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The IT Training Team provides lots of free training sessions, available throughout the year, to help you get to grips with different software.

This page contains information about the courses we currently offer. Simply find a course that interests you, check the calendar to see when it is being delivered and email IT Training to book your place. all training is currently being delivered via zoom.

Training courses

University IT Induction

The student IT Induction provides you with an awareness of the University's IT facilities, and guidance on how to access IT support.

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LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn Learning helps you discover and develop business, technology-related, and creative skills through expert-led course videos.

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Digital Capabilities

Discover your digital capabilities. The Discovery Tool helps you to reflect on your digital expertise and confidence.

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Featured Training

Using Google Apps and Microsoft Word to create your project or thesis

The training will include:

Using Google Keep

Setting up a note
Creating a list
Adding people to collaborate with
Synch with Keep on a smartphone

Setting Pinned Tabs in Chrome

Set up Group tabs in Chrome
Colour coded tabs and moving them around

Features in MS Word

Tour of the MS Word Ribbon
Selection techniques
Show/hide button
Set up a document in Outline View and defined a master page
Open and use the Navigation Pane
Add and customise Heading styles
Insert captions
Apply bookmarks and cross-references to text
Add footnotes and endnotes
Discuss techniques for adding citations
Creating an index, table of images and a table of contents
Adding headers, footers, and page numbering using page and section breaks

If you need to cancel or reschedule this training please email ittraining@port.ac.uk

More information about the training and services the IT Training team provide is available on the Student Training Article.

Using Microsoft Word for Assignments

Content

This session will help you use Microsoft Word to create your assignments. The training will include:

Setting up the formatting for a document
Adding headers and page numbering
Adding a Cover Page
Using Styles
Creating a Table of Contents
Using the spelling and grammar check
Track Changes
Adding an appendix with different page numbering
An opportunity to as questions
Many more Microsoft Tips to help you use Microsoft Word to create an assignment

Sessions

Wednesday 26 October 1:30 - 3:00pm

Delivered via Zoom click on this link to register:

https://port-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuc-ivqTkvGdPa-BdYIB8ktLTlKIUnfaTM

Friday 25 November 9:30 -11:00am

Delivered via Zoom click on this link to register:

https://port-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlfuCppjksHdP6hoQ2rh1NwrAgPjDiDMrP

More Information

This article explains how you can get a copy of Microsoft Office which includes Microsoft Word

If you need to cancel or reschedule this training please email ittraining@port.ac.uk

Using Microsoft Excel for Assignments

Content

This session will help you use MS Excel to present and analyse data. The training will include:

Entering data into a spreadsheet
Creating basic formulas
Using Functions to analyse data (mean, median, mode, standard deviation)
Creating charts
Sorting data
Opportunity to ask questions

Sessions

Wednesday 26 October 1:30 - 3:00pm

Delivered via Zoom click on this link to register:

https://port-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qf-CqqT8pG9QZFHbiYCNCzsokt5jfJ3FE

Wednesday 2 November 1:30 - 3:00pm

Delivered via Zoom click on this link to register:

https://port-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvcu6grjwoGdZ8IwSPm7KWArlBISlFQjLA

Friday 18 November 9:30 - 11:00am

Delivered via Zoom click on this link to register:

https://port-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpd-irqT8jH9yym6AJR0Y73IP8ZpvbEijf

More Information

This article explains how you can get a copy of Microsoft Office which includes Microsoft Excel

If you need to cancel or reschedule this training please email ittraining@port.ac.uk

Using Microsoft PowerPoint for Academic Presentations

Content

This session will help you use MS PowerPoint to create a presentation. The training will include:

Structure of presentations
Creating a presentation
Adding and Formatting Slides
Using themes
Adding images and videos
Presenter view
Animation and transitions
Printing/pdf your assignment for submission
Presenting tips
Opportunity to ask questions

Sessions

Wednesday 16 November 1:30 - 3:00pm

Delivered via Zoom click on this link to register:

https://port-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ucOGuqj4jGN1jyZta3H_UDReNq5slt2I8

More Information

This article explains how you can get a copy of Microsoft Office which includes Microsoft PowerPoint

If you need to cancel or reschedule this training please email ittraining@port.ac.uk

How to book a training session

Click above to expand the course profile and see if it's the right fit for you. Underneath each course date will be a registration link to enrol onto the course.

If there is no registration link, please email the details of the session you wish to attend to ittraining@port.ac.uk.

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IT Training and digital skills consultations

IT Training also offer personalised 1-1 coaching to assist with developing IT and digital skills.

For further information please contact ittraining@port.ac.uk.

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