{"id":3655,"date":"2021-11-03T15:35:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T15:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/?p=3655"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:46:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:46:21","slug":"linkedin-learning-our-featured-courses-last-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/linkedin-learning-our-featured-courses-last-month\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn Learning &#8211; our featured courses last month"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>At the beginning of the year, we made LinkedIn Learning available for free to all our staff and students through a university-wide licence.<\/h3>\n<p>Since then, many of our staff and students have been using the platform. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/2021\/05\/11\/using-linkedin-learing-as-a-student\/\">read about a student&#8217;s experience of using LinkedIn Learning<\/a> on this blog.<\/p>\n<p>Each week throughout October, we have been reviewing the most popular courses on the platform with our staff and students and sharing them on our<a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/supporting-your-work\/teach-and-support-students\/teach-and-assess-students\/learning-and-teaching-development\/tools-and-platforms-for-teaching\/linkedin-learning\"> intranet pages<\/a>. In case you missed them, we have collated our selection for you to review at your own time:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Course 1: Help with Office 365<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"post-3656 media-3656\" class=\"image align-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 575px;height: 321px\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2021\/11\/teen-school-girl-distance-learning-online-video-ca-CVHL35T.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>A collection of courses to help you if you are unfamiliar with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/learning-admin\/content\/collections\/1~AAAAAAIcDeQ=738495?account=35392996\">Access the courses\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Course 2: Speaking confidently and effectively<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"post-3657 media-3657\" class=\"image align-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2021\/11\/public-speaking-2021-08-31-16-30-40-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"304\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>In this course, adapted from the podcast How to Be Awesome at Your Job, learn how to build on your presentation skills to gain a competitive advantage in your career.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/learning\/speaking-confidently-and-effectively\/great-speaking-skills-are-a-must-have?u=35392996\">Access the course\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Course 3: Critical thinking<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"post-3658 media-3658\" class=\"image align-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 639px;height: 400px\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2021\/11\/the-human-hand-fills-the-last-missing-elements-of-2021-08-30-05-54-27-utc-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"674\" height=\"422\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>In this course, leadership trainer and expert Mike Figliuolo outlines a series of techniques to help you develop your critical thinking skills.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/learning\/critical-thinking\/welcome-to-critical-thinking-2?u=35392996\">Access the course<\/a><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Activating your account<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re yet to activate your account, you can do so by following these three steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/learning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit the LinkedIn Learning homepage<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li>enter your Cardiff University email address or choose \u2018Log in with organization account\u2019<\/li>\n<li>login with your Cardiff University email address and password<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/supporting-your-work\/teach-and-support-students\/teach-and-assess-students\/learning-and-teaching-development\/tools-and-platforms-for-teaching\/linkedin-learning\">More information can be found on our intranet page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the beginning of the year, we made LinkedIn Learning available for free to all our staff and students through a university-wide licence. 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