FOR LIBRARIES & NONPROFITS

Learn How to Assess Your Online Risk and Protect Data

Try Niche Academy free. No credit card required. Select “Protecting from Online Threats” during signup for step-by-step guidance—for you and your team.

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Personal Learning and Team Training

Your free trial allows you to build your skills and deliver consistent training to staff and volunteers.

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    Complete the bundled tutorials to learn the basics.
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    Add additional free tutorials from our Market—including more on cybersecurity basics, as well as other topics.
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    Build your own training content with our easy-to-use authoring tools to transfer important policies and procedures specific to your organization. Then, upgrade to our Guide, Build, or Transform plan when you’re ready to enroll learners in the training.
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BUNDLED TUTORIALS

Step-by-Step Instruction

Get the essentials and complete activities to meet each learning objective. These tutorials will help you lay a foundation for safer practices.

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Assessing Your Online Risk

By the end, you'll be able to:
  • Explain why you should assess
  • Use a threat model process to assess
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Creating Strong Passwords

By the end, you'll be able to:
  • Explain the benefits of a password manager
  • Explain Two-Factor Authentication
3

Controlling Your Digital Footprint

By the end, you'll be able to:
  • Examine your own digital footprint
  • Address your digital footprint
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Select the Protecting from Online Threats topic during signup to access the tutorial bundle.
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WHY US

Why Libraries and Nonprofits Choose Niche Academy

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Built for mission‑driven teams.

Created specifically for libraries and nonprofits—no extra features you’ll never use, and no steep learning curve.

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Accessible by design.

Our platform is WCAG 2.1 compliant at the AA level.

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Privacy you control.

Role‑based access and secure data handling.

Testimonials

Trusted by Thousands of Libraries and Nonprofits

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Niche Academy is an incredibly easy-to-use platform that has streamlined our training process. It’s intuitive for both administrators and learners, making it simple to get others up to speed and confident enough to create their own trainings.What really sets it apart is its flexibility. We can upload a wide range of content types, which gives us the freedom to build trainings that fit our exact needs.The reporting tools are also a great feature—they give us the data we need for tracking progress and completing grant reports efficiently. Overall, Niche Academy has been a powerful and adaptable solution for our organization.

- Gina Robinson, Senior Project Coordinator - Technology, California Libraries Learn (CALL)
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I have hosted my De-Escalation Trainings on Niche Academy for years. They are a great team and their system is fantastic! What I love about the platform is its simplicity. It is very intuitive and user-friendly. I trust Niche Academy with my business. They are our exclusive LMS and have been for years. Truly exceptional!

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Niche Academy has transformed how we support professional development at Waukesha Public Library! Staff can watch tutorials on a variety of topics and grow personally and professionally. Investing in this product shows our employees that we care about their growth. Also, Niche’s technology support is wonderful! I can’t highly recommend Niche more.

- Kelly Davis, Special Projects Coordinator, Waukesha (WI) Public Library
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QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s included in the free trial?

Full access to the 3‑tutorial bundle—Assessing Your Online Risk, Creating Strong Passwords, and Your Digital Footprint—plus the ability to select more free tutorials in our Market, invite colleagues, assign training, and track completions. You can also explore authoring tools to build custom training content. Publishing, assigning, and tracking custom content requires a paid subscription (Guide, Build, or Transform plan). 

Do I need a credit card to start?

No.

Is the trial for my professional development or for training my team?

Both. Use the bundled tutorials to build your own skills and assign relevant training from the Market to staff and volunteers, with built-in tracking.

Which training topic should I pick during signup?

Choose “Protecting From Online Threats.” That choice automatically adds the tutorial bundle to your new academy.

 

Can I add my own training content?

Yes. Create tutorials, upload files, embed media, and organize everything in one place. You will need to upgrade to a paid subscription (Guide, Build, or Transform plan) to publish, assign, and track custom training.

Can I invite teammates or volunteers?

Yes. A free trial allows up to 10 users (including administrators, supervisors, instructors, and learners). Invite others to see how training works across your organization.

Is Niche Academy accessible?

Yes. Our platform is WCAG 2.1 compliant at the AA level.

What other tutorials are available on cybersecurity basics?

If you search for “cybersecurity basics” in the Market, you’ll find three more free tutorials: Preventing Human Error, Avoiding Online Scams, and Handling Sensitive Information.

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