These lessons are for people who want to learn more about using collaboration tools to communicate, plan projects and meetings and work in groups in a college setting.
If you come across a term you do not understand, try looking it up in the Computer Hope Glossary.
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This a lesson. Scroll down to read all the information about security and privacy issues, setting up Zoom, joining a meeting and hosting a meeting.
This a lesson. Scroll down to read tips to help ease Zoom fatigue.
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This series of guides covers different aspects of how to use Zoom for video conferences.
Silver Linings Café Zoom Guides
These manuals cover information on how to use Zoom. You will find step-by-step instructions and practitioner tips. There are six sections to this Zoom manual.
Section 1: Getting Started: setting up an account, scheduling meeting, sending an invite, joining a meeting
Section 2: In Meeting Controls and Video layouts (Gallery/Speaker views)
Section 3: Whiteboard, Screen Sharing and Annotation Tools
Section 4: Breakout Rooms
Section 5: Polling
Section 6: Preparing for Remote Learning, Building Community & Engaging Learners, Online Resources
Find tutorials on:
Google Drive - a place to share files and folders
Google Docs - a collaborative program similar to Microsoft Word (do lesson 3 and scroll down to lesson 7 if you already know how to use Google Drive)
Google Sheets - a collaborative program similar to Microsoft Excel (scroll down to lesson 8 if you already know how to use Google Docs and Drive)
Google Slides - a collaborative program similar to Microsoft Powerpoint (scroll down to lesson 8 if you already know how to use Google Docs and Drive)
Google Meet - a videoconferencing tool
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Click the Start button to go to the first lesson in each set. In each lesson there is a video explanation and instructions for a practice activity in the top right corner. It will take you about 90 minutes to work through these lessons but you may not want to do every section. There is a Transcript button under each video. You can click that button and read about the video if you wish. If you sign into your Google account, you can earn a certificate.
Connect and Collaborate From Anywhere with Digital Tools
Improve your digital collaboration and communication skills using online tools.
You can choose from these sections:
Introduction to Connect and Collaborate From Anywhere with Digital Tools
Choose a Digital Skill to Learn and Teach (Google Chat, Docs, Meet and Calendar)
Connect and Collaborate From Anywhere with Digital Tools Wrap-Up
Take Notes in a Table Wrap-Up
Reflection
Extensions: Connect and Collaborate From Anywhere with Digital Tools
Organize Group Projects in Google Sheets
Collaborate with a group to organize a project in a shared spreadsheet.
You can choose from these sections:
Introduction to Organize Group Projects in Google Sheets
Build Your Task List
Create and Format Column Headers
Put Tasks in Sequence, Set Deadlines, and Add Notes
Use Data Validation to Track and Assign Tasks
Organize Group Projects in Google Sheets Wrap-Up
Reflection
Organize Group Projects in Google Sheets: Extensions
Schedule Project Tasks in Google Sheets
Create a schedule for a community project by collaborating in Google Sheets.
Introduction to Schedule Project Tasks in Google Sheets
Set Up Your Schedule
Share Your Schedule
Add Tasks to Your Schedule
Add Comments to Your Schedule
Schedule Project Tasks in Google Sheets Wrap-Up
Reflection
Extensions
Manage communication for your large-scale group project with digital tools.
Introduction to Manage Project Communication
Create a Contact Group
Email Your Project Contact Group
Create a Meeting Agenda
Manage Project Communication Wrap-Up
Reflection
Extensions
We made a table of contents that will allow you to design your own learning pathways to meet the various needs of different users. Some topics come with a set of articles and some videos in a set have written instructions under the videos.
1. Quick start (1 minute)
Articles:
Sign in and get started
Chat and share files
Collaborate
Set up your mobile apps
Learn more
2. Intro to Microsoft Teams (3 minutes)
Glossary of terms
3. Set up and customize your team
Video 1: Get your team up and running (3 minutes)
Written instructions:
Create a team
Create a channel
Customize and manage your team
Video 2: Go-to guide for team owners (3 minutes)
Written instructions:
Add members
Remove members
Add team owners
Manage channels
Change team settings
Manage and add Apps
Archive a team
Video 3: Organize your teams list (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
4. Collaborate in teams and channels
Video 1: Overview of teams and channels (2 minutes)
Written instructions:
Add a tab
Pin and unpin a channel
Video 2: Create and use private channels (2 minutes)
Written instructions:
Create a private channel
Share a file and Meet Now
Video 3: Show and hide channels (1 minute)
Written instructions:
Hide or show a channel
Customize channel notifications
Video 4: Work in channels (2 minutes)
Written instructions:
Reply to a message
Like or save a message
Start a new conversation in a channel
Get someone's attention in the channel
See where you've been mentioned
Co-edit a file
Video 5: Work on a file together (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 6: Send email to a channel (1 minute)
Written instructions:
Get and copy a channel's email
Forward an email to a channel
Video 7: Create a plan with Planner (2 minutes)
Written instructions: Try it!
5. Work with posts and messages
Video 1: Create and format a post (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 2: Post a message to multiple channels (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 3: Get attention with @mentions (1 minute)
Written instructions:
Get one person's attention
Get an entire team or channel's attention
Video 4: Save a post or a message (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 1: Upload and share files (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 2: Find and filter files (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 1: Start and pin chats (1 minute)
Written instructions:
Start a chat
Make video and audio calls from a chat
Pin a chat
Video 2: Make calls (1 minute)
Written instructions:
Start calls
Dial an outside number
View history and listen to voicemails
Video 3: Hide chats, delete messages (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 4: Set up a delegate to take your calls (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 1: Join a Teams meeting (2 minutes)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 2: Create instant meetings with Meet now (2 minutes)
Written instructions:
Start a meeting
Join a meeting
Share
Video 3: Meet in a channel (1 minute)
Written instructions:
Create a meeting in a channel
Join a meeting in a channel
Video 4: Manage meetings (2 minutes)
Written instructions:
View meetings
Schedule a meeting
Video 5: Show your screen during a meeting (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 6: Show PowerPoint slides (1 minute)
Written instructions:
If you're a presenter
If you're a meeting participant
Video 7: Move around during a Teams meeting (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
9. Set up and attend live events
Video 1: Plan and schedule a live event (2 minutes)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 2: Produce a live event (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 3: Attend a live event (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 4: Moderating a Q&A (2 minutes)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 1: Use apps (2 minutes)
Written instructions:
Apps in tabs
Apps in messages
Apps as Connectors
All Apps
Video 2: Turn a file into a tab (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 3: Use the command box (2 minutes)
Written instructions:
Use the command box to search
Use slash commands to perform tasks
Use the @ command
11. Manage team schedules with Shifts
Video 1: What is Shifts? (3 minutes)
Glossary of terms
Video 2: Create a Shifts schedule (3 minutes)
Written instructions:
Schedules and groups
Add a shift
Copy a shift
Re-use a schedule
Create an open shift
Share your schedule
Video 3: Manage a Shifts schedule (2 minutes)
Written instructions:
View a schedule
Manage requests
Manage team settings
Share a schedule
Toggle schedules
Video 1: Filter your activity feed (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 2: Manage notification settings (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
13. Teams on the go
Video 1: Activity feed on the go (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!
Video 2: Join a meeting on the go (1 minute)
Written instructions: Try it!