Review Lynda.com
I
have spent years working with computers and have enough
general knowledge that I can usually sit down and work my
way through the basic functions of most programs without
having to use the manuals or without any special training.
This is good and bad. The good is that I can immediately be
productive on the application.
The bad is that I seldom learn all the capabilities or am
able to take full advantage of an application functions.
Recently I decided to do something to change this situation.
After research of on-line training I decided to subscribe to
‚Lynda.coms monthly on-line training library plan.
The monthly plan is $25 per month for full access to
‚Lynda.coms on-line training library. This plan doesn't
offer access to the exercise files, but there are other
plans available which do.
The other plans include:
- Annual – $250 per year (does not offer exercise files). Same as monthly plan except a discount a 20% discount for annual membership.
- Premium – $375 per year (includes exercise files)
One of the reasons I chose ‚Lynda.com was the variety and quality of the training library.
There are over 11,000 QuickTime training videos in the
library and all that I have observed have been extremely
well done and easy to understand.
Lynda.coms on-line training library includes most
applications by Adobe, Apple, Corel, Macromedia, Microsoft,
and Quark, and general topics such as digital photography,
networking, web design, animation, design principles, and
even Google search principles.
The
QuickTime training videos are broken into logical
segments that cover specific functions or features of the
application or subject matter.
These segments progress smoothly from one to the other and
are for the most part under 15 minutes long. This makes it
easy to break your training into small bite-size sessions.
Most subjects start at the very basics level and then
proceeds up to intermediate level.
If there is one thing I would like to see it would be an
additional advance level beyond their current offerings.
But I understand that this would probably have a much more
limited audience. I must admit that while sitting through
some of the basic videos I picked up on some points I didn't
know.
So even if you feel you're beyond the beginner level it may
be to your advantage to watch the basic videos.
Over all, I would give Lynda.coms on-line training library
an excellent review. With the monthly plan you can easily
subscribe for a couple of months and brush up you skills in
those applications or areas you feel you need.
Since this library is available 24/7 it should fit anyone's
schedule.
The only things required are a PC or MAC with Apple
QuickTime for viewing the video’s. I would also recommend a
high speed Internet connection.
Overall I would recommend Lynda.com for online training.
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