Item: LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
Rating: 8
Author: Sara Rogers

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

There are a number of people in our marketing department that have access to LinkedIn Learning. We find it extremely valuable to be able for people to teach themselves how to do things with software that they may not already know how to do. It is useful because many times someone can watch a 20 minute training and not have to instead attend an external conference or training outside the office.

Pros and Cons

Easy to find what you need
Super convenient
Very good instruction

They could send me links to trainings they think I'd be interested in
Have a quick "tips and tricks" area of their site
Have another area that's all long term learning as well

Return on Investment

Great way to learn more features of software platforms you use daily
Great way to self guide you to new ways of doing things
Convenient way for staff to educate themselves when they have the down time

Alternatives Considered

AspenONE Engineering

I haven't evaluated any other learning platforms but I have really enjoyed my subscription to LinkedIN Learning/Lynda. It's allowed me to figure out how to do things on my own when I needed to. I love that it's there and I don't have to wait until a training or conference to learn more about a software or service because I just log into LinkedIn Learning and it's right there!

Support Rating

It's super easy to use, always has what I need, and is reasonably priced for myself and my colleagues. I really don't know where I would be without this service. It saves us time and energy because we know the instruction and videos on LinkedIn are from reputable people who have just what we are looking for.

Key Insights

Do you think LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)'s feature set?

Yes

Did LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Hootsuite, TrendKite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 (formerly Microsoft Dynamics CRM)

Likelihood to Recommend

We had an instance where one of our designers knew that there was a way to link an Excel document with fields to an Adobe InDesign template but they didn't exactly know how to make it all work. They found a training video and after a few minutes had a test page laid out and were able to show how the fields in the Microsoft Excel document were feeding into the new InDesign template.

LinkedIn Learning/Lynda is a great learning platform for your organization

Overall Satisfaction with LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)