Aims and Objectives

The aims and objectives of all the ITS Training courses are given below. These are usually 2 hour training sessions (unless otherwise stated), offering a mix of hands-on experience with staff guidance, support and illustration.

Move to Office, Word, Spreadsheets, Databases, Internet, Presentations, Windows, or Statistics.

Our Training Timetable is available by date and by topic

Office 2007

• Microsoft Office 2007 - an Introduction (Level 1) (1 hour)
• Microsoft Office 2007 - Hints and Tips (Level 2) (1 hour)

Word Processing

• Microsoft Word - An Essential Guide (Level 1) 
• Microsoft Word - An Intermediate Guide (Level 2) 
• Microsoft Word - Hints and Tips (Level 3) (1 hour)
• Microsoft Word 2007 Advanced Guides (Level 3) (1-1.5 hours) which offer a choice from a selection of more specific topics (old Microsoft Word 2003 - Advanced Guides)
• Using Word for a Thesis (Level 3) (split into 2 parts, Starting and Finishing)

Spreadsheets 

• Microsoft Excel - An Essential Guide (Level 1)
• Microsoft Excel - An Intermediate Guide (Level 2)
• Microsoft Excel - Hints and Tips (Level 3) (1 hour)
• Microsoft Excel 2007 - Advanced Guides (Level 3)  (1-1.5 hours) which offer a choice from a selection of more specific topics (old Microsoft Excel 2003 - Advanced Guides)

Databases 

• Microsoft Access - An Essential Guide (Level 1) (in 2 parts, each part 2 hours)
• Microsoft Access - An Intermediate Guide (Level 2) (3 hours)

The Internet (World Wide Web) 

• WWW - A Beginners Guide to Internet Explorer (1 hour)
• Creating Personal Web Pages Using Microsoft Word

Presentations and Graphics 

• Microsoft PowerPoint - An Essential Guide (Level 1)
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Advanced Guides (Level 3)  (1-1.5 hours) which offer a choice from a selection of more specific topics (old Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 - Advanced Guides)
• Using the Office Drawing Tools (Level 2)  

Windows 

• Microsoft Windows - an Introduction (XP version)  

Statistics

Expertise on statistical computing, including use, programming and application of statistics software is provided by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

They have produced getting started tutorials for staff and students at the University for Minitab, SPSS, Genstat and SAS. These can be downloaded from a Blackboard organisation and worked through in your own time.

For further information on accessing these tutorials, other computing tip sheets and if you require more detailed statistical advice, go to the Statistics Packages Tutorials page.