Category Archives: Academic Technology

Get trained with Lynda.com

Evergreen students, staff and faculty have free access to hundreds of online software tutorials at Lynda.com courtesy of Lynda Weinman, ‘76. Evergreen community members can now receive unlimited access to a vast library of high-quality, current, and engaging video tutorials taught by recognized industry experts, simply by logging into my.evergreen.edu and selecting the link under Community.

lynda.com offers hundreds of video tutorials for an enormous range of software including:

  • AutoCAD
  • SPSS
  • Excel and other Office products
  • ProTools and Logic
  • CS5 (Photoshop, InDesign)
  • C++ and Python
  • and lots lots more..

With a Lynda.com account you can save your progress on the lessons and receive updates via email. It’s a great way to improve your skills, learn new technologies and experiment.  Lynda.com adds 24 courses per month, so there is always new stuff to discover.  Check it out and thanks Lynda!!

Online Workshops and Software Tutorials

Lets say you have a video that needs to be edited for class. It’s due…a week from now. Thing is; you have no idea how to edit video! In fact, when people say ‘Final Cut,’ you think it’s a horror film. This doesn’t have to be you! Even the most novice of computer users can become well acquainted with any program of their choice using the self-paced tutorials on Lynda.com.

LyndadotcomLynda.com was created by the Evergreen alumni Lynda Weinman. She’s taught at schools such as Art Center College Of Design, so it’s obvious that she knows her stuff. Lynda has helpful tutorials on programs such as Dreamweaver, AfterEffects, Final Cut Pro, Microsoft Office, and even web based programs like Twitter! The tutorials come in either video or by step by step instructions, so anybody can follow along at the leisure of their own pace.

Students can check out accounts for the software tutorial website, Lynda.com at the Computer Center Help Desk. Just make sure to bring your school ID and we’ll check one out to you. The cyber world is your oyster, learn how to grab for that pearl!

Student email Performance Improvement

Student email services should be quicker and more reliable based on some changes that Network Services made in the past week. The latency problems that many students reported seemed to stem from the way our anti-virus software was configured on the email server. If you have any email related problems or notice any issues, please contact Academic Computing at Contact.

How good is your phishing knowledge?

Many people can be (and obviously are) lured into phishing schemes by clever scam artists. Do you think you can detect the difference between a legitimate source and a phishing scam?

Carnegie Mellon University had built an interactive game where users learn how to identify phishing URLs, where to look for cues in web browsers, and how to use search engines to find legitimate sites. Try it out! Play Anti-Phishing Phil and see how you do!