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LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)

Score8.9 out of 10

200 Reviews and Ratings

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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.

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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 200 ratings of LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)'s features
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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

Reviews

What users are saying about LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com).
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Great consumable and accessible Professional Development learning resources

Incentivized
Ash Shenker
General Manager in Corporate at Australian Fitness Academy (11-50 employees employees)

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

Incentivized
Verified User
Administrator in Human Resources (201-500 employees employees)

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!

Incentivized
Verified User
Professional in Information Technology (1-10 employees employees)

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

MEUS - LinkedIn Learning Review

Incentivized
Verified User
Program Manager in Human Resources (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use LinkedIn Learning to create learning paths and assign quarterly trainings to employees. This product assists with keeping employees on track and in compliance with company policies as well as employee growth.

Pros

  • LinkedIn Learning has user friendly searching capabilities. It is very easy to find courses you are interested in.
  • LinkedIn Learning seamlessly updates training status in their system as well as our LMS.
  • LinkedIn Learning has a variety of reporting tools that are easy to use.

Cons

  • Terminated employees are not automatically removed from the system. It would be nice to eliminate this manual process
  • The interface with our LMS sometimes requires employees to have a personal profile as well as a professional profile. It would be more user friendly if the accounts could be combined.
  • It would be nice to have a chat feature for employees who need a quick response to general questions without having to read articles.

Return on Investment

  • Employees really enjoy quarterly assigned training so having the option to take training outside of compliance related training is beneficial to employees.
  • The cost for LinkedIn Learning licenses is a little expensive.
  • LinkedIn Learning Employee turnover is a bit high as our account reps change frequently and therefore we are constantly re-explaining our business needs.

Alternatives Considered

SAP Enterprise Portal

Other Software Used

ADP Vantage HCM, DocuSign, Veritas Enterprise Vault

LinkedIn Learning to learn everyday skill required at workplace

Incentivized
Verified User
Contributor in Engineering (201-500 employees employees)

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