Your schooling and any other education are an important part of your LinkedIn profile. This topic tells you how to use a screen reader to add your education to your profile. We have tested the topic with JAWS, Narrator, NVDA in Microsoft Edge, VoiceOver, the built-in iOS screen reader, and TalkBack, the built-in Android screen reader which adheres to common accessibility standards and techniques. Different screen readers and web browsers might behave differently.
Important to know
You must be signed in to your LinkedIn account.
To add your education with screen reader support
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To open the Me menu on the LinkedIn homepage, press the Tab key until you hear “Me button, collapsed,” and then press Enter.
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To open your profile, press the Tab key until you hear “View Profile,” and then press Enter. Your profile page opens.
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To open your profile intro, press the Tab key until you hear “Edit intro button,” and then press Enter. The Edit intro pop-up window opens.
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To start adding your education, press the Tab key until you hear “Add new education,” and then press Enter.
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To add the school you went to, press the Tab key until you hear “School,” and then start typing the name of the school. LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Use the Down and Up arrow keys to browse the suggestions, and then press Enter to select the school.
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If you want to add your degree, press the Tab key until you hear “Degree,” and then start typing the name of the degree. LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Use the Down and Up arrow keys to browse the suggestions, and then press Enter to select the degree. This field is optional.
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If you want to add your field of study, press the Tab key until you hear “Field of study,” and then start typing the name of the degree. LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Use the Down and Up arrow keys to browse the suggestions, and then press Enter to select the field of study. This field is optional.
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To set the start date, press the Tab key until you hear “Start date, month” (with Narrator and NVDA) or “Month” (with JAWS), and then select the right month with the Down and Up arrow keys. To select the start year, press the Tab key once, and then select the right year with the Down and Up arrow keys. This field is optional.
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To set the end date, press the Tab key once, and then select the right month with the Down and Up arrow keys. To select the end year, press the Tab key once, and then select the right year with the Down and Up arrow keys. This field is optional.
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If you want to add your grade, press the Tab key until you hear “Grade,” and then type the name of the grade. This field is optional.
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If you want to add your extracurricular activities and societies, press the Tab key until you hear “Activities and societies,” and then type the ones you want to mention. This field is optional.
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To write a freeform description where you can expand on anything you added above and add further information, press the Tab key until you hear “Description,” and then type the description. This field is optional.
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To save this education, press the Tab key until you hear “Save button,” and then press Enter. You hear “Save was successful.” Press the Tab key until you hear “Dismiss button,” and then press Enter.
The focus returns to the Edit intro pop-up window.
To add your education with screen reader support
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Open the LinkedIn mobile app. By default, the focus is on the Menu button in the upper-left corner of the screen, and you hear “Access my profile and other navigation links.” If you hear something else, swipe left until you hear “Menu button.”
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To open the menu, double-tap the screen. You hear “Close menu button.”
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To open your profile, swipe right once, and then double-tap the screen. You hear “Back button.”
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To open your profile intro, swipe right until you hear “Edit intro button,” and then double-tap the screen. The Edit intro pop-up window opens.
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To start adding your education, swipe right until you hear “Add new education button,” and then double-tap the screen.
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To add the school you went to, swipe right until you hear “School,” and then double-tap the screen. Start typing the name of the school with the on-screen keyboard. LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Swipe left until you hear the first suggestion, and then swipe left and right to browse the suggestions. Double-tap the screen to select the school.
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If you want to add your degree, swipe right until you hear “Degree,” and then double-tap the screen. Start typing the name of the degree with the on-screen keyboard. LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Swipe left until you hear the first suggestion, and then swipe left and right to browse the suggestions. Double-tap the screen to select the degree. This field is optional.
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If you want to add your field of study, swipe right until you hear “Field of study,” and then double-tap the screen. Start typing the name of the field with the on-screen keyboard. LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Swipe left until you hear the first suggestion, and then swipe left and right to browse the suggestions. Double-tap the screen to select the field of study. This field is optional.
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To set the start date, swipe right until you hear “Start date,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe up and down to browse the months until you find the right month. Swipe right once to move the focus to the year, and then swipe up and down to browse the years until you find the right year. This field is optional.
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To finish editing the start date, swipe left until you hear “Done button,” and then double-tap the screen. This field is optional.
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To set the end date, swipe right until you hear “End date or expected,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe up and down to browse the months until you find the right month. Swipe right once to move the focus to the year, and then swipe up and down to browse the years until you find the right year.
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To finish editing the end date, swipe left until you hear “Done button,” and then double-tap the screen.
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If you want to add your grade, swipe right until you hear “Grade,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the name of the grade with the on-screen keyboard. When you’re ready, swipe left until you hear “Done button,” and then double-tap the screen. This field is optional.
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If you want to add your extracurricular activities and societies, swipe right until you hear “Activities and societies,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the ones you want to mention with the on-screen keyboard. When you’re ready, swipe left until you hear “Done button,” and then double-tap the screen. This field is optional.
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To write a freeform description where you can expand on anything you added above and add further information, swipe right until you hear “Description,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the description with the on-screen keyboard. When you’re ready, swipe left until you hear “Done button,” and then double-tap the screen. This field is optional.
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To save this education, swipe right until you hear “Save button,” and then double-tap the screen. You hear “Save was successful.”
The focus returns to the Edit intro pop-up window.
To add your education with screen reader support
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Open the LinkedIn mobile app. By default, the focus is on the Menu button in the upper-left corner of the screen, and you hear “Menu button, access my profile and other navigation links.” If you hear something else, swipe left until you hear “Menu button.”
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To open the menu, double-tap the screen. You hear “Menu, View my profile button.”
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To open your profile, double-tap the screen. You hear “LinkedIn, Back button.”
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To open your profile intro, swipe right until you hear “Edit basic profile information button,” and then double-tap the screen. The Edit intro pop-up window opens.
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To start adding your education, swipe right until you hear “Add new education button,” and then double-tap the screen.
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To add the school you went to, swipe right until you hear “School,” and then double-tap the screen. Start typing the name of the school with the on-screen keyboard. LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Swipe down-then-left to close the keyboard, and then swipe right and left to browse the suggestions. Double-tap the screen to select the school.
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If you want to add your degree, swipe right until you hear “Degree,” and then double-tap the screen. Start typing the name of the degree with the on-screen keyboard. LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Swipe down-then-left to close the keyboard, and then swipe right and left to browse the suggestions. Double-tap the screen to select the degree. This field is optional.
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If you want to add your field of study, swipe right until you hear “Field of study,” and then double-tap the screen. Start typing the name of the field with the on-screen keyboard. LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Swipe down-then-left to close the keyboard, and then swipe right and left to browse the suggestions. Double-tap the screen to select the field of study. This field is optional.
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To set the start date, swipe right until you hear “Start date,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe up and down to browse the months until you find the right month. Swipe right until you hear a year to move the focus to the year selection, and then swipe up and down to browse the years until you find the right year. This field is optional.
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To finish editing the start date, swipe right until you hear “Set button,” and then double-tap the screen.
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To set the end date, swipe right until you hear “End date or expected,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe up and down to browse the months until you find the right month. Swipe right until you hear a year to move the focus to the year selection, and then swipe up and down to browse the years until you find the right year. This field is optional.
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To finish editing the end date, swipe left until you hear “Set button,” and then double-tap the screen.
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If you want to add your grade, swipe right until you hear “Grade,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the name of the grade with the on-screen keyboard. When you’re ready, swipe left until you hear “Done button,” and then double-tap the screen. This field is optional.
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If you want to add your extracurricular activities and societies, swipe right until you hear “Activities and societies,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the ones you want to mention with the on-screen keyboard. When you’re ready, swipe down-then-left to close the keyboard. This field is optional.
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To write a freeform description where you can expand on anything you added above and add further information, swipe right until you hear “Description,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the description with the on-screen keyboard. When you’re ready, swipe down-then-left to close the keyboard. This field is optional.
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To finish adding this education, swipe right until you hear “Save button,” and then double-tap the screen. You hear “Save was successful, Dismiss button.”
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To save the changes, swipe right until you hear “Save button,” and then double-tap the screen.
The focus returns to your profile.
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