It’s summer – time to learn!

How often do you tell yourself that you will need to look up how to use a particular software more efficiently, to save you time later, but you don’t have time during the semester? Duke offers many opportunities to tune up your software skills, and now is the time. There are many opportunities:

To learn almost any software, access the lynda.com online training library, free for members of the Duke community. Learn more about Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, video editing, computer programming, web design, database design and much more. Get started with Lynda.com from Duke.

Learn about Duke’s new survey software, Qualtrics, at Qualtrics University. Read more about Qualtrics at Duke. Prefer to explore on your own? Here’s a 2 page PDF to help.

Get a head start and some practice with Sakai, which will be replacing Blackboard. Log in to a demo site to explore on your own, or see videos and access other help to get started.

Want to re-design your course? Or, maybe just a tune-up to get more student feedback during class, and maybe incorporate active learning? Duke’s Center for Instructional Technology can help you with your course, suggesting technologies and techniques to help you be a more effective, efficient instructor. Contact us.

Need to learn more about a Microsoft application? Duke students, staff and faculty can access free E-Learning courses from Microsoft.com. Tutorials include applications such as Word, Excel, Project, Outlook, PowerPoint and systems such as Windows XP and Windows Vista. Access the Microsoft e-learning courses here.