New IT training opportunities

OIT now offers online training opportunities to accommodate remote work situations. Register now for these upcoming OIT training sessions:

Live Online Training

  • Google Drive: Create, Collaborate and Get Organized
    Tuesday, May 19, 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
    Learn how to use Drive to manage resources in a collaborative environment. Primary topics will include organizing files and folders, securing documents through file sharing permissions, group editing and collaboration, and using common tools throughout Google’s suite of apps. A brief introduction to Shared Drives will also be provided. To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Google Sheets Level 2: Advanced
    Thursday, May 21, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
    Learn intermediate to advanced features in Google Sheets, including named ranges, filters, grouping cells, pivot tables, advanced chart editing, and more. To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Gmail Level 1: More Than Your Inbox
    Wednesday, June 3, 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
    Get an in-depth overview of Gmail features, including labels and search tools, contacts management, chat, tasks, settings, labs, and new features. To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Cisco Jabber: Your All-In-One Collaboration Tool!
    Wednesday, June 3 and June 24, noon to 1 p.m.
    Get 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 in one client on your desktop and mobile device. To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Cisco WebEx
    Wednesday, June 10, noon to 1 p.m.
    Learn how to virtually meet, share content and video conference with anyone in the world with an internet connection, including mobile users. This course will specifically cover WolfMeeting, NC State’s WebEx solution. To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Google Keep – Overview
    Thursday, June 11, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
    Make it easy to organize your notes with color coding, labels and reminders. Join OIT trainers for an introduction to this G Suite core app and explore how to edit and create new notes in Google Docs, pin notes, organize Keep notes, record notes with voice dictation, transcribe text from images, share and collaborate with others, and more. To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Pope Tech Automated Accessibility Scanner Training
    Thursday, June 11, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
    Learn how to run and understand Pope Tech accessibility reports and how to fix accessibility errors found on your websites. To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Introduction to DaVinci Resolve
    Thursday, June 18, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
    Learn more about video editing using Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve. Get an overview of Resolve with a focus on how to import, composite, edit, and export files. To register, visit REPORTER.

Pre-recorded Training 

  • System Access Request Training (SAR)
    Get an overview of the SAR application for campus requesters and approvers and an demonstration on how to submit a SAR request for different connected systems. Review the SAR website for more information before registering. To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Google Calendar Essentials
    Explore several powerful features to help you streamline your calendar appointments. This training session will walk you through how to find available times to meet participants, add a video conference, attach files, set your daily or weekly work hours, and configure out-of-office, free, busy, or see-all details. To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Google Docs: More than a Text Editor
    Create and format documents while collaborating with others in the cloud. This training session will include revision history, the explore tool, inserting and editing images, collaboration tools, downloading, importing and publishing to the web, add-ons and extensions, offline access, and more! To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Gmail Level 1: More Than Your Inbox
    Get an in-depth overview of Gmail features, including labels and search tools, contacts management, chat, tasks, settings, labs, and new features. To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Gmail Level 2: Advanced Productivity
    Learn more about labels, filters, canned responses, scheduling Google Calendar Events, Google Meet, and using Google Drive through Gmail. To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Google Forms
    Learn the basics of creating forms, collaborative editing and viewing data in spreadsheets and charts. This training session will also highlight several advanced features such as custom themes, page breaks, question validation, and embedding forms in websites. To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Introduction to Google Sites
    Explore the user-friendly interface of Google Sites with drag and drop functionality. You will learn how to build a new site; create and organize new pages; choose themes for color schemes and font styles; embed Google Drive folders and files; add images, videos and URLs; implement customization and basic web design principles; set permissions; and publish and update pages. To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Google Slides: Advanced Presenter Tools
    Learn advanced features to help you build exciting slide shows and tools you can use while presenting. This training session will cover audience questions and answers, automatic closed-captioning, videos and audio, animations and transitions, auto-play, custom timing, and publishing presentations to the web. To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Google Slides: Advanced Customization
    Explore how to create a custom reusable theme, import PowerPoint and Google Slides themes, master Master Slides, make one-click updates to your presentation, and more. To register, visit REPORTER.
  • Advanced Forms
    Learn about advanced features available in Google Forms, including add-ons, pre-filled form links, branching, sections and pages, and response validation. To register, visit REPORTER.

Training updates and new courses will be added to REPORTER as soon as they are available, so check back regularly. Search REPORTER by G Suite Apps such as Gmail or Slides or scroll through all of OIT’s offerings.

For custom training, complete the Custom Training form. A technology trainer will contact you to discuss options to meet your business needs.