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OIT offers Google Apps, WordPress Security, Cisco WebEx, and ServiceNow training

By jlcraft2

Register early for these popular sessions:

  • WordPress Security will be offered on Tuesday, Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Room 106 of the Avent Ferry Technology Center. This course will cover security vulnerabilities of WordPress environments, how to recover from a hack and tips to secure your site. To register, visit Classmate.
  • Cisco Jabber: Your all in one Collaboration tool! will be offered on Tuesday, Sept. 20 and Friday, Oct. 14 from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 110 of Avent Ferry Technology Center. This Lunch and Learn event will provide an overview of how Cisco Jabber streamlines communications and enhances productivity by unifying presence, instant messaging, voice, video, voice messaging, screen sharing, and conferencing capabilities securely into one client on your desktop and mobile device. To register, visit Classmate.
  • Gmail: Advanced Productivity will be offered Wednesday, Sept. 21 from 9 a.m. to noon in Room 110 of the Avent Ferry Technology Center. Building on Gmail: More than your Inbox, this advanced hands-on workshop takes Gmail to the next level. You will learn more about labels, filters, canned responses, scheduling Google Calendar Events, Hangouts, and using Google Drive through Gmail, along with any planned or newly released features. To register, visit Classmate.
  • Google Sheets will be offered on Thursday, Sept. 22 from 10 a.m. to noon in Room 110 of the Avent Ferry Technology Center. During this two-hour workshop, you’ll learn how to integrate Sheets with other apps in Google Drive. The session also will focus on several specific features, including formatting options, find & replace, notifications, conditional formatting, and more! To register, visit Classmate.
  • Cisco WebEx will be offered Wednesday, Sept. 28 from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 110 of the Avent Ferry Technology Center. This Lunch & Learn will provide an overview of how Cisco WebEx online meetings enable you to virtually meet, share content and video conference with anyone in the world with an Internet connection, including mobile users! To register, visit Classmate.
  • OIT-Advanced OS X Management with Casper will be offered on Wednesday, Sept. 28 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the B3 Conference Room of the Hillsborough Building. This course will cover best practices to manage OS X devices. To register, visit Classmate.
  • Create, Collaborate & Get Organized with Google Drive will be offered Thursday, Sept. 29 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Room 100 of the Avent Ferry Technology Center. Google Drive is the backbone of your Google experience, combining storage, access, sharing, and collaboration with the power of Google Apps. During this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to use Drive to manage your resources in a collaborative environment. Topics will include organizing files and folders, securing documents through file sharing permissions, group editing and collaboration, and common Google Apps tools. To register, visit Classmate.
  • Google Docs – More than a Text Editor will be offered on Tuesday, Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Room 110 of the Avent Ferry Technology Center. This web-based word processor provides users the ability to create and format documents while collaborating on projects with ease. Additionally, it can be used with a variety of devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. All files are stored in the Cloud, so they are available any time from anywhere and from any device. To register for this event, visit Classmate.
  • Five Simple Ways to Increase Accessibility in your Design will be offered on Tuesday, Oct. 4 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 106 of the Avent Ferry Technology Center. During this workshop, you will learn how to make sites navigable using the keyboard, how to organize materials with headers, how to use alt tags, how to use color effectively, and how to make communication more accessible. To register, visit Classmate.
  • Gmail: More than your Inbox will be offered on Thursday, Oct. 6 from 9 a.m to noon in Room 110 of the Avent Ferry Technology Center. This workshop will provide an in-depth overview of Gmail features, including an emphasis on labels and search tools, contacts management, chat, tasks, settings, labs, and new features. A reference with many additional helpful resources will also be provided. To register, visit Classmate.
  • Google Forms: Data Collection and Analysis will be offered Tuesday, Oct. 11 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Room 110 of the Avent Ferry Technology Center. Learn to easily build surveys, plan events and gather data with Google Forms. This workshop will cover the basics of creating forms, collaborative editing, and viewing data in spreadsheets and charts. It also will highlight several advanced features, such as custom themes, page breaks, question validation, and embedding forms in websites. To register, visit Classmate.
  • Using ServiceNow will be offered Wednesday, Oct. 12 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 110 of the Avent Ferry Technology Center. This course is designed to introduce the campus user to the ServiceNow Service Management suite of applications. Whether you are a transition user of the old Remedy call tracking system, an IT support staff member in a department already using ServiceNow, or someone who is interested in learning more about ServiceNow, this course will help you understand its functional uses and how you can integrate it into your workflow. To register, visit Classmate.
  • Introduction to Google+ will be offered on Thursday, Oct. 13 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 110 of the Avent Ferry Technology Center. This class will provide an overview of Google+ along with hands-on instruction for creating your own Google+ page. By the end of this workshop, you will learn how to update your profile, configure privacy settings, create and manage circles, post messages and photos, and much more! To register, visit Classmate.