SpartansLearn is the home for all MSU IT training and on-demand courses about collaborative tools like Microsoft 365, Teams, OneDrive, OneNote, Forms, Outlook, and Zoom. Trainings are available at no cost to all MSU students, faculty and academic staff, and support staff.
September features both virtual and in-person instructor-led training courses:
Microsoft OneDrive – Getting Started, Sept. 11, 1:30 p.m. (Virtual)
OneDrive is a great place to store files in the cloud, share documents, and ensure document security. Learn about the basics in this entry level course.
Microsoft Forms – Creating Forms and Surveys, Sept. 12, 10:00 a.m. (In-person, Anthony Hall, Rm 1210)
Forms can help you survey classmates, students, coworkers, or any group where feedback is needed. Learn how to create forms and surveys, format, branch, and collect data, and share with others.
Microsoft OneDrive – Working with OneDrive, Sept. 12, 1:30 p.m. (In-person, Anthony Hall, Rm 1210)
Expanding on the basics of OneDrive, learn more about this great storage tool. Discover navigation strategies, explore the desktop app settings and options, manage accessibility of files and folders, and more.
Microsoft Teams – Managing Teams and Settings, Sept. 14, 10:00 a.m. (Virtual)
Specific to collaborating with others, this course will help you understand Team properties, Private Channels, and options for members, owners, and guests. Learn how to change status messages, participate in another Teams tenant, review saved messages, and set notifications.
Microsoft Teams – SharePoint Sites, Sept. 18, 10:00 a.m. (Virtual)
This course expands on the collaborative capabilities of Teams to show how it connects to Microsoft SharePoint to store document libraries, create site pages, and use lists.
Zoom – Getting Started, Sept. 19, 10:00 a.m. (In-person, Anthony Hall, Rm 1210)
A great tool for scheduling and hosting virtual meetings, learn how to access Zoom at MSU and explore its settings.
Microsoft Teams – Getting Started, Sept. 19, 1:30 p.m. (In-person, Anthony Hall, Rm 1210)
Teams is one of the best tools for effective communication and collaboration. Discover how to chat and have meetings with individuals, groups, and entire teams.
Zoom – Meetings, Sept. 22, 10:00 a.m. (Virtual)
This course digs deeper into the functionality of Zoom meetings to show you how to effectively set up and manage breakout rooms, manage recordings and reports, configure advanced polls and quizzes, and understand the best methods for sharing content.
Microsoft OneDrive – Working with OneDrive, Sept. 25, 1:30 p.m. (Virtual)
Expanding on the basics of OneDrive, learn more about this great storage tool. Discover navigation strategies, explore the desktop app settings and options, manage accessibility of files and folders, and more.
Weekly office hours are also available for those with questions about content shared in the courses. The schedule can be found at SpartansLearn.
For any other questions about technology training, please contact train@msu.edu.
