedIn Learning modules to learning paths in LearnUpon.
Warning: For LearnUpon to track learners' progress on LinkedIn Learning courses, you need to enroll the learners on the course through LearnUpon.
If a learner uses your organization’s subscription to enroll themselves in courses directly through LinkedIn Learning, LearnUpon does not get the learner’s enrollment information.
As a result: LearnUpon can’t track their progress, and won't have a record of their course completion for your organization's training history.
LinkedIn Learning holds the content
LinkedIn Learning offers access to ready-made content so you can build courses and publish them quickly.
The modules are hosted by LinkedIn Learning. If the course title, description, image or content changes in LinkedIn Learning, the updates are available immediately in your course in LearnUpon.
The content remains in LinkedIn Learning. You can’t edit the LinkedIn Learning content.
When learners start the LinkedIn Learning content, the LinkedIn Learning site opens in a new browser window for them.
When the learner works through the module, LearnUpon receives xAPI responses which indicate if the module is In Progress, or is Complete.
When the learner finishes the module they need to return to their LearnUpon portal, to continue the course. LinkedIn Learning sends the course completion to LearnUpon to update the learner’s history.
Tip: for the smoothest learner experience, your organization needs to set up SSO with LinkedIn Learning.
Using SSO means that learners can log seamlessly into LinkedIn Learning with their organization user credentials. If you do not set up SSO with LinkedIn Learning, learners need to log in to LinkedIn Learning after their course starts.
LinkedIn Learning certificates
Many LinkedIn Learning courses issue certificates, and learners can share these certificates through social media.
Note: LinkedIn Learning issues only 1 certificate per course, when a learner completes the course for the first time.
LinkedIn does not send xAPI responses for already-completed courses. So learners can repeat LinkedIn Learning content through LearnUpon, but LinkedIn Learning does not update their certificate or issue a new one.
Statuses of LinkedIn Learning courses
By default, LinkedIn Learning provides course statuses of Not Started, In Progress, and Completed.
Access permissions
LinkedIn Learning subscription required
Your organization requires a subscription to LinkedIn Learning to use this integration. Consult your LinkedIn Learning agreement about licensing details.
Integration setup
LearnUpon admins with full portal access can set up LinkedIn Learning, and import courses to your portal.
The LearnUpon admin who sets up the integration requires a LinkedIn Learning administrator account. During first-time setup, an admin agrees to this statement to connect the integration.
The following screenshot shows the agreement dialog.
The dialog reads:
Please note that you are responsible for ensuring you have a subscription agreement with LinkedIn Learning.
Any data shared with LinkedIn Learning through the use of this integration will be governed by the applicable terms of use, privacy policies, data processing agreement, and/or any other rules in place by LinkedIn Learning.
Using LinkedIn Learning courses
The admin who imports the courses is listed as course owner.
Once the course is available in LearnUpon, you can treat it like any other course, with the same permissions requirements. For a manager to enroll learners in a LinkedIn Learning course, you need to:
- let the manager’s account enroll learners - see Managers: set permissions to manage groups
- set the course-level permissions to let managers enroll - see Courses: Additional Settings to manage learners' access to a course
For instructors to enroll learners in a LinkedIn Learning course, instructors must be either the course owner, or an instructor on the course. See Users: create an instructor, and assign them to a course.
You can change the course owner, if required. See Courses: Additional Settings to manage learners' access to a course.
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