Overview
Prerequisites
- A basic understanding of Windows 7 or higher.
- Experience using Internet Explorer 11 or equivalent browser.
- Fundamental experience with Office 365 is recommended, including Log in and navigation around the service.
- A basic knowledge of Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook).
Learning Outcomes
- Explain how SharePoint can help them in a collaborative working environment
- Work with SharePoint apps / add-ins such as lists and libraries
- Customise apps to meet personal needs with metadata
- Create views to arrange items of information
- Connect certain lists and libraries to Microsoft Outlook
- Know when to Check in / Check out, or use Live Co-authoring
Course Outline
- Introduction to SharePoint
- SharePoint information structure
- Site Types
- Connect to SharePoint Online
- The SharePoint environment
- SharePoint live updates
- Connect Office and Office 365
- Credential manager
- What is an app?
- Effective app management
- Add an app
- The list interface
- The app settings page
- Add and edit items in a list
- Item details pane and item menu
- Delete and restore an item
- Choose the experience
- Manage list items
- Introduction to library apps
- The library interface
- Add documents
- Deleting and restoring documents
- Link to document
- Document details pane and item menu
- Alerts
- Check a document out/in
- Document version control
- Live co-authoring
- Introduction to views
- Manage views
- Temporary views
- Public and personal views
- Social Connection
- Delve
- Search and offline availability
- Manage your OneDrive.
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