Purpose
The benefits of adding LinkedIn Learning (LiL) Content into MyCanvas as an assignment are to:
- give your students due dates
- make the content visible only to specific people or sections
- ensure students complete the video training
- assign grades for completing a LiL course
How to Add a LiL Video Assignment
- Create an Assignment in Canvas
Do not fill in the assignment name, instructions, or points yet as LinkedIn Learning will automatically override those. See Step 5. - In the Submission Type section, select External Tool from the dropdown menu, click the box next to Load This Tool in a New Tab, and click the Find button.
- In the Configure External Tool pop-up window, click on LinkedIn Learning.
- In the LinkedIn Learning pop-up window, search for a full course, video, or learning path.
- Click the Add button next to the desired video(s) and then click Confirm at the bottom of the page.
- Save & Publish the Assignment
Students will be automatically awarded points when they finish watching the LinkedIn Learning Video and exit the LinkedIn Learning platform.
Assigning Credit for Viewing
- LinkedIn Learning hosts multi-video "courses" that are comprised of shorter video "clips".
In your MyCanvas Assignment, you can only link to an entire course (not one clip). - Let students know which video "clip" (or clips) if you do not want them to watch the whole course.
- Not selecting "Load this tool in a new tab" causes an error and LinkedIn cannot connect to Canvas.
- Students must watch the entire video without fast_forwarding (scrubbing) forward. However, they can watch the video at 1.25x-2x speed and still be counted as having watched it.
- The grade is automatically awarded when students close the LinkedIn Learning player after watching the video.