How to Use LinkedIn Learning as Employee Training Software
Offer your workforce expert courses that reduce learning time and increase productivity.
According to our data, 50% of learning and development (L&D) teams at top companies included online learning as part of their employee training solutions. With greater investments being made in L&D across industries, this figure is expected to increase rapidly.
What makes LinkedIn Learning the best employee training software solution for your organization?
How LinkedIn Learning supports employee training
As the hub of business on the internet, LinkedIn’s social platform is already where today’s top thinkers and innovators go to share their insights and exchange ideas. These same experts contribute to LinkedIn Learning’s catalog of more than 16,000 (and growing) courses.
Powerful admin tools
LinkedIn Learning team account administrators have access to a data-rich dashboard and management features.
People management. This feature allows admins to add, remove, and manage users, including forming groups for team-learning opportunities.
Content management. Recommend and share content with your individual and group learners. You can search content, create custom learning paths, and even upload bespoke content that is visible only to members of your organization.
- Powerful analytics. These analytics offer insight into how users are engaging with LinkedIn Learning content, including hours viewed, learning activity ratios, course completion, and more.
An online learning solution for high-demand training needs
The value of any online learning solution is in its ability to solve your most urgent and large-scale L&D needs. LinkedIn Learning offers courses that meet these requirements.
Software training
New technologies are being developed at an exponential rate. These solutions come hand-in-hand with a problem: training teams and organizations at scale in an efficient and effective way.
LinkedIn Learning offers a category in Business Software and Tools, with training on some of the most widely used products as well as the up-and-coming software trends.
Enhancing digital literacy
Being able to use software is just the beginning. Today’s learners need to understand the digital ecosystem in ways that enable them to think creatively and identify opportunities or solutions that drive the business forward.
From the basics of good cybersecurity behaviors through certification exam prep courses, LinkedIn Learning offers a full range of learning opportunities to ensure your workforce is beyond digitally literate and prepared for whatever comes next in this fast-paced field.
What makes our content unique
Courses
More than 2,500 online courses in IT covering a range of topics from cloud computing to cybersecurity.
Exam Prep Courses
Over 400 certification exam prep courses for leading technologies from CompTIA, Cisco, Microsoft, AWS, and more.
Of Courses
72% of LinkedIn Learning technology courses are for intermediate to advanced learners.
Employee onboarding success
The task of increasing employee retention begins on day one. Within the first week on the job, 33% of employees know whether they want to stay with the company long-term.
By taking advantage of LinkedIn Learning’s custom content and learning path features, your L&D team can create a guided onboarding experience that introduces your new hire to your company culture, gets them up to speed on specific processes they need to know, and offers software training they need to be productive right out of the gate.
A platform that helps your L&D team create custom content
The ability to use and expand upon your existing catalog of proprietary online learning courses is a significant benefit of LinkedIn Learning as an employee training solution.
If you are new to creating custom content or are ready to create more, we offer a full category of courses designed to help L&D professionals create and curate impactful content.
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Discover frameworks that drive learner engagement and success. Dr. Pulichino explores the connection between instructional design and learning, exploring in-depth common instructional design models ADDIE and SAM.
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Learn how to create interactive learning experiences using Articulate Storyline 360. With guidance on when to employ this feature, as well as insight into Bringham’s five best practices for making e-learning presentations a better learning experience.
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Create efficiencies in your course-creation process by employing storyboarding. Brigham walks learners through three common storyboarding methods: text, mockups, and rapid-prototyping. He also shares his best practices for collaborative storyboarding.
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If you have a proven in-person training course that you want to convert to a digital learning experience, this course will guide you through the process of digitizing your course without sacrificing any of its impactfulness. Learn how to determine which style of digital learning experience is right for transforming your course.
Now is the time to invest in an online learning platform
The next generation of workers is already making an impact on the workplace. Gen Z is eager to learn, with 67% responding positively to social and collaborative learning opportunities and 80% eager to receive training recommendations that fill in skills gaps.
While these digital natives are used to interacting with technology, there is still a lot for them to learn about how that technology works and how to apply it on the job. Investing now in e-learning will enable the long-term resilience of your workforce.