Training Services Course Descriptions
Descriptions of the courses available from Training Services for UofL employees
Microsoft Access Microsoft Excel Microsoft FrontPage Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Project Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Word Microsoft Office MacroMedia Adobe Photoshop GroupWise Web Classes
Access
Access: Beginning to Use (1/2 day course)
This class introduces the Access database environment. Students learn how to open a database, enter and edit data in tables, find and replace data, and create simple queries.
Prerequisites: None
Access: Creating Databases (1/2 day course)
Students learn how to create a database,create tables, and create relationships.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with the Office Environment
Access: Creating Queries (1/2 day course)
Students learns how to create queries using the query wizard and from scratch. Queries covered include Select Query, Cross-Tab Query, Make Table Query, and Update Query.
Prerequisites: Access Introduction
Access: Creating Forms (1/2 day course)
Students learn how to create forms and reports from wizards and from scratch.
Prerequisites: Access Beginning to Use
Access: Creating Reports (1/2 day course)
Students learn how to create reports from wizards and from scratch.
Prerequisites: Access Beginning to Use
Excel
Excel: Introduction for Beginning Users (1/2 day course)
This class introduces Excel to the beginner. It includes entering data into a worksheet; navigating a worksheet; creating workbooks; inserting columns, rows, and worksheets; and basic formatting.
Prerequisites: None
Excel: Intermediate (1/2 day course)
This class covers intermediate formatting, create headers and footers, different Excel views, printing, and basic formulas.
Prerequisites: Excel Introduction
Excel: Introduction to Formulas and Functions (1/2 day course)
This class teaches students how to create basic formulas and use the Insert Function Wizard. Students are encouraged to bring a problem that they have from work or home to the class.
Prerequisites: Excel Introduction
Excel: Intermediate Formulas and Functions (1/2 day course)
This class teaches students how to create financial functions, database functions, lookup functions, statistical functions, text functions, and other functions.
Prerequisites: Excel Introduction to Formulas and Functions
Excel: Charts and Lists (1/2 day course)
This class teaches students how to create and format charts and lists.
Prerequisites: Excel Introduction
Excel: Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts (1/2 day course)
This class explores the use of pivot tables. Topics covered include creating and modifying pivot table and creating pivot charts. Also, outlining and grouping data is covered.
Prerequisites: Excel Intermediate
Excel: Advanced (1/2 day course)
This class explores the Excel topics of creating templates, importing data, customizing excel, security, and data validation and What If Analysis.
Prerequisites: Excel Intermediate
GroupWise
GroupWise: Introduction (1/2 day course)
This course provides an overview of the basic operations of GroupWise. Students will learn how to as send/receive mail, schedule meetings, and set up appointments and use the Address Book.
Prerequisites: None; however, reasonable proficiency in the Windows environment is helpful.
GroupWise: Advanced (1/2 day course)
This course covers advanced features of GroupWise, such as filters and rules. Students learn how to share distribution lists and folders, and how to customize GroupWise.
Prerequisites: GroupWise Introduction
Photoshop
Photoshop Introduction (all day course)
This class will cover the basics of Photoshop, including selection techniques, working with the pallettes, and working with the canvas and colors.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with Windows
Photoshop Intermediate (all day course)
This class will cover intermediate topics of Photoshop, including image transformations, masks, paths, and filters.
Prerequisites: Photoshop Introduction
Photoshop Advanced (all day course)
This class will cover advanced topics of Photoshop, including photo repair, compositing, and the action palette.
Prerequisites: Photoshop Introduction
PowerPoint
PowerPoint: Introduction (1/2 day course)
Students learn how to create a basic PowerPoint presentation using both wizards and from scratch. This course covers entering text, sorting slides, formatting, and running a simple slide show.
Prerequisites: None
PowerPoint: Intermediate (1/2 day course)
Students learn to create tables, create charts, use Word Art, add graphics, create templates, and slide designs.
Prerequisites: PowerPoint Introduction
PowerPoint: Advanced (1/2 day course)
Students learn how to hyperlink their slides, use master slides, create drawings, work with multimedia, and work with other programs.
Prerequisites: PowerPoint Intermediate
Project Manager
Project Manager: Introduction (all day course)
Learn how to create a project, create tasks, create resources, and enter costs. Please bring an example of a project that you will be doing. We will choose 1 to 2 projects in the last part of the class to create
Prerequisites: None
Project Manager: Intermediate (all day course)
Learn the different views of Project Manager, how to create reports, how to save a baseline, updating a project, how to create a critical path, working with multiple projects and how to resolve overallocations.
Prerequisites: Project Manager Introduction
Publisher
Publisher: Introduction (all day course)
This class will cover designing a publication, setting up a page, formatting text, and printing a publication
Prerequisites: None
Publisher Intermediate (in development)
Web Classes
CMS Fundamentals
This class will cover creating and editing web pages, creating folders, events, and news items. It also covers adding graphics and creating hyperlinks.
Prerequisites: None
CMS Advanced (in development)
Word
Word: Introduction (1/2 day course)
This class introduces students to Word. Students learn how to create documents, enter text, format text, use the Ribbon, use the different views, and use Find and Replace.
Prerequisites: None
Word: Intermediate (1/2 day course)
Students learn how to use bullets and numbering, use AutoText and AutoCorrect, create tables, and work with graphics.
Prerequisites: Word Introduction
Word: Advanced (1/2 day course)
Students learn how to create a template, create sections and headers and footers, create table of contents and indexes, and create macros.
Prerequisites: Word Intermediate
Word: Tips and Tricks (1/2 day course)
Students learn how to use the Document Map, use Equation Editor, run macros, and merge documents.
Prerequisites: Word Intermediate
Word: Forms (1/2 day course)
Students will learn how to create forms in Microsoft Word, including text fields, checkboxes, and radio buttons.
Prerequisites: Word Intermediate
Word: Mail Merge (1/2 day course)
Learn how to create a mail merge document in word, including letters, envelopes, and directories.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Word