Digital Union

The Digital Union endeavors to keep an expert staff who will be able to assist and educate you on how to use multimedia technology through one-on-one tutoring and assistance.

If you are interested in learning how to use a piece of multimedia software or equipment for your academic projects feel free to visit us on the third floor of the Science and Engineering Library and we'll see what we can do to assist you in reaching your goals.

Walk-in or make an appointment by calling us at (614)292-2793. Appointments must be made 24 hours in advance.

The Digital Union has several subscription accounts to lynda.com, an award winning provider of online tutorials in a diverse array of programs including Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Office, digital photography, Web design, digital video, and many others.

These high level, interactive tutorials are a great way to learn a new program or gain advanced skills in programs you already know. Stop by the Digital Union today and our staff can log you in, and try lynda.com for yourself.

Topics Offered

To view a full listing of tutorial topics offered, visit the lynda.com homepage where you can browse topics by subject, product, vendor, and author.

Tutorial Length

The combined length of a full set of tutorials varies widely depending on the topic. A topic's set of tutorials is broken down into bite size chunks that average 5 minutes in length. Each segment is specific to a particular technique within the topic and is very well named so it's easy for you to choose which videos to watch - or which to skip.

Tutorial Format

Informational segments consist of the author speaking and/or bulleted slides to highlight the points mentioned. Tutorial segments will show the author's computer screen along with narration of what's being done and why. Exercise files, identical to the ones being used in the videos are available for download so you can work along with the tutorial.

3 Ways to Access Tutorials

Visit the Digital Union to watch Lynda tutorials from our computer stations. Just ask the staff to log you into lynda.com when you sign in at the front desk.

Contact our Systems Admin, Dave Hooker (hooker.24@osu.edu), to request a temporary lynda.com username and password. This will allow you to watch tutorials from any computer with internet access. The maximum checkout period is 1 week, after which you can renew as long as no one is on our waitlist for an account.

Visit lynda.com and sign up for a full-access 30-day trial.

The Digital Union offers a variety of workshops in which OSU faculty, staff, and students can learn about topics ranging from video editing, web design, podcasting, copyright issues, and digital rights management.

Check our available workshop listings