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Training & Classroom Support

Information Technology Services offers support and resources to help you create a unique learning path for your students. Our comprehensive services cover instructional technology needs, providing equipment, facilities and media support for both classroom and non-classroom settings.

March Madness—Tech All-Star Workshops

🏀 Training Lineup

March 3rd | 1–2 p.m. | Introduction to OneDrive

OneDrive gives you secure cloud file storage, and it's free for everyone at UMass Boston. Learn some of the great features and tricks in this tool, as well as several ways you can learn more about OneDrive in detail at this short 30 minute class!

March 6th | 1–2 p.m. | Advanced Sharing and Office 365 Online 

Manage access to existing files and folders, create new files with Office 365 online, and create and apply custom permission levels in OneDrive.

March 10th | 1–2 PM | Introduction to Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is a collaboration app that helps your team stay organized and have conversations - all in one place. Attend a one-hour overview webinar to learn how to organize your projects, collaborate more efficiently, and reduce the endless emails, with Teams! New Teams features will be integrated into all Teams Online Trainings.

March 11th | 1–2 PM | Managing Files in the New Teams

This one-hour online training will address the differences between sharing a link and uploading a copy of a file in a Teams channel and Teams chat, how to locate and share your files from OneDrive and files shared with you across the Teams you’re in, managing the file libraries located in the Teams channels you’re a part of, sharing a file stored in a Teams channel with someone outside your organization, and how to use the check in and check out feature in Teams to view your version history and collaborate in real time. New Teams features will be integrated into all Teams Online Trainings.

March 12th | 1–2 PM | Customizing Your Microsoft Teams Experience:

Once you're up and running with Microsoft Teams, there's a lot you can do to customize it. There are a few settings you may also consider changing to tweak your experience. Notifications, application behavior settings, and more are customizable. In this one-hour workshop we are going to look at some of your options and settings you can change or try out in Microsoft Teams. New Teams features will be integrated into all Teams Online Trainings.

March 18th & 27th | 1–2 p.m. | Introduction to Microsoft Loop

Join us for the "Introduction to Microsoft Loop App", a workshop designed to showcase how this innovative tool can transform the way you and your team work together.

March 19th & March 25th | 1–2 p.m. | Introduction to Microsoft Planner

Unleash your team's productivity potential with Microsoft Planner! This new workshop helps you discover the power of this intuitive task management tool.

March 20th | 1–2 p.m. | Introduction to Microsoft Forms

Easily create and share surveys, quizzes, polls, and collect feedback in Office 365 or Microsoft Teams.