Training Opportunities
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Outlook Web App
Tumblr
Switching to Office 2013
Edit material on your Marquette web pages
Lync 2013 - Beyond the basics
Organize and analyze large data lists in Excel 2013
Organize and analyze data in Excel 2013 Part 2: Use Pivot Tables
Best practices for editing Marquette web pages
SharePoint for site users
Microsoft OneNote 2013 basics
Video conferencing with Lync 2013
SharePoint for site owners
Microsoft Excel 2013 charts
Outlook 2013 Tips & Tricks
Excel 2013 Basics
Introduction to the basic functions and features of iPad
Word 2013 Forms with Microsoft Word
Safe Computing: Keep your computer up to date and secure
Word 2013 Tips & Tricks
Introduction to Windows 8
PowerPoint 2013: Tips and Tricks
Explore how the iPad can improve your productivity and efficiency
Outlook Web App
Explore the new look of OWA. Change the view to see folders, move the reading pane and view conversations. Compose an email and reply to or forward emails and open attachments. Search mail. Access calendar and create appointments and meetings. Set automated out of office replies and change voice mail settings and spam filtering settings. Explore the new apps, Bing Maps, Action Items, Unsubscribe and Suggested Meetings.
Presented by Pam Lewis, IT Services
10/1/2013 and 10/4/2013 (from 10 to 11 a.m.) and 10/8/2013 and 10/9/2013 (from noon to 1 p.m.)
Tumblr
Tumblr is an emerging social network that makes it easy to share and publish content on the Web. It is a fast form of blogging that allows individual users or groups to post text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from a browser, phone, desktop or email. Make a custom tumblr site and explore this publishing tool. Use it to “follow" other blogs or people that you like, based on the content they post and “reblog” pictures. Make your posts private and invite some people to contribute or view.
Presented by Mykl Novak, IT Services
10/2/2013
Switching to Office 2013
Hands-on fast-paced review of the new features of Word, Outlook, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint.
Review ribbon options, options to pin and save documents, bookmarks and more. Explore the new features of Word, including the new start screen, switching from reading mode, improved layout of pictures, enhanced tracking and comments, and editing PDFs. Also, look at what’s new in Outlook, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint.
Presented by Pam Lewis, IT Services
10/3/2013, 10/31/2013, 11/12/2013
Edit material on your Marquette web pages
Use Adobe Contribute to edit, format, and publish a web page.
This class is for people responsible for editing university web pages with Adobe Contribute.
Edit an existing web page or create a new one. Edit text, and insert links to web pages and PDFs. Add and format images and insert and edit a table.
Presented by Jeremy Saperstein, IT Services
10/7/2013
Lync 2013 - Beyond the basics
Set up an online meeting and share your desktop, or a program, including PowerPoint. Add users to an IM, or add audio. Start a conference call.
Set up an online meeting and share your desktop, or a program, including PowerPoint. Add users to an IM, or add audio. Start a conference call.
Presented by Cliff Brown, IT Services
10/8/2013, 11/19/2013
Organize and analyze large data lists in Excel 2013
Explore new features of Excel 2013 like Flash Fill and Quick Analysis and work with lists, formulas, and outlines to view and print select data.
Turn rows of data into a table with drop down lists so that you can sort and filter, and autofill formulas. Break apart data in columns and put it back together again. Split screens and freeze panes. Use search and find and replace. Highlight select data with conditional formatting and make an outline to simplify viewing data. Use formulas.
Presented by Pam Lewis, IT Services
10/9/2013
Organize and analyze data in Excel 2013 Part 2: Use Pivot Tables
Set up a pivot table with subtotals and pivot charts. Group and ungroup data, sort and filter, and create a calculated field.
Presented by Greg Nelson, IT Services
10/15/2013
Best practices for editing Marquette web pages
This class is for people who manage department web pages. Learn about content management and quality assurance.
Presented by Jan Harwig & Jamie Overman, Office of Marketing and Communications
10/17/2013
SharePoint for site users
This class is for site users.
Open, edit and upload documents, including Word documents, Excel documents and notes from OneNote. Move them into folders, rename, and delete them. Email a link to a document and set alerts for yourself about changes.
Presented by Pam Lewis, IT Services
10/22/2013,
12/12/2013
Microsoft OneNote 2013 basics
Jot down notes and collect information from the Web and other places on your computer. OneNote automatically records links to the source. Insert printouts or attach Word and Excel documents and access your notes on SharePoint.
Presented by Pam Lewis, IT Services
10/23/2013, 12/11/2013
Video conferencing with Lync 2013
Communicate remotely and stay connected with colleagues or students using Lync 2013 across PC, phone, browser and tablets. Set up your video device, invite and manage participants, start or join a video call and start or join a video meeting.
Presented by Cliff Brown, IT Services Cliff Brown, IT Services
10/29/2013, 12/10/2013
SharePoint for site owners
This class is for the administrators of departments' SharePoint sites.
Prerequisite: Familiarity with SharePoint as a user or attend Introduction to SharePoint user training.
Create and manage sites. Organize a document library with folders and versioning. Manage permissions for the site. Add, remove and edit Web Parts. Make your site easy to navigate. Create new sites or sub sites including libraries with OneNote meeting notes. Manage library settings.
Presented by Pam Lewis, IT Services
10/30/2013,
12/17/2013
Microsoft Excel 2013 charts
Create, format and modify charts. Create new charts, add titles, relocate the legend, add data labels, rescale the axis and format colors, backgrounds etc. Change the chart data and export the chart.
Presented by Pam Lewis, IT Services 11/5/2013
Outlook 2013 Tips & Tricks
Explore the new 2013 User Interface and customize it. Review calendar, tasks, notes, and signatures. Delegate access, organize and find information, share an outlook folder. Create rules and use the Out of Office Assistant, manage spam and folder size.
Presented by Cliff Brown, IT Services 11/7/2013
Excel 2013 Basics
Enter data in a spreadsheet. Edit and format data, calculate totals and generate charts. Search and print data.
Create a new spreadsheet. Use Quick Analysis to get totals, format data and make charts. Explore ways to enter data using time using auto fill and the new Flash Fill tool as well as using a form. Search for data and print a selection with headings and a header/footer on every page.
Presented by Pam Lewis, IT Services
11/12/2013
Introduction to the basic functions and features of iPad.
Learn how to use an iPad. Compare the features of different models. Explore useful apps and learn to secure your data.
Presented by Cliff Brown, IT Services
11/13/2013
Word 2013 Forms with Microsoft Word
Make a Word form interactive so that users fill it out on computer, then save a copy and e-mail it back to you.
If you have made a form that users printed and filled out, learn how to make it interactive so that users fill it out on computer, then save a copy and e-mail it back to you. Restrict editing of the document and allow users to edit only text fields, check boxes and drop-down lists
Presented by Pam Lewis, IT Services
11/14/2013
Safe Computing: Keep your computer up to date and secure
In this age of always-on, fast Internet connections, viruses and spyware can cover the globe in a few hours. Learn do's and don'ts for safer computing. Review the steps you should take to protect your computer from unwanted intrusion. Update your system with operating system updates. Install a firewall, antivirus and spyware detection software. Protect your personal information, your identity and your data. Avoid phishing scams
Presented by IT Services 11/15/2013
Word 2013 Tips & Tricks
Copy and paste between documents. Remove bothersome formatting. Compare or combine text, and work efficiently with long documents. Organize your document with headings and a hierarchical structure, hyperlinks and bookmarks, and headers and footers and a table of content.
Presented by Pam Lewis, IT Services 11/21/2013
Introduction to Windows 8
Explore the new operating system that is on your new computer or tablet.
The upgrade to Windows 8 presents a new interface, removing the Start menu. Explore new features and learn where items you were familiar with in an older version of Windows are located. Explore the touchscreen interface for use on a tablet PC and the Applications that are available for Windows 8.
Presented by Cliff Brown, IT Services
10/24/2013, 12/3/2013
PowerPoint 2013: Tips and Tricks
Explore the new design tools to make a presentation visually appealing: inserting photos, clip art and smart art. Add animation and transitions and make it interactive. Use the new presenter tools.
Presented by Pam Lewis, IT Services
12/4/2013
Explore how the iPad can improve your productivity and efficiency
Tips for advanced users
Presented by Andrew Hunt, Business Administration
12/5/2013
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