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Virtual Training

To support rapid adoption of M365 during the COVID-19 crisis, Microsoft is hosting online training sessions in both English and French. The sessions are intended for GC employees and aims to help with building the skills to support the adoption of Teams and M365. Topics to be covered will include:

• Intro to Teams
• Using Chat, Channels, Activity, Meetings
• Coordination of meetings, activities and more

The sessions will be offered in two formats, pre-recorded and live. However, both feature live moderation to answer your questions in real-time. Find a date and time below that works for you.

Live Training Sessions

Hosted by Microsoft, these sessions are delivered by both online moderators and a team responding to questions received via chat in real-time throughout the lesson. Up to 10,000 participants can join per session but NO registration is required. All sessions are 60 minutes unless otherwise indicated. Please remember to stay off the VPN and join using your personal device. Note the session will be recorded and your name and/or phone number will be visible during the call to other participants who attend.

How to participate:
To join, simply click on the link and allow it to launch in your web browser (please use EDGE, Chrome or FireFox)

• Be sure you've got the time blocked on your calendar to join us.
• Simply select one of the following dates to join the session that works for you.
• If you have the Teams application installed → click on “Open in Microsoft Teams” in the pop-up window or “Launch it Now”.
• If you do not have the Teams application installed → click “Join on the Web Instead”.

On Demand Recordings

Once the training has taken place, the recorded session is available for 180 days. Select one of the trainings you wish to watch.

Feedback

Please let us know how useful you found the training and what other M365 training you want. https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/m365-post-training-130422?lang=en

Accessibility training

Creating accessible content in M365

Description There is no limit to what people can achieve when technology reflects the diversity of all who use it. This course shows how people at school and work can achieve more with the built-in accessibility tools and features in Microsoft technologies.

Objectives:

• Learn how to set up and navigate the settings within Windows 10, Office Desktop applications, and Teams
• Customize elements of your operating system and Office applications
• Come away with the ability to tailor Windows and Office experience through the understanding of the integrated features that make our products one the most inclusive in the industry
• Learn how assistive technology can empower communication and learning

English sessions September 06, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST February 07, 2023 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions September 07, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST February 08, 2023 at 1:00 pm EST

Accessibility: Hearing

Description Learn about specialized features for those who are hard of hearing, have hearing loss, or have deafness.

Objectives:

• Learn how to set up and navigate the settings within Windows 10, Office Desktop applications, and Teams.
• Customize elements of your operating system and Office applications
• Come away with the ability to tailor Windows and Office experience through the understanding of the integrated features that make our products one the most inclusive in the industry
• Learn how assistive technology can empower communication and learning

English sessions June 14, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions June 15, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST

Accessibility: Neurodiversity

Description Innovative tools such as Dictation and Windows Hello sign-in can make the digital world more accessible for those who live with dyslexia, seizures, autism, or other cognitive differences.

Objectives:

• Learn how to set up and navigate the settings within Windows 10, Office Desktop applications, and Teams
• Customize elements of your operating system and Office applications
• Come away with the ability to tailor Windows and Office experience through the understanding of the integrated features that make our products one the most inclusive in the industry
• Learn how assistive technology can empower communication and learning

English sessions May 31, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions June 1, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST

Accessibility: Vision

Description Learn about accessibility tools and features for people who are blind, colour blind, or have low vision.

Objectives:

• Learn how to set up and navigate the settings within Windows 10, Office Desktop applications, and Microsoft Teams
• Customize elements of your operating system and Office applications
• Come away with the ability to tailor Windows and Office experience through the understanding of the integrated features that make Microsoft products one the most inclusive in the industry
• Learn how assistive technology can empower communication and learning

English sessions June 7, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions June 8, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST

Accessibility Solutions 100 - Accessibility in Windows and M365

Description This course shows how people can achieve more with the built-in accessibility tools and features in Microsoft technologies.

Objectives:

• Understand how to set up and navigate accessibility settings within Windows 10, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft Teams.
• Learn how to create accessible content within Office and Teams.
• Gain tips for presenting inclusively for all audiences.

English sessions October 04, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST January 10, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EST

French sessions October 05, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST January 11, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EST

GC Accessibility Training and Events

Description To help promote upcoming accessibility activities organized by various Government of Canada departments that are open to public service employees.

English sessions GC Accessibility Training and Events

French sessions Formation et événements du GC sur l'accessibilité

Plain Language, clear and simple

Description Plain language writing is a technique of organizing information in ways that make sense to the reader. It uses straightforward, concrete, familiar words. You can use these techniques to adapt what you have to say to the reading abilities of the people who are likely to read your document. Using plain language to explain concepts and procedures involves using examples that relate to your reader’s experience.

English sessions Plain Language, clear and simple

French sessions Pour un style clair et simple

M365 Apps training

Cloud Storage (OneDrive and SharePoint)

Description In this new hybrid work environment, interchanging between office and home for work, you can create, view, edit and share files on the go. The modern experience in SharePoint Online is designed to be compelling, flexible, and faster, making it easier for anyone to create beautiful, dynamic sites and pages that are mobile-ready.

Objectives:

• Understand the difference between cloud storage in OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online
• Synchronize cloud storage locations to a device
• Share and manage access to files and folders
• Use modern attachments
• Navigate OneDrive for Business and SharePoint document libraries
• Recover previous versions of a file

English sessions November 15, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions November 16, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST

Microsoft Forms

Description This course introduces Microsoft Forms and demonstrates how to respond in nearly any browser or mobile device, and how to analyze those responses.

Objectives:

• Understand navigation and functionality in Microsoft forms
• Create forms, quizzes, and polls
• Change visual layout
• Configure access and sharing settings
• Learn question types
• Make use of branching forms
• Analyzing responses

English sessions September 13, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST March 14, 2023 at 1:00 pm EDT

French sessions September 14, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST March 15, 2023 at 1:00 pm EDT

Lists

Description Learn to stay on top of it all with Lists, the smart information tracking app in Microsoft 365.

Objectives:

• Navigate and understand core functionality of Microsoft Lists
• Create, share, and track lists
• Customize with custom views
• Build lists from a template
• Understand SharePoint Online and Teams integrations
• Understand column types

English sessions December 06, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions December 07, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST

Microsoft Whiteboard

Description Microsoft Whiteboard is the collaborative digital canvas in Microsoft 365 for effective meetings and engaging learning. Use Microsoft Whiteboard tools to maximize outcomes with ink, stickers and more.

Objectives:

• Understand what is Microsoft Whiteboard
• Access Microsoft Whiteboard desktop and web applications
• Create and annotate a new whiteboard using the Team’s meeting process
• Format, share and collaborate with others using Microsoft Whiteboard

English sessions July 12, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST January 17, 2023 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions July 13, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST January 18, 2023 at 1:00 pm EST

Outlook 100

Description Outlook lets you bring all your email accounts and calendars in one convenient spot. Get started by learning to navigate Outlook, customize your experience, and increase your productivity.

Objectives:

• Learn to navigate Microsoft Outlook.
• Set up and access Outlook modules.
• Use advanced features of Outlook to increase productivity and manage time.
• Use Outlook mobile for on-the-go requirements.

English sessions October 25, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

French sessions October 26, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

OneNote

Description Learn about OneNote, a digital note-taking app that provides a single place for keeping all your notes, research, plans, and information. Notes are easy to organize, print, and share, and you can search and find important information quickly.

Objectives:

• Discover OneNote versions and the differences between them
• Understand how to navigate OneNote and organize content across notebooks, sections, and pages
• Learn how to bring different types of content together
• Understand how to create a notebook and format notes
• Use OneNote to organize meeting notes
• Set up OneNote for team collaboration

English sessions July 5, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST January 03, 2023 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions July 6, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST January 04, 2023 at 1:00 pm EST

Process Flow with Approvals

Description Approvals in Microsoft Teams is a way to streamline all of your requests and processes with your team or chats. You'll be able to create new approvals, view the ones sent your way, and see all of your previous approvals in one place.

Objectives:

• Describe the capabilities and functionality of Approvals in Microsoft Teams
• Create and manage approval processes using the Approvals app
• Create ways to take your approvals further with Microsoft Power Automate

English sessions August 2, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EDT February 14, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EST

French sessions August 3, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EDT September 29, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EDT - New Date February 15, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EST

Security Foundations 100

Description Get familiar with end-user security best practices. Strategies are presented for staying safe at work and home, including how to go passwordless, avoid phishing, and collaborate with colleagues more securely.

Objectives:

• Understand how to make your organization more secure.
• Find the Microsoft Security Center and set up Windows Hello and two-step verification.
• Detect, analyze, and remediate phishing attempts.
• Collaborate and keep data safe with OneDrive for Business cloud storage.

English sessions July 19, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST January 24, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EST

French sessions July 20, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST January 25, 2023 at 1:00 pm EST

SharePoint 100 - Get Started with Microsoft SharePoint Online

Description This course focuses on the SharePoint Online experience in communication and team sites. Attendees will learn how to share and manage content, find information, and collaborate across their organization. This introductory course focuses on the experience for site members.

Objectives:

• Successfully navigate SharePoint team and communication sites
• Understand Microsoft 365 groups
• Work with SharePoint document libraries
• Share files and folders with users outside of a group
• Utilize shared resources in team sites including lists, plans, and notebooks

English sessions October 11, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

French sessions October 12, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

SharePoint 200 - Go further with Microsoft SharePoint Online

Description This course expands on more advanced features of SharePoint Online sites, focusing on Site Ownership and Architecture. Attendees of this course can expect to learn about sharing and permissions, workflow management, content types, and various site architecture components for building effective team sites.

Objectives:

• Understand SharePoint Online team sites, communication sites and hub sites
• Plan a successful site by understanding functionality and best practices
• Customize the look of a SharePoint site
• Build a site and utilize web parts
• Set approvals for documents
• Analyze usage data for a site

English sessions November 8, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

French sessions November 9, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

Tasks (To Do and Planner)

Description This course introduces the unified task experience in Microsoft 365 with a focus on To Do and Planner.

Objectives:

• Manage your work with tasks across Microsoft 365.
• Work with tasks in Outlook, shared Office documents, and in Teams.
• Manage individual tasks and build “your day”.
• Assign team tasks and build a plan.
• Explore various views to get the most out of task management.

English sessions September 20, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EDT March 21, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EDT

French sessions September 21, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EDT March 22, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EDT

Viva Insights

Description Microsoft Viva Insights helps people and businesses thrive with data-driven, privacy-protected insights and recommendations to improve productivity and well-being.

Objectives:

• Understand Viva Insights
• Engage in the employee experience
• Use the manager and leader insights to improve employee engagement

English sessions November 29, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions November 30, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST

Power Platform training

PowerApps

Description Power Apps allow everyone to implement custom and powerful business solutions. It is a no-code/low-code platform for building apps that builds off concepts such as formulas in an Excel spreadsheet.

Objectives:

• Learn the basic elements of Power Apps, including how to build a blank canvas app and connect it to a data source (e.g., SharePoint list)
• Customize elements of your app and configure and manage app Settings
• Understand how to easily share an app with other members of your organization
• Learn how PowerApps integrates with other Microsoft products and services such as Power Automate, SharePoint Online, and Microsoft Teams

English sessions August 16, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST February 21, 2023 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions March 2, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST August 17, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST February 22, 2023 at 1:00 pm EST

Power Automate

Description Attendees taking this course will learn the basic elements of Power Automate, including an overview of types of flows, how to create flows from templates or from scratch and understand how these can be integrated with existing systems and applications like Microsoft Teams.

Objectives:

• Become an expert on accessing and navigating Power Automate
• Understand key components of a Flow
• Maximize efficiency through pre-built Flow templates
• Get familiar with Connectors, Data Source, and AI Builder
• Learn how to create your first Flow
• Understand how your Flows can be integrated with your existing systems and applications such as Microsoft Teams

English sessions August 23, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST February 28, 2023 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions August 24, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST March 01, 2023 at 1:00 pm EST

PowerBI - Get started with Microsoft Power BI Service

Description Power BI lets you easily unify data from many sources to create interactive, immersive dashboards and reports that provide actionable insights and drive business results. This course will provide an overview Power BI and how its services and applications work together.

Objectives:

• Understand the building blocks of Power BI
• Explore how Power BI can enable you to make confident decisions using analytics
• Collaborate with Power BI in Microsoft Teams
• Connect to a Power BI dataset and begin visualizing data
• Save a report within the Power BI service

English sessions August 30, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST March 07, 2023 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions August 31, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST March 08, 2023 at 1:00 pm EST

Power Virtual Agents

Description Microsoft Virtual Agents can help you respond rapidly to your customer and employee needs using intelligent chatbots. In this course, you’ll create, publish, and analyze the performance of your first chatbot.

Objectives:

• Learn the components of Power Virtual Agents
• Create a bot and work with topics and nodes
• Design and test a conversation path
• Publish a bot to a test page
• Understand how to analyze the performance of a bot

English sessions October 18, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

French sessions October 19, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

MS Teams training

Get Started with Microsoft Teams

Description Get to know Microsoft Teams and learn the top five tasks to help you collaborate and get work done, all in one place. This course introduces the fundamentals of how to navigate the Teams app, meet in Teams, and start having conversations.

Objectives:

• Learn to navigate Microsoft Teams
• Send a chat message
• Understand teams and channels
• Create and join a meeting
• Locate files in Teams

English sessions November 01, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

French sessions November 02, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

Teams 200

Description This course is designed to build on existing Microsoft Teams knowledge to establish best practices and etiquette across available apps.

Objectives:

• Revisit application navigation to fortify understanding and introduce advanced features
• Deep dive into integration with Microsoft 365 and third-party apps (e.g. Tabs, Apps, Bots)
• In-depth look at SharePoint Online integration and document collaboration
• Best practices for pre-meeting, meeting, and post-meeting
• Utilize best practices for increasing response rates and managing their own notifications
• Use Command/Search bar to navigate and find content more quickly

English sessions August 9, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

French sessions August 10, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

Explore teams and channels in Microsoft Teams

Description This introductory course focuses on key features of teams and channels in Microsoft Teams. Understand the value of teams and channels and how they can help you collaborate in virtual workspaces or with an entire group.

Objectives:

• Understand the teams and channels structure
• Learn how to join, organize, and collaborate in teams and channels
• Create and manage a team

English sessions November 22, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

French sessions November 23, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

Teams - Advanced Meetings and MS Planner

Description The meetings workload includes audio conferencing, video and sharing. This course will demonstrate key features of Microsoft Teams Meetings.

Objectives:

• Understand meeting scenarios
• Experience the meeting lifecycle and how to utilize Teams for better collaboration
• Learn to schedule meetings from Teams or Outlook
• Optimize settings to look and sound your best on camera during video meetings
• Make use of all features within Teams meetings (e.g. whiteboard, etc.)
• Utilize the meeting recording, notes, and chat for ongoing collaboration

English sessions June 21, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST December 13, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

French sessions June 22, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST December 14, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

Teams - Breakout Rooms

Description With breakout rooms, meeting hosts can break participants into separate meeting rooms for smaller group discussions, then bring groups back to the main meeting.

Objectives:

• Discover how to set up breakout rooms in a Microsoft Teams meeting
• Understand how to manage breakout rooms as the meeting organizer
• Explore the participants’ experience of breakout rooms
• Learn how to bring breakout room participants back to the main meeting

English sessions September 27, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

French sessions September 28, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

Go further together with meetings in Microsoft Teams

Description The world of work has changed. With the growth of technology, we’re no longer required to go into an office to access the files and information we need to do our jobs. This course will demonstrate key features of Microsoft Teams meetings and webinars, including collaboration tools, breakout rooms and access to meeting resources.

Objectives:

• Create and manage Teams meetings of all sizes
• Make the best use of collaboration tools before, during, and after meetings
• Leverage breakout rooms for interactivity
• Manage who can access meeting resources before, during, and after meetings

English sessions March 28, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EDT

French sessions March 29, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EDT

Teams - Increase collaboration

Description Working together is easier with Microsoft Teams. Tools and files are always available in one place that’s designed to help you connect naturally, stay organized, and bring ideas to life. Learn how to make the most of channels, chat, and connected apps to improve communication and deepen collaboration across teams of all sizes.

Objectives:

• Stay connected with chat ​
• Create a collaborative workspace ​
• Accomplish more together in teams and channels

English sessions July 26, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST January 31, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EST

French sessions July 27, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST February 01, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EST

Teams Tips & Shortcuts

Description Learn tips and shortcuts for Microsoft Teams that will help you become power users, able to expedite navigation and efficiently use Teams for collaboration and workflow. Discover what’s new and find expert direction for Teams topics, curated for your specific work scenarios.

Objectives:

• Leverage formatting best practices to help get your messages noticed (and responded to)
• Integrate tools and best practices to streamline the collaboration process
• Implement strategies to manage and organize your work and simplify your workday

English sessions June 28, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST December 20, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

French sessions June 29, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST December 21, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. EST

M365 Teams Quality of Experience Workshop

English sessions Access recorded sessions and presentation material here

French sessions Accéder aux sessions enregistrées et au matériel de présentation ici

CCO Virtual Learning Series: Planning Virtual Events

Communications Community Office (CCO) Events Calendar English sessions Planning Virtual Events

Bureau de la collectivité des communications (BCC) - Calendrier d'événements French sessions L’organisation d’événements virtuels

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