Could one of your learners be the next Microsoft Office Champion?
Certiport, Microsoft and Netlearn are offering an opportunity for learners who are Microsoft Office whizzes to represent South Africa at the Certiport Office Specialist World Championship.
What is this competition about?
This global competition tests students’ skills on Microsoft Office applications. The learners with the highest exam scores and the lowest exam-taking times in the national competition will be invited to represent their country and compete at the World Championships.
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The ICT Skills for Teachers course remains one of SchoolNet SA’s most popular offerings and with the addition of tip-sheets for the latest versions of Microsoft Office, the course has just become even more useful.
Teachers enjoy learning how to use digital tools such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel – but in contexts that are useful and meaningful to them as teachers. For example, instead of learning lots of Excel functionality that they are unlikely to use again after the training, ...
Office 365 core service for this post: Lync
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Simply add your guest as a contact in People, and then schedule an online meeting with them using the Schedule meetingtool under their name. Your guest will get a link to the meeting and if they don’t have Lync on their computer they will be able to download it or use the Web App.
You will have a v...
Office 365 core services for this post: Outlook.com, Calendar
Did you know you could share your calendar? Office 365 makes it easy, and you can choose how much of the information is shared – all of it or only some.
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Signing up for Office 365
Go to the Office 365 portal to set up your account. The portal can be found at http://aka.ms/o365EduZa – click on Try now and you will see a screen that looks like this:
Be careful when selecting your username as it cannot be changed once entered. When you have completed this form (ensuring you have selected the correct location country for your establishment) click on next.
You will now be able to complete the verification process. This will register your educ...
