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Microsoft Training Opportunities for January

Micros 365 iconsAs 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 January:

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.

Excel L100

This course is designed to expand on the basic features of Excel. Attendees should have a basic understanding of basic features, navigation, and have a grasp on the use of functions and custom formulas.

Objectives:

  • Learn about Templates and basics of Excel sheet structure
  • Understand cell and sheet formatting tools
  • Learn basic functions and formulas
  • Learn how to use conditional formatting and see common examples
  • Understand the basics of Pivot tables to filter and visualize data

Lists 

Learn to stay on top of it all with Lists, the smart information tracking app in Microsoft 365. Lists help you track information and organize your work.

Objectives:

  • Navigate and understand core functionality of Microsoft Lists
  • Create, share, and track lists
  • Customize with custom views
  • Build lists from a template
  • Understand SharePoint Online and Teams integrations
  • Understand column types

OneNote L100

In this course, attendees will learn how to capture their ideas, notes, and stay organized using OneNote, Microsoft’s digital notebook.

Objectives:

  • Understand OneNote integration with Microsoft 365
  • Access OneNote through different modalities (e.g. web, desktop) and Microsoft Teams integration
  • Use Notebooks, sections, and pages to organize notes and projects
  • Learn how to use Reference features
  • Expand on ideas using Inking and Media
  • Understand basic sharing options for collaboration using OneDrive and SharePoint

Power BI

Prerequisites: Familiarity with Excel and access to the Power BI Service

Power BI is a collection of software services, apps, and connectors that work together to turn unrelated sources of data into coherent, visually immersive, and interactive insights. This course will provide an overview of Power BI and how its services and applications work together to connect a data source to begin visualizing data.

Objectives:

  • Learn about Power BI and how its services and applications work together to make your business more efficient
  • Understand the building blocks of a Power BI dashboard
  • Connect a data source to a Power BI dashboard and begin visualizing data
  • Save a Report and share within the Power BI service

SharePoint L100

This course focuses on the SharePoint Online experience. Attendees will learn how to share and manage content, find information, and collaborate across
your organization.

Objectives:

  • Successfully navigate SharePoint team and communication sites.
  • Understand Microsoft 365 groups.
  • Work with SharePoint document libraries.
  • Share files and folders with users outside of a group.
  • Utilize shared resources in team sites including lists, plans, and notebooks. 

Teams Channels and Files

This training focuses on Team channels and working with shared
files. Channels are where work gets done it is where you’ll find
conversations, apps, and shared files.

Objectives:

  • Understand shared resources in Microsoft Teams.
  • Learn about owner, member, and guest capabilities.
  • Organize teamwork using channels.
  • Work in channels by having conversations, sharing files, and
    connecting apps.
  • Collaborate on shared files.

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

WhiteBoard L100

Microsoft Whiteboard is the collaborative digital canvas in Microsoft 365 for effective meetings and engaging learning.

Objectives:

  • Understand what is Microsoft Whiteboard.
  • Access Microsoft Whiteboard desktop and web applications.
  • Create and annotate a new whiteboard using the Team’s meeting process.
  • Format, share, and collaborate with others using Microsoft Whiteboard.

If you have any questions, contact the IT Help Desk (helpdesk@k-staate.edu).

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