Free lynda.com iPhone App

Theresa Stone

Press release
You’ve always been able to access the lynda.com Online Training Library anytime, anywhere. Now you can access your learning on the go with the new, free lynda.com iPhone app, featuring high and low video quality for optimal streaming no matter what your connection.
lynda.com members have access to their accounts just as you do on your computer. Just log in and start learning! Once logged in, you’ll see the most the most recent video you watched, whether you watched it on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or on your computer’s web browser. Just pick up where you last left off.
1. Watch Video Tutorials on Your Phone
Access all 45,707 Online Training Library tutorials just as you do from your computer! Whether you’re connected via WiFi, Edge, or 3G, choose high or low video quality for most efficient streaming.

2. lynda.com Login Page
Login here to access your lynda.com Online Training Library membership.
If you’re not a member yet, and want to give lynda.com a try, we’ve got 10 percent of our content available for free: Just tap this try for free button to view those free courses.
Interested in a membership? Learn more about our monthly and annual membership plans and subscribe to what best suits you.

3. Searching the Online Training Library
The lynda.com Online Training Library is searchable by Software, Subject, Vendor, or Author. To search by software, tap the Software button on the top menu. Search course and movie titles by typing in a software name or search term and tapping on the Search button. Browse through all of the lynda.com Online Training Library courses, or select the first letter of the topic that you are looking for.

4. Viewing a Course
Courses are often divided by chapters, and within chapters, there are individual tutorial movies. These are all listed in order on the course page.
Start watching a course by tapping the first tutorial movie title, and the movie will start to play. Once it is over, move on to the next movie.
If you’d rather skip around to different subjects, drag up and down on the course page to browse through tutorial topics, and click on those tutorials that you want to view.
When you are ready to move on to another course, tap the Back button to return to your previous screen, or tap on any of the icons on the bottom to look for another course.

5. Navigating Search Results
Search results are viewable by course name or by individual movies. Choose Course or Movie to view those results.
Once your search results are found, scroll through the results and tap on the course or movie that you would like to view.
Clear or cancel your search to start a new search, or tap on any of the icons on the bottom of the screen to return to the Home page, the Online Training Library, or to view the Online Training Library by category.

6. lynda.com Author Screens
When an author is selected from the Author list, you’ll see his or her photograph along with their bio. Click on the bio excerpt to be taken to the full bio screen.
Under the author’s bio is a list of all courses by that author. Scroll through the courses by dragging up and down the screen to find the course you want to view.
Tap on the course name to go to that course.

7. Accessing Movies and Information
The Movie Details page shows a number of specifics about each tutorial in the Online Training Library.
The name of the movie and the length of the movie are displayed. Tapping on the name of the movie will start the movie playing. The Previous Movie button takes you to the movie preceding this current movie, and the Next Movie button takes you to the one immediately following.
The Chapter Information shows both the number and the name of the course chapter. Tapping here will take you to the full chapter listing.
The first section of the Course Information area shows the full course name, the author, the full length of the course, and the date the course was released in the Online Training Library. Tapping this takes you back to the course page.