LinkedIn Learning provides instructional video courses taught by experts across different fields. There are various courses with content about law and using Office 365.
To get started: Click on the link provided below. Click the "Sign In" button in the upper right-hand corner of your screen. Use your University of Illinois email. Click "Continue to University of Illinois System" and log in using your University of Illinois credentials. Use the search bar to search for courses or topics.
WebStore is a software distribution source for the University of Illinois. They offer software for free or at discounted prices. Software can be purchased or installed for personal machines or for University-owned machines. To see what kinds of free software they provide, go to the link provided below and click the green "Free Software" button towards the middle of your screen. For more information on purchasing software, go to the "About Us" tab on their website and scroll down until you see the "How to Shop" section.
The Procertas Legal Technology Assessment allows you to work through real-world scenarios pertaining to technology tools used to create legal documents, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF. It also offers Bluebook exercises. The various modules provide tasks to complete based on legal scenarios where you will be graded. There are two types of modules: trainer modules and assessment modules. With trainer modules, you will not be timed or graded. You also have an unlimited number of tries to complete the task and can skip from task to task. Once you have completed the task successfully, it will be marked as complete. With assessment modules, you will be graded and timed. You cannot skip from task to task in the assessment modules.
Creating an Account: In order to get access to the Procertas Legal Technology Assessment, you will need to request an account by sending an email to law-refdesk@illinois.edu. Note: For the law library to set up an account for you, you must be part of the University of Illinois College of Law community.
Below is a video overview of the key features of the Procertas Legal Technology Assessment:
LTA_User_Video from Joe Colucci on Vimeo.
PowerNotes allows you to organize and outline notes, highlight text from websites and PDFs to save, and automatically save links and citation information of your sources.
Overview of PowerNotes:
PowerNotes for legal research:
Creating a PowerNotes Account:
Go to the link provided below and click the blue "Add Browser Extension" button. You will be directed to install the extension to your browser. PowerNotes works on Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Firefox. After it is installed, create a PowerNotes account by clicking on the PowerNotes logo in the upper right-hand corner of your screen. Click "Sign up with email" to create your account. Use your University of Illinois student email to gain free premium access to PowerNotes. When you have created an account, a verification link will be sent to your email. Click on the link in the email to verify that it is you.