Kansas State University

IAs part of K-State’s Office 365 subscription, the Microsoft Store provides free training on Office 365 applications. We have scheduled the following sessions with them for July:

• July 8: Teams L100 – Register
• July 12:  Teams L200 – Register
• July 15: Windows 10 L100 – Register
• July 19: Outlook and Outlook Mobile L100 – Register
• July 22: Teams Meetings – Register
• July 26: Word L100 – Register
• July 29: Power BI L200 – Register

See the session descriptions below.

All of the above sessions will be from 2-3:30 p.m. Registration is required. After you register, a confirmation will be sent to you with a link to the session. The sessions will be held in Microsoft Teams. When you click to join the meeting, you will be taken to a page where you can choose to either join on the web or download the desktop app. If you already have the Teams app, the meeting will open there automatically.

Outlook and Outlook Mobile L100

This introductory course will expand on Outlook and Exchange Online basics, terms, and features of the
Outlook Desktop and Outlook Mobile applications.

Objectives:

• Understand the relationship between Exchange Online and Email Client
• Become familiar with accessing and navigating different modalities like Outlook Online, Outlook for Desktop, and Outlook Mobile
• Become an expert in the navigation of the Outlook for Desktop Client
• Understand new Microsoft 365 features in Outlook such as @Mentions and MyAnalytics
• Review advanced topics such as Import/Export and Rules

Power BI L200

Power BI enables everyone at every level of your organization to make confident decisions using analytics. Once you get started with Power BI Desktop, you can go from data to insight to action with hundreds of data visualizations, built-in AI capabilities, a tight Excel integration and prebuilt and custom data connectors to develop rich and interactive reports to share with colleagues.

Objectives:

• Understand the building blocks of Power BI Desktop
• Explore the data prep capabilities of Power Query
• Write formulas and model your data
• Begin visualizing data and formatting a report
• Save and publish a report to the Power BI service

Teams L100

Microsoft Teams is the hub for teamwork in Microsoft 365 that combines video meetings, persistent conversations, file storage, and applications together in one place. Teams allows people to communicate more effectively and work better together in a custom and secure environment. This course is designed as an introduction to Microsoft Teams that will demonstrate the value of the tool and give attendees all they need to get started working in their first Team. 

Objectives:

• Learn how to create and participate in a Team, including how to navigate across requested modalities (e.g. desktop, mobile, tablet, etc.)
• Understand how teams fits into their collaboration and productivity workflow
• Learn how Teams integrates with Microsoft 365 and understand digital identity
• Work more efficiently with connected apps in Teams
• Get familiar with creating and participating in meetings

Teams L200

Objectives:

• Revisit application navigation to fortify understanding and introduce advanced features
• Deep dive into integration with Microsoft 365 and third-party apps (e.g. Tabs, Apps, Bots)
• In-depth look at SharePoint Online integration and document collaboration
• Best practices for pre-meeting, meeting, and post-meeting
• Utilize best practices for increasing response rates and managing their own notifications
• Use Command/Search bar to navigate and find content more quickly

Teams Meetings L100

Objectives:

• Understand meeting scenarios
• Experience the meeting lifecycle and how to utilize Teams for better collaboration
• Learn to schedule meetings from Teams or Outlook
• Optimize settings to look and sound your best on camera during video meetings
• Make use of all features within Teams meetings (e.g. whiteboard, etc.)
• Utilize the meeting recording, notes, and chat for ongoing collaboration

Windows 10 L100

Windows 10 enables users with a personal, productive, and secure operating system on powerful and modern devices.

*This course is often combined with the SharePoint Online or Windows
10 courses to offer a more complete view of the advantages of moving to
a Modern Desktop.

This course offers an introduction to Windows 10, providing an open forum for users to ask questions and understand more about the transition to a modern
desktop.

Objectives:

• Get familiar with Windows 10 by navigating through a Modern Desktop
• Maximize your User Experience by learning how to customize your Desktop to empower your best work
• Identify key areas in Windows 10 that provides the most options for customization
• Get familiar with Settings customize Windows 10 to make it work for you

Word L100

Microsoft Word is part of the Microsoft 365 applications that can help you create and format documents, review work and track changes and polish your words with proofing reading tools, save and share your work to your
OneDrive. This course covers the fundamentals of Microsoft Word while introducing new features of the Microsoft 365 application.

Objectives:

• Understand the use of Word as a part of Microsoft 365 and various
  use cases of the application
• Learn the basics of navigation within Word
• Master Word tools such as Formatting, Insert, Design, and Layout
• Take your application usage to the next steps with references and
  Curriculum Vitae (CV) assistance
• Proof your document with Inspect, Save, and Share