Getting Started with LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning is an an eLearning platform that contains over 16,000 video tutorial courses led by experts in their fields on web design, software development, photography, project management, graphic design, audio and video editing, and more. All the courses on LinkedIn fall into four categories: Business, Creative, Technology, and Certifications. The platform and courses are available in several languages through auto-translation (machine translation).
How to Access LinkedIn Learning
- Go to www.tpl.ca and type in "LinkedIn Learning" into the search box.
- Click on Access Online under LinkedIn Learning.
- On the next page, select Get Started.
- On the next page, enter your library card number and PIN.
- Select Continue.
Note: Library cards must be in good standing (not expired or blocked).
Personalizing your Learning Experience
- The first time you use LinkedIn Learning you have the option to select 3 skills you are interested in. Indicating your interests allows the site to provide suggested courses and updates when new courses of interest have been added. Select Continue after selecting at least one skill.
- Next is the option to set a weekly goal. If you would like to set a goal, choose the learning time that you prefer and select Set Goal. Otherwise, select Skip for now.
- To get started, select one of the courses recommended for you, or select Browse My Library or Discover other courses.
Lost library card: LinkedIn Learning is unable to transfer any content (including course progress and certificates) to the new library card. Download all certificates and note any courses of interest before replacing your library card.
Finding and Taking Courses
Search for a course:
Use the search box to find content on a specific topic. Enter keywords related to the course you are looking for, such as the name of the software, the type of skill, or the subject you wish to learn about.
- As you start typing, a drop-down menu appears with a list of related courses. Either select on one of these courses or click the search icon (magnifying glass).
- IA search will provide a list of courses that have your keywords included. Use the filters above the list to focus your results. Filters include Type (course, video, learning path), Hands-On Practice (GitHub codespaces, GitHub exercise files, code challenges, projects), Time to Complete, Level (beginner, intermediate and advanced). Select All filters to view the other options.
- LinkedIn Learning automatically sorts search results by Best Match. Other options are View count or Newest.
- Select save to add a course to the Saved folder of My Library.
Browse Courses
- To browse the courses available by topic, select Content in the left-hand menu bar.
- The available courses are listed under three main subjects: Business, Technology and Creative.
- Professional Certification courses are available as well. Select Certifications in the menu bar.
- Each subject page provides Role Guides (based on industry roles) and Learning Paths to help locate relevant courses.
- Scroll down to see the full list of topics available under that subject.
Suggested Courses
On the home page, LinkedIn Learning provides course suggestions based on the skills you selected when you created your account.
To change your selected skills or weekly goal, select My Library in the left-hand menu and then select My Goals.
Watching a Course
Once you have found a course that you are interested in, select the title or thumbnail to launch the course page. The course page has several features: contents, video player controls, overview, notebook, and transcript.
A. Contents
The table of contents appears to the left of the video. Each chapter expands to show what the course covers and whether any course assessments are available. You can watch the full course or a specific lesson.
B. Video player controls
Use the video player controls to pause a video, skip back/ahead or move back and forth between videos. Other controls available are playback speed, captioning in English or other languages (auto-translated) and full screen. Select Settings for more options.
C. Course overview, notebook and transcript.
- Overview provides information on the instructor, and a course description, learning objectives and skills covered during the course and any additional files that the course instructor has provided (such as exercise files). Not all courses include exercise files, they are created and included at the discretion of the course instructor.
- Notebook allows you to take notes during the course and saves them according to the specific part of the video you were watching when that note was made. Notes can be exported.
- Use the Transcript to read along when the instructor is speaking or to search a specific video, or the whole course, to find a specific section.
Certificates of Completion
When you have viewed all the content in a course on LinkedIn Learning (with a few exceptions), you will receive a certificate of completion.
When using LinkedIn Learning for Libraries, certificates of completion are not available with library customers’ names. As sign in is through library card numbers only, it is not possible to connect your name to your account.
In addition, there is no opt-in feature to allow users of LinkedIn Learning for Library to connect to a LinkedIn profile so that courses taken can be updated automatically. Library customers with a LinkendIn profile can add certificates of completion to their profile manually.
To access your certificates of completion:
- Select My Library from the left-hand menu.
- Select Learning history and locate the completed course or the learning path. Select more (three dots) to open the menu.
- Select Download certificate from the drop-down.
Please note: When a library card is lost, LinkedIn Learning is unable to transfer course progress and Learning History to the replacement library card. It is recommended that users download their certificates when the certificate is earned.
LinkedIn Learning app
A wireless internet connection is needed to stream the content. Using cellular data is not recommended as streaming multimedia content can consume a lot of bandwidth. Wireless internet access is available at all Toronto Public Libraries.
To use the LinkedIn Learning app:
- Download the LinkedIn Learning app from the App Store or Google Play and open it.
- Select Sign in
- Select Sign in with your library card
- Update the default custom invitation link, replacing 'libraryID' with 'tpl'. The correct link is: www.linkedin.com/learning-login/go/tpl
- Select Continue
- Enter your library card number and PIN
For more information or for help, please contact our Answerline service.
Last updated: March 19, 2025