Lynda.com is available to all students, faculty and staff at Connecticut College. Recommend this resource of thousands of courses to students by sending them links to specific courses, or including it as a resource on your syllabus. You can also find courses related to skills you hope to develop, for personal or professional reasons. If…
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Technology Assignments When You Are Not the Expert: Part II
Perhaps because InDesign was as new to me as it was to my students, changing a course project by incorporating new software felt like a bold move. With the support of faculty and staff peers, however, I began the project confident and prepared with what I offer to you as recommended practices: Make sure the…
Technology Assignments When You Are Not the Expert: Part I
As covered previously on Engage, lynda.com can be a treasure trove for faculty looking to brush up skills in various applications (i.e. Photoshop) and even strengthen habits in life skills such as time management. For me, Lynda is like one of those old friends you don’t get to see very often but when you do,…
My Lynda Playlist
New courses are added daily to Lynda.com. I subscribed to the lynda.com email list to keep updated on the latest and greatest (if you’re interested, you can subscribe, too!). I now have a running list of courses that interest me saved in a playlist. Once the semester winds down, I plan on visiting my playlist…
Great lynda.com Courses for Completing Assignments
Do your students need a little extra technical know-how to better complete their assignments? Empower your students to find the answers to technical questions themselves. If you are assigning a video project, presentation, or other assignment that requires use of specialized software, lynda.com may have the answers and tips they need to effectively use that…
Workshop Recap: Technology Fellows Curricular Innovations III
Anthony Graesch focused his presentation on his Introduction to Archaeology class which enrolls about 30-40 students. Assignments in this class position students as primary data collectors. Hands-on research experience provides students with an in-depth understanding of the research process in which archaeologists are involved (similar to Ann Marie Davis’s assignment in History). In this case,…
Lynda.com’s Top 10 at Conn
What are people learning in lynda? Here are the top 10 courses viewed by Connecticut College users in the past year: Excel 2013 Essential Training Up and Running with Audacity InDesign Essential Training GIT Essential Training Getting Started with Premiere Pro CS5 Access 2013 Essential Training Excel for Mac 2011 Essential Training Managing and Analyzing…
Learning with Lynda over the summer
Summer is a great time to learn a new skill or build upon existing skills. Interested in retouching family photos? Finally learning to code (or coding for kids)? Make a plan to be more productive next year? Lynda.com offers courses in these topics as well as thousands others. Lynda.com is available to all current Connecticut College…
New Lynda.com Courses!
If you haven’t looked at Lynda.com recently, you should! New courses are added daily. Access lynda.com through CamelWeb or by using this link, then browse or search the 2,000 courses (and because each course is made up of many short videos, there are over 10,000 videos!). Here are a few new courses: Up and Running…
Learn “Web Technology Fundamentals” during break on lynda
Ever wonder what CSS, HTML, JavaScript, DNS, or IP address mean? Gain a better understanding of how the web works – both the front end and the back end by watching “Web Technology Fundamentals” on lynda.com. This brand new course runs a little over two hours, and “is your “plain English” guide to the world…
