We’re thrilled to announce our upcoming Microsoft training sessions! In today’s fast-paced tech world, staying updated with the latest tools is crucial. Our comprehensive training events are designed to help you master Microsoft applications and boost your productivity. Join us to gain the skills you need to excel!
Please note that sessions have a limited number of attendees and are conducted by an external company.
Building Excellent SharePoint Sites
Learn how to optimise your existing SharePoint sites and maximise the functionality built into SharePoint communication and team sites.
| Date | Time | Sign up | Availability |
| Thursday 1st May | 09:30 – 12:30 | Sign up here | Past event |
Managing your working day with Microsoft productivity tools (Outlook, Calendar, To Do, Planner, OneNote)
Save time and your sanity by making the best use of the productivity and time management tools built into Microsoft.
| Date | Time | Sign up | Availability |
| Thursday 1st May | 13:30 – 16:30 | Sign up here | Past event |
Microsoft Excel Essentials
During this half-day Microsoft Excel Essentials session you will learn how to create basic formulas, add formatting, and a few other useful tools to create and work with basic spreadsheets.
| Date | Time | Sign up | Availability |
| Thursday 8th May | 09:30 – 12:30 | Sign up here | Limited Spaces |
| Monday 12th May | 13:30 – 16:30 | Sign up here | Tickets available |
Microsoft Excel Data Analysis with Tables and PivotTables
In this Microsoft Excel Data Analysis with Tables and PivotTables half-day session, attendees will learn how to best model data lists and how to create the extremely powerful Excel Table. You will learn how to apply basic sort orders and complex sort orders and how to filter a Data Table in Excel using various criteria. In order to summarise large data sets, attendees will learn how to use a PivotTable, one of the most powerful analysis tools available in Excel.
| Date | Time | Sign up | Availability |
| Thursday 8th May | 13:30 – 16:30 | Sign up here | Tickets available |
| Monday 19th May | 09:30 – 12:30 | Sign up here | Join the waiting list |
Microsoft Excel Formulas and Presenting Data
In this half-day session, you will use more advanced formulas and work with various tools to present data such as Charts and Conditional Formatting.
| Date | Time | Sign up | Availability |
| Friday 9th May | 09:30 – 12:30 | Sign up here | Tickets available |
| Monday 19th May | 13:30 – 16:30 | Sign up here | Tickets available |
Microsoft Power BI Desktop Essentials
Power BI is part of the suite of tools from Microsoft which enable data to be analysed and visualised from a variety of sources.
With Power BI Desktop, you get a report authoring tool that enables you to connect to and query data from different sources using the Query Editor. From the datasets, you can add visuals and create interactive reports.
In this half-day taster session, attendees will learn how to connect Excel workbooks to Microsoft Power BI Desktop. You will carry out basic data modelling in the data using the Query Editor and then add visuals to a report.
Please note that this course is not suitable for new Excel users. You can access Power BI from AppsAnywhere.
| Date | Time | Sign up | Availability |
| Friday 9th May | 13:30 – 16:30 | Sign up here | Tickets available |
| Monday 12th May | 09:30 – 12:30 | Sign up here | Join the waiting list |
Microsoft Power BI Reports and Dashboards for Business Users
Power BI provides a variety of methods for using reports and dashboards within which data can be viewed and analysed visually.
This course covers the use of existing Power BI Desktop or Power BI reports and dashboards. It will identify core features, terminology and processes applicable when using reports or dashboards. Its principal aim is to provide the skills to enable a delegate to work with the reports and dashboards effectively.
Please note – this course does not cover creating reports or dashboards.
This session is limited to 12 attendees.
| Date | Time | Sign up | Availability |
| Friday 23rd May | 09:30 – 16:30 | Sign up here | Join the waiting list |
Microsoft OneNote
In this course, you will develop digital note-taking, note-collaboration, and note-synchronising skills with Microsoft OneNote, which will allow you to: create and update notes, manage lists and outlines, search, add content including pictures, and interact with other Microsoft software programs.
| Date | Time | Sign up | |
| Monday 2nd June | 09:30 – 12:30 | Sign up here | Limited spaces |
Working with Files in Microsoft (OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, Word)
Learn the best ways to save, share, and collaborate on your files in Microsoft.
| Date | Time | Sign up | |
| Monday 2nd June | 13:30 – 16:30 | Sign up here | Join the waiting list |
Join our Microsoft 365 Support Community
Come aboard our Microsoft 365 Support Community! Responding to your valuable feedback, we’ve established a public team dedicated to assisting you with your Microsoft 365 usage. It’s aptly named ‘Microsoft 365 Support Community,’ and we extend an open invitation for you to join us. Don’t miss out – Join Now!
Other Digital Skills Training Workshops
Our training programme includes Cyber Security, and Learning and Teaching. View our list of workshops and sign up using the following links:
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