This page contains detailed instructions on how to sign up for IT Training's courses on IU Expand. The process involves two parts: signing up for an IU Guest account (if you don't already have one) and registering for a course on IU Expand.
Note: If you are an IU student, staff, or faculty user, go to the instructions for IU users.
Description of the video:
In this video, I'll be walking you through the process of accessing IT Training's courses in Expand. As part of this, you'll learn how to create a guest account, log in to Expand, sign up for a course, and find the courses you're enrolled in. Let's start with creating an IU Guest account. Creating an account is free, and the process is simple. To start, in your web browser, go to expand.iu.edu. Once the Expand website loads, in the upper right corner of the page, click Login. The Login page will load. To create a guest account, under the Create Guest Account heading in the middle of the screen, fill out the required fields and click the Submit button. A verification email will be sent to the email address you provided when signing up - follow the instructions in the email to verify your account. Once your account is verified, you'll be able to log in to Expand. To log in to Expand, in your web browser, go to expand.iu.edu, and in the upper right corner of the page, click Login. On the page that loads, on the left side of the page, click the Log In button. The IU Login page will load. Here, you'll enter the email address and password you provided when creating your IU Guest account, and then click Log in. Once you're logged in to Expand, you'll be shown a list of the courses you're enrolled in, if any. There are two ways you can find and enroll in IT Training's courses on Expand. First, you find courses on IT Training's website at ittraining.iu.edu. From here, click on Explore Topics, and browse the course catalog to find a course you're interested in. When you've found a course you want to enroll in, on the course's page, scroll until you see the Expand Course Available heading. Underneath the heading, click on the View Course in Expand button to load the course's page on Expand. You can also find our courses in Expand by going to the catalog selection drop-down menu near the top of each page in Expand. Click on the drop-down menu to open it, then click on IT Skills and Topics to load all of IT Training's courses. Click on any course to view its details and to register. Once you've chosen a course and loaded its page on Expand, to enroll in a course, to the right of the course graphic near the top of the page, click the Enroll button. In the page that loads, to finish enrolling in the course, click the Enroll in Course button. Expand will enroll you in the course. If you want to go to the course, click on the Go to Canvas Course button. The course will load, and you can now work through the course content whenever you like. To view the courses you're enrolled in, you'll first need to be on the Expand website. For today's purposes, I'm starting out on the Expand homepage at expand.iu.edu. From here, in the upper right corner of the page, click on your name - a drop-down menu will appear. To view your courses, click on Student Dashboard. Expand will display a list of your in-progress courses. From here, to go to a specific course, click the Go To Course button for the specific course you want to work on.Indiana University's IU Expand e-learning service delivers professional development and continuing education coursework to the IU community and the general public. Based on Instructure's Canvas Catalog platform, IU Expand allows you to browse the catalog to find and enroll in non-credit, continuing education credit, and certificate-based courses. Many courses are free, but some have fees payable upon enrollment. Many offerings are self-paced, self-study courses, while others involve online or in-person sessions.
Anyone can create an IU Guest account and use the account to log in to IU services that permit IU Guest account access. IU services that permit IU Guest account access will provide a link somewhere on their homepage for creating an IU Guest account. Click that link, and then, to continue, use the instructions below to Sign up with email or Sign up with Facebook, Google, or Microsoft.
You can sign up for an IU guest account with your email address or with a Facebook, Google, or Microsoft account:
The email address you supply will serve as your IU Guest account username, and you'll create a password to go with it. To sign up using an email address:
Log into the email account you entered in the previous step, and open the message from ithelp@iu.edu with the subject "Verify your IU Guest email".
A confirmation email will be sent to your registered address.
IU services that permit IU Guest account access will have a tab on the IU Login screen (the screen you see after clicking on the service's home page).
Your browser will remember the login method you used last and show you that method by default; for example:
To login using a different method, click , and then choose your desired method.
Once you have a guest account, you can register for IT Training's courses. To get started, open IU Expand in your browser window, and log in with your IU Guest account. You can access IU Expand here.
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. To learn more about using the Canvas Catalog platform, consult the following resources from the Office of Online Education:
For help with technical issues involving the IU Expand service, contact the Support Center.
