Learning a new tech skill can help build your resume, satisfy a continuing education requirement, or simply make your workday more efficient.
The Getting started with IT Training webinars give you a quick introduction to applications important to your work, research, or learning at IU. In just 30–90 minutes, our instructors will show you what you need to know to get started with the application. These webinars include introductions to productivity tools—like spreadsheets, word processing, storage, and collaboration—as well as creating media using the Adobe Creative Cloud.
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January 2023
January 23 - 27
Microsoft Teams: Text communication & collaboration
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform that ties together multiple Microsoft applications and services in one location to facilitate communication and collaboration within and between units at Indiana University. This session will showcase the text-based communication tools within Microsoft Teams: conversations and chats.
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform that ties together multiple Microsoft applications and services in one location to facilitate communication and collaboration within and between units at Indiana University. This session will showcase the telephony features within Microsoft Teams and how to use them to effectively make, transfer, and decline telephone calls.
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform that ties together multiple Microsoft applications and services in one location to facilitate communication and collaboration within and between units at Indiana University. This session discusses how to use the meeting interface in Microsoft Teams meetings from the perspective of an individual within the meeting.
Want to give students a head start while reducing their costs? IU eTexts offer first day access, bursar billing, and privacy protections found nowhere else. Join this webinar to learn more about using IU eTexts in your classroom and how you can place an order for Summer/Fall 2023.
You might assume that Mail Merge is just for envelopes and mailing labels. But it can save you time on a variety of tasks: sending group emails, producing name tags, and more!
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform that ties together multiple Microsoft applications and services in one location to facilitate communication and collaboration within and between units at Indiana University. This session will show the different ways that you can schedule a new meeting within Microsoft Teams. We will discuss the different capabilities users may have for differently scheduled meetings and the best practices to make the process smooth for meeting attendees.
Want to limit barriers to student success, promote engagement with your required course materials, and reduce costs for students? IU eTexts can help! Join this webinar to learn the basics of the IU eTexts Initiative, discover the many benefits of using digital materials ordered through the Initiative, and learn how to place an order for Fall 2023.
Microsoft Teams: Managing permission for team-owned files for non-team members
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform that ties together multiple Microsoft applications and services in one location to facilitate communication and collaboration within and between units at Indiana University. Members of a team have full permission on files and folders stored within the team's file storage, but what about non-team members? This session will showcase the methods for granting access to files located in a team's file storage to individuals who are not team members.
Microsoft OneDrive at IU: Individual file management basics
Microsoft OneDrive is a web application included with Microsoft 365 that allows users to manage files stored within Microsoft storage. OneDrive can access files stored in team-owned storage as well as an individual's private Microsoft cloud storage. This session will show users how to navigate the interface and how to use the OneDrive web application to find and share their individual and team files and folders.
Microsoft Planner is a Kanban solution that allows teams to manage projects, tasks, and assignments. Microsoft Planner is built-in to Microsoft 365 allowing seamless integration with Microsoft tools like file storage and the global address list.
Microsoft To Do is the project management tool in Microsoft 365 geared toward managing individual task lists. Microsoft To Do integrates with the tasks system within M365 and alows you to make lists that include tasks assigned to you via a plan in Microsoft Planner, flagged emails from Outlook, and even flagged paragraphs within OneNote notebooks. This session will showcase the features of Microsoft To Do that will streamline the way you manage your individual task lists.
Microsoft Bookings: Creating an appointment scheduling page for your team
Microsoft Bookings is a web application that allows you to create a selection of appointment types that visitors can choose from to schedule a meeting with various members of your team. Bookings is used outside of the university to create service pages for busiensses like massage therapists. Within IU, you can use bookings to allow outsiders to schedule time with someone on your team; students to schedule office hours, or for job candidates to schedule a time for their interview with their interview committee.
Bookings with Me: Create an appointment scheduling page for your individual calendar
Bookings with me is the personal version of Microsoft Bookings. Every individual has the ability to create their own bookings page that is automatically integrated with their Outlook calendar. This allows you to provide folks with a form that allows them to choose a time to meet with you without requiring access to your calendar.
Microsoft Teams at IU: Requesting & managing a team
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform that ties together multiple Microsoft applications and services in one location to facilitate communication and collaboration within and between units at Indiana University. This session will walk individuals through the process to create a new team workspace within Microsoft Teams at IU.
How do you explain your data to friends who aren't "numbers-people"? Show them charts and graphs, of course! Watch this recorded webinar and learn how to visually represent your data.
Microsoft 365 is a productive suite that contains many applications to help you do your work. Storage in M365 can be confusing and complicated. This session will demystify how storage works, how to find your files, and how various M365 applications interact with Microsoft storage.
Long documents created in Microsoft Word can sometimes have formatting problems that are unique because of the document's length. This webinar will introduce you to possible solutions to common formatting issues you may encounter when you create academic or business reports.
Microsoft Teams: Text communication & collaboration
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform that ties together multiple Microsoft applications and services in one location to facilitate communication and collaboration within and between units at Indiana University. This session will showcase the text-based communication tools within Microsoft Teams: conversations and chats.
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform that ties together multiple Microsoft applications and services in one location to facilitate communication and collaboration within and between units at Indiana University. This session will showcase the telephony features within Microsoft Teams and how to use them to effectively make, transfer, and decline telephone calls.
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform that ties together multiple Microsoft applications and services in one location to facilitate communication and collaboration within and between units at Indiana University. This session discusses how to use the meeting interface in Microsoft Teams meetings from the perspective of an individual within the meeting.
Learn how to create an engaging and effective research poster in this session. We'll explore design principles that will help in the layout process, learn how to ensure images look their best, and see how to start creating a poster in PowerPoint, Illustrator, and InDesign.
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform that ties together multiple Microsoft applications and services in one location to facilitate communication and collaboration within and between units at Indiana University. This session will show the different ways that you can schedule a new meeting within Microsoft Teams. We will discuss the different capabilities users may have for differently scheduled meetings and the best practices to make the process smooth for meeting attendees.
Microsoft Teams: Managing permission for team-owned files for non-team members
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform that ties together multiple Microsoft applications and services in one location to facilitate communication and collaboration within and between units at Indiana University. Members of a team have full permission on files and folders stored within the team's file storage, but what about non-team members? This session will showcase the methods for granting access to files located in a team's file storage to individuals who are not team members.
Microsoft OneDrive at IU: Individual file management basics
Microsoft OneDrive is a web application included with Microsoft 365 that allows users to manage files stored within Microsoft storage. OneDrive can access files stored in team-owned storage as well as an individual's private Microsoft cloud storage. This session will show users how to navigate the interface and how to use the OneDrive web application to find and share their individual and team files and folders.
Microsoft Planner is a Kanban solution that allows teams to manage projects, tasks, and assignments. Microsoft Planner is built-in to Microsoft 365 allowing seamless integration with Microsoft tools like file storage and the global address list.
Microsoft To Do is the project management tool in Microsoft 365 geared toward managing individual task lists. Microsoft To Do integrates with the tasks system within M365 and alows you to make lists that include tasks assigned to you via a plan in Microsoft Planner, flagged emails from Outlook, and even flagged paragraphs within OneNote notebooks. This session will showcase the features of Microsoft To Do that will streamline the way you manage your individual task lists.
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Webinars are listed in alphabetical order.
How do I get ready for moving day? Where are my boxes and folders and labels? And how do I know if I'm sharing them with someone else? How can I ensure that I'm packing only my things and not things my colleagues might need, too? Everything owned by your individual Box account will be moved soon to Microsoft OneDrive at IU or Google at IU My Drive. Watch this recording to learn how to organize your individual and institutional files to prepare for the big move!
Photoshop? Illustrator? InDesign? They're all part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, but what do they do? Watch this recorded webinar to get an overview of these applications and their work-spaces.
Need to quickly and easily make your cat videos look like they were done by a pro? Watch this recorded webinar to learn how to make simple videos social-media worthy.
How do you explain your data to friends who aren't "numbers-people"? Show them charts and graphs, of course! Watch this recorded webinar and learn how to visually represent your data.
Is your document accessible to all people who might use it? If not, how can that be remedied? Watch this recorded webinar to get an overview on creating accessible documents.
Need to make a research poster but don't have scissors or a glue-stick or a big piece of construction paper? (And—how can you send it to your colleagues even if you had all that stuff?) Jump into this webinar to learn how to make digital research posters! Save the glue-stick!
Think Google is just for web searching? Think again! It has an easy word-processing program—all online for quick collaboration! Jump into this webinar to learn the basics of Google Docs!
Do you need an easy, portable presentation program? Slide into this webinar to learn about Google Slides, the online tool for making (and sharing) presentations!
Institutional files are moving from Box to the Google and Microsoft environments. This webinar will cover how to find your files using a web browser and on your desktop for both environments. We will also cover how to find your files and use some of the common features of the Microsoft Teams application.
Want to limit barriers to student success, promote engagement with your required course materials, and reduce costs for students? IU eTexts can help!
See IU eTexts: A Faculty and Staff Introduction to learn more about ordering low-cost digital course materials for your spring courses including eTexts and digital courseware from more than 35 publishers.
Love podcasts and want to make your own? How do you even get started? Jump into this webinar to learn about Adobe Audition, a great tool for audio creation—yes, including podcasts!
In the institutional storage environments at IU, making sure your data is available to the people who need it and unavailable to those who don't is an important part of owning storage space. Microsoft SharePoint and Teams and Google Shared Drives have some unique considerations for managing permission. Join us for this webinar and learn about the different ways to manage permissions in both Microsoft Teams and Google Shared Drives.
Rows & columns? Numbers & letters? Formulas & functions? How do I even get started in Microsoft Excel? Watch this recorded webinar and jump into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets!
Slides and Layouts? Transitions & Animations? How do I make a great presentation? Watch this recorded webinar and jump into Microsoft PowerPoint presentations!
Your friends say they love Excel PivotTables, but all you can do is nod and smile? Watch this recorded webinar to find out what the PivotTable excitement is all about. Learn how to get answers from your data!
Have good data in Microsoft Excel but need to re-organize it? Or narrow it down? Watch this recorded webinar to learn how to see what you want to see in Microsoft Excel.
Learn about the options available for migrating personal files from Box at IU to either Microsoft OneDrive or Google Drive. IU’s cloud storage agreement with Box ends in spring 2021 and student, staff, and faculty files will be migrated after May 22, 2020. You do not have to migrate your files, but you do need to decide where you want them to go. These webinars will help you determine what personal files are, prepare your personal files for migration, and decide which service to choose for storing personal files.
The deadline for deciding where to move your personal files is May 22, 2020.
Do you attend online Zoom meetings, but now you need to host one? How can you make it a productive meeting for you and your attendees? Zoom in to this webinar to learn how to be a great Zoom host!
Have you been invited to Zoom meetings, but don't know how to get started? How can you be the best attendee you can be? Zoom in and watch this recorded webinar to learn how to be an awesome meeting participant!
Ready to unpack after the big move? Where are your boxes and how can you see what's in them? Plus share the contents? Watch this recording after your individual files have been moved to your My Drive account from Box at IU to learn how to find, organize, edit, and share your files on My Drive.
Ready to unpack after the big move? Where are your boxes and how can you see what's in them? Plus share the contents? Watch this recording after your individual files have been migrated to your OneDrive account from Box at IU to learn how to find, organize, edit, and share your files.
Are you working on a group project and wondering how to keep organized and collaborate efficiently with other group members? Microsoft Teams at IU can help you with this! In this session, learn about the basics of collaborating in Microsoft Teams at IU, as well as how to use the Tasks app inside Microsoft Teams at IU to help with project management.
