What does the Social integration do?

Litmos’ Social integration is 3rd Party integration that allows Learners to share course Achievements across Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. When a Learner shares a course Achievement, he or she can write a blurb about the course and the accomplishment in a pop-up window, and then share this as a Facebook Post, a LinkedIn Update or a Twitter Tweet. Learners can also post course Badges to LinkedIn as a LinkedIn Certificates. 

Enable the Social integration

To enable the Social integration, an Account Owners can navigate to Account Settings> Integrations  and click on the “Social” integration icon.

 

When this is clicked, a new window will pop-up with an option to “Enable Social”. The Account Owner must check this setting and click “Save changes”. This will enable the Social integration.

Once the Social integration is enabled, Administrators can choose which courses are allowed to be shared across the integrated social networks by enabling a new course setting called “Social”. To enable this setting, Administrators will check the “Allow social sharing” option and click “Save”.

 

Social Sharing of Courses

Once a course has been enabled for social sharing, Learners who have completed that course can share the achievement on integrated social networks. In order to share a course Achievement, a Learner must click on one of the social icons that will become visible for the course:

 

Once a Learner clicks on an icon, he or she may be required to enter login credentials for that social site. If the Learner is already logged into the social site when clicking on the icon, then a pop-up will display to the Learner from that site, so that the Learner can write a blurb about the course and the Achievement before it is shared on the social network. For instance, if a Learner clicks the LinkedIn icon the following pop-up would display:

Once the pop-up window appears to the Learner, the Learner can write up a personal statement to the share before it is posted. Different social sites will provide different sharing options in the pop-up window. For instance, sharing a course Achievement on LinkedIn allows learner to share @ people, @ groups, post the update to groups, send the Update to individuals and more. Please see below for the details of each social sharing by course option.

Social Sharing of Courses on Facebook

Social Sharing of Courses on Facebook is currently available for organizations on the AU and US instances who are not using custom domains. Learners can click the Facebook sharing icon on their achievement to share to Facebook.

This will open a pop-up window and enable the Learner to share on Facebook as a post. The details for the post are generic and show your Organization name and a link to Litmos. Learners can customize the post text before sharing on Facebook.

Social Sharing of Courses on Twitter

Learners can click the Twitter sharing icon on their achievement to share to Twitter.

This will open a pop-up window and enable the Learner to tweet. The details for the tweet are generic and show your Organization name. Learners can customize the text before tweeting on Twitter.

Social Sharing of Courses on LinkedIn

Learners can click the LinkedIn sharing icon on their achievement to share to LinkedIn as a post.

This will open a pop-up window and enable the Learner to share on LinkedIn. The details for the post are generic and show a link to Litmos. Learners can select to share in a post or private message.

Learners can customize the post text before sharing on LinkedIn.

Social Sharing of Badges

Badges earned in Litmos can also be shared on Social Media. In order to use the social sharing of badges functionality, Litmos Account Owners must first assign a Badge to the course and “Enable the Badge for social sharing”.

To assign a Badge to a course, an Account Owner will navigate to Account Settings > Litmos Features > Badges/Gamification. Here, an Account Owner can create a Badge and assign it to the course/ Learning Path, or edit an existing Badge and assign that Badge to the course/Learning Path. The Badges/Gamification feature must be enabled in order for the Learner to view and share a Badge  from the Achievements tab. 

Litmos facilitates social sharing via LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. As there is some variation between each they have been detailed separately below.

Please note that the Badge images cannot be shared/posted.

Social Sharing of Badges – LinkedIn

Use the Social integration to post a Badge as a LinkedIn Certificate

1. Navigate to Account Settings > Litmos Features > Badges/Gamification.

2. Add a new Gamification Item/ edit an existing Gamification Item

   

3. Add a Badge name

4. Description is optional

5. Select Enable the badge for Social sharing

6. Points are optional

7. Select Courses/ Learning Paths required to achieve the Badge/Points

8. Click Save.

Now this Badge can be posted as a LinkedIn Certificate by any Learner that completes the course(s) that this Badge is assigned to. When Learners complete the course(s) that this Badge is assigned to, Learners can view the Badge on the Achievements tab and can click on the LinkedIn icon to post the Badge as a LinkedIn Certificate.

 

When the LinkedIn icon is clicked, a pop-up window from LinkedIn will display with an option to customize the details of the LinkedIn Certificate that is being created. 

Learners can complete the details and post to LinkedIn.

Use the Social integration to share a Badge as a LinkedIn post

1. Navigate to Account Settings > Litmos Features > Badges/Gamification.

2. Add a new Gamification Item/ edit an existing Gamification Item

    

3. Add a Badge name

4. Description is optional

5. Select Enable the badge for Social sharing

6. A URL can be entered to share with the post. A default sample of Litmos.com is provided but this can be set to a relevant URL for your badge or left blank of preferred.

7. Select Share Badges as posts in LinkedIn

8. Points are optional

9. Select Courses/ Learning Paths required to achieve the Badge/Points

10. When the badge details are completed, click “Save”.  

Now this Badge can be shared on LinkedIn as a post by any Learner that completes the course(s) that this Badge is assigned to. 

 

When the LinkedIn icon is clicked, a pop-up window from LinkedIn will display with an option to customize the details of the LinkedIn post that is being created. 

Social Sharing of Badges – Facebook for Organizations with Custom Domains

For organizations with custom domains and social sharing who would like to allow users to share their badges on Facebook, a Facebook App ID is required first. To enter your Facebook App ID, please ensure  custom domain, Social Integration and Gamification are enabled. Navigate to Account > Features > Gamification. The Use Facebook sharing for Custom Domains  option will be visible to select. Enable the option and enter your Facebook App ID to allow users to share badges on Facebook. 

Social Sharing of Badges- Facebook

1. Navigate to Account Settings > Litmos Features > Badges/Gamification.

2. Add a new Gamification Item/ edit an existing Gamification Item

     

3. Add a Badge name

4. Description is optional

5. Select Enable the badge for Social sharing

6. A URL can be entered to share with the post. A default sample of Litmos.com is provided but this can be set to a relevant URL for your badge or left blank of preferred.

7. Do not select Share Badges as posts in LinkedIn

8. Add Default post Text if required

9. Points are optional

10. Select Courses/ Learning Paths required to achieve the Badge/Points

11. When the badge details are completed, click “Save”.  

Now this Badge can be shared on Facebook as a post by any Learner that completes the course(s) that this Badge is assigned to. 

 

When the Facebook icon is clicked, a pop-up window from Facebook will display with the URL Link and Default post text and option to customize the details of the Facebook post that is being created. 

Social Sharing of Badges- Twitter

1. Navigate to Account Settings > Litmos Features > Badges/Gamification.

2. Add a new Gamification Item/ edit an existing Gamification Item

   

3. Add a Badge name

4. Description is optional

5. Select Enable the badge for Social sharing

6. A URL can be entered to share with the post. A default sample of Litmos.com is provided but this can be set to a relevant URL for your badge or left blank of preferred.

7. Do not select Share Badges as posts in LinkedIn

8. Add Default post text if required

9. Points are optional

10. Select Courses/ Learning Paths required to achieve the Badge/Points

11. When the badge details are completed, click “Save”.  

Now this Badge can be shared on Twitter as a post by any Learner that completes the course(s) that this Badge is assigned to. 

 

When the Twitter  icon is clicked, a pop-up window from Twitter  will display with the URL Link and Default post text and option to customize the details of the Twitter post that is being created.