December 2022, Workshops

Technology Training for Staff and Faculty 

The Help Desk and Tess Walsh, our Technology Training Specialist, is excited to invite staff and faculty to attend our upcoming online workshops.

Check out our schedule below and look for more workshops in the future on our Tech Training webpage.

Getting Organized with Outlook (Windows)

Join Tess online on Wednesday, December 21 at 11am. We’ll discuss how Outlook can help you and your department:

  • Increase productivity through efficient communication
  • Improve personal and group organization and workflows
  • Support your needs for better work-life balance

Seats are limited, so click here to register now. An equivalent workshop for Mac users will be held in January.

Getting Organized with Outlook (Mac)

Join Tess online on Monday, January 9 at 1pm. We’ll discuss how Outlook can help you and your department:

  • Increase productivity through efficient communication
  • Improve personal and group organization and workflows
  • Support your needs for better work-life balance

Seats are limited, so click here to register now. An equivalent workshop for Windows users will be held in December.

Introduction to OneDrive

Wondering about OneDrive? Join Tess online on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 11 AM to learn more about how this cloud system helps you save time, protect your files, and create flexibility in your workflow. During this one-hour workshop, you’ll learn how to…

  • Access OneDrive
  • Create and upload files with OneDrive
  • Share, collaborate, and organize documents and projects

Seats are limited, so click here to register now.

Get Started with LinkedIn Learning

Want to gain valuable career skills or help students access professional resources? Learn more about LinkedIn Learning online on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 1 PM, which provides guides and courses on topics ranging from stress management to data analytics and everything in between! LinkedIn Learning (LIL) is free to all members of the Clark community.

This one-hour workshop will cover:

  • Finding, saving, and navigating online courses for personal and professional development
  • Sharing LIL resources with colleagues or students
  • Creating and adding learning content for members of the Clark community

Seats are limited, so click here to register now.

Get Started with Microsoft Forms

Join Tess on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 3 PM online to learn about Microsoft Forms, an accessible and intuitive alternative to other survey software such as Qualtrics. Get real-time results, easily export data, and share surveys with the click of a button.

This one-hour workshop will cover:

  • Creating, saving, and sharing forms with multiple types of questions
  • Viewing and exporting results
  • Using Microsoft Forms in other Microsoft apps, such as Teams, OneDrive, and Outlook.

Seats are limited, so click here to register now.

Microsoft Excel 101

Swimming in spreadsheets? Join Tess on Tuesday, March 7 at 10 AM online to learn the basics of Excel, one of Microsoft’s trickiest and most powerful tools. This one-hour workshop will cover:

  • Basic Excel navigation
  • Creating and navigating tables of data
  • Basic Excel functions

This workshop is appropriate for those who have limited Excel experience or those who would like a refresher on its foundations. More advanced workshops will be offered at a later date.

Seats are limited, so click here to register now.

Microsoft Tips and Tricks

This workshop online on Friday, March 24 at 11 AM will go over the hidden and handy tricks within different Microsoft tools, such as OneDrive, Teams, Word, and more. If you’re comfortable with the basics and ready to learn some time-saving secrets, please join us!

In this one-hour workshop, you’ll learn how to:

  • Easily access shared files and libraries
  • Make your documents easier to navigate
  • much more!

Seats are limited, so click here to register now.

Can’t make it?

If you can’t make these workshops, visit our Technology Training page regularly to see more workshops – both live and virtual, or request custom training.

Tess is particularly eager to meet with departments to design custom, focused training to address your groups’ needs. Contact techtraining@clarku.edu for more information and to schedule your group training.