Enhance your Professional Skills with LinkedIn Learning
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is committed to your professional and personal development and is proud to offer LinkedIn Learning for free to all staff, faculty, and students across campus!
Faculty
Through the Office of Professional Education and Workforce Development (PEWD), UTRGV has provided free access to LinkedIn Learning (LIL) to all students, faculty, and staff starting in the summer of 2021. Since then, LIL courses are proving to be of great benefit to UTRGV students in developing industry-specific knowledge and skills, while they are enrolled at UTRGV. Additionally, many of our faculty have taken advantage of this platform for their professional development as well.
Join the many faculty that have started to integrate LIL courses into their curriculum to complement academic learning with industry-specific skill sets that are in high demand. The LIL platform is integrated into Blackboard, making it very convenient for faculty to embed LIL content in their courses and help our students to be ready for the workforce, after graduation. These courses serve well to supplement your curriculum.
Faculty Training & Courses
We offer the following resources to assist you in finding simple and innovative ways you may utilize this platform to enhance your students’ learning and engagement while adding new skill sets to your portfolio.
Introduction to LinkedIn Learning at UTRGV:
How does LinkedIn Learning help, support, and develop faculty?
Integrating LinkedIn Learning Content in Academic Curriculum
Learn how to access the LinkedIn Learning platform and how to integrate content via Blackboard to complement students’ academic knowledge with industry-specific workforce skills in high demand.
Leveraging LinkedIn Learning for Personal, Professional, and Instructional Aims
UTRGV faculty share examples of how they have used LinkedIn Learning to incorporate soft and technical skills development to complement students’ academic learning and support the attainment of student learning outcomes in their courses.
Additional Resources
Blackboard Integration with LinkedIn Learning was completed in the Summer of 2021.
- Guide to integrate LinkedIn Learning content within Blackboard.
- Directory of Courses by Competency - LinkedIn Learning
- Contact our office for additional guidance and support.
Student Employee Development Initiative
Staff
As a UTRGV staff member, you have the valuable opportunity to gain soft skills and technical skills through LinkedIn Learning to grow and develop in the areas you care about in your current professional role and in your personal life.
Student Employee Development Initiative
In Spring 2022, the Office of Professional Education & Workforce Development launched an expanded pilot for the development and mentoring of student employees via the LinkedIn Learning platform. The focus of this program is to develop UTRGV student employees with the professional soft skills and technical skills they need to successfully perform their job functions while preparing them for their future careers after graduation.
Through this pilot, professional skills development via LinkedIn Learning is paired with mentoring from their direct supervisors to build and strengthen our students’ resumes for the competitive job market.
This program also provides support and training resources for supervisors to grow and develop as mentors.
Students
As UTRGV students, you can gain valuable professional soft skills and technical skills through LinkedIn Learning, free of cost. We want to see you succeed in your current student employee positions on-campus or off-campus while preparing you to be successful in the workforce after graduation!
You can earn LinkedIn Learning digital badges and certificates when you complete a course, that will help you build an impressive resume! Certificates and badges can be shared on your LinkedIn Profile and do not expire. They become visible to your networks and potential employers, giving you an advantage when you are competing for your dream job.
The LinkedIn Learning digital library is filled with thousands of courses to help you learn new skills in a wide range of technical, business, software, and creative topics, at your own pace. We are working closely with faculty to embed these courses in their academic curriculum to help you gain industry-specific knowledge.
LinkedIn Learning is accessible 24/7 from your desktop or mobile device to explore a wide range of free courses and videos – some are as short as four to five minutes. Activate your account today via the UTRGV Single Sign-On and explore topics in digital skills and data science, two important skills that are required by most employers these days!
Activate your account today via the UTRGV Single Sign-On.
Did You Know?
A LinkedIn member with a LinkedIn Learning digital certificate added to their profile is 9% more likely to get hired than a member without one.
