Website: http://www.coursera.org/
Description: Coursera provides access to online courses, comprised of recorded video lectures, auto-graded and peer-reviewed assignments, and community discussion forums.
Access: You can audit courses for free. When you audit a course, you can access the course materials without graded assignments or the ability to earn a certificate. Otherwise, course are priced at about $29-$99. Financial Aid and Scholarships are available for most courses.
Website: https://go.illinois.edu/lynda
Description: Lynda.com provides access to over 1,200 courses and 73,000 tutorials through online videos, covering the world’s most popular software, programming languages, and technologies.
Access: The University of Illinois has a subscription to Lynda.com. To access the University’s subscription, please use the following link: https://go.illinois.edu/lynda
You will be prompted to login with your Illinois NetID and Password. After logging in, you will have access to the entire online library. If you experience any issues attempting to access this site, please contact Tech Services.
Alex (Elisandro) Cabada
Medical and Engineering
Grainger Library
217-300-4686
cabada@illinois.edu