Online Courses by John Bandler

I have created some online courses that are available via two different platforms, and I highlight Udemy where I control the content and pricing (subject to the Udemy platform rules).

Here is the quick breakdown:

1. Udemy online courses for almost anyone

Here's some quick points on Udemy and my courses there.

  • Create a Udemy account for free
  • Udemy is an enormous platform covering an enormous range of learning topics from many instructors.
  • You pick whatever course interests you. Many free courses available, many paid courses available too (that's how they make their money)
    • Always check for best deals and coupon codes (including mine)
  • Udemy instructors are independent and do their own course development (within guidelines of the platform)
  • My courses there are:
    • Introduction to Law
    • Privacy certification prep (IAPP CIPP/US) for lawyers and law students (many others are taking it too)
    • Policies and Procedures for Your Organization
    • How to learn, study, take an exam, write, and research (free for now)
    • Cybersecurity (free for now)
    • Cyberlaw (free for now)
    • More coming, check my main Udemy page for updates.

To learn more about my Udemy courses and Udemy, see my main Udemy page.

2. Infosec Institute (a Cengage company) online courses for cybersecurity professionals

  • Infosec was acquired by educational behemoth Cengage in 2022. Their communication with authors used to be excellent, but since being acquired by the educational behemoth they have changed many of their processes, and more changes are coming, and I don't always hear of them in a timely fashion. At this point I do not want to make representations about their platform, so see their site for details, and my information may not be accurate.
  • Requires an annual or monthly subscription.
  • A platform for information security professionals
  • My courses there are on:
    • IAPP CIPP/US certification prep for infosec professionals (Certified Information Privacy Professional, US)
    • Corporate Security Policies

See their platform and research what they say.

I am grateful for the opportunity to build those courses in 2021 and 2022, and for those Infosec Skills folks I got to work with back then.

3. Here's a recap of the basics

3.1 Visit my Udemy page for more on Udemy and my courses there. Udemy is good if you are looking for "a la carte" learning on almost any subject imaginable. Meaning you select whatever course interests you, from whatever instructor, whatever topic. My courses are within my areas of knowledge, there are about 75,000 other instructors on the platform.

3.2 Visit my Infosec Skills/Cengage page for more on them and my courses there. They discontinued their author coupon code program in June 2024 and I only learned of it in January 2025, so there may be other changes I do not know about.

3.3 Always check for coupon codes from reliable sources (e.g., me and the platform) to get your best deal. Read more about Udemy pricing on my Udemy main page.

4. What about students taking a course with me "online" course at a college or university?

If you are taking one of my courses at a formal academic institution, including online-only courses at a college or graduate school, then this page is not meant for you (nor is the Udemy page nor the Infosec Skills page). You need to see your learning management system (LMS) resources and my Course Resources. That said, if you are interested in a free coupon code for any of my Udemy courses, please contact me via school email or see me in class.

LMS platforms include Blackboard, Canvas, Brightspace (D2L, Desire to Learn, "Classes") and whatever your school is using now or migrates to next.

I have been teaching at the undergraduate, graduate, and law school level since about 2017, at several different academic institutions and across many learning management systems (LMS). To streamline all of this I have built many resources on this site to support students and my teaching.

After putting much work into my teaching materials for undergraduate, graduate, and law school students, I decided to try putting some of those out to broader platforms (Udemy, etc).

5. Disclaimer

Each platform has their own rules and processes, and they could change things, that's up to them. If you join their platform, that's between you and them. I try to keep this reasonably up to date and accurate, but things change. Please let me know if you find this needs any updates, or how your experience is with each platform and my courses there.

6. Links

This page is hosted at https://johnbandler.com/online-courses. Copyright John Bandler, all rights reserved.

This main page was updated 2/3/2025.