Author: Ali Levine

In addition to live training offerings, ITS Applications Training has now made asynchronous training modules available to faculty and staff for some of the more specialized training content.

Current offerings include:

• Microsoft Cloud Overview
• Microsoft Stream Essentials
• Microsoft Clipchamp Essentials
• Microsoft Bookings
• Virtual Meetings in Teams
• Excel 365: New Functions
• Outlook on the Web Essentials
• WSU Reporting (coming soon)
• Time Entry and Approval Training
• And more coming soon

Asynchronous training allows users to take each course at their own speed, or across multiple days, if desired. Just like live training sessions, supervisors can assign training to their team, and each user’s attendance will be reflected in their myTraining transcript.

To find asynchronous training sessions, visit myTraining and either search by title or filter your search by online training. Questions? Contact mytraining@wichita.edu.

You have learned all about the Microsoft 365 suite in the Microsoft training sessions from ITS Applications Training, but why stop there? For more information about your favorite Microsoft applications, visit Office Bytes at wichita.edu/officebytes. Here you can stay ahead of the curve with new information and catch up on extra tips and tricks that go beyond the live training sessions.

Content on the site dates back seven years and is both searchable and sortable. Better yet, look for the subscribe button to receive notifications in your inbox as soon as new content is published.

For questions, contact Ali Levine at ali.levine@wichita.edu.

Nearly 300 WSU employees have earned the Microsoft Office Power User credential. As of January 2025, there is a new Microsoft digital credential available: WSU Microsoft Cloud Power User.

The program is available to faculty and staff at WSU and is designed to empower users with vital knowledge about Microsoft OneDrive, Teams and SharePoint.

• For information about WSU’s Microsoft Power User Programs and their requirements, visit wichita.edu/poweruser
• To browse the calendar and sign up for sessions, visit myTraining
• For questions, contact Ali Levine, ITS Applications Training lead, at ali.levine@wichita.edu

Are you using Microsoft OneDrive, Teams or SharePoint at WSU? ITS would like to hear from you. Take part in a brief survey to evaluate your experiences with OneDrive, Teams and SharePoint and the support offered through ITS. Your feedback is crucial in helping enhance services and better meet your needs.

ITS Applications Training is excited to announce new training available to faculty and staff: Microsoft Lists Essentials. Microsoft Lists is so much more than just a list maker. This powerful tool can be used to track expenses, manage inventory, organize events and so much more. Lists is also fantastic for collaboration, integrating seamlessly into both Teams and SharePoint. This could be a game-changer if you are in need of a simple database tool for your team.

Are you interested in attending Microsoft Lists Essentials? Visit myTraining in myWSU to sign up for a session.

Sessions will be held:

• 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 12
• 9 a.m. Thursday, March 21
• And more coming soon

Looking for a New Year’s resolution? Earn a digital credential, WSU Microsoft Office Power User, by attending a suite of ITS-led Microsoft Office sessions. In addition to earning a badge and certificate, these live training sessions will refresh your knowledge of Microsoft applications, old and new, and offer numerous tips to maximize your use of these powerful tools.

All training is available for faculty and staff at no additional charge and is offered remotely. For training calendar and registration, visit myTraining. For more information about the program requirements, and to see a list of fellow Power Users, visit the Microsoft Office Power Users webpage (wichita.edu/poweruser).

Interested in learning more about Microsoft Teams and SharePoint? Live training sessions on these powerful Microsoft cloud services are now listed for January. These sessions are available to WSU faculty and staff at no additional charge and offered through ITS Applications Training.

Current sessions listed for January include:

• Teams Essentials
• Teams Advanced for Team Owners
• SharePoint 1: Foundations
• SharePoint 2: Site Creation Basics

Sign up for these sessions and future training sessions through myTraining.

If you’ve been hearing the buzz about cloud storage and are curious to learn more, ITS has a new video series available (shortcut URL: wichita.edu/onedrive). Learn how to get started with OneDrive, your personal cloud storage location at WSU. In the video series, you will learn how to access your OneDrive, upload files, share files, collaborate and more.

Students will also be able to access the video series, so if you are encouraging OneDrive use in your classes, the series would be an excellent resource to share with students.

Interested in learning about additional cloud platforms? More information about all the cloud storage options at WSU can be found from ITS Resources (shortcut URL: wichita.edu/cloud).

Faculty and staff making the switch from Zoom meetings to Teams meetings should check out the new Teams Meetings video series created by ITS Applications training.

Just like Zoom meetings, Teams meetings have advanced functions like breakout rooms, polls, detailed meeting permissions and more. Also, like Zoom, anyone can attend your Teams meeting via a link, including people outside WSU or people who do not have a Microsoft account.

To register for a live Teams training session, visit myTraining in myWSU.

Are you interested in utilizing the class team features in Microsoft Teams with your classes this fall? Attend the virtual training session, “Class Teams in Microsoft Teams,” to learn about the unique features of the class type of team, including assignments, quizzes, grading, reflections, insights, basic editing of the team home page and more.

Note: Before attending this session, please attend “Teams Advanced for Team Owners,” the basics of team creation, ownership and team types will be discussed in that session.

Current listed dates for the “Class Teams in Microsoft Teams” sessions are:

• July 25, 9-11:30 a.m.
• Aug. 3, 9-11:30 a.m.

Other Microsoft Teams training sessions faculty and staff can attend:

• Teams Essentials
• Teams Advanced for Team Owners
• Virtual Meetings in Teams

Full descriptions and available dates are listed in myTraining; new sessions are listed regularly.