The LinkedIn Learning and Bealink integration involves the following requirements:
An active Bealink LMS instance
An active LinkedIn Learning account
Admin access to LinkedIn Learning
Admin privileges to your Bealink LMS instance
Integration Overview
Single Sign-On (SSO)
During the initial configuration, you can configure LinkedIn Learning and Bealink to establish a secure SAML single sign-on (SSO) connection to ensure seamless access to content.
SSO authentication reduces friction for users and administrators by eliminating the
need for manual user registration. SSO ensures learners spend more of their time watching content and less of their time trying to remember usernames and passwords.
Automated Content Catalog Sync
The LinkedIn Learning library contains over 20,000 courses, with 20-30 courses
added per week at no extra cost. Bealink automates this process using the
LinkedIn Learning content APIs, so LMS admins do not have to manually upload new
content packages at regular intervals. After the initial setup, Bealink will
dynamically refresh the content library on an automated basis. This ensures
new LinkedIn Learning content is available to learners within 24 hours of
release. All content titles and descriptions are aggregated and indexed to
accommodate keyword searches and support efficient discoverability. Bealink supports automatic syncing of All languages content libraries.
Reporting
LinkedIn Learning captures all content viewed on its platform in robust usage
reports accessible from the LinkedIn Learning administrative interface. In
addition to generating reports, LinkedIn Learning uses xAPI to communicate a
learner’s activity back to Bealink when the learner completes a LinkedIn Learning course. All LinkedIn Learning course completions will be reported both in LinkedIn Learning and in Bealink.
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For xAPI reporting, SSO must be configured to send the correct identifier for users otherwise completions will not send back successfully.
Configuration – Enabling SAML SSO
We recommend SAML SSO for all enterprise learning platform integrations. You can
configure SSO authentication in your LinkedIn Learning Admin settings. Most
organizations have a centrally-managed identity management solution like Azure
AD, Okta, or ADFS, which can be configured to authenticate users into enterprise
applications like LinkedIn Learning.
In Bealink, on the LinkedIn Learning panel, enter the Application key and the Secret key using the information from the Client ID and Client Secret fields respectively in the LinkedIn Learning Admin Center.
Select Next.
Enable xAPI Learner Activity Tracking in LinkedIn Learning
Provision Bealink xAPI keys
To configure the Bealink xAPI reporting in Bealink, take the following steps:
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