Tech Tips: Duke's Free Training Platform
Has your email address been hacked? Here’s an easy way to find out.
Have I Been Pwned is one of the oldest and most popular sites to check your email address to see if it has been compromised in a security breach. Click the link and enter each of your email addresses. This site will tell you if, when and how your email address was hacked.
Need to know how to do something? Try Lynda!
As a member of the Duke community, you have access to one of the best training sites available. Lynda.com includes over 5,000 video courses with new titles added each week. Let’s take a look …
What’s available in Lynda.com?
Everything. Think of a topic and it’s probably in Lynda.
Interested in looking at Office 365, but don’t know where to start? There’s a Lynda.com video just for you called Learning Office 365. Do you feel you’re getting behind on your workload? Try Time Management for Students – a three minute introduction to a full set of short time management tips you can fully explore. Maybe one of your professors has assigned a PowerPoint presentation project. Start with PowerPoint 2016 Essential Training.
If you’re looking for a break from the routine, you may enjoy a course created by the founder of The Huffington Post called the Arriana Huffington Thrive series, which is available to all Lynda.com users. Just do a search on her name to see a complete description of each video in the series.
How do I use this service?
Get started using Lynda.com by clicking here. Click the Access Lynda.com for Duke button, then login with your NetID and password. In the search bar at the top, enter How to use Lynda.com and watch the intro video. It will help you get started.
Going deeper…
We’ve scratched the surface of what is available – there is a wide variety of topics from which to select, including:
- Adobe Photoshop
- Career planning and management
- How to use your GoPro camera
- Writing effective emails
- Communicating with empathy
Spend some time browsing the available subjects and chances are you’ll find something that piques your interest.
Have any questions about this or other tech used at DUSON?
As always, if you have any technical questions or problems, please contact your IT Service Desk at 919-684-9200, or email to citdl@mc.duke.edu.