Please review the frequently-asked questions to learn more about the social panel in Learning.
LinkedIn Learning social panel for learners
LinkedIn Learning is introducing new ways to experience community-based learning. Members can join learning groups and share and recommend courses with one another.
Members now can watch learning content with their peers and the LinkedIn Learning community by opting into the social panel. We're inspiring members to keep learning, by showing learners what the people they know and respect are also learning.
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Select the course you'd like to view and open the course page.
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Click the [active] learners bubble in the top right corner of the course page.
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Click Yes to opt-in and turn on this setting.
The social panel expands to show learners watching the course. Active learners may include your connections, people from your organization, or other members of the LinkedIn Learning community. Use the filter to find people you may know. You can filter the list of users by connections or learners at your organization.
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You have access to the social panel to see a list of people who have watched the course in the last 7 days.
Your course viewing is visible only to other learners who also have activated this setting.
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Course viewing sharing for all courses is enabled.
You can turn it off for individual courses via Settings in the social panel.
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You receive notifications about courses watched by your connections, who also receive notifications based on what you're learning.
If you don't want your connections to be notified about what you're learning, you must opt-out for all courses in your LinkedIn Learning account settings.
You receive notifications about courses watched by your connections, who also receive notifications based on what you're learning.
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Navigate to your desired course.
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Click the [active] learners bubble in the top right corner of the course page.
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Scroll down the list of People watching this week to locate the person you'd like to message.
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Click Message.
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In the New LinkedIn message box, enter your message and click Send.
Important to know
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Log into LinkedIn Learning.
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Click your photo in the top right corner of the window, and select Settings from the dropdown that appears.
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Scroll to Social and toggle the feature to Off.
LinkedIn Learning social panel for admins
The social panel allows learners to see people watching a course from both within and without their organization. The feature cannot be limited only to your organization.