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Lynda.com is Changing to a New Platform

Lynda To Li L
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By Perrin Grauer

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Here's what you need to know as Lynda.com makes the jump to the new LinkedIn Learning resource.

ECU has upgraded from Lynda.com to the new LinkedIn Learning platform (LiL).

  • LiL will feature the same extensive video library as Lynda.com, with a new and updated look and feel.
  • LiL is available for all current ECU employees and students.
  • LiL is provided through the Library - you will find LiL listed on our databases page.
  • Access is obtained via single sign-on using your xxxxxxx@ecuad.ca username and password (the same used for MyEC and ECU email).

A significant change with this new platform is that when you first login to the new LiL you will be prompted to create a LinkedIn account or connect to a preexisting LinkedIn account. You are not required to have or create a LinkedIn account to use LinkedIn Learning.

You may also be prompted to create a LiL account; the LiL account should only ask you for some learning preferences and will not ask you for any personal information.

As a consequence of this upgrade, preexisting Lynda.com accounts will not be saved. This means if you have completed a course or have saved your learning trajectory you may not have access to this user history on the new platform. That said, the content on LiL will be the same which means that you can always review the videos you have previously watched.

If you had previously created a Lynda.com account, the library may be able to provide you with a report on your learning history.

While we understand this transition may feel like a hassle, this change was not optional, as LinkedIn has decided to retire the Lynda.com platform.

If you have questions or concerns, or are having difficulties accessing the new LiL platform please come to the library and speak to a library staff member or contact us at library@ecuad.ca.

And please review our FAQ below, for answers to questions you may already have

FAQ

Lynda.com is retiring, and its function and content are now being handled by LinkedIn Learning (LiL). So, in order to continue offering this learning resource, we’re going to be working with LiL from this point forward.

Unfortunately, your user history will not automatically be transferred from Lynda.com over to LiL. Emily Carr University, however, can provide you with the details on your old user history. If you’d like this information, please contact the ECU Library, at library@ecuad.ca.

You login to LiL via single sign-on using your xxxxxxx@ecuad.ca username and password (the same used for MyEC and ECU email).

    In order to uphold its obligations according to BC’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Emily Carr University has created a separate, secure log-in. Doing so ensures that student information remains completely out of reach of any outside organization, including LinkedIn, LiL, or associated third parties.

    So long as your LinkedIn account and LiL account remain separate, LinkedIn will not have access to any data regarding your interaction with the LiL platform. Linking the two could automatically give LinkedIn permission to use your data from LiL, including (but not limited to):

    • Visits and use of services
    • Cookies
    • Messages
    • Device and location
    • Information from your employer or school

    As with other social media sites and internet browsers, using LinkedIn is free because data is their business. This means that your data, once collected, is used by LinkedIn in a number of ways (many of which are unclear to users) to create valuable databases which are then sold to third-party companies.

    To be clear: this is currently standard practice for social media services such as LinkedIn. The point is simply that by declining to link your LiL account with LinkedIn, you can avoid your personal LiL data being collected by LinkedIn.

    Step 1: Log in via single sign-on using your xxxxxxx@ecuad.ca username and password (the same used for MyEC and ECU email).


    Step 2    : You'll be asked whether you'd like to connect to your LinkedIn account. Here, you may select "Continue without LinkedIn," if you'd like your LiL data to remain private.


    Step 3    : When asked again whether to connect to your LinkedIn account, you may select "Don't connect my account," if you'd like your LiL data to remain private.


    Step 4: You'll then be asked to enter some learning preferences. Click "Sounds good."


    Step 5: Choose which category you'd like to explore.


    Step 6: Choose which skills you're interested in (you are able to change these later in your account settings).


    Step 7: Set a weekly goal for the amount of study time you'd like to dedicate to the LiL platform, or choose "Maybe later."


    Step 8    : You're all set! Start learning!

    Your private information will not be shared with outside organizations so long as you choose NOT to connect your LiL account to your LinkedIn profile page.

    OpenAthens, which we implemented over the summer, uses an anonymized key for each user, ensuring that no private information is passed by the University to the various vendors and platforms that we provide access to through the Library website.

    Whatever information you may have already provided to LinkedIn as part of a separate profile, however, will not be covered by this protection.

    LiL (formerly Lynda.com) constitutes an extensive and top-tier learning tool, which ECU considers to be one of the best extracurricular resources we can provide to the ECU community. A number of faculty members also rely on LiL content as a learning aid, which provides students an alternative to expensive textbooks.

    YES. While Lynda.com will remain active until the end of 2019, we highly recommend that you update the Lynda links to new LiL links. If you need help finding videos you previously used, please contact the library for assistance, at library@ecuad.ca.

    Indeed you do. If you like LiL, check out O'Reilly For Higher Education Online Books or EBSCO eBooks. They’re available to ECU staff, faculty and students through the Library Databases page.