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Know How to Use Lynda.com June 2016

What is Lynda.com?

Lynda.com is a collection of online tutorials that helps anyone learn software, creative, and business skills. There are over 2,900 courses available in subject areas such as animation, business, design, photography, education, software, and much more. The tutorials are delivered by experts who are the best in their field, passionate about their subject matter and know how to teach.

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There are several ways to

access Lynda.com

Direct access is available

via our Lynda.com login

page: https://

www.lynda.com/portal/sip?

org=huttcity.govt.nz

From the Quick Links

section on the homepage

There is another link on our

eResources Page: Search

the Library > eResources

If you search the catalogue

for Lynda.com you will find a

record for it

Go to the Electronic Access

section and click the Access

online video tutorials link

To sign into Lynda.com with

you library account, you need

to go to specific login page

just for Hutt City Libraries

Enter your Library Card

Number and Library Card

PIN

Click Log in

Accessing Lynda.com

Setting up Lynda.com Profile

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First time users will need to

create a Lynda.com Profile

This will track what courses

you take and allow you to

save courses and lessons to

come back to later

Enter your Name and Email

Click Save

You can now use

Lynda.com

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You can access many online

courses and tutorials on a

variety of subjects

To find a course, you can:

browse the library

search for courses,

authors, and more...

select one of the new

courses

If you hover the mouse over

the Library link, you will see

a list of subject areas on the

left

When you hover the mouse

over a subject area, you will

see a list of Topics and

Software in that subject area

Clicking on a course topic or

software will display a page of

related courses

The Lynda.com Website

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Here are courses you would

find under

Business > Leadership

On the left, you can search

for courses by skill level,

software and author

On the right, you can sort the

courses by release date (i.e.,

newest to oldest) and by

course title (i.e. alphabetical

order)

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Each course provides you

with a brief summary and

information about the course

Courses have a table of

contents, a transcript, author

information and FAQs. Click

on the tabs to view these

Some courses will also have

Exercise Files that can be

used with the course

To watch a video tutorial, click

on the links under the Search

this course box

If you want to find a specific

word in the course, search for

that keyword using the

Search this course box.

Search results will tell you

every time that word is used

Taking a Course

New courses are added every

week

You can see all new courses

or sort them by subject (e.g.

web design, programming,

business, photography etc)

New courses are grouped

into subject areas. Click See

All to see all new courses

available

Viewing New Courses

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Not sure where to start to

tackle a subject?

Lynda.com have a collection

of curated Playlists of

courses and videos on topics

and software

Go Featured > Playlists

Click on a Playlist to see

what videos and courses are

included

Click the playlist’s plus icon, +

to add it to your profile

Lynda.com Curated Playlists

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Bookmarks allow you to

save a video to your profile

Click on the Ribbon icon

next to a video to bookmark

it. Bookmarked videos show

with a red ribbon.

Bookmarks

Create your own Playlists of

courses and videos

Above a course video you will

find the playlist button

You can add the current

video to a playlist or add the

entire course

Create Your Own Playlists

Once you choose to add the

video or course, you will be

prompted to add it to any

playlists you’ve made or

create a new playlist

Each profile has a 1 playlist

by default, My Playlist

To manage or view any

Playlists or Bookmarks

you’ve created, you find these

linked under your profile

Manage/View your Playlists and Bookmarks