If you have not used LinkedIn Learning before, you can easily access it by following these steps:
McMaster University’s LinkedIn Learning subscription will end on Sept. 22, 2025. Find out more on the McMaster Daily News. This means that all access to the course content, as well as user learning history will no longer be available after that date.
FAQs
The learning history which includes a list of courses completed, course certifications, and tracking your current course view will be lost if you do not have your LinkedIn Learning account connected to your LinkedIn Profile.There is an option to manually download one’s individual learning history.
If you would like to download your learning history, go to the “my learning” tab at the top of your account and then click “learning history.” Beside each course there is a “more” button drop-down where you can download your certificates or add to your LinkedIn profile.
Do I need to have a LinkedIn profile?
For those of you that activated using a LinkedIn profile to connect to your learning account, in the future if you are to regain access to LinkedIn Learning, your learning history will remain tied to you and can be transferred to your future account. Your learning history will not be available for viewing until you receive access to a new account.
For those of you that did not activate using a LinkedIn profile, in the future if you are to regain access to LinkedIn Learning, you will be starting new without your learning history.
For more technical details please access: LinkedIn Learning Help
LinkedIn Learning is an online database of over 16,000 video-based courses taught by industry experts that can help anyone learn the business, software, technology, and creative skills they need to achieve personal and professional goals.
Through McMaster's subscription, students, faculty, and staff members have access to this continually growing collection of engaging, top-quality courses and all the other features of a LinkedIn Learning account.
Introduction to LinkedIn Learning - Student Edition (13:04) (McMaster University Library)
General
For Faculty
LinkedIn Learning allows staff to undertake professional development at their own pace and skill level, or supplement their teaching practices through collections and exercises that can be assigned to students.
The possibilities include:
If you have not used LinkedIn Learning before, you can easily create an account following these steps:
1. Navigate to https://uts.mcmaster.ca/services/teaching-and-learning/linkedin-learning/
2. Click on the LinkedIn Learning button under the How to Get It heading.
3. You will be redirected to the McMaster University Single Sign On page. Enter your MacID and password and click "Login"
4. Follow the prompts to set up and access your LinkedIn Learning account.
LinkedIn Learning allows you to connect your LinkedIn profile with your Learning account. This is an optional step. You are not required to connect your LinkedIn account in order to use LinkedIn Learning.
If your LinkedIn profile is connected to your Learning account, each time you log in to LinkedIn Learning the platform will check to ensure you have a valid LinkedIn session open. Sign in to LinkedIn Learning with your MacID, as usual. If you are using a device where you are already logged in to LinkedIn, you will be taken straight to your Learning account. If you are not logged in to LinkedIn, you will be prompted to enter your personal LinkedIn login details also.
To connect your LinkedIn profile to your LinkedIn Learning account, follow the instructions in this guide.
Please make sure you review LinkedIn's Terms and Privacy Policy before you link your LinkedIn profile with your LinkedIn Learning account.
You can still have access to LinkedIn Learning as an Alumni! Here is the link.