Important to know
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Code Challenges allow you or your learners to advance coding skills with on-platform, hands-on practice (powered by CoderPad) alongside LinkedIn Learning coursework and interactive coding exercises with real-time feedback.
Learners will receive a question/prompt, and can code the solution and receive autogenerated feedback on whether the answer input was correct or incorrect. If it's incorrect, they'll receive hints on how to correct their answer.
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Code Challenges on LinkedIn Learning is powered by CoderPad. No personally identifiable LinkedIn data is passed to CoderPad. And CoderPad abides by all LinkedIn GDPR regulations.
Here are some frequently asked questions about Code Challenges for admins:
Depending on whether your organization’s LMS is integrated with LinkedIn Learning, you could have one of the following experiences:
- Linkout mode - If an LMS customer links out directly to a LinkedIn Learning course, Code Challenges are available.
- Focus Mode Linkout - If an LMS customer links out directly to a LinkedIn Learning course, but hides social features and homepage, Code Challenges will not be available in LMS.
- i-Frame mode - LinkedIn Learning is viewed via an iFrame within the LMS. In this case the Code Challenges feature will not be available.
If LinkedIn Learning is in Focus or i-Frame mode, learners attempting to access code challenges will see the message below, asking to contact their admin to enable the feature.
To enable this feature, you can:
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On LinkedIn Learning, access Settings > Focused Learning.
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Then, select the recommended setting, Allow learners to browse.
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Alternately, you can access your LMS settings and adjust Launch Behavior to New Window.
No, Code Challenges are integrated into LinkedIn Learning courses and are available within the product.
Yes, course completion data will be available for the LinkedIn Learning course through normal skills reporting that's available. No code challenge-specific data is reported.