Microsoft 365 for advanced users: Multi-day training

The PowerPoint, Word and Excel applications are the most well-known applications from Microsoft. They have a lot of features that help you complete tasks quickly and efficiently. However, our knowledge is often limited to the basic functions of these programs or apps.

Helping students with dyslexia thanks to Word? Record a video with PowerPoint? Digitize your paperwork and convert the file to a PDF? Want to collaborate seamlessly with your colleagues?

By delving into a number of interesting functions, you can optimize your workflow, automate certain actions and involve your students in the lesson in an interactive way. In addition, Microsoft also has other ICT solutions that can bring a new dynamic to your classroom and wider school activities.

What will you learn in this course?
The basic buttons and functionalities of the Microsoft apps are discussed, in a higher gear. From that basis you get to know the more advanced possibilities of the software, so that you can also use it for projects other than purely administrative tasks.

In Word, you'll get started with the Immersive Reader. It is a free utility to improve users' reading skills. Originally developed for people with dyslexia, but also an enrichment during Dutch, French and English lessons. You record a video lesson in PowerPoint that you can watch via Stream. This video service is a privacy-friendly alternative to YouTube.

A training in Outlook helps you to communicate smoothly with e-mail, but collaboration and the safe storage of files are also important. With OneDrive you can easily share files and even collaborate on them in the cloud. Teams enables teleworking and remote meetings. With Office Lens you learn to digitize paper documents, adjust the text and convert the file to a PDF. And the digital notebook OneNote is a true multi-tool from Microsoft. You can make notes or lists, draw, plan and much more. Especially the hidden options make it a winner.