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Open Educational Resources (OER)

LinkedIn Learning

Content to get ahead!
LinkedIn Learning gives learners exclusive access to more than 10,000 courses and tutorials in the areas of design, business, and technology.

User-friendly course library
The course library is divided by subject, software, and learning paths, which makes it easy to find courses that interest you.

Personalized recommendations
Learners can connect a LinkedIn Learning account to their personal LinkedIn account, and get more personalized course recommendations based on job and industry interests.

Display achievements
Connecting a Learning account with a personal LinkedIn account allows learners to display the courses that they have completed.

Save courses for later
Learners can plan their learning by saving individual courses or adding courses to collections on specific topics.

LinkedIn Learning: The Basics

1. There is a menu at the top that says "Browse" click this and a menu like the one to the right will appear.

2. Within LinkedIn Learning, videos are organized in three unique ways:

  1. Subjects - are broad topics covering subjects such as online education, user experience, and photography. Videos and courses within this column will be broad, so you can explore what the subject might contain. For example, the Photography subject gives you videos on: Photoshop, Camera Raw, iPhone, Bridge, and After Effects.
  2. Software - videos in this column are for certain software ex: excel, Photoshop, MySQL, and Python.
  3. Learning Paths - this column features curated courses that help you achieve a goal like, "Become a Python Developer," or "Become a Video Editor." Learning paths offer a certificate when completed, that you can share on your LinkedIn site and put on your resume!

Sharing collections in LinkedIn Learning

Sharing Collections:

LinkedIn Learning allows you to share Collections with colleagues and friends.

To do this, follow the directions below:

1. Find a collection you would like to share. When you open the collection, the menu below is on the far right side.

2. Click "share" and you will see the options to:

  • share with "all LinkedIn members" - this will allow anyone on LinkedIn to see this collection of content.
  • If you choose to share with members of "Dakota State University", all students at DSU will be able to see this video and content.
  • When you don't want others to see what you are working on, just select "ony visible to you"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. If you want a link to your collection, copy the code from the "share" window.   

 

Creating Collections in LinkedIn Learning

Creating and sharing collections

⇒What used to be known as a "playlist" in Lynda, is now called a "collection."

Quick intro:

A "collection" can be used to keep a list of courses and videos that you plan to complete, or share with others.

B. Faculty can develop customized learning paths for their students by creating a "collection" of videos. They can then share this collection with students via email, a D2L embed iFrame, and/or social media sites.

C. To view your current or shared collections, click the profile dropdown in top right of the page and click "Collections"

Creating collections

1. Find a course you are interested in taking.

2. Click "More"

3. Click "Add to collection"

4. To create a new collection, click the "plus" button.

⇒4a. Give your collection a title and description, then poof! You have a beautiful new collection!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Add the course to a collection by clicking "add"

6. You will now see the new collection in your menu. **Notice the Collection title above the title**