For additional Adobe training resources, visit the Adobe Help Center.

CSU Learn

CSU Learn is an online learning portal for faculty, staff, and student employees. It provides access to a variety of professional development resources and required compliance training.

To access CSU Learn, log in to the MyCalStateLA Portal, and then click CSU Learn on the Quick Launch menu, located in the Chancellor's Office section.

CSU Bridge

Similar to CSU Learn, CSU Bridge is an online learning portal for Cal State LA students. It provides a number of resources, i.e., videos, courses, and books for students to advance their career-related skills and complete any safety training for their classes or the University.

To access CSU Bridge, log in to the MyCalStateLA Portal, and then click CSU Bridge on the Quick Launch menu, located in the Chancellor's Office section.

For information about compliance training contacts, user guides, and system compatibility recommendations, visit the CSU Learn and CSU Bridge page.

• Map a Shared Network Drive (PDF)

• IBM SPSS Statistics Canvas Course
• IBM SPSS Statistics 24 Tutorial (IBM)
• IBM SPSS Statistics 26 Tutorial (IBM)
• SPSS Statistics Essential Training (LinkedIn Learning)
• SPSS for Academic Research (LinkedIn Learning)

All Cal State LA employees have a shared responsibility to secure campus information assets containing protected Level 1 and Level 2 data. Below are several online training resources to promote information security awareness. For additional resources, visit the IT Security website.

FERPA Tutorial

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. All Cal State LA employees, student assistants, graduate assistants, vendors and consultants who have, or potentially may have, contact with student education records must comply with this law. These individuals are required to successfully complete the online FERPA tutorial and test every two years.

Additional Tutorials

• Learning Mobile Device Security (LinkedIn Learning)
• Encrypting Microsoft Office Files (PDF)

For additional Microsoft Office training resources, visit the following websites.

• Office Help and Training (Microsoft)
• Office Quick Start Guides (Microsoft)
• Office for Mac Quick Start Guides (Microsoft)
• Office Mobile Quick Start Guides (Microsoft)

MyCalStateLA Portal is the unifying platform where students, faculty, and staff may access common University systems and IT resources with a single login, i.e., the Quick Launch apps. The Portal also includes various departmental sites, University Updates, Featured News, and Upcoming Events. To learn more and download user guides, visit the MyCalStateLA Portal informational page.

If you are in charge of updating your department's site in the Portal, please enroll in the self-paced Canvas course below.

• MyCalStateLA Portal: Content Creator Canvas Course

• Qualtrics Login Instructions
• Qualtrics User Guide (Qualtrics)
• Qualtrics On-demand Webinars (Qualtrics)

QLess is a queue management system and appointment scheduling tool that helps manage customer flow through an easy-to-use digital solution. QLess reduces or eliminates lines and wait times, improves satisfaction and boosts the efficiency of student, faculty and staff support.

If you are part of a team that manage queues at Cal State LA using QLess, please use the following training resources to supplement learning the interface and completing day-to-day tasks. 

• QLess Foundations Canvas Course
• QLess Administrator Canvas Course

• ServiceNow Support
• ServiceNow User Guide (PDF)
• ServiceNow IT Staff User Guide (PDF)

• Firefox Support (Mozilla)
• Google Chrome Help (Google)
• Internet Explorer Help (Microsoft)
• Microsoft Edge Help (Microsoft)
• Safari User Guide (Apple)

Drupal

• Drupal Support
• Drupal and Accessibility Overview Video Tutorials
• Drupal and Accessibility Overview Canvas Course
• Drupal: Working with Design Blocks Canvas Course

HTML and CSS

• HTML Essential Training (LinkedIn Learning)
• Introduction to CSS (LinkedIn Learning)

Web Content and Accessibility

• Web Accessibility
• Writing for the Web Canvas Course