LinkedIn Learning Guide for Staff
LinkedIn Learning offers staff at Leeds free access to over 21,000 expert-led courses in technology, business, and creative subjects. These video-based courses, usually an hour long and broken into short modules, help staff develop new skills for personal and professional growth.
How to access LinkedIn Learning
Logging into LinkedIn Learning is simple, and easy to access on the go. You can choose to learn from your desktop or use the LinkedIn Learning mobile app to study whenever it fits into your schedule.
- Visit LinkedIn Learning
- Enter your University of Leeds username and password
- Access the platform and start exploring the courses!
You can also watch the How to use LinkedIn Learning course which talks you through how to use the platform.
Connecting your LinkedIn profile
Linking your LinkedIn profile to LinkedIn Learning allows you to showcase your completed courses, highlight new skills, and get personalised course recommendations.
- Log into LinkedIn Learning
- Navigate to ‘Settings’ and click ‘Connect my account’
- Set a ‘Career Goal’ in the ‘My Career Journey’ to get a personalised learning plan and recommended content to help you develop skills relevant to your chosen career path
- Accept the terms, and your profile will reflect your learning achievements
LinkedIn Learning session for beginners
For tips on how to maximise LinkedIn Learning for professional development, you can sign up for the ‘Beginner’s Guide to LinkedIn Learning’ online session to explore the platform and its features.
Become a LinkedIn Learning Curator
Becoming a LinkedIn Learning curator lets you drive learner engagement and take LinkedIn Learning to the next level for you, your colleagues and students.
Staff can request curator access to:
- Upload custom content to the platform
- Create learning paths by combining LinkedIn Learning content with personal materials
- Share resources with colleagues or students
- Track insights for shared content within a group
Skill evaluation and personalised learning plans
With such a large library of courses, finding the right one can be challenging. LinkedIn Learning’s Skill Evaluation feature helps by assessing your current knowledge in specific topics and recommending courses that match your skill level. There are currently 42 skills that you can take a skill evaluation for. Whether you're learning Microsoft Office, Python, leadership, or time management, Skill Evaluation ensures you get the content most relevant to your needs.
To take a Skill Evaluation:
- Search for a skill in the LinkedIn Learning homepage
- Select ‘Guide your learning with Skill Evaluation’
- Complete the assessment to receive personalised course recommendations
- Access all your Skill Evaluations in the ‘My Library’ section, where you can revisit and retake them anytime
Suggested courses for staff
To help get you started, we’ve compiled a list of suggested courses. You can also browse different topics on LinkedIn Learning, which include Business, Creative and Technology. Once you've started watching courses you're interested in, LinkedIn Learning will also start suggesting recommended content tailored to your interests.
Top courses of 2022/23 academic year
- Excel Essential Training (Microsoft 365)
- SharePoint Online Essential Training: The Basics
- Excel Essential Training (Microsoft 365) (2018)
- Agile Foundations
- Digital Essentials For Staff Collections
- Project Management Foundations
- Communicating with Confidence
- Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
- Speaking Confidently and Effectively
- Unconscious Bias
- Microsoft Teams Essential Training
- Project Management Simplified
- Project Management Foundations (2019)
- How to Use LinkedIn Learning
- List of all Research related content from the University of Leeds in LinkedIn Learning
- Communication Foundations
- The Six Morning Habits of High Performers
- Cybersecurity Awareness: Cybersecurity Terminology
- Confidence: How to Overcome Self-Doubt, Insecurity, and Fears
- Time Management Fundamentals
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Change Management
Communication
Communication Skills:
- Public Speaking for Non-Native English Speakers
- Communication Foundations
- Preparing for Successful Communication
- Communicating with Confidence
- Writing in Plain English
- Effective Listening
- Speaking confidently and effectively
- Developing Your Emotional Intelligence
- Effective Listening
Presentation Skills:
Creativity and Innovation
Digital Skills and Digital Accessibility
Digital Essentials For Staff Collection (covers accessibility, OneDrive, Teams, New Staff, Digital Wellbeing, Online Meetings, Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office Suite)
You may also be interested in these other courses, popular at Leeds:
- Microsoft Teams Essential Training / Quick Tips
- Excel Essential Training
- OneDrive for University of Leeds Learning Path
- SharePoint Online Essential Training: The Basics / Beyond the Basics
- Microsoft Power Automate Essential Training (2021)
- Microsoft Forms Essential Training / Quick Tips
- Sway Essential Training
- Learning Microsoft 365 (Office 365)
- Outlook Essential Training (Microsoft 365)
- PowerPoint Essential Training (Microsoft 365)
- Master Microsoft Word Learning Path
- Word Essential Training
- Adobe Creative Cloud (inc. Illustrator / InDesign / Photoshop)
Digital Accessibility:
Hobbies and Interests
Browse our collections of courses related to different hobbies and interests to learn something new or get help with your existing interests.
Learning
Management Skills
- Delegating Tasks
- Develop, Motivate, and Retain Employees
- Coaching and Developing Employees
- Leading Productive One-on-One Meetings
- What’s next: Managing flexibly with remote/hybrid teams
- Leveraging Virtual and Hybrid Teams for Improved Effectiveness
- Making the move from Individual Contributor to Manager
- Bolster Performance and Productivity as Offices Reopen
- Foundations for Performance Management
- Conflict Resolution Foundations
- Managing Virtual Teams
- New Manager Foundations
- Decode your boss’s management style
Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
Project Management and Strategic Planning
Recruitment and Interviewing
Teamwork and Collaboration
Time Management
Wellbeing
Join the Staff Interest Community
Join our LinkedIn Learning Interest Group for staff on Microsoft Teams. The group meets every six weeks to discuss updates, ask questions, and learn from LinkedIn Learning experts.
Content Mapping Service
Staff can request LinkedIn Learning content to be mapped directly to a syllabus, framework, or set of topics. To use this service, email LinkedInLearn@leeds.ac.uk.
For more information:
- Watch the course How to use LinkedIn Learning. This is the official guide from LinkedIn Learning to help you make the best use of it
- View our LinkedIn Learning homepage on the OD&PL website for more information
- Explore a series of case studies from colleagues at Leeds and discover the different ways they have used LinkedIn Learning
- Looking for LinkedIn Learning as a Researcher at Leeds? Visit the LinkedIn Learning for Researchers page
Enhance your digital capabilities
This resource contributes to your digital capabilities development areas of digital learning and development. To find out more about developing your digital capabilities through workshops and self-directed activities, visit the Library website if you are a student, and the OD&PL website for staff.