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O’Reilly Learning Instructions: For Instructors & Staff

San Jose City College Email Requirement

What is the O'Reilly Online Learning & Training Library?

O'Reilly Learning is a platform that provides access to technical and business resources, including over 60,000 books, videos, and interactive courses. Courses, books, and videos cover a wide range of topics but include things like:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Computer programming languages
  • Data analysis
  • Software development
  • Systems engineering
  • and much, much more

 

O’Reilly Learning is open to all San Jose City College students, faculty and staff. A valid student or faculty/staff email address is required. Students will need to use their San Jose City College student email address to access O’Reilly Learning; see the For Students page for access. Faculty and Staff, use the information below. 

If you prefer to download the instructions or print them, see the step-by-step instructions for creating your account on this downloadable O'Reilly Guide.

Create & Validate An O’Reilly Learning Account

To create an account, follow the directions below. O’Reilly Learning is open to all San Jose City College College students, faculty and staff.

  1. Go to O’Reilly Learning
  2. In the School or Institution box, type in San Jose City College
  3. Enter your San Jose City College email address (username@sjcc.edu).
    NOTE: You'll have access immediately, but you'll need to validate your account
    screenshot of O'Reilly log in screen
  4. Validate Account: O’Reilly will send an email in about 20 minutes
  5. Select the link in the email to validate your email address and create a password
  6. Once you have a validated account, Sign In to O’Reilly Learning on or off-campus directly through the link

Assigning O’Reilly Learning Books/Tutorials to Students

You can use O'Reilly texts, videos, and course segments as textbooks, individual readings, assignments, and more.

If you assign readings, courses, or videos to your students through O'Reilly, provide the exact title, author, and URL so students can find the item via link or search. 

For example, include the title, author, and link like this:

Students, please read Section 4 (both parts) of Fearless Drawing by Kerry Lemon

OR

Students, please complete this video training, Python Guide for the Total Beginner