Configure a LinkedIn Learning Web Catalog

To provide LinkedIn Learning course information the LMS, the course information is integrated via the LinkedIn Learning API.  This allows learners to search for and launch courses from the API.

If your organization offers training courses provided by LinkedIn Learning, course administrators can integrate LinkedIn Learning course information with LMS catalogs via the LinkedIn Learning API, so learners can search for and launch courses from the LMS.

Web catalogs are synchronized with the third-party catalogs to ensure that they are always up-to-date. You can allow the content to be included in the Catalog Search results. Like regular LMS catalogs, Web Catalogs have access permissions to specify who can view them and edit them.

Prerequisite: You will need the LinkedIn Client ID, Content Connector Prefix and Secret in order to perform his task.  Please have this information handy.

To import learning content into web catalogs, your user role must have unrestricted access to the Content Package, AICC Course Structure, Resource, Web Catalogs and PENS Import feature in System Roles (Manage Features > Catalog Manager Features).

Add a LinkedIn Learning Web Catalog

To add a LinkedIn Learning Web Catalog

  1. Go to Manage Center > Learning > Catalog General Settings > Web Catalogs.
  2. Click + Add LinkedIn Web catalog. 
  3. In the Name field, enter the name for the LinkedIn Learning catalog.  This is the name learners will see in the Catalog Browser and Catalog Search results.
  4. In the LinkedIn Client ID field, enter the ID provided by LinkedIn.
  5. In the LinkedIn Content Connector Prefix field enter the connector prefix.
  6. In the LinkedIn Client Secret field enter the client secret.
  7. Click Save. 

Set Permissions for the LinkedIn Learning Catalog

To set permissions for the LinkedIn Learning catalog:

  1. Go to Manage Center > Learning > Catalog General Settings > Web Catalogs and locate the appropriate catalog.
  2. Click on the action menu and select Permissions. 
  3. Configure the permissions as required.

Refresh a Catalog

Refreshing a Web Catalog keeps the courses registered in the LMS synchronized with courses hosted by the third-party course suppliers.  

When the catalog update is complete, the Last Update column on the Web Catalogs list page is refreshed to reflect the date.

To refresh a Web Catalog

  1. Go to Manage Center > Learning > Catalog General Settings > Web Catalogs and locate the appropriate catalog.
  2. Click the action menu and select Refresh.  Alternatively, click Refresh All at the top of the screen to refresh all of the Web Catalogs.

Delete a Catalog

When you delete a Web Catalog, you can choose to delete all courses and training records associated with it. 

To delete a Web Catalog

  1. Go to Manage Center > Learning > Catalog General Settings > Web Catalogs and locate the appropriate catalog.
  2. Click the action menu and select Delete. 
  3. Select the check box if you also want to delete all courses and training records associated with the Web Catalog.
  4. Click OK to delete the Web Catalog.