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Microsoft Teams: Customize with Apps

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 10:00am to 10:45am
Virtual
This course will show you how to utilize applications in a channel, meeting, or chat to extend the capabilities of your team. We will talk about using personal applications to help streamline and organize your work within Microsoft Teams. The apps covered in this course include OneNote, Forms, Planner, and Viva Learning. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for your department, team, or...

Unlocking Microsoft Copilot’s Potential: Prompting Best Practices

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Virtual
Unlock the full potential of Microsoft Copilot by mastering the art of effective prompting in this training session. Participants will learn key principles of crafting clear, concise and contextually relevant prompts to get the best responses from Copilot. This session will cover best practices for various scenarios, including administrative tasks, academic support and research help, while also identifying common pitfalls and how to avoid them.   Through hands-on practice and interactive...
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Anthology Ally: An ICON Course Accessibility Tool

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Virtual
Anthology Ally is a powerful tool in your ICON courses. It provides instructors guidance and feedback on accessibility issues in their course sites and offers students multiple formats for downloading and using course materials. Join us to learn how this tool works, how you can make your course sites more accessible, and how it can increase students' ability to engage with your course materials. Register to attend.The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and...

HPC Workshop: Machine Learning and Big Data

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 10:00am to 4:00pm
University Capitol Centre
ITS - Research Services hosts a two-day intensive workshop on Machine Learning and Big Data. This workshop will be led by Prof. John Urbanic from the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and will take place in a training room equipped with two-way video communication between participants and the lecturer. Please note that all participants must be at the hosting location, as there will be no option for individual remote participation via video call (e.g., Zoom). ITS-RS staff will assist participants...
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Microsoft Teams: An Introduction

Thursday, May 15, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
This introductory course will give you a high-level overview of how to utilize Microsoft Teams and the tools within to collaborate and communicate with a work group, a project team, or any assortment of people. Topics covered include chat, creating a team, communicating in a team, meetings, and more. This course is designed for first-time users of Teams and those who would like to ensure they are getting the most out of this organizational tool. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training...
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Microsoft Teams: Working with Files

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 11:00am to 11:45am
Virtual
This course will show you how to edit and share files in Teams chats, meetings, or channels. We will talk about best practices for Team file storage and organization as well as co-authoring files and how to access personal files view. We will discuss how Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive work together from a file storage perspective. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for your department...
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Microsoft Teams: Meetings

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 2:00pm to 2:45pm
Virtual
This course is designed for users who would like to gain a better understanding about one of the key collaboration tools within Microsoft Teams — meetings. We will cover scheduling a meeting, as well as how to use the controls and features available during the meeting, such as breakout rooms. After the meeting is over, we will teach you how to access recordings, in-meeting chat, notes, and files. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To...
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Microsoft Loop: Getting Started with Loop Components

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 2:00pm to 2:45pm
Virtual
Microsoft Loop is a transformative co-creation experience that brings together teams, content, and tasks across your tools and devices. This training will focus on Loop components, which are portable components that move freely and stay in sync across Outlook, Teams, and other Microsoft 365 tools.
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Microsoft Teams: Structure and Manage Your Team (Best Practices)

Thursday, May 29, 2025 2:00pm to 2:45pm
Virtual
This course is designed for anyone who creates a team or has been given the team owner role in an existing team. Team owners have access to settings and capabilities that members do not see. This training will discuss how best to create a team, choose settings based upon your needs, and manage the team throughout its existence. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for your department, team...
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Microsoft Teams: An Introduction

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
This introductory course will give you a high-level overview of how to utilize Microsoft Teams and the tools within to collaborate and communicate with a work group, a project team, or any assortment of people. Topics covered include chat, creating a team, communicating in a team, meetings, and more. This course is designed for first-time users of Teams and those who would like to ensure they are getting the most out of this organizational tool. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training...