Faculty & Staff Training

To see the schedule and to register for one of the sessions, please visit our registration page

Training Catalog

Adobe Acrobat –

  • Accessibility
  • Combine PDF documents
  • Convert MS Office documents to PDFs
  • Create E-signatures/Sign PDFs
  • Create fillable forms
  • Edit PDFs
  • Extract pages
  • Redact PDFs
  • & more…

Blackboard -

  • Assist students with Blackboard, e.g., participating in discussion boards, uploading assignments, checking grades, etc.
  • Blackboard Collaborate for faculty and students.

Hyflex Technologies –

  • In-Person training on hyflex technologies, including
    • Conference microphones
    • Confidence monitor
    • Document Cameras
    • Dual monitors
    • Hover cams
    • Projectors

MS TEAMS -

  • Creating Channels
  • File sharing and tasks
  • Instant Messaging
  • Meeting recordings
  • Private vs. Public
  • Synchronous meetings
  • TEAMS voice
    • Customizing voicemail
    • Creating away messages
    • Setting up notifications
  • Virtual backgrounds
  • & more…

ZOOM -

  • Breakout rooms
  • Closed Captioning
  • Meeting recordings
  • Polling
  • Scheduling synchronous meetings
  • Securing meetings
  • Transcriptions
  • Virtual backgrounds
  • & more…

Dropbox -

  • Collaborate on documents
  • Create folders
  • Learn how to access your CSI Dropbox account.
  • Upload & store files
  • & more…

OneDrive -

  • Collaborate on MS Office documents
  • Edit Documents
  • Share documents
  • Store Documents
  • & more...

MS Access 2016/2019 -

  • Create forms
  • Create queries
  • Create reports
  • Create tables
  • Create, open & save a database
  • Import/export files
  • & more...

MS Excel 2016/2019 -

  • Apply conditional formatting
  • Change default settings
  • Create charts
  • Create macros
  • Create pivot tables
  • Create templates
  • Customize the Excel window
  • Difference between a workbook and a worksheet
  • Filter data
  • Functions
  • Group data
  • Import/export data
  • Link cells within a document
  • Set up spreadsheets
  • & more...

MS OneNote 2016/2019 –

  • Class notebooks
  • Create digital notebooks
  • Share notes and collaborate
  • Store notes
  • Synch with Outlook
  • & more...

MS Outlook 2016/2019 -

  • Add attachments to appointments
  • Create a distribution list/contact/group/address book
  • Create and manage appointments
  • Create and manage calendars
  • Create and manage tasks
  • Housekeeping – analyzing emails, creating folders, deleting emails
  • Schedule meetings using the Zoom plug-in
  • Scheduling assistant
  • & more...

MS PowerPoint 2016/2019 -

  • Animations
  • Create presentations
  • Customize default settings
  • Customize Slide shows
  • Insert elements into presentations
  • Reuse Slides
  • Themes
  • Transitions
  • & more...

MS Word 2016/2019 -

  • Create mail merges
  • Create tables
  • Create templates
  • Create/customize ribbons/default settings
  • Insert elements into documents
  • Set up documents
  • Track changes
  • & more...

M365 Hub

M365 Settings

Bookings -

  • Manage appointments
  • Organize schedules
  • & more...

Excel 365 -

  • Apply conditional formatting
  • Change default settings
  • Create charts
  • Create macros
  • Create pivot tables
  • Create templates
  • Customize the Excel window
  • Difference between a workbook and a worksheet
  • Filter data
  • Functions
  • Group data
  • Import/export data
  • Link cells within a document
  • Set up spreadsheets
  • & more...

Forms -

  • Create Polls
  • Create Quizzes
  • Create Surveys

Lists -

  • Organize workflow
  • Track information

OneDrive -

  • Collaborate on MS Office documents
  • Edit Documents
  • Share documents
  • Store Documents
  • & more…

OneNote 365 -

  • Class notebooks
  • Create digital notebooks
  • Share notes and collaborate
  • Store notes
  • Synch with Outlook

Outlook 365 -

  • Add attachments to appointments
  • Create a distribution list/contact/group/address book
  • Create and manage appointments
  • Create and manage calendars
  • Create and manage tasks
  • Housekeeping – analyzing emails, creating folders, deleting emails
  • Schedule meetings using the Zoom plug-in
  • Scheduling assistant
  • & more...

PowerPoint 365 -

  • Animations
  • Create presentations
  • Customized Slide shows
  • Designer
  • Dictation
  • Insert elements into presentations
  • Reuse Slides
  • Themes
  • Transitions
  • Use Subtitles
  • Work with Designer
  • Work with Stock Images
  • & more...

Sway -

  • Create interactive presentations
  • Create interactive reports
  • Import personal content
  • & more…

MS TEAMS -

  • Creating Channels
  • File sharing and tasks
  • Instant Messaging
  • Meeting recordings
  • Private vs. Public
  • Synchronous meetings
  • TEAMS voice
    • Customizing voicemail
    • Creating away messages
    • Setting up notifications
  • Virtual backgrounds
  • & more…

ToDo -

  • Manage tasks in one place
  • & more…

Visio -

  • Create Flow Charts, Diagrams, and Organization Charts
  • Insert shapes, connectors, and text
  • Save and export
  • & More

Whiteboard -

  • Collaborate in real-time
  • Design canvases
  • & more…

Word 365 –

  • Check Accessibility
  • Create tables
  • Create templates
  • Create/customize ribbons/default settings
  • Designer
  • Dictation
  • Editor
  • Immersive Reader
  • Insert elements into documents
  • Set up documents
  • Track Changes
  • & more...

SnagIt -

  • Apply effects to images and videos
  • Capture still images
  • Capture video
  • Create libraries
  • Edit still images and videos
  • Utilize tools such as Callout, arrow, shape, and blur to enhance images
  • & more…

TEAMS Voice -

  • Create away messages
  • Customize notifications
  • Customize voicemail

Google Chrome -

  • Accessibility
  • Appearance
  • Bookmarks
  • Create Shortcuts
  • Downloads
  • History Management
  • Incognito window
  • Opening multiple windows
  • Privacy & Security
  • Settings
  • & more…

Google Voice –

  • Customizing an account
  • Making calls
  • Retrieving voicemail
  • Setting up an account
  • Text messaging
  • & more

Microsoft Edge -

  • Accessibility
  • Appearance
  • Bookmarks
  • Create Shortcuts
  • Downloads
  • History Management
  • Incognito window
  • Opening multiple windows
  • Privacy & Security
  • Settings
  • & more…

Mozilla Firefox -

  • Accessibility
  • Appearance
  • Bookmarks
  • Create Shortcuts
  • Downloads
  • History Management
  • Pocket
  • Private window
  • Opening multiple windows
  • Privacy & Security
  • Reader View
  • Settings
  • Synchronization
  • & more…
  • Adding and deleting shortcuts to the desktop and taskbar
  • Creating folder structures
  • Managing the Start Menu and Taskbar
  • & more…
  • Session 1 – Zoom Basics
    • Sign into CUNY Zoom account
    • Create Meetings
    • Change Settings
    • Secure meetings to prevent disruptions and Zoom bombings
  • Session 2 – Hosting & Teaching
    • Screenshare
    • Share audio
    • Set virtual backgrounds for privacy
    • Mute individuals
    • Change views
  • Session 3 – Enhanced Features
    • Use Whiteboards
    • Set up Breakout Rooms
    • Create Surveys, Polls, and Quizzes
    • Record Meetings
  • Session 4 – Reporting
    • Run attendance reports
    • View Polling results
    • View, Edit, and Share Recordings