Lynda is a self-teaching portal where users can select from a huge variety of user-run courses aimed at teaching everything from programming languages to using specific tools and software. Anybody with a penchant for learning and self-improvement will find Lynda useful. Users can start their own courses, upload lessons and add course materials. Lessons take the form of videos and these can be viewed online and also offline as a member. A lot of the courses available on Lynda are related to software development but they also offer courses in other subjects, ranging from management to graphic design and photography.