Microsoft Courses

Location:  Advanced Technology College, 1770 Technology Blvd., Daytona Beach
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Microsoft Office and NEW Office 365 Classes

Microsoft Office gives you the powerful tools you need to express your ideas and solve problems.  Office 365provides anywhere access to familiar Office tools like Excel, Word and more. It's the same Office you already know and use every day, but because Office 365 is powered by the cloud, you can get to your applications and files from virtually anywhere—PC, Mac, and tablets—and they're always up to date.

These are ‘hands-on’ courses and each participant will have their own computer.  Students are encouraged to Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) to the Office 365 courses.  Should you choose to BYOD, please arrive 30 minutes early for a tech-check.

Fee

Office 365, Tips & Tricks Course Fee:  $95.  Two or more:  $90 each.

Excel 2016 Course Fee:  $97 each.

Visio and OneNote Course Fee:  $195 each.

Office 365 Course Schedule (times as indicated)

Office 365 Tips & Tricks

Sept. 14, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. or Oct. 25, 1-5 p.m

In this course you will learn how to use the Office 365 Navigation Bar; how desktop applications and online applications work together; manage your mail, contacts and calendar in Office 365.
 

Skype for Business Tips & Tricks

Sept. 14, 1-5 p.m.

In this course you will learn the new Skype for Business Interface; build your Contacts Group; create a Favorites Group and build Custom Groups; start an instant message; make a video call; start a conversation from other Office applications like Outlook, Excel and more; start an unscheduled meeting; schedule and start a meeting from your Outlook calendar; record a meeting; share your desktop and applications; take a poll and more.

OneNote, Online Version, Tips & Tricks

Sept. 20, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

In this course you will learn how to navigate the OneNote interface, create a notebook, add sections and pages, collect and organize notes, add an audio recording, use the annotation tool, send content from the web to OneNote, share and email notes, share meeting notes, add meeting details, and add action items.
 

OneDrive Tips & Tricks

Sept. 20, 1-5 p.m.

In this course you will get acquainted with the OneDrive interface, how to create, upload and share documents, sync OneDrive to your device, follow documents, filter a library, apply a custom view to a library, co-author documents, and send messages to colleagues who share a document.
 

Delve Tips & Tricks

Oct. 25, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

In this course you will learn how to use Delve to see personalized content you and your colleagues are working on across Office 365.  Delve shows you information based on what you are working on and what is trending.  You will learn how to navigate the application, locate information about content on which you are working and who recently modified it, pin content to boards, share content with others, ‘Favorite’ content for quick retrieval, and find colleagues with subject expertise.

Sway Tips & Tricks

Nov. 28, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

In this course you will learn how to create and share interactive presentations and work projects from your Web browser with the Sway application.  You will learn how to navigate the application; create a new presentation; import from PowerPoint, PDF and other supported file types; reuse an existing Sway as a template; add text, images, videos, graphs, and tweets; change the typography, theme colors and share with others.

PowerPoint, Online Version, Tips & Tricks

Nov. 28, 1-5 p.m.

In this course you will learn how to insert graphics, edit graphics, apply animations to graphics, color-match with the Eyedropper tool, create SmartArt graphics, merge shapes, use themes, customize themes, create sections, apply transitions, manage views with Slide Master, add comments, set up a slide show, use Presenter View, learn shortcuts for hiding Slides from Display, mark-up slides with the Annotation Tool, and use the built-in Laser Pointer.
 

Word, Online Version, Tips & Tricks

Dec. 5, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

This course will teach you how to navigate the ribbon, customize the application interface, use Live Preview and Contextual Tabs, copy formatting, apply Quick Styles, format text, update bulleted lists with Smart Art, use Quick Parts, format the page and recover missing work.

Excel, Online Version, Tips & Tricks

Dec. 5, 1-5 p.m.

In this course you will learn how to navigate the ribbon, customize the application interface, use Live Preview and Contextual Tabs, see instant data analysis by using the Quick Analysis Tool, save time with Flash Fill, apply conditional formatting, create tables and filter data, insert Sparklines, create charts with a shortcut, create PivotTables with a shortcut, filter with slices and create PivotCharts.

 

Microsoft Office Course Schedule

Excel 2016, Basic

Sept. 12 or Oct. 18, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

This course provides you with a foundation for Excel knowledge and skills.  You will learn how to perform calculations, modify a worksheet, format a worksheet, print and manage workbooks.
 

Excel 2016, Intermediate

Sept. 13 or Oct. 20, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

This course builds upon the foundational knowledge presented in the Basic course.  You will work with functions, work with lists, analyze data, visualize data with charts and use PivotTables and PivotCharts.

Excel 2016, Advanced

Oct. 24, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

This course builds off of the foundational and intermediate knowledge presented in the Basic and Intermediate courses.  You will work with multiple worksheets and workbooks, use Lookup functions and formula auditing, share and protect workbooks, automate workbook functionality, create sparklines and map data, and forecast data.

Visio 2016

Nov. 8, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

In today’s workplace, visual diagrams are an essential part of communication.  Visio provides you with an intuitive, customizable tool to easily create a professional-looking visual product.  In this course you will identify the basic elements of Visio and their use, create a workflow diagram, build organization charts, design a floor plan, build a cross-functional flowchart, design a network diagram and style a diagram.

OneNote 2016

Nov. 15, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

This course will introduce you to using OneNote notebooks to store a wide variety of content in an organized structure, access the content from anywhere, and also share it with others.  You will navigate and customize the OneNote interface and environment; add and format text, images, audio, links and drawing objects to a notebook; embed Excel spreadsheets and attach other files to a notebook; categorize, organize and search notebook content; check spelling in, print, and password-protect notebooks; use Outlook and OneDrive to send and share notebook content; export notebook content and manage notebook history and backups.