LinkedIn Learning Reviews

by Eddiecoyote

Never did I see that the subscription cost was all at once. That was a $300 coat after the trial period. One email warned me of it. So happens to occur at a time when I was super busy with three jobs and military training. Somehow I didn’t see that ONE email warning me $300 COST IS HITTING YOU SOON! Also, it wasn’t explicitly clear that this was going to happen when I signed up for the trial.

I complained and some nice people at LinkedIn said it was in Apple’s hands now and they couldn’t refund me. Okay, that’s fair I guess. But to have as their default position a YEARLY subscription instead of a monthly one is dishonest. There are other apps I subscribe to that offer monthly ones.

This was shady marketing at worst, and a lack of caring about the customer at best. Either way, I’ve lost trust in the company.

by Elu376

I tried to use LinkedInLearning after the switchover from Lynda, and I want to use LinkedInLearning with my local library. LinkedInLearning requires a Library ID, which there is no support information for.

To log into using Safari requires a library portal url to log in, but trying variations in LinkedInLearning goes nowhere and gives no feedback. This is a terrible user experience. LinkedIn/Microsoft, try the Libby app to see it done right. And at least, bare minimum, provide easy-to-find support info in LinkedInLearning *on the login page* explaining where the Library ID can be found. Hint: it shouldn’t require any effort to find. It shouldn’t be in an email from my library. It shouldn’t require a phone call. It shouldn’t require opening a ticket. And if you can’t do any of that, at least supply examples of what it looks like.

My God, why is this even an issue in 2021?

by JBush24050

So after numerous pop ups and pushes to upgrade from Lynda to LinkedIn I did thinking it was going to better and I had to move to the new platform at some point. I also made the mistake of assuming that years after the acquisition that this would have the same if not better functionality as the Lynda app. Man am I sorry I upgraded. I loved Lynda for many reasons but primarily for their Apple TV app. So easy to watch video and follow along with the exercises. Now it AirPlay does work but it’s wonky, requires another device to stream and just not as simple.
The most frustrating part is that in the big push by LinkedIn to migrate they never warn you there is not an AppleTV app and you will lose the ability to use the Lynda app after migration.
LinkedIn bring back an AppleTV app please!

by S3qu3nc3ntr0py

If you’re looking for a lecture, it’s decent. I have a free membership thru my work enterprise, which, honestly, is the only reason I use it. I don’t see ANYTHING with LinkedInLearning that makes it better value than lecture based competitors like udemy, courses, etc.

If you want to learn a technical skill LinkedInLearning is extremely difficult to use. Lecture exercises can be files up to 2gb -zipped-. So in addition to taking forever to download, I found the exercise files I pretty useless. It’s a swivel chair nightmare and there is no time built in or guides that even tell you when to open the exercises. Additionally, the files I’ve seen are more samples than actual exercises to go thru. Many don’t even have instructions enclosed. I’d much rather get a copy of the PowerPoints the instructors use (which, oddly, seems to be the only thing omitted from giant exercise files) or cheat sheets to help me in the real world.

Having a format where student can practice and learn-by-doing (a la Codecademy, even lightbot) would be ideal, but I realized this is a lot of work and MONEY that probably won’t be invested. Shame.

by Shaolin11

I always experience issues trying to watch my downloaded content offline when flying. Either I’m unable to log in, LinkedInLearning is unable to load or display the previously downloaded content. LinkedIn’s proposition is that I have be logged in already, which doesn’t work when you’re on a plane without WiFi, and that I jump through multiple hoops to watch my offline content. What’s the point?

LinkedInLearning also sorts videos and courses arbitrarily, and I can’t arrange them in a preferred, sensible order. It’s difficult to easily see at a glance where I am in my various learning paths and pick up where I left off. The existing implementations for these features are lacking and poorly implemented, requiring the user to dig several levels deep.

by Imdiva

Though the price is better for this version, I dislike various aspects :
I’m unhappy with the interface overall. It’s clunky and looks more like it did in its early days. Really quite poor compared to the direction of modern learning platforms.
Also:
-that I can’t automatically play the next video in the sequence
- I can’t remove a class from my history (that I simply looked at and have no intention on finishing)
- I’d like to review my history with sort options such amount of time remaining, subject, name, or time (recent, etc.)
-under completed, what’s the point in the “share to LinkedIn” when that platform doesn’t show courses that you have taken and are sharing?
- it’s been more than a year and still no AppleTV version?
And most annoying is that when I agreed to having my Renewal in July be as LinkedIn Learning (so I have paid the higher priced Lynda program through July) I was forced to used LinkedInLearning and I am unable to use the better, feature-rich, Apple TV enabled version! I’m beguto feel that the savings aren’t worth it.

by Thatinstant

The content is not exhaustive if you’re knowledge-hungry technologist looking for a single education vendor, but it does have courses that you won’t find on Safaribooksonline. As for LinkedInLearning , itself, it needs more love from its developers. Content will randomly fail to load when switching between video clips in a course and requires restarting LinkedInLearning completely. The UI has some glitches like the play/pause button disappears if you enable closed captioning, bookmarks sometimes come undone and the course/video interface doesn’t work in landscape mode. LinkedInLearning has limited organization capabilities to keep all courses that you are interested in organized. Something that LinkedInLearning has gotten right: play speed settings actually stick between videos and sessions.

Other ideas for LinkedInLearning:
- A “what’s new” section that isn’t just rando suggestions in a feed.
- “What’s my progress across all courses I’m viewing” section.
- YouTube-styled quick forward and rewind with taps to the right/left of video.
- Notes-taking area.

by Diva1web

I don't know what has happened in the last 6 months but LinkedInLearning has become almost unusable. I have been using LinkedIn Learning for almost 2 years. I love it. I never had an issue with it until recently. The videos are slow to load if at all. In the middle of a lesson LinkedInLearning will just crash.

This is very frustrating because my employer has linked a lot of our mandatory continuation training in LinkedIn Learning so I don't have a choice but to struggle with LinkedInLearning. It's also very disappointing as the learning content is unmatched and I was so happy before all of these problems started.

by Ohmegan

I love the service, but LinkedInLearning is surprisingly not great UX and has some missing features or logical capabilities.

I just recently began using LinkedIn Learning and planned to primarily use it on iOS. Unfortunately, I’ve run into a few snags with the iOS app that I’m hoping leaving a review will help the feedback get to the developers to be fixed or made more clear.

1. I created a collection on mobile with the intention of organizing the large volume of courses I’ve saved.
— I can’t figure out how to access a collection after its creation.
— When adding courses to a collection, I can’t figure out whether it’s possible to select multiple courses and “bulk” add them to a collection. Right now, I’m going through a huge list of saved courses adding to a collection one by one.

2. Can’t disable the banner notification for “course saved” or “course added to collection.” They don’t auto-dismiss — I have to close each notification one at a time after they stack up while I’m saving courses. At one point there were more than 40 “course saved” notifications and I had to close each banner one by one. Turning off in-app notification didn’t help. And then the same thing happened when later wanted to organize the courses into collections.

I hope the developers will utilize this feedback and fix the above issues.

by Rialization

Update: I am now able to log in and use LinkedInLearning ! Overall, I find LinkedInLearning fairly easy to navigate. I enjoy the lectures, and the video player itself works well. So far all of the videos I’ve watched have CC as well.

I’ve been trying for the last 29 minutes to log into LinkedInLearning . I have to sign in through my school organization, but once I log in there, the screen goes blank and does not process the log in. If I try to sign in through safari, I finish the organizational log in and when it bumps me back to the LinkedIn learning app, I am still stuck at the sign in page, so it won’t recognize that anything has happen. There was no help for this on the help website.

by TravelsWithTed

I’ve done one course using LinkedInLearning on iPad and for the most part, I like it. My one complaint has to do with the controls for playing the videos. More often than not, I need to go back and repeat a little portion in order to hear or see some detail. However, there is no Reverse 15 Seconds or Fast Forward 15 Seconds (or whatever value) like in so many video players. That and the ability to have the progress bar always visible so it is easy to pause, instead of having to touch the screen to bring up the bar and then hitting pause. One other thing is that with the way the controls are organized, when you pause the video, the Play button is right in the middle of the screen and this can be inconvenient if you’re trying to see some detail onscreen. Overall a good app, but it could use some more user friendly controls

by Revert510

Have used for several years, on and off, usually through a work subscription. Here are some general thoughts:

- Content is good, but less robust than other learning platforms lke Coursera. This can be good or bad, sometimes a short course on a timely topic is what I need. Sometimes, though, it would be nice to go deeper on a topic. You can create a collection, which is kind of the same idea, but because the content is developed separately, you may experience some overlap between courses. Ideally it would scaffold topics within a learning objective so you don’t have to piece together courses in order to achieve your learning objective

- Technically, it’s okay, but I recently found when trying to bookmark a course, the pop-up notification asking if I wanted to create a collection would freeze any other inputs. Videos would keep playing, but there was no response to scrolling or other touch inputs, including that x-out to close the notification. I’d have to restart LinkedInLearning every time I bookmarked a course. Happens from both the topic list view and within the course view (iPad Pro 12.9, 3rd gen, iOS 15.1).

So, lots to be happy about, a couple of bugs to resolve, and library that probably has something useful for you, but may not be as robust as a Coursera or other learning platform.

by Tokyo LO

I am a Technology student. I am around a variety of persons who know how to use technology. So, when I don’t know how to do something, I use LinkedIn learning. It’s my secret weapon. It has high level tools that are organized according to exactly what I need at the time. It has helped me increase my skill-sets and awareness about latest trends in technology, products, research, management and marketing. The persons teaching are experts. If you love, or need, to learn something use it. It’s value exceeds the expense. I am glad I made the investment.

by Meeethoon

I have relied on Linked in Learning to give me the quickest learning experience possible without deep diving into necessities I do not need just yet. As I familiarize myself through multiple course pathways, I find myself in a better position to execute projects and learn details with my team along the way. Once I certify onto my profile, the Learning algorithm in my opinion makes me more visible to recruiters and other SME’s out there in the linked in world who are looking to hire or connect with professionals like me. The best. I highly recommend.

by Inman Legacies

I have a good paying job but am not happy there like I used to be and I put countless years building this company and growing it but I have a feeling that a change is needed so I usually do recruiting stuff and we are always hiring so I need to touch up my resume stuff since college and reading all these reviews gives me doubt about this being worth the money when I can go online and get stuff for free.
I will download and pay for LinkedInLearning to try it out though but I need some help getting the Apple TV thing to work. I’ve never used it. Help me and I’ll download this tonight and recommend it to my employees too.

by A Ryan Secrest Type

Tons of material. Lots of organized courses. And best of all not all of it is technical or job related. You can learn about a lot of side hobbies. Literally some of this stuff is what ppl go to college and pay for. Hardest part, disciplining yourself to actually complete the meatier courses (learning a coding language).

If I could improve anything, it would be to combine courses into some spurt of circuit or something. Like if I want to be a project manager, show me aaaaallll if the courses that will get me to that goal. Right now, I have to curate a big portion of this learning still and it can be daunting.

by Broadwaylover1187

I’ve always been someone who wants to spend more time learning, but found it hard to work “learning time” into my daily routine. With the LinkedIn Learning app, I can watch a short online course on my commute to the office or during lunch. I really enjoy their weekly series on Personal Effectiveness and Productivity, short 3-5 minute video tutorials that can give you a little boost of confidence or help you solve a quick problem you’re having. I’ve been recommending it to all of my friends who want to develop their careers and learn new skills on-the-go!

by Wize 1

I’m very impressed with the courses on the diversity of leadership styles and the importance of their inclusive competitiveness. Leadership has to have vision, purpose, meaning, heart and soul as well as the ability to express and share these unique qualities with young leaders of the future. The diversity of this family of leaders are very inspiring, I believe that good leadership shares responsibility in developing faith, peace, harmony, wisdom of in the great tree of humanity. We as leaders should have understanding of this concept in order to share information and enlightenment with the people. The importance of good leadership training must not be taken lightly.

by Tateconcepts

So I’m currently using this instead of Lynda app. Seems when on iOS device and Airplay to my TV, if one shifts to full screen, the screen does so on the device but instead in the TV goes sideways. Additionally, the InfoSec content - specifically on certifications, even my CISSP which was the author of my books - had content that seemed as if it was read from script and was totally either out of order or not matched to each section in the relevant certs (I.e. CE-H, etc). It would be wise to stick to the same presenter when possible and have them actually speak live instead of a photo of them while the contents are read by script. Quite monotonous...

by Laceycaye

I signed up for LinkedIn Premium when I started a new job search. I saw a little bit about LinkedIn Learning but it took me a month or so to really start using it and I really wish I knew about it sooner! The courses are all very well made and the presenters are always great. The range of topics is very impressive as well. I normally take the courses on my computer but I enjoy having LinkedInLearning to use well for when I’m away from my computer but have some time to take a course. I like the option to add your courses to your profile as well as to save the videos in different collections.

by UbiquitousChris

I’ve been a Lynda customer for a very long time and just recently did the upgrade to LinkedIn learning. While the content is great and LinkedInLearning is okay, there is one big flaw for me: LinkedInLearning cannot be used in horizontal orientation on the iPad. I am often using my iPad in horizontal orientation in addition to a smart folio keyboard, and LinkedInLearning becomes useless unless I undo this entire configuration. The vertical orientation doesn’t make sense and makes it so you HAVE to hold the iPad when you’re watching content on here. If LinkedIn made LinkedInLearning work in the horizontal orientation, I’d likely upgrade this to five stars. Right now, its almost useless to me.

by BlueColdG

LinkedInLearning is good so far , two points to put in mind first when i am downloading a course there is no indication that a course is being downloaded in the background , when i get out of LinkedInLearning no indication of downloading or even inside LinkedInLearning , also i need to keep track of all my downloads so far which is not available , second we all need a way to choose the quality of the video if not in general at least when we are downloading it that would be great.

by Scooterdog_2

...was for access to all this specialized learning. LinkedInLearning is great for offline learning too - hit the three dots on the upper right, and a course can be downloaded to your phone all at once.
On top of that, I’m going through a certificate course now (40h) and after each sub-section (about an hours worth) a new certification can be added to your profile.
Lastly LinkedInLearning is stable and keeps your place once you get back to your computer.
Well worth it.

by Jassim Zaid

1-Unfortunately the videos are not compatible with iPhone X size of screen, as they are smaller, despite the possibility to increase and adjust the size of the videos to match the whole screen of IPhone X.

2-Also, every time I close LinkedInLearning , I need to login in when I open it again, which is really annoying.

I wish that you fix these bugs in the coming updates.

by Eurovan4eva

I used to be a Lynda subscriber, and just recently switched to LinkedIn Learning. Believe it's all the same great courses, but I'm an avid LinkedIn user (one less account for me to manage) and love the course recommendations. It shows what other marketers like me are watching, so I know what I should be watching to stay competitive. I've also been able to use what I learn immediately, providing tangible career benefits.