Activity 14: Learning Express Library

Try it out!

• Find the LearningExpress Library tab under the Research Tab on our homepage.
•   Did this!
• Click on Welcome in the User Guides tab and watch the short video.
•  Okay-my comment on this is that it should say Welcome, Short video so it is more apparent that there is a short version of the video available. I do think that in the longer video it is nice that you can click on a certain section that you need as many people won't have or want to take 16+min to watch an instructional video, even if they really probably should...
• Click on “How to take a Test”  in the User Guides tab and watch the 2 minute video of the basics of test taking.
•  The How to take a Test video seems thorough and I like that you can get a list of questions/answers by subject area so you can see where you need to improve or what you already know and that it recommends other tests/products that may be of use.
• Take a look at the “Featured Resources List” at the top left of the homepage. It is under “Welcome to LearningExpress Library.”
•  There are quite a few resources. For career information, one might also want to check out iseek.org or Occupational Outlook or JobNow for careers not included in Learning Express, but it does include quite a bit. It's nice that it has academic help for grade school-adult, career info, adult basic ed, citizenship, etc.

Blogging Exercise:
What are some pros and cons about this site?
Sometimes you can't find the test/career you want, but it is overall a nice resource. I like that it has computer classes now which includes everything from how to install a printer to using the internet or various microsoft products. I wish the instructional videos for computer classes were close captioned as I can't watch them at the reference desk with the volume on and this would be good for people who have hearing impairments or who benefit from seeing words while they hear them.

Would you recommend patrons to use it? If not, why? I would recommend it in many cases as it has a lot of nice resources. It may not be right if someone needs a particular test that isn't there, but it does have quite a bit to offer.