Tech Help, Coding & Programming

Designed for ages 8-108, Fiero Code offers self-guided courses and activities that teach the coding skills needed to make websites, apps, programs, animations, and video games. To get started, create an account with an email address.

Python, HTML, CSS, Javascript, React, and SQL are covered by this resource, along with the popular educational tools Sphero, Ozobot, and Makey Makey.

Fiero Code offers themed competitions three times a year, and eligible participants can win prizes.

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Become an expert in only six weeks by taking interactive, instructor-led online courses covering a wide range of topics. Free for eligible library cardholders. New six-week courses start monthly - view the Gale Course catalogue directly for current course availability and start date information.

Tips before registering

• Please read course syllabi before registering to determine your time commitment and interest for the topics covered.
• Participants who do not attend the week 2 module of the class within 13 days of the start of the course are automatically dropped from registration.
• Participants automatically receive a 10-day extension after the final exam due date to finish the course. We cannot provide additional extensions.

Watch the Gale Courses tutorial to learn more about this resource.

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Job & Career Accelerator is part of LearningExpress Library family. As a job-hunting platform, this resource has everything you need to create professional résumés and cover letters, search for jobs, prep for your interviews and more. You can create new résumés in the platform or upload an existing one, or you can browse through over 200 sample résumés. There is also a scholarship list that contains Canadian-specific scholarships for Canadian students. 

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Practice tests and tutorial courses to help you succeed with academic or licensing exams. Immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and individualized analysis of results. Many tests are from American sources. Now includes Computer Skills training for a variety of Microsoft applications (e.g. Word, Excel, Access, Outlook etc.). Includes two Canadian Citizenship Practice Exams (as well as American).

Now also includes access to Job & Career Accelerator, a job-hunting resource that has everything you need to create professional and competitive resumes and cover letters, search for jobs that fit your needs, give professional interviews and more.

Watch the LearningExpress Library tutorial to learn more about this resource.

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LinkedIn Learning is an online learning library that helps you learn business, software, technology and creative skills with just your library card and PIN. LinkedIn Learning's new catalogue offers over 16,000 new courses in English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin and Portuguese. LinkedIn Learning can be accessed on mobile devices through the LinkedIn Learning app or through your mobile device browser. If you change your library card number, your learning history won’t be accessible under your new card number and PIN.

The LinkedIn Learning app is available on Android and iOS. EPL's Library ID for the app is: edmontonpublic

Watch the LinkedIn Learning tutorial or visit EPL's LinkedIn Learning FAQs to learn more about this resource.

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This resource includes 45,000+ eBook titles and more than 3,500 videos on essential technology and business. It includes technology eBooks, videos and streaming audiobooks from the current year and previous two years, and business eBooks, videos and streaming audiobooks from the current year and previous three years. Each year, new content is added and the oldest year of material is removed to present you with a rich and growing foundation of timely information on business and technology topics. The platform is easy to use. You just click and start reading! No downloads or checkouts are required.

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