Rock Your LinkedIn Profile
Overview
Explore how to create a LinkedIn profile that brings your personal career story to life, whether you’re just starting out, seeking to advance, or making a career change. This course offers tips on tailoring each section, starting with the key insight that a LinkedIn profile is unique and shouldn’t be approached exactly like a resume. The class covers ways to add media to a profile, methods for showcasing your career accomplishments and aspirations, and specific examples of profile phrases and language that can help inspire your personal story.
Rock your LinkedIn Profile
Program: TCAT Success Class
Class Number: LinkedIn 101
Class Name: Rock Your LinkedIn Profile
Length: 216
Class Description:
Explore how to create a LinkedIn profile that brings your personal career story to life, whether you’re just starting out, seeking to advance, or making a career change. This course offers tips on tailoring each section, starting with the key insight that a LinkedIn profile is unique and shouldn’t be approached exactly like a resume. The class covers ways to add media to a profile, methods for showcasing your career accomplishments and aspirations, and specific examples of profile phrases and language that can help inspire your personal story.
Prerequisites:
Creation of a LinkedIn Learning Account
Email Account
Entry Level Skill-Sets/Standards:
Students should have proficiency with basic personal computer skills including using a mouse/keyboard, Use a web-browser to open and navigate web pages, Basic operating system functions to support saving and printing files.
Textbook (s), Supplementary and Related Instructional Materials:
Required Textbooks:
None
Supplementary Materials:
Supplemental textbook materials will be provided when assigned.
Online references and training materials will be used extensively for this course.
Instructional Materials:
Delivery of the LinkedIn lessons will be presented primarily through the LinkedIn Learning. Students will create a username/password to access the class content.
- Class Outline:
Unit | Topics | Assignment Reference | Resource |
1 | Your Profile, Your Story | LinkedIn Learning (online) |
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See your profile as your story | |||
Profile Quick Tips | |||
Chapter Quiz | |||
2 | Profile Photo, Headline and Industry | ||
Use your profile to build your brand | |||
Create a photo that represents you | |||
Set up name pronunciation | |||
Craft a standout headline | |||
Keep your industry and location current | |||
Show you’re open to work | |||
Introduce yourself with profile video | |||
Add your pronouns | |||
Activate creator mode | |||
Chapter Quiz | |||
3 | Profile Summary | ||
Who are you? Creating your profile summary | |||
Take action: Create a summary that introduces you | |||
Showcase work you’re proud of; Adding featured content | |||
Chapter Quiz | |||
4 | Experience | ||
Showcase your accomplishments with work experience | |||
Take Action: Craft your work experience | |||
Add a career break | |||
Bring your story to life with rich media | |||
Chapter Quiz | |||
5 | Skills, Endorsements, and Recommendations | ||
Got Skills? Adding skills and getting endorsed | |||
Use recommendations to build credibility | |||
Don’t underestimate volunteer experience | |||
Chapter Quiz |
6 | Final Project – Completed profile and connection to TCAT Knoxville |
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- Class Goals:
This class will:
- Develop/Enhance/Expand a student’s knowledge of the impact of social media for your career
- Develop/Enhance/Expand a student’s knowledge of creating your brand identity
- Develop a professional profile on LinkedIn for each student and make a connection online to TCAT Knoxville
- Expected Learning Outcomes:
- Profile photo best practices
- Creating a custom LinkedIn headline
- Updating your industry
- Introducing yourself in the summary section
- Adding work experience
- Adding skills
- Getting endorsements
- Requesting recommendations
- Academic Assessment and Evaluation:
- Quizzes 50% of Grade
Unit 1 Your Profile, Your Story Quiz
Unit 2 Profile Photo, Headline, and Industry Quiz
Unit 3 Profile Summary Quiz
Unit 4 Experience Quiz
Unit 5 Skills, Endorsements, and Recommendations Quiz
B. Classroom Attendance 25% of Grade
C. LinkedIn Profile and Connection to TCAT Knoxville 25% of Grade
E. Academic Grading Scale
94 – 100(+) A Mastery of Learning Objectives and Skills
87 – 93% B Competent Knowledge and Skills
80 – 86% C Passable Knowledge with Minimal Skills
73 – 79% D Unsatisfactory Knowledge and Skill Abilities
0 – 72% F Failure to Reach Acceptable Knowledge or Skill Abilities
Students are required to archive their completed unit assignments and the various unit exercises and projects for the duration of their enrollment in the TCAT Success Class.
A. Unit Level Exam(s) (Units 1-6) – 100%
100% of each unit grade (Units 1-6) is based on a unit Level quizzes (Levels 1-5). Quizzes are delivered through an online computer-based delivery system (LinkedIn Learning) and given in a varied format. The minimum competency score for each Level exam is 80% as demonstration of passing the Level objectives. Unit objectives can be reviewed and exams will be re-taken as a requirement to meet the minimum competency score for all unit objectives.
B. Penalties
Any incomplete portions of a required assignment, or turning in an assignment after the assigned due-date will be subject to points being deducted on the basis of a maximum of points for each incomplete required objective, and a maximum of (-5) points deducted for each day overdue.
C. Academic Grading Scale
94 – 100(+) A Mastery of Learning Objectives and Skills
87 – 93% B Competent Knowledge and Skills
80 – 86% C Passable Knowledge with Minimal Skills
73 – 79% D Unsatisfactory Knowledge and Skill Abilities
0 – 72% F Failure to Reach Acceptable Knowledge or Skill Abilities
Students are required to archive their completed unit assignments and the various unit exercises and projects for the duration of their enrollment in the Rock Your LinkedIn Learning Course.
- Policies:
Details specific to all Technology Center policies as well as each policy listed can be found in the current revision to the TCAT Knoxville Institutional Catalog and Student Handbook online at
https://tcatknoxville.edu/current-students/student-handbookcatalog
- Attendance:
The nature of the programs at the Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology is such that it is necessary for every student to attend regularly. Excessive interruptions due to absences will have an adverse effect on student progress.
The attendance policy is intended to promote dependability and positive worker characteristics essential to success in the workforce. Students are expected to be punctual and attend class each day. The purpose of the attendance policy is to provide those students with mitigating circumstances or emergencies beyond their control an exception to perfect attendance. Discretionary hours or personal time away from school is not considered appropriate absences. Further, students are required to call in absences to their instructor.
All students must attend at least 90.3% of their scheduled hours in order to maintain satisfactory attendance.
Any student who terminates for any cause and is in probationary status will continue the same probationary status if that student re-enters within one year of the termination date. When a student is terminated a second time because of failing grades and/or violation of policies, the administration must give approval before re-application can be made. Any student terminated due to attendance violations must wait a full trimester before being permitted to re-enroll.
- Disciplinary Policies:
Additional Information can be found on the Tennessee Board of Regents website at http://www.tbr.edu/policies/default.aspx?id=8033
0240-3-21-.01 Institution Policy Statement
0240-3-21-.02 Disciplinary Offenses
0240-3-21-.03 Academic and Classroom Misconduct
0240-3-21-.04 Disciplinary Sanctions
0240-3-21-.05 Disciplinary Procedures
0240-3-21-.06 Traffic and Parking Regulations
- Student Progress:
The Progress Policy provides the minimum criteria for evaluating student achievement relating to identified occupational competencies and defines retention standards of the institution.
Evaluations are recorded for each student at the end of the 72 days of instruction that comprise a trimester.
The trimester grade report will reflect each student’s progress in the following areas:
• Skill Proficiency
• Related Information (Academic Scores)
• Worker Characteristics
A student must maintain a “C” or better average for the 72 day period of instruction. Failure to do so will result in termination at the end of the trimester.
NOTE: Additional retention standards for specific programs may be maintained by the school pursuant to accreditation or licensing requirements. Students receiving financial aid should refer to that section of the catalog for additional requirements for eligibility.
- Computer Operation, Internet/Network Access:
Each computer user must review the policy and guidelines of the institution before operating any computer system. Compliance with this policy is necessary to insure maximum utilization and performance of each computer system, as well as provide a sense of security and respectful cooperation among the school community. Strict adherence to this policy will prevent costly damage or repair, down-time, and/or loss of computer privileges.
(1) No computer system may be used without prior approval of the supervising instructor or other school official.
(2) Because software is protected under copyright laws, no software can be copied without written authorization.
(3) No outside software can be loaded on school computers without written approval.
(4) Changes to a system’s configuration or the inappropriate deleting or changing of computer settings is forbidden.
(5) Technical manuals must not be removed from the training area.
(6) Computers must not be moved or repositioned on tables.
(7) To prevent damage to any system, computer users should not eat, drink or smoke around computer equipment.
(8) Specific instructions for access to the Internet or network:
(a) The system may not be used for personal or private matters.
(b) Creating, distributing, or accessing hate mail, pornographic or obscene material, discriminatory or harassing materials or communications is strictly forbidden.
(c) Anti-social behaviors (including spamming) are forbidden.
(d) Accessing pornographic images or language is forbidden.
(e) Creating, distributing, or accessing confidential material, including, but not limited to, test files or student/personnel records is forbidden.
Any person who violates this policy will be subject to appropriate disciplinary sanctions, including dismissal and/or possible prosecution.
- Services for Students with Disabilities:
According to Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act and the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a student with a disability is someone who has a physical or mental impairment; has a history of impairment; or is believed to have a disability that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities, such as learning, speaking, working, hearing, breathing, caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, or walking.
TCAT provides services and academic accommodations for students with disabilities who self-identify as having a disability and provide appropriate documentation of the disability to Student Services. Student Services coordinates the services and academic accommodations for all students with disabilities.
These services include, but are not limited to, assistance with registration; new student advising; volunteer note-takers; notification to faculty of accommodation requests; extended/alternative testing; readers, scribes, and interpreters; tutor referrals; designated liaisons to faculty, staff, and the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation; use of campus adaptive equipment; and assistance in identifying/locating adaptive equipment.
Services of a personal nature are not provided. Students who need support services or accommodations for testing are encouraged to contact this office prior to enrollment.
Persons who need assistance or information on services that are available to students with disabilities should contact the Student Services Department.
Syllabus Changes:
The instructor reserves the right to make changes as necessary to this syllabus. If changes are necessitated during the term of the course, the instructor will immediately notify students of such changes both by individual communication and posting both notification and nature of change(s) on the course Learning Management System.
Technical Support:
For additional support on specific course content, objectives and requirements, please contact your course Instructor.