Following a recent survey, we are pleased to provide the following workshops to anyone in the Bowdoin community who is interested in more effectively managing teams, projects, or data, and understanding security best practices.
Unless otherwise noted, these workshops will take place during the lunch hour at the Maine Street Station IT Work Cafe. Feel free to bring a lunch, and we'll provide the dessert!
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They're archived on the Materials for Project Managers page, under "Brown Bag Series - Workshop Slide Decks". |
Upcoming Workshops:
Microsoft TEAMS: Part 1
Date: Thursday, March 19
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Location: Maine Street Station - IT Cafe
Microsoft Teams is a communication and collaboration platform available to everyone at Bowdoin as part of Office 365. It combines persistent workplace chat, video meetings, file storage, and application integration. This workshop will focus on collaboration: setting up a team, managing teams and members, managing channels, using the chat feature, and initiating a meeting.
You can view this training video on LinkedIn Learning to prepare for the workshop or refer to afterward.
Microsoft TEAMS: Part 2
Date: Wednesday, April 29
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Location: Maine Street Station - IT Cafe
Microsoft Teams is a communication and collaboration platform available to everyone at Bowdoin as part of Office 365. It combines persistent workplace chat, video meetings, file storage, and application integration. This workshop will focus on file-sharing: adding and managing files with multi-editor function; monitoring activity, using search, settings and customization, and adding apps for extra functionality.
You can view this training video on LinkedIn Learning to prepare for the workshop or refer to afterward.
Microsoft FORMS
Date: Tuesday, June 16
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Location: Maine Street Station - IT Cafe
Microsoft Forms is an online survey creator available to everyone at Bowdoin as part of Office 365. This workshop will cover: creating and sharing surveys and quizzes, collecting and reviewing responses, and exporting the data to Microsoft Excel.
You can view this training video on LinkedIn Learning to prepare for the workshop or refer to afterward.
Upcoming Workshops:
Microsoft POWER BI
Date: TBD, September
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Location: Maine Street Station - IT Cafe
Power BI is a business analytics tool available to everyone at Bowdoin as part of Office 365. This workshop will cover: connecting to data sources, building a data model, and creating interactive visualizations with reports and dashboards.
Registration coming!
Cyber Security
Date: TBD, October
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Location: Maine Street Station - IT Cafe
Learn about ad blockers, browsing, and online tracking.
Registration coming!
Microsoft PLANNER
Date: Tuesday, November 10
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Location: Maine Street Station - IT Cafe
Microsoft Planner is a planning application available to everyone at Bowdoin as part of Office 365. It is a way to visualize tasks and assignments and can be used for project planning. This workshop will cover: creating a plan, managing tasks, team collaboration, and monitoring plan progress.
You can view this training video on LinkedIn Learning to prepare for the workshop or refer to afterward.