Office 365 End User

Who is this course for?

This course is aimed at end users of Office 365 who wish to obtain a good working knowledge of some key O365 applications.

Prerequisites

A working knowledge of Windows is required, or our Microsoft Windows Introduction course. A working knowledge of MS Office and Internet Explorer is required.

Benefits

This one-day instructor-led course provides delegates with the skills and knowledge of Office 365 and by the end of the course, delegates will have:

• Knowledge of Office 365 and the benefits to agile working practices
  
• The ability to use the correct O365 application for the business task
  
• Learnt when, where and how to use OneDrive for Business
  
• Knowledge of working with Web Apps and the benefits it this
  
• Capability to collaborate with colleagues using communication tools such as Yammer, Teams and Skype for Business
  

Introduction

What is Office 365?
Cloud computing and synchronisation
Overview of 365 Desktop apps and Web apps
Overview of flexible working using mobile phone apps
Accessing/Navigating the Office 365 portal

OneDrive for Business

File saving and sharing using OneDrive for Business
Organising your personal documents
Sharing documents with colleagues using links
OneDrive for Business integrates with SharePoint/Teams for document management

Working with 365 Desktop and Web Apps

Creating and editing files in Word, PowerPoint and Excel using the Office Web Apps vs Desktop
Using Outlook Web Access
Key features within Mail, Calendar, Tasks and People
Accessing new features in the current version of the applications

OneNote

Using Personal Notebooks , Creating sections, pages and Tagging
Using Shared Notebooks (Teams)

Working with Teams - Collaboration

Best practice when creating/managing Teams
File saving, sharing and using SharePoint (Teams, Locally Synced and Online)
Using other 365 Apps within Teams for collaborative working e.g. Tasks in Planner

Working with Teams - Communication

Creating chat messages and working with chat options (IM)
Creating a Teams meeting using Outlook and the Team Calendar (Meeting vs Webinar)
Adding Breakout Rooms, Whiteboard and Forms for Polls/Quiz to enable interactive meetings
Smooth Screen sharing in Teams calls

Other 365 Apps

A high level overview of additional apps:
Using Forms for surveys
Using Delve for file searches
Using Sway for quick presentations

Face-to-face training

Training is held in our modern, comfortable, air-conditioned suites.

Modern-spec IT, fully networked with internet access

Lunch, breaks and timing

A hot lunch is provided at local restaurants near our venues:

• Bloomsbury
• Limehouse

Courses start at 9:30am.

Please aim to be with us for 9:15am.

Browse the sample menus and view joining information (how to get to our venues).

Refreshments

Available throughout the day:

• Hot beverages
• Clean, filtered water
• Biscuits

Virtual training

Regular breaks throughout the day.

Learning tools

In-course handbook

Contains unit objectives, exercises and space to write notes

Reference material

Available online. 100+ pages with step-by-step instructions

24 months access to Microsoft trainers

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