July marks the beginning of the new fiscal year, which is a good time to evaluate and increase your productivity skills. Get started with OIT’s online training workshops that range from accessibility tools to G Suite apps:
Live Online Training
- YouTube: Accessible Social Media Short Series
Tuesday, July 21, 2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Learn how to make your YouTube content accessible in this short mini series. To register, visit REPORTER. - Collaboration Tools in G Suite
Tuesday, July 21, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Learn tips to collaborate with your colleagues while using G Suite Apps. This course will cover suggestions, action items, in-app chat, document history, and other useful tips to increase collaboration with sharing, group discussion and meeting invites. You will also learn about important security settings to ensure you’re collaborating with people you know. To register, visit REPORTER. - Introduction to Google Sites
Thursday, July 23, 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
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. - Gmail Level 2: Advanced Productivity
Tuesday, July 28, 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Learn more about labels, filters, canned responses, scheduling Google Calendar Events, Google Meet, and using Google Drive through Gmail. To register, visit REPORTER. - Google Sheets Level 1: Introduction
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Get an introduction to Google Sheets and how it integrates with other apps in Google Drive. Additional topics include formatting options, data validation, basic functions, charts, and conditional formatting. To register, visit REPORTER. - Google Calendar: Advanced Productivity
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Learn about Google Calendar’s interface, event details and calendar management. Specific features will include event attachments, maps and directions, sharing and embedding calendars, search options, and scheduling Hangouts video conferencing. 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 Drive: Create, Collaborate and Get Organized
Learn at your own pace how to use Drive and Shared Drives 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. To register, visit REPORTER. - Gmail Level 1: More Than Your Inbox
Get an in-depth overview of Gmail features, including labels, 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. - Google Sheets Level 1: Introduction
Get an introduction to Google Sheets and how it integrates with other apps in Google Drive. Additional topics include formatting options, data validation, basic functions, charts, and conditional formatting. To register, visit REPORTER. - Google Sheets Level 2: Advanced
Learn intermediate to advanced features in Google Sheets, including named ranges, filters, grouping cells, pivot tables, and advanced chart editing. 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, and make one-click updates to your presentation. 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.