To create a truly successful infographic, you must understand the power of visual communication. Properly executed visuals can connect with an audience faster than any other form of communication. In this course, Amy Balliett, CEO and Founder of Killer Visual Strategies, shows you how to create engaging and successful infographics that stand out from the crowd. Amy shows you how to dissect a bad infographic, to learn what not to do. She shows you how visual communication shines through, even in infographics that aren’t in your native language, then goes over how to leverage visual cues and hooks. Amy introduces the five Ws that you need to identify when designing your infographic and explains why it’s so important to research before design even starts. She walks you through each step of wireframing your infographic and concludes with putting the full design together in Adobe Illustrator.

Note: This course was created by Killer Visual Strategies, a Material Company. We are pleased to host this training in our library.

Over 10,000 infographics are released online everyday, but less than 1% see any real success. To create a successful infographic, you can't combine any text and imagery and call it a day. Infographics aren't just eye candy! It's when designers truly understand the power of visual communication that their infographics break through. Using a few basic design guidelines, they can illustrate big problems in clear language, distill complex ideas, and call attention to overlooked issues.

In this course, Amy Balliett, CEO of Killer Infographics, shows members how to create engaging and successful infographics that will stand out from the crowd. She explains the science behind good visual communication, reviews the different types of infographics, and introduces design principles and techniques that will help you build engaging and successful infographics.

Get up and running quickly with Instagram, the popular photo-sharing social network. LinkedIn Learning staff instructor Garrick Chow begins by showing how to find and follow users and take and post photos. Garrick demonstrates how to use the many Instagram filters, as well as add captions and hashtags to your posts. He offers tips for building your network and developing a community of followers. You can also learn how to build reels and Instagram stories—a sequence of photos and videos that expire after a day—and interact with other users through mentions, comments, sharing, and direct messages.

As developers advance past the basics of Java, they must understand how to effectively use Java collections in their daily work. This course offers you a deep dive into the framework and hands-on experience working with it. The Java Collections framework consists of interfaces, implementations, and utilities that together provide standard support for common data structures in the language. Instructor Kevin Bowersox explains these things, then goes into real examples of techniques for working with them, like creating different collections types and iterating them. He covers operations and interfaces such as List (including both ArrayList and LinkedList), Queue, Deque, and Map. Kevin concludes with a discussion of how you can use Java Collections utilities to sort elements, search collections, use comparators, and more.

If you're building animations for the web, odds are good you're at least a little familiar with GreenSock. The Greensock JavaScript animation library provides a wide variety of tools and controls for creating animation on the web. While CSS animations allow you to make simple transformations and toggle the state of UI elements in an application, with JavaScript you can create complex animations and advanced effects, control the timing of animations, and control when animations occur. In this course, Christina Gorton gets you started with JavaScript animations, showing you how to work with SVGs, animate them with GreenSock, and create a portfolio page complete with JavaScript animations on scroll.

Love LEGOs? The next generation is ready to play. LEGO Mindstorms is a robotics kit designed for all experimenters—not just kids. Its advanced programming capabilities and robust hardware—sensors, motors, and intelligent EV3 brick—make LEGO Mindstorms a fun and challenging microcomputer system for programmers and tinkerers of any age. In this course, Olivia Chiu helps you "open the box" and build your first functional robot with LEGO Mindstorms.

Learn how to unpack the hardware, connect to the programming interface, run prebuilt programs, and control the motors and sensors. Chapter 6, "Adding Flow to a Program," covers advanced programming topics such as transferring data between blocks, using variables to store temporary data, programming conditional logic, and looping actions to run again and again. By the end of the course, you'll have the skills to bring your own robotic creations to life.

By harnessing the power of the LinkedIn platform, you can tap into an expansive network of professionals, companies, and groups in your industry and beyond. In this course, discover how to make the most of your LinkedIn account. Follow Oliver Schinkten as he explains how to build a stellar LinkedIn profile, and shares how to expand your network, look for new career opportunities, join groups, share updates, and contribute your own thought leadership. He goes over how to use Creator Mode and Cover Story, as well as how to add your preferred pronouns to your LinkedIn profile. Plus, Oliver explores privacy settings and account types. Upon wrapping up this course, you'll have the tools you need to grow your career by leveraging LinkedIn.

Learn how to tap into the power of LinkedIn to build a professional network, establish your digital footprint, stay up-to-date in your industry, and much more. In this course, instructor Oliver Schinkten shows how to build a stellar LinkedIn profile, whether or not you have previous work experience. Oliver explains how a LinkedIn profile allows you to provide a more in-depth look at your personal brand and accomplishments than a resume does. He covers how to set up a new LinkedIn account and create a strong profile that grabs attention for all the right reasons, then offers tips for building and expanding your LinkedIn network, identifying job opportunities, connecting with recruiters, and building a professional brand.

Find the candidates you need with LinkedIn Recruiter, the industry-leading recruiting tool. LinkedIn Recruiter is used by hiring managers, HR teams, and staffing recruiters to find the right people for the right jobs. Watch this course to learn how to fully utilize Recruiter to search for, organize, and contact candidates. LinkedIn Learning staff instructor Oliver Schinkten shows how to create projects and efficiently search for talent in Recruiter, including how to save custom filters and find people who share similar traits with an existing candidate or employee. He also demonstrates how to leverage tools for managing your pipeline and communicating with your team. Plus, find out how to post a job and evaluate the performance of your recruiting efforts with reports.

Do you need to increase visibility for your business? In this course, instructor Sherry Bonelli shows you how to achieve higher local visibility. Sherry explains the difference between local SEO (search engine optimization) and general SEO and teaches you the local SEO strategies that have the most impact on local search results. She teaches you about how to target keywords and how to leverage Google My Business (GMB) for higher search rankings. Sherry shows you how you can get and manage reviews for higher rankings, create a website that’s friendly to searches as well as users, and build greater trust for your website and brand. While Sherry references Google throughout this course, you can leverage her tips to increase your visibility, no matter the search engine your customers use.

Do you need to increase visibility for your business? In this course, instructor Sherry Bonelli shows you how to achieve higher local visibility. Sherry explains the difference between local SEO (search engine optimization) and general SEO and teaches you the local SEO strategies that have the most impact on local search results. She teaches you about how to target keywords and how to leverage Google My Business (GMB) for higher search rankings. Sherry shows you how you can get and manage reviews for higher rankings, create a website that’s friendly to searches as well as users, and build greater trust for your website and brand. While Sherry references Google throughout this course, you can leverage her tips to increase your visibility, no matter the search engine your customers use.

Learn how to save time and communicate effectively with Loom, the new video messaging tool used by companies large and small. Follow along with Garrick Chow as he shows how to communicate and save time with Loom. Garrick begins by showing how to set up Loom on your desktop or mobile device. Next, he explains how to adjust settings so that Loom is tailored to your work style, including handy keyboard shortcuts. Garrick walks through how to record messages, whether pure video or a mix of video and screen recording. He also shows how to adjust your videos with the built-in drawing tools and editing features in Loom. Finally, Garrick demonstrates how to share videos 1:1, distribute your videos to a team, or publish them online.

MapGuide Open Source is a free, web-based platform for creating and publishing web-mapping applications and geospatial web services. In this course, Gordon Luckett shows how to get up and running with MapGuide and create your own maps. Gordon explains how to install and configure MapGuide, load data in a range of formats and sources, and create stylish layers and combine them into maps. He also details the process for publishing your map to the web, including tips for navigating firewalls, and how to create short URLs for easier user access.

MASSIVE X builds on the technology of its predecessor, MASSIVE, to give sound designers the tools needed to create boundary-pushing, otherworldly sounds. In this course, learn how to use this flagship synth from Native Instruments in your digital audio workstation (DAW) of choice. Instructor Evan Sutton shows you how to work with the basic interface of MASSIVE X, covering how to load and customize patches and create presets. Throughout the course, Evan provides an overview of the signal flow and modules, including filters, modulation controls, effects, macro controllers, envelopes, LFOs, and the Performers.

Do you want to experiment with sound and synthesis? In this course, instructor Emmanuel Henri shows you how to extend your compositions in Ableton Live by using the Max programming environment. Emmanuel gives an overview of what Max is and how it extends the Ableton Live application. He explores instrument options in the Max library, as well as MIDI effects and audio effects in the Max API. Emmanuel walks you through the Max programming interface, how to construct Max scripts, and how to add and test Max patches. In case you run into snags, he covers online documentation for Max and community-created patches for Max, then concludes with an introduction to NodeJS for Max.

Note: This course was created by Emmanuel Henri. We are pleased to host this training in our library.

Power BI Desktop—the powerful data analysis and visualization software from Microsoft—can help you get more insights from your data, whether that data is stored on your computer or in the cloud. In this course, discover how to leverage this easy-to-use tool to more efficiently model and visualize data. Learn how to connect various data sources, including Excel, databases, and web data sources like Wikipedia. Explore how to search and transform your data using the built-in Query Editor. Plus, instructor Gini von Courter shows how to build and arrange visualizations, create interactive reports, share your work, manage your published files in the Power BI service, and more.

Microsoft Teams for Education is a powerful platform that allows you to communicate, collaborate, and more with students and staff. Instructor Oliver Schinkten demonstrates how to get started and customize your account settings, then teaches you how to create a class. Oliver shows you how to choose from several different types of teams and customize class settings. Learn how to add students, teachers, channels, and tabs to a class. Discover how to integrate hundreds of educational apps. Explore ways to use Teams to improve communication. Oliver explains how to use the conversations feature and the chat feature. Next, observe ways to manage student communication. Video meetings are essential tools, and Oliver walks you through how to join, start, schedule, and record a meeting in Teams. Learn tips for sharing files and resources with your class, then see how to create and share assignments and quizzes.

MicroStation, one of the world's leading CAD software platforms, gives users the power to leverage BIM workflows to speed up their drafting and modeling processes. In this course, instructor John Melbert steps through the fundamentals of working with MicroStation CONNECT Edition, tailoring his instruction to the needs of building designers and drafters who are new to the software. John helps designers and drafters build a solid foundation in the concepts, tools, and features found in the MicroStation drawing environment within a 2D building project. Learn about basic navigation in the MicroStation CONNECT Edition user interface, creating and working with MicroStation design files, design file settings, precision drawing, and more.

This course teaches the basics of MicroStation CONNECT. Instructor Frank Conforti walks you through how to work with the user interface, tools, and features of MicroStation CONNECT Edition. Frank shows you how to use models and drawing tools; create and use element attributes; and work with zoom controls, multiple view windows, and more to control the display of your designs. He covers how to use AccuSnap and AccuDraw in precision drawing and goes into SmartLine and other basic drawing elements. He also discusses how to select, manipulate, and modify elements, as well as how to place, create, edit, and remove cells. He demonstrates how you can annotate designs with text, dimension, and patterns and goes over how to attach references, raster images, and PDFs. In closing, Frank walks you through two ways to print and publish.

Learn how to manage your business travel and expenses with ease using MileIQ. In this course Garrick Chow begins by showing how to create a MileIQ account and get your vehicles set up. Next, he shows how to work with the web dashboard, including working in the Drives view and editing, duplicating, and deleting drives. Finally, Garrick walks through how to generate reports, adjusting business rates and distance units and creating category or purposed-based reports.