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.

In this course, instructor Oliver Schinkten teaches educators using the Moodle LMS how to add students, collect assignments, quiz students, grade papers, and increase student-to-student and student-to-teaching communication inside of Moodle. Oliver explains the benefits of a learning management system (LMS). He discusses how to add a bio and picture to your Moodle profile, how to customize your notifications, and how to use the inline help.

A Moodle course starts out as a blank course shell, and Oliver walks you through each step to fill that course and make sure its settings and roles fit your course needs. Oliver shows you how to add files, URLs, assignments, quizzes, and much more to your course. He also goes over how to create groups and send messages, then demonstrates how to set up, customize, and use your gradebook. Oliver concludes by teaching you how to back up your course.

In this course, music producer Evan Sutton takes you through all the effects that come with Native Instruments Komplete, including modulation effects, distortion effects, spatial effects, EQ plugins, and dynamics plugins. Evan dives right in with the hands-on demonstrations of everything the plugins have to offer. He also shows the wide range of use of the effects by showing you more traditional, even-keeled mixing, then switching it up into more adventurous sonic territory. Whether you’re a professional musician or producer, or a hobbyist making music at home, Evan shows you how to add texture, atmosphere, and punch to your productions.

Troubleshooting network issues is a key skill for a wide range of IT professionals and network professionals. In this course, instructor Robert McMillen teaches you the skills and tools that you need to start network troubleshooting. Robert begins with an overview on how to triage network problems, including basic TCP/IP issues and causes, then steps you through some common home networking and wireless issues. He covers the most common issues with corporate wireless networks and how to troubleshoot Wi-Fi interference. Robert explains different types of VPN, common errors you may encounter, and how to fix them. After showing you some network tools that administrators need to know, he discusses how to fix problems you may run into with routing, switching, and firewalls.

nTopology works in conjunction with CAD packages to provide engineers and designers with high-performance, unbreakable geometry; a unique, field-driven design capability; and novel tools for workflow automation. Instructor Evan Pilz introduces the software and how to use it, including the block system, fields, lattices, and reusable workflows. First, Evan explains what prior skills and knowledge you’ll need for this course and what you can expect to learn. He shows why nTopology was created, how it is different from other software, and which industries use nTopology. He then walks you through the nTopology block system, building your first workflow, creating custom blocks that fit your current needs, and exporting parts from nTopology. Plus, learn how to use fields to drive your design and get useful tips, tricks, and best practices for working smarter with this software.

This course is an introduction to NuGet, the official package manager for .NET. Packages are essentially compiled libraries packed together with descriptive metadata into an easily shareable unit, meaning NuGet lets developers leverage a massive ecosystem and utilize existing solutions as a foundation instead of building everything from scratch.

Instructor Christopher Gill covers NuGet essentials like package management, the tools and resources NuGet provides, and how to use those tools to leverage and contribute to the extensive .NET ecosystem. He also covers the ins and outs of NuGet.org, the central repository for .NET developers to find and publish .NET packages.

Discover how to store and share your documents, spreadsheets, and other files with OneDrive. In this course, instructor Garrick Chow shows you how to get started with OneDrive on both Mac and Windows, including how to set up Personal Vault to protect your sensitive files. Garrick covers how to upload, organize, rename, copy, download, and delete files, then dives into the best ways to share your files. He finishes up with useful advice on how to search your files efficiently in OneDrive.

OneNote Online is a robust note-taking app that allows you to jot down and save ideas wherever you are—from a scribbled-on napkin to a saved article on the web—and tag notes for easy recall. In this course, Heather Severino—a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Master, and Microsoft MVP for OneNote—offers tips to help you be even more organized and productive with this powerful note-taking tool. Learn how to build a shareable online notebook, capture voice memos and handwritten notes, co-edit a notebook with others, insert files, and quickly search your notes. Plus, learn keyboard shortcuts that help you work even more efficiently with this versatile app.

Discover OpenBuildings Designer, the BIM software for architects and professional building modelers. This introductory course focuses on 3D modeling in OpenBuildings Designer, teaching concepts through a fun example building: a transportation station. Though the building design is relatively simple, it has some unique design elements, including a custom platform roof canopy. Instructor Mary Chib teachers you how to set up your modeling environment and create models with basic structural, architectural, and interior elements: columns and footings, walls and windows, casework and furniture, and more. She also shows how to work with assemblies, create a custom profile, and view the drawings and schedules for your design.

PC maintenance and performance go hand in hand; when you correctly maintain your computer, you usually see a corresponding boost in performance. Happily, basic computer maintenance tasks are simple enough for anyone to accomplish. This course teaches the elemental skills related to PC maintenance. It's a good, thorough background for anyone who works with Windows-based computers. Dan Gookin helps you configure simple settings to make sure your system is running at its peak, including Windows security settings, backup and recovery options, and updates. Plus, learn how to make everything run faster and smoother by identifying resource hogs and using tools like ReadyBoost for external caching.

For creative professionals, it’s no surprise that Adobe released Photoshop on the iPad. Photoshop is the industry standard in the creative world—there aren’t many applications so ubiquitous that they’re in the dictionary—so it was inevitable that Photoshop would show up on the world’s most popular tablet device. In this course, Tony Harmer gets into the basics of Photoshop on the iPad, working through projects to make composites, tune images, and make refinements. While these exercises may be familiar to many desktop Photoshop users, even if you’re an advanced Photoshop pro, the iPad app has many differences—the touch interface, for one—that you’ll want to explore. If you’re thinking about doing any Photoshop work on the iPad, this course will get you up and running.

If you're up and running with Pixelmator, but want a more comprehensive look at its image enhancement and design tools, this is the course for you. Pixelmator is a popular and affordable Mac OS X app, which offers support for Adobe file formats. With Pixelmator you can easily collaborate with other photographers and designers using the Creative Cloud. Join Rich Harrington for a tour of the complete Pixelmator workflow, including making accurate selections, performing targeted image adjustments, designing with text and shapes, retouching, masking, and making complex designs quickly with other effects. Rich also explores Pixelmator for iOS, which allows you to share projects between iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers and continue your work on the go. Once your project is finished, you'll learn how to export files in several popular formats for sharing, posting on the web, or using in other software packages.

PowerPoint is one of the most popular presentation creation tools, and with PowerPoint for the web, you can create, view, edit, and share presentations directly in your web browser instead of installing and running a separate app. The web app is flexible and powerful, but there are some specific differences between the online version and desktop version of PowerPoint. In this course, Microsoft Certified Trainer Heather Severino walks you through all the unique features of PowerPoint for the web. Heather begins with basics, showing how to create, open, and save files in a browser. Next, she walks through slide layout essentials, such as adding headers and footers, and shows how to incorporate audio and visuals like photos, SmartArt, and videos. She demonstrates how to share and co-edit presentations, as well as view and print PowerPoint files. Finally, Heather shares some handy keyboard shortcuts and explains how to get help with the Search feature and Presenter Coach.

Premiere Elements is a fun and affordable way to edit video on your home computer. Steve Grisetti, longtime video editor and co-founder of video production support site Muvipix.com, shows you how to make the most of this amazingly feature-packed program—from gathering your media to building your timeline to adding music, transitions, titles and effects to outputting your final masterpiece and sharing it with the world. He’ll show you the tools and how to use them, and he’ll throw in tips for making the most of your video editing experience.