Online Training Archives

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Discus for Students

Discus Basics for Elementary School (5:57)
Discus Basics for Middle School Students (9:23)
Discus Basics for High School Students (9:23)
Why Choose Discus? Students Speak Out (1:56)

General Discus

Advanced Searching in Discus (41:58)
Discus Basics for Elementary School (5:57)
Got lessons? 5 Discus Resources with Lessons for K-5 (14:01)
High School English: Discus Overview (45:17)
Job Hunting and Exam Prep in Discus (36:52)
Job Hunting and Exam Prep in Discus (worksheet)
Locating Maps in Discus (13:11)
Money Matters in Discus (13:02)
New to Discus for K-5 Learning (42:59)
Public Library- Introduction to Discus (53:48)
Reading Aids in Discus (34:58)
School and Public Libraries: A Winning Combination (57:49)
STEM Content in Discus (38:00)
Quick Student Worksheets for Virtual Learning (14:53)

eLearning

eLearning- Discus Overview (10:12)
eLearning- Google Integration with Credo and EBSCO (9:41)
eLearning- Lessons for Educators (19:26)
eLearning- Multimedia in Discus (28:03)
DK Eyewitness Ebooks: Free Non-fiction for Students (3:25)
How to Use Tutor.com from Discus (23:48)
Remote Learning with Discus for Cohort 3 and Readiness Regions (7:42)

Auto Repair Source

Auto Repair Source: Nuts and Bolts (23:06)

Bloom's Literature

Bloom's Literature New Features and Content (33:45)

BrainPOP Jr.

BrainPOP Jr. Features and Teacher Tools (24:56)

Britannica

Differentiated Instruction to Reach and Teach All Learners (58:15)

Credo Reference

CultureGrams

CultureGrams: World Edition (31:00)
Exploring CultureGrams (54:20)

EBSCO

EBSCO for Non-English Speakers (24:37)
Three Article Access Options in SmartSearch by Discus (2:02)

Gale

Learn360

Introducing Learn360 (43:47)

LearningExpress Library

NoveList

NoveList for Public Libraries (39:26)
NoveList Plus: Using Appeals and Themes (47:40)

TumbleBooks

Link to Titles in TumbleBookLibrary (7:28)

Tutor.com

How to Use Tutor.com from Discus (23:48)

World Almanac for Kids

Get WAK-I with World Almanac for Kids - Intermediate (31:36)

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