Resources for Instructors

Lynda.com:  You can access online training in a wide variety of areas from Lynda.com. You must connect to the website through the MyVCCCD portal: Go to the Work Life tab and click on  " Lynda.com Employee Online Training."

CCC Confer:  A.K.A. "Zoom"  For e-conferencing and distance teaching with audio, video, and/or text chat.

Microsoft Higher Education:  Advice and resources to help instructors get the most out of Microsoft products, including curriculum resources, online workshops, and blogs written by academics.

Library of Congress Teachers Page:  Classroom material, professional development, and other resources.

U.S. Dept. of Education research:  ED’s links to research-based best practices in education.

Microsoft Office 2007 training courses:  A variety of free, online training courses for the various programs in the Office Suite.

WonderHowTo? - a website with a large collection of how-to videos on Microsoft Office

OpenOffice.org:  OpenOffice.org is a "free and open productivity suite" for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. It is a free alternative to similar software suites, and can read and save files using the formats of other common office programs.

AdobeTV: Adobe offers free, short training videos that help you get the most out of all of their products.

Fair Use Best Practices: The Center for Social Media at American University has collected best-practices guidelines regarding the fair use of various kinds of media in your course.