7 May 2024
Integrating your LMS with LinkedIn Learning
Rebecca Henson
Implementation Consultant
How Totara makes it easy to integrate your LMS with LinkedIn Learning.
LinkedIn Learning is now an important part of the workplace learning infrastructure for many organisations. By integrating your LMS with LinkedIn Learning you can combine the benefits of both platforms to deliver more seamless learning experiences and better outcomes.
What is LinkedIn Learning?
LinkedIn Learning is a subsidiary of B2B social media platform LinkedIn. It is an online learning platform offering more than 17,000 courses focusing on business, technology and creative skills.
Given the prominence of LinkedIn across B2B marketing, LinkedIn Learning has become a key part of continuing professional development for many businesses, not least because certifications and achievements can be shared publicly with each user’s network.
How does LinkedIn Learning integrate with Totara?
Totara and LinkedIn Learning can be integrated very easily to allow admins and educators to browse LinkedIn Learning content and import it to a Totara site. As such, it’s a very effective way of expanding your learning content options.
Your learners will then be able to browse and access your chosen LinkedIn Learning courses directly from Totara.
Benefits of integrating your LMS with LinkedIn Learning
There are a few key advantages of integrating your LMS with LinkedIn Learning. When you integrate your Totara site with LinkedIn Learning you enjoy:
Single sign-on for Totara and LinkedIn Learning
When you set up LinkedIn Learning single sign-on within Totara, your users will be able to access LinkedIn Learning and its features when they log in to your LMS. They will not need to sign in separately to LinkedIn Learning.
This can improve security by limiting the number of passwords your users need to remember, as well as improving the user experience by making the move between Totara and LinkedIn Learning more seamless.
More powerful LinkedIn Learning data
For the purposes of Totara reporting, LinkedIn Learning courses will be treated the same as any other courses within your LMS. That means integrating LinkedIn Learning and Totara is helpful for consolidating all learner data for more detailed insights.
You will be able to track user progress and course completion across your chosen LinkedIn Learning courses. If your learners are currently using LinkedIn Learning and this isn’t integrated with your LMS, there are probably significant gaps in your data.
Automatic content syncing
When Totara Learn and LinkedIn Learning are integrated, you will have automatic content syncing. Any improvements or updates to your LinkedIn Learning courses will automatically be updated in Totara without you needing to make any changes or updates.
Multilingual learning
A Totara and LinkedIn Learning integration offers learning in Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish, which means it can be a simple and straightforward way of delivering consistent learning content if your learners speak a variety of languages.
Easier catalogue browsing
Your users will be able to browse LinkedIn Learning courses from within your LMS for an easier, less time-consuming and more intuitive way of finding the right learning content for their needs.
LinkedIn Learning courses will be displayed alongside other courses for a comprehensive overview of all available learning.
Integrated LinkedIn Learning content
The integration also allows you to add LinkedIn Learning courses as activities within your Totara courses. Freshen up existing content, add more variety, and mix and match the best of your courses and LinkedIn Learning’s courses to create better, more engaging learning experiences.
What you need to integrate Totara with LinkedIn Learning
To integrate LinkedIn Learning with Totara Learn, you will need:
- Totara Learn 15 or above (if you’re running an earlier version, talk to us about upgrading to Totara 18)
- A LinkedIn Learning subscription
Get started with your LMS and LinkedIn Learning integration
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