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.
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?
- Go to https://vtonlinelib.org/.
- 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.
- 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.
- Under Featured Resources, click Gale Presents: Udemy.
- Under How Do I Get Started, click Sign In/Create a Udemy Account. You should see the Udemy Login screen.
- 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.
- 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.