Student Sandbox

Virtual Training

To support rapid adoption of MS Teams during the COVID-19 crisis, Microsoft is hosting online training sessions in both English and French. The sessions are intended for 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 Firefox, Chrome or EDGE)

• 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”.

Introduction to MS Teams

English sessions June 8 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions June 9 at 1:00 pm EST

Teams Meetings

English sessions August 3 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions August 4 at 1:00 pm EST

MS Teams Advanced Meetings and MS Planner

English sessions June 15 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions June 16 at 1:00 pm EST

Teams as a Platform

English sessions September 28 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions September 29 at 1:00 pm EST

Teams – Breakout Rooms

English sessions June 23 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions June 22 at 1:00 pm EST

Teams 100

English sessions July 6 at 1:00 pm EST September 14 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions September 15 at 1:00 pm EST

Teams 200

English sessions July 13 at 1:00 pm EST September 21 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions September 22 at 1:00 pm EST

Teams Channels and Files

English sessions August 10 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions August 11 at 1:00 pm EST

Teams Live Events for Organizers

English sessions September 7 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions September 8 at 1:00 pm EST

Tasks (To Do and Planner)

English sessions July 20 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions July 21 at 1:00 pm EST

SharePoint 100

English sessions July 27 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions July 28 at 1:00 pm EST

OneNote

English sessions June 29 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions [Dates pending]

PowerBI

English sessions August 17 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions August 18 at 1:00 pm EST

Power Automate

English sessions August 24 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions August 25 at 1:00 pm EST

Power Apps

English sessions August 31 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions September 1 at 1:00 pm EST

Accessibility Vision

English sessions [Dates Pending]

French sessions [Dates Pending]

Accessibility Hearing

English sessions [Dates Pending]

French sessions [Dates Pending]

Accessibility Neurodiversity

English sessions June 1 at 1:00 pm EST

French sessions June 2 at 1:00 pm EST