Options for skills development within the areas below:

There are no regular ‘open’ training sessions for the above. Instead, we’ve moved to a model whereby UON staff can: 

1. Work through Top Tips IT guides and LinkedIn Learning materials at their own pace (see below for links to various content). 

2. And/or book a team-based training session (in-person or online) for just you and your team to go through whatever IT skills you feel you require (be this Excel, SharePoint, OneDrive, Forms etc). To inquire and book a team-based training session, please email sdbookings@northampton.ac.uk  

What’s included in this guide: 

• Microsoft SharePoint (either Working with Documents, or Site Owner training) 

• Microsoft OneDrive 

• Microsoft Teams 

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Forms, Planner, OneNote, To-Do etc) 

• Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, Premiere Pro) 

• Browser tips: Chrome, Firefox 

• Windows 10/11 tips 

Top Tips IT guides 

The best place to start with IT skills development is to use our top tips IT guides: 10 IT Tips series  

What’s included within these guides are: 

• GDPR: Email Do’s and don’ts, GDPR tips when using email, How to encrypt documents and more. 

• Microsoft 365: Microsoft Forms, OneDrive, OneNote (online), Planner, Teams and Word (online). 

• Microsoft Desktop apps: Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word 

• Chrome tips: how to get the most out of using the Chrome browser 

• Windows 10 and Windows 11 tips: how to best use the Windows operating system 

Use these PDFs like a checklist. Simply scan down through them, get a feel for what the app can do and then dive in if you want to know more about anything in particular. All PDFs contain links to relevant LinkedIn Learning content so that you can see demonstrations or download training files to practice on yourself. 

LinkedIn Learning 

Although the above IT tips PDFs link to various LinkedIn Learning content, you can go directly to LinkedIn Learning to browse content and find exactly what you need. Use the below collections to view curated content, or simply visit https://lnkd.in/eNEwe4pT to log into the LinkedIn Learning homepage to search for and browse content yourself. 

• Microsoft Office 365 

• Microsoft Office (Desktop apps) 

• Online document collaboration 

• Enabling Digital Transformation 

• Adobe Creative Cloud 

Queries on using LinkedIn Learning: 

• If you need to activate your LinkedIn Learning account, please go to https://lnkd.in/eNEwe4pT 

• If you have any problems with accessing LinkedIn Learning or have any further queries, please email sdbookings@northampton.ac.uk