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LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)

Score9 out of 10

200 Reviews and Ratings

What is LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)?

Lynda.com (now offered as part of LinkedIn Learning) is an elearning course library acquired and now supported by LinkedIn in May 2015.

Top Performing Features

  • Course catalog or library

    Learning content is organized into a course catalog or browsable library.

    Category average: 8.6

  • Progress tracking & certifications

    The system tracks individuals’ progress on courses, scores, transcripts, certificates, etc.

    Category average: 8.6

  • Learning content

    The vendor offers high quality pre-made courses or assets. These may be specific to certain industries or technologies.

    Category average: 8.7

Areas for Improvement

  • Automation & Integration

    The platform integrates with various other systems to allow for automation features such as adding or removing users from courses and auto-enrollment in courses.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Historical Metrics

    Centralized learning history where users can track their progress and learning goals.

    Category average: 8.1

  • Gamification

    Presents course material in a game-like format to increase engagement and enjoyment.

    Category average: 7.6

Who Buys & Uses LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)

Great consumable and accessible Professional Development learning resources

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

LinkedIn Learning is used a professional development tool to upskill team members across the business, including both entry-level roles right through to Senior Management. The learning is tailored to each individual to upskill in particular development areas that aim to enhance knowledge, skills and productivity in our workplace.

Pros

  • Easy-to-use platform
  • Ability to generate custom learning journeys
  • Accessible content, including visual, audible and written
  • Opportunities to consume both bite-sized and longer-form content

Cons

  • Divide longer videos into sectiosn to consume in parts
  • Better search features to filter/sort

Return on Investment

  • Improved skillsets across the business
  • More productive and efficient workforce
  • Enhanced leadership/management capabilities

Usability

LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) - great for content

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) daily in our organisation to address micro-learning needs. As they have so many courses available on such a wide range of topics, it enables us to recommend courses to people who need development in a particular area. We also use it for our onboarding training and cyber security training.

Pros

  • Variety of courses available
  • Ability to assign courses to different groups
  • AI coach

Cons

  • More Australian content
  • Ability to create own content

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Litmos and Go1

Other Software Used

Litmos, Culture Amp, Performance Leader

LinkedIn Learning is great! Highly recommend!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I've been using LinkedIn Learning for years (I started with Lynda.com). The course information is always fantastic, and the instructors give me helpful insight into areas where I need help. I am a web designer, which has helped me improve in areas for use in my business. I highly recommend it!

Pros

  • Instructors are fantastic.
  • You can search for just about anything you want to learn.
  • I send clients here when they need to learn a topic.

Cons

  • How up to date are the courses.
  • Sometimes it's hard to understand the instructor if they have an accent.

Return on Investment

  • I have learned web design on here to further my business.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Alison

LinkedIn Learning to learn everyday skill required at workplace

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

LinkedIn Learning is used to learn emerging and used technologies in detail. It helps business by providing this platform to the resources so that they can learn the things directly and improve themself.

Pros

  • Course content is good
  • Short , Medium and long courses are available to learn
  • Certification on course completion which can be shared to showcase your skills

Cons

  • Topic or course based discussions
  • FAQ sections and way to get answers quickly from course creator
  • Adding more courses from other domains

Return on Investment

  • Resources becomes skillful
  • Productivity has increased as weakness of resources are getting fulfilled through this platform
  • No separate server or website maintenance is needed to provide learning resource to employees which increases business focus.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Pluralsight Skills

Other Software Used

Azure Service Bus, Azure Portal, Microsoft Edge, ChatGPT

If you want a software easy and pratice, I recommend Linkedin Learning

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In my work we use Linkedin Learning for training, with shorter and faster courses.The subjects are current and the courses are easy to be done and with simple language.In our case I think we received many indications of courses which does not allow us to access all, but we have the advantage of being able to do them anywhere even on public transport for example.

Pros

  • Simple and didactic content
  • Easy access
  • Serves multiple people at the same time

Cons

  • the search for specific subjects could be expanded, facilitating access

Most Important Features

  • dinamic
  • easy access
  • several contents

Return on Investment

  • I use this software for encourage the training of my team
  • currently my team has increased the average annual training due to ease of access to the tool
  • I can present current issues in a short time for the team

Other Software Used

LinkedIn Jobs, Jira Service Management, Jira Work Management