LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn Learning is a company that offers online training for software, design, and business skills. LinkedIn Learning is a vast library of high quality, current, and engaging video tutorials.

You can use your own equipment (computer, tablet or phone) or a UWE Bristol computer.

Apps are available for Apple iOS or Android devices.

Use the button at the top of this page, or type our shortened url www.uwe.ac.uk/trainingvideos into your browser and log in with your UWE Bristol username and password.

Alternatively, go to www.linkedin.com/learning, select 'Sign in' and enter 'uwe.ac.uk' in the 'Sign in through your organization or school' box.

Note for new graduates

Access to LinkedIn Learning is dependent on you having a UWE Bristol email account, which you will retain for approximately one year after course completion.

• Once you are logged in you can search for videos by subject or software brand name, and then bookmark your favourite courses.
• There are clear instructions and helpful videos on how to use LinkedIn Learning including a short 'Take a Tour' option when you first log in. There is also a more extensive 'how to use LinkedIn Learning' training module in LinkedIn Learning.
• Exercise files allow you to test your progress, and you can print out 'certificates of completion' once you have completed a course.
• You can edit your profile details, including language and email preferences.
• If you download the mobile app, you can download courses to view later, when you don't have an internet connection - for example, on a long train journey.

LinkedIn Learning has a wide range of topics for all students. It is particularly useful for improving your skills with software you need to use for your course, and in your future career.

Arts, Technology and Environment

• Adobe suite - including: Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro.
• Maya
• AutoCAD
• Coding practice environments

Business and Law

• Entrepreneurship
• Marketing
• Becoming a manager

Health, Science and Society

• Managing long documents (i.e. dissertations)
• Microsoft Office package
• Mind mapping
• SPSS

Yes, students can access the site in the same way as staff, for example, through these pages using their usual UWE Bristol username and password.

LinkedIn Learning can be a valuable resource to help staff develop their skills. Encourage your staff to look at the site as part of their Performance and Development Review (PDR) process, or their ongoing personal development, and consider how it can support their role or progression.

LinkedIn Learning supplements the services provided by People and Organisation Developments' Learning and Development Centre (staff intranet).

Yes. For example, you can create playlists to share with a module group, or link from readinglists.ac.uk to relevant courses or directly into a relevant part of a course.

Once you have logged into LinkedIn Learning, please follow the instructions below to share with other UWE Bristol students and staff.

1. Open the video or course that you want to share.

2. Towards the top-right, select the 'share' arrow icon (see highlighted sections of the image below):

3. Select 'Link'.

4. Either select 'Share this course' or 'Share current video'.

5. Select the blue 'Copy' button to copy the link.

6. Paste the link into your preferred tool for sharing e.g. Blackboard, email, Microsoft Teams).

You should now have recreated any playlists using the new Collections tool. Redirects ended at the end of May 2020. This short tutorial shows you how to create and share a Collection.

A backup was made on Monday 2 September 2019 of playlists on readinglists.uwe.ac.uk and Blackboard, so please contact us if you missed the end of redirects and need help with restoring your list.

After your account has successfully migrated over:

1. Click into the content area of the Blackboard course where you want the content to be added.
2. Select Partner Content.
3. Select Content Market.
4. Select LinkedIn Learning is displayed under 'Select your content provider'.
5. Some popular LinkedIn courses will be suggested based on the name of your Blackboard course.
6. Alternatively, you can use the search by entering a key word and selecting the Search icon.
7. Clicking on the eye icon will launch the content in a new browser.
8. To select a piece of content, click the corresponding tick box.
9. Once you've selected the required content, click Submit.
10. Review the content selection and location in the course and click Submit.
11. The LinkedIn Learning content will now be listed in the content area in Blackboard.

If you are experiencing difficulty using the site, please contact the library.

Please email the library with any feedback.