LinkedIn Learning, POD Picks & Yoodli
LinkedIn Learning
Free, on-demand training and development for UW employees
From role guides to your personal library of saved courses, the LinkedIn Learning platform provides a wealth of options to promote on-the-job success and help you achieve your career goals.
LinkedIn Learning NetID sign-in
- On-demand training: Access thousands of courses on business skills, leadership, project management, productivity, software/IT and other areas.
- Certifications: Earn professional certificates in Adobe, Microsoft and other applications, or access practice exams for project management and other areas.
- My Career Journey: Based on your current role and stated goals, LinkedIn Learning will create a custom learning plan for you.
- AI-powered coaching: Practice and prepare for challenging conversations via an AI assistant that provides feedback.
Connecting your free LinkedIn Learning account with your LinkedIn profile enables the platform to suggest learning for you and makes it easy to add completed courses to your profile.
POD Picks
POD has scoured the LinkedIn Learning catalog for engaging and impactful content. Check out the selections below and check back next month for more hand-picked recommendations.
Communications
- Communicating with Confidence: Want to feel more confident speaking up in a Zoom meeting, giving a presentation or leading a discussion? This dynamic 1.25-hour course delivers a wealth of useful strategies and techniques with wit and impact. Learn how to manage your message, master your voice and body language, and handle nervousness as you become a more impactful, influential and confident communicator.
- Pro tip: Although this course is brief, taking it over a few days or even weeks will give you a chance to practice and incorporate the techniques presented.
People, Project and Program Management
- Essentials of Team Collaboration: Whether you’re managing a new team or hoping to reinvigorate an existing one, collaboration is key for leveraging expertise, enhancing problem-solving, improving morale and producing better outcomes. In just half an hour, this self-paced course identifies simple techniques and activities you can use with your team to enhance relationships and improve collaboration.
- Pro tip: This course merits 1.2 continuing professional education credits and 0.5 professional development units.
- Project Leadership: In just over 2.5 hours, this video-based course delves into tactical and interpersonal aspects of leading a project, including establishing a high-level project vision, motivating and developing your team, and applying emotional intelligence and other behaviors to help your team achieve peak performance.
- Pro tip: If you don’t have the time or interest in completing the entire course, skip to the sections most pertinent to you: Sections 1 and 2 focus on tactical aspects of getting a project off the ground, section 3 covers self-awareness and emotional intelligence, and sections 4 and 5 revolve around motivating team members, situational leadership and high-performing teams.
Productivity
- Excel Essential Training (Microsoft 365): Get up to speed with Microsoft Excel, from understanding options in Excel’s menu, the basics of entering and organizing data, creating and formatting charts, and building PivotTables. An end-of-course exam tests your knowledge.
- Pro tip: Download the exercise files for hands-on practice.
- Microsoft Copilot: The Art of Prompt Writing: In about 45 minutes, this straightforward video-based course walks learners through improving prompt-writing skills to enhance productivity across Microsoft applications.
- Pro tip: Select “Contents” towards the top left of the screen in LinkedIn Learning to access an outline of the course content. To save time:
- Skip the short “Understand the Copilot subscriptions” video in the Introduction section. (UW provides Microsoft Copilot with commercial data protection.)
- In the section on Prompt Examples, jump to a specific Microsoft application of interest, such as Teams, Word or PowerPoint.
- Related resources: Learn more about accessing and using Microsoft Copilot at the UW.
- Pro tip: Select “Contents” towards the top left of the screen in LinkedIn Learning to access an outline of the course content. To save time:
Yoodli AI coach
Free for UW employees, this AI-based communication tool can help you prepare for everything from presentations to difficult conversations and job interviews. Through Yoodli you can receive private feedback and practice custom roleplay scenarios.