Everyone on campus now has free access to lynda.com to help them learn popular computer applications for both Windows and Mac users.
Lynda.com, brought to campus by Emerging Technologies, is a website that usually requires a fee for users to learn about computer programs. The website has tutorials for software training and extra online material to assist students in learning new applications.
Barbara Wills, associate director of training at Emerging Technologies, said lynda.com is useful for nearly all programs a student would want to use.
"They can use [the program] as a complement towards their courses," Wills said. "If all they wanted to do is learn more about how to use formulas on Excel they could search for just that."
The website makes it easy to learn about programs in whatever way the user wants. Tutorials and training can be searched for by subject or just to see an overview of a program.
Within each application and program, tutorials are available for new and old versions of the software.
Tutorials are labelled by difficulty, length and when the tutorial was uploaded. Tutorials are available for popular programs such as Acrobat, the full Adobe Suite, Final Cut, Microsoft Office and even social networking services such as Twitter and Facebook.
Another feature of lynda.com is the certificate option. Once someone completes a program tutorial, he or she can print out a certificate saying they completed the program. The certificate aspect is helpful for professors because once a student has completed the tutorial, they can then turn in the certificate to confirm the student completed the training.
Wills said although the certificate isn't the same as a certification, it will still look good to employers.
Senior journalism graphics major Riley Paulsen said he thinks students can definitely benefit from lynda.com just because of the savings.
"I think it is great that Ball State is [using lynda.com] because the year long subscription is pretty expensive, especially for a college student," Taulsen said. "I also think it is a good resource in general because we don't always have time to learn at our own pace."
Lynda.com can be accessed by visiting www.bsu.edu/training. Users will need to access lynda.com through the Ball State website in order to access it for free.
A few of the 192 programs offered:
Adobe Suite
Final Cut Pro
Java Script
HTML
SEO
Soundtrack Pro
After Effects
iMovie
Microsoft Office
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