New WiLS / Lynda.com Partnership

WiLS is excited to announce we have entered into a partnership with LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com which allows for a heavily discounted offering of their site wide solution!  This offering is designed to cover all faculty, staff and students for a three-year span for participating campuses.  Join your other WiLS colleagues and get a 30% discount by opting in during the May 1 – June 29^th 2018 opt-in period. The contract start date for this partnership is slated for July 16^th but we need enough schools to opt-in to make the offering viable.  Whether you’re an existing client of LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com or new to the program, you’ll receive discount pricing with this package. All orders will go directly through LinkedIn. Their contact is Kyle Obot ().

To learn more about this resource and the offer please attend an informational webinar on May 15th, 2018 at noon. Webinar Attendee Link

LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com provides on-demand training on skills, such as leadership, business skills, technology and creative skills. LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com boasts one of the largest content libraries available with over 6,500 courses comprised of hundreds of thousands of videos.  With LinkedIn’s data and Microsoft’s backing, LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com also has the fastest growing library and launches 35-40 new courses a week.  This ensures they are able to keep up with the demanding technology changes as they happen.  All of the courses are produced in-house and taught by industry experts, ensuring a consistent high-quality feel.  Courses are transcribed and can be easily sifted through to narrow down to the exact content you need, ensuring just-in-time learning is available.

Key facts about the agreement:

• Opt-in Period: A 30% discount off of current LinkedIn Learning site license list price will be available to Consortium Members during a 60-day opt-in period from May 1, 2018 through June 29, 2018.
• In order for WiLS to leverage this agreement, we must commit to a spend threshold.  We are optimistic that the terms of agreement will enable more WiLS members to take advantage and bring us to that goal.
• Current Lynda.com customers are eligible to participate (see your rep for details and eligibility criteria).

Key benefits of Lynda.com:

• Prepare your students for lifelong, skill-based learning while allowing them to explore various interests.
• Keep faculty, staff and students current on the latest technology and productivity tools.
• Upskill your campus and close job-related skills gaps for internal staff members and students entering the workforce.
• Deliver cost-effective, uniform training on a global scale.
• Grant best in class tools to various departments such as career services, IT help desks, technology change teams and project management teams.

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Solution Highlights:

• World-class content: 6,500+ digital courses taught by industry experts.
• Data-driven curation: Relevant course recommendations to each consumer, based on unique data from LinkedIn.com.
• Convenience: In-depth and bite-sized courses that can be viewed anytime, on any device, online or offline.
• Easily integrate with a learning management system (LMS)
• Provide single sign-on (SSO) authentication (for select identity providers)

If you have any questions, or to receive a price quote, please contact Kyle Obot ()