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You'll Learn Fast In Our Online Classroom!

When you buy Liberty BASIC you get access to our online classroom at no additional charge.  You only need a web browser to access the classroom.  Thousands of people have learned Liberty BASIC using our course online.  The course is written in an engaging way to make it fun and enjoyable.

Never programmed before?  This is everything you need to get started.  This course will take you from the very basics to working with files, and then all the way to creating GUIs and drawing graphics.  You'll enjoy learning as you create several working programs.

Are you an experienced programmer?  The course will have you up to speed in Liberty BASIC quickly.

Liberty BASIC has been used to teach programming to thousands and thousands of people by many institutions including Ziff Davis University, HP Learning Center, NRI Schools (a division of McGraw Hill), and PC Plus Magazine.  Many K-12 schools and colleges teach Liberty BASIC using these books:  Beginning Programming for Dummies by Wallace Wang, and Teach Yourself Beginning Programming by Greg Perry (author of the bestselling book QBasic by Example).

Certification: This is not a certificate course. You will have assignments to work through, and self study quizzes to complete, but your work will not be graded by the instructor.  However, you can work through the materials at a comfortable pace.

Format: This is a web-based course so you only need a web browser to join.  Each section of the study material will have its own message area where students will interact with the instructor and each other. Students are encouraged to help each other on the message forums. There is also a lounge area where students interact casually and get to know each other.