Expand Courses

Learn technology skills at your own pace with IT Training's online courses, hosted in IU Expand! Available courses cover a range of technology skills and topics, including productivity, web development, design and media, and coding.

These online courses are free to everyone.

All courses consist of a series of short lessons, examples, demonstrations, practice quizzes, and hands-on exercises.

To complete the course content, you will need:

  • a web browser and internet access to use the course material on IU Expand
  • a copy of the software relevant to the training installed on your computer

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Learn more about our Expand offerings:

What is IU Expand?

Expand is IU's portal for online non-credit and continuing education coursework offered to the IU community as well as the general public. Based on Instructure's Canvas Catalog platform, IU Expand allows you to browse through and enroll in courses covering a variety of topics. While some courses on IU Expand have registration fees associated with them, IT Training's offerings on Expand are available at no cost, and are self-study courses that you can work through at your own pace.

Access: Analyzing and Modifying Data with Queries

Gain familiarity with building queries and using advanced functions.

Access: Designing the Database Interface

Customize databases for your forms and reports

Access: Structuring and Relating Data

Learn how to define relationships and create relational queries

Access: The Basics

Take an intro to database terminology and relationship concepts

After Effects: Video Effects and Text Animation Basics

Add visual effects and animation to videos

Audition: The Basics

Record and edit audio with Adobe Audition

Creating Accessible Documents at Work

Use Microsoft Word's built-in tools to create accessible documents

Creating an Accessible Syllabus Using Microsoft Word

Discover how to use Microsoft Word's built-in tools to create an accessible syllabus

Creating Graphics for the Web

Explore the Illustrator and Photoshop tools for creating web graphics

Creating Research Posters

Learn how to make effective and engaging research posters.

Documents: Formatting for Reports

Explore how to create attractive documents that are accessible to all.

Dreamweaver: The Basics

Work through Dreamweaver's process for making a simple web site.

Excel: Analyzing Data with PivotTables

Discover how PivotTables can simplify tasks and data analysis in Excel.

Excel: Basic Automation Using Macros

Explore ways to automate actions by recording and storing macros

Excel: Charts and Graphics

Focus on creating effective, accurate charts and templates

Excel: The Basics

Work through essential skills like data entry, formulas, functions, and creating basic charts.

Excel: Working with Non-Numeric Data

Learn about some of Excel's many features for organizing non-numeric data.

Google Docs: The Basics

Explore the basics of creating and editing documents with Google Docs.

Google Sheets: Analyzing Data with Pivot Tables

Discover how pivot tables in Google Sheets make it easier to analyze data.

Google Sheets: Sorting and Filtering

Learn how to sort and filter data in Google Sheets.

Google Sheets: The Basics

Learn essential skills for working with Google Sheets like data entry, formulas, functions, and chart creation.

Google Sheets: Working with Non-Numeric Data

Learn about features in Google Sheets that help with organizing non-numeric data in spreadsheets.

Google Slides: Enhancing Your Presentation

Learn how to make your Google Slides presentation look its best

Google Slides: The Basics

Get started making presentations with Google Slides

HTML5 and CSS: Creating Style for the Web

Round out your skills with more techniques for creating page styles

HTML5 and CSS: Structuring Pages

Expand your knowledge by learning how to fully structure pages

HTML5 and CSS: The Basics

Complete beginner training on reading and writing HTML and CSS

Illustrator: The Basics

Gain familiarity with Adobe Illustrator tools and concepts

InDesign: The Basics

Delve in to InDesign, Adobe's page layout program.

IT Security Basics

Learn how to outsmart Wolfrid--and other scammers--with 10 simple and effective IT security skills, habits, and tools.

Earn certificates

Some of our courses are part of a Certificate Series. Each series offers the option to earn a certificate to prove your knowledge.

Visit the IT Training Certificate Series page to learn more about the available series and how to enroll.

Online Courses Frequently Asked Questions

No. 

Courses provided by IT Training are ongoing and self-paced. There is no start or end date for learning the content.

NOTE: Due to software updates or changing needs of users, some content might become unavailable after a certain date. This allows us to keep our course catalog up-to-date and consistently provide users with instruction on the latest topics and practices.

Our courses, by themselves, are not available for academic credit. Enrolling and taking IT Training courses via IU Expand will not grant academic credit to participants.

The exception to this rule: An instructor of an academic course can import our course content into an academic course via Canvas Commons and require that students complete certain exercises as a course assignment.

All IT Training Online courses include:

  • Step-by-step instruction
  • Exercise files to allow you to work along
  • Instructional videos for reinforcement
  • Quizzes to check comprehension

Each course is fully online and self-paced. One course may take two to four hours if completed in its entirety. Content can be explored in shorter, non-sequential segments as well. 

Since IT Training courses do not have a start or end date, there is no deadline for completion. Complete the course content at your convenience. Once you are enrolled, you are enrolled for as long as you have an IU user or guest account.

If you get stuck in one of our courses, please contact the IU Support Center. 

 

Of course! After completing a course, you will remain enrolled. Feel free to log in to either review the content, use it as a reference, or take the course again.

You can also access the content of the courses directly from the course descriptions in the Explore Topics catalog.

You can access the course content without enrolling in a course by finding the course description on the Explore Topics catalog. 

To see the available PDF manuals and exercise files created by IT Training, visit our training download page. This content is only available to IU students, faculty, and staff with a valid IU CAS login.

If the title you are interested in is not listed on that page, we no longer offer its content as a PDF. Please find the course description in the Explore Topics catalog or enroll in the course via IU Expand.

If you are an instructor and would like to include IT Training content in your course, the following options are available:

IT Training does not provide PDFs of material that has been converted to the online delivery format.

The only PDFs that are available to include in a course packet are the PDFs listed on the PDF Material Download Page. If the PDF you desire is not on that page, IT Training does not grant permission for the content to be reproduced.

For help with Canvas, 

For assistance enrolling in one of our online courses, contact us. 

If you find an error in course content, contact us through the Canvas Course Feedback Form to let us know. In the description field of the form, please be sure to include the course name and the name of the page where you found the error.