Learning On The Go

SkillSoft

SkillSoft offers a user-friendlier interface and a new mobile app, for learning on the go.

Cornell staff, students and active faculty have access to hundreds of SkillSoft books, courses and videos in many areas, including: technological and digital skills; human resources; business and leadership skills, and compliance courses.

To access SkillSoft via the web interface, go to https://cornell.skillport.com and login with your Cornell NetID and password. Once you are logged in, you can create and view a personalized learning plan, browse what’s trending, and search for and save courses. To get started, view the quick start guide.

To download the free mobile app (great for listening to audio books or watching videos), iOS users can download it from the iTunes store, and Android users from Google Play.

More information about how to log into the app can be found at:  https://it.cornell.edu/skillsoft/skillsoft-mobile-app

Lynda

Lynda also offers a mobile app.  Cornell faculty, students, and staff have free, unlimited access to lynda.com’s online library of high-quality videos on the latest software tools and skills. 2,500 high quality, detailed online training courses for people at all experience levels are available.

You can watch entire courses or single tutorial videos as you need them, and even access the lynda.com library 24/7 from your iPhone, iPad, Android, or other mobile phone or tablet. Exercise files let you follow along with the instruction as you learn, and bookmarks help you keep track of what you’d like to watch.

To access Lynda via the web interface, go to:  www.lynda.com and login using your Cornell NetID and password via the organization login option.

Suggested courses to check out:

• Outlook 2016 Essential Training
  • https://www.lynda.com/Outlook-tutorials/Outlook-2016-Essential-Training/380383-2.html?org=cornell.edu
• Excel 2016 Essential Training
  • https://www.lynda.com/Excel-tutorials/Excel-2016-Essential-Training/376985-2.html?org=cornell.edu
• Acrobat DC Essential Training
  • https://www.lynda.com/Acrobat-tutorials/Acrobat-DC-Essential-Training/175718-2.html?org=cornell.edu
• Microsoft Publisher Essential Training
  • https://www.lynda.com/Publisher-tutorials/Publisher-2016-Essential-Training/379652-2.html?org=cornell.edu
• Adobe InDesign Essential Training
  • https://www.lynda.com/InDesign-tutorials/InDesign-CC-2018-Essential-Training/625911-2.html?org=cornell.edu
• Adobe InDesign secrets
  • https://www.lynda.com/InDesign-tutorials/InDesign-Secrets/85324-2.html?org=cornell.edu
• Adobe Premiere Essential Training (video editing)
  • https://www.lynda.com/Premiere-Pro-tutorials/Premiere-Pro-CC-2018-Essential-Training-Basics/624346-2.html?org=cornell.edu
• Adobe Illustrator Essential Training
  • https://www.lynda.com/Illustrator-tutorials/Illustrator-CC-2018-Essential-Training/628695-2.html?org=cornell.edu

More information:  https://it.cornell.edu/lynda, https://it.cornell.edu/lynda-students/log-lyndacom?utm_source=sidebar, http://www.lynda.com/apps

Other professional development links can also be found on the X drive here: X:\IT\Professional Development

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