{"id":23431,"date":"2016-06-16T11:46:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T17:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=23431"},"modified":"2018-01-15T10:41:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T17:41:49","slug":"lynda-com-access-expanded-to-uccs-faculty-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=23431","title":{"rendered":"Lynda.com access expanded to UCCS faculty, staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"lynda_logo1k-p_1x1\"<\/a>Nothing irks Kathy Andrus like the seldom-used task in the software she uses daily, the one she wastes time trying to remember. But it\u2019s rarely an issue anymore. She has lynda.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cLynda.com lets you jump into specifics,\u201d said Andrus, an academic technologist at the Faculty Resources Center. \u201cIf you are looking for one demonstration in one course, you don\u2019t have to go through the whole thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs is making the video tutorial website lynda.com available to faculty and staff as part of a pilot program running through November 2017. The move gives employees unlimited access to nearly 5,000 training videos on technology, creative and business skills and software.<\/p>\n

Susan Szpyrka, senior vice chancellor, Administration and Finance, has used lynda.com on her personal time and says the pilot program is a reasonably priced option that benefits faculty and staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt UCCS, our staff is tasked with doing so many different things, especially in small departments where we don\u2019t have a lot of specialists. Lynda.com provides so many applications and ways to learn,\u201d Szpyrka said. \u201cI\u2019m hoping faculty and staff will use it to improve their work product, but also improve the quality of their work experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

The website\u2019s online courses and materials include instruction on Excel, the Adobe Creative Suite, WordPress, eLearning tools, accessibility \u00a0and a multitude of other software programs. The site also provides classes on helpful tools to use in business, leadership, marketing, education, graphic design, IT and other specializations.<\/p>\n

Beyond individual classes, lynda.com also delivers learning paths aimed toward career goals, such as becoming a manager, a graphic designer, a project coordinator or a programmer.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to have this provided by your employer is fabulous. It\u2019s allowing people to go the extra mile,\u201d Andrus said.<\/p>\n

In her job, Andrus has used lynda.com to keep up with new technology, particularly Adobe Photoshop, Premiere and Acrobat. The scalability, course transcriptions and practice exercise files make it easy to use, she said.<\/p>\n

Courses are segmented so users can watch as little or as much as necessary, and bookmarks and playlists help users keep track of courses they\u2019d like to watch. A full course library is available on the site.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSkillSoft will remain the system of record for required compliance training, as it reports into HCM,\u201d said Janet Lowe, Director of Employee Learning and Development, adding that lynda.com provides certificates of completion<\/a> for faculty and staff who want to document their work. When courses or learning paths are completed, course certifications can be displayed on a user\u2019s LinkedIn profile as a badge.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmployee Services will add ongoing lynda.com resources and tips to its website,\u201d Lowe said.<\/p>\n

Both SkillSoft and lynda.com can be accessed from your campus portal. Click on the CU Resources tab, and select Training to find the lynda.com link. Single sign-on allows for immediate access to both learning tools.<\/p>\n

Written by\u00a0RyAnne Scott<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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