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Udemy for Patrons

Udemy is an online learning platform with over 20,000 video courses on a huge range of topics: business, programming, music, cooking, and more! It offers well-structured video courses and assignments that you can complete at your own pace and in whatever order you want. Courses vary from short classes of a couple of hours, to long classes of many hours and covering many topics.

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Maybe you’re looking to broaden your horizons by learning a new language, picking up a musical instrument, or practicing your cooking skills? Or perhaps it’s time for self-care, with classes on yoga, meditation, or nutrition? There’s also a huge range of technology and business topics, whether you’re picking up a new program, learning to code, or are getting up to speed with the newest corporate lingo. Udemy will help with any of these topics and thousands more, with well-structured video courses and assignments that you can complete at your own pace and in whatever order you want.

What Can I Do?

Course topics include the following, and many many more:

  • Art & Music - Musical instruments, drawing, art history, photography, and more
  • Business - Marketing, finance, productivity, data science, management, and more
  • Computers & IT - Administration, programming, security, and more
  • Design - Web design, 3D animation, video editing, and more
  • Fitness & Life Skills - Yoga, exercise, tennis, first aid and more
  • Languages - English, German, Spanish, Mandarin, body language, and more
  • Software - Computer basics, Word & Excel, Photoshop, Canva, SQL, ChatGPT, and more

What Do I Need?

  • Library card from your public library (not available to school or college libraries)
  • Email address

How Do I Access Udemy?

  1. Go to https://vtonlinelib.org/.
  2. Click Change Library in the upper right-hand corner. Click Enter your Library Name, start typing the name of your library, and then select it when it appears.
  3. If the system asks for your library card, enter it. If the site won't accept your number, please reach out to your local library.
  4. Under Featured Resources, click Gale Presents: Udemy.
  5. Under How Do I Get Started, click Sign In/Create a Udemy Account. You should see the Udemy Login screen.
  6. If this is your first time, you can create a Udemy account by clicking Don't have an account? Sign up; it will ask for an email address, first and last name, and password. Or you can use a preexisting Google or Microsoft account if you'd like. In any case, you'll be using that account to login from now on.
  7. Sometimes after signing in, you’ll be taken back to the into screen that says How Do I Get Started and Sign In/Create a Udemy Account. Click Sign-In again, and it should let you in.

What Do I Do Next?

Once you're logged in, you can search or browse through the huge collection of classes. Once you find a class that looks interesting, you can join it; there's no limit for the number of classes you can attend. You can move through the class at your own pace, completing the lessons and assignments. Or you can jump around within a class, just looking at the topics as-needed.

What if I Have Questions About Accessing Udemy?

Reach out to your local library, or email Joshua Muse if they aren't able to answer your question.