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.

The social panel is available on desktop and mobile.

To see who else is learning with you:

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.

When the social panel is enabled:

You receive notifications about courses watched by your connections, who also receive notifications based on what you're learning.

To send a message:

To opt-out of the social panel:

Yes. Please visit your LinkedIn.com profile settings to change your profile or name display.

Like all social features in LinkedIn Learning, this feature requires learners to have a connected profile. Therefore, only profile connection required or profile connection optional accounts will see this feature.

This feature is available to your learners by default. However, learners must opt-in to view the social panel. As an admin, you can manage your organization's access to the social panel via a toggle switch in Learning Management Settings, which allows you to turn off the social panel at the account level at any time.

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.