ILIAS is your central platform to enjoy a variety of teaching and learning materials, discussion forums, wikis, link lists and other content, independent of time and place. In addition to having access to specific course materials (lecture notes, interactive exercises, video tutorials, practical training instructions etc.), you can also make use of a wide range of interdisciplinary offers, such as courses on IT, soft skills, learning techniques or language courses.
You can obtain tips for literature research in your faculty, literature management programs such as Citavi, self-tests, forums, video trainings and materials for workshops of the university library.
Self-study courses
Language courses – Speexx
Speexx offers online language courses for English, Spanish, French, Italian or German. The self-study lessons enable you to improve your language skills free of charge. Go to the Speexx online language courses
Online training courses – LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning offers video tutorials to improve your computer skills, such as:
Office software (e.g. Excel or Word), 3-D construction and CAD, graphics and creative software
Web design, programming, IT administration, development and IT infrastructure
Photography, mobile computing, digital lifestyle
You have access to all video tutorials in English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and Chinese. To be able to use the content, you need to register on LinkedIn Learning online or via app.
The university’s Learning Services team regularly posts video tutorials on the university’s media portal. Among other things, we have prepared an ILIAS playlist for you, set up channels featuring tutorials on the university library or ILIAS and we will show you how Word and Citavi work.
Lecturio
Lecturio are video courses offered by the Wiso database. Some of the tutorials are available in English. You can find the tutorials by clicking on “Videokurse” [1] in the navigation on the left and then clicking on “Erweiterte Suche” [2] in the centre below the search slot. Then select your desired category by entering what you are looking for in “Kategorie” [3, 4, 5] and restrict the language to English.
Library video tutorials
The university library provides video tutorials on the media portal. Certain contents, such as videos on library use, searching for specialist literature or your own library account include English subtitles.