Brush up on your office skills this summer. NACS offers Office XP hands-on training beginning July 30th. NACS’s Mobile Computer Lab, comprising 16 notebook computers with wireless network connections will be set up in Social Science Tower, SST 122. For course outlines and registration, see http://www.nacs.uci.edu/training. Classes are $75 for a half day workshop and a departmental recharge number is required to register.
Training
Communications Training
NACS sponsored two days of hands-on training on communications cable installation on March 31 and April 1.
This free, training opportunity included:
- A “Layer One” standards update by Steve Fritz of WestCal Technologies,
- An Outside Plant demonstration by Charles Ball of Preformed Line Products,
- Fire Stop training by Michael Zanotelli of Specified Technologies, Inc.
- Power/Surge Protection presentation by John Cleary of WestCal Technologies,
- Hands-on fiber optic cable termination by Mark Travers of Molex,
- Hands-on Cat 5E/Cat 6 cable termination by Wayne Brushett of Data Cabling Solutions.
Class participants included fifteen NACS staff, seven Inspectors from Design & Construction Services, Brice Kikuchi of the Student Center, and nine installers from Cable Inc., a NACS cabling contractor.
Microsoft Office Training
NACS recently hosted 3 weeks of task-based, hands-on training on Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, and Access.
This annual offering serves dozens of staff and faculty throughout UCI. Morning or afternoon classes are $79 (departmental recharge required) and are conducted using the Mobile Laptop Training Lab in conjunction with the UCI wireless network in the Engineering Gateway Building and other locations on campus.
To view the course outlines and register for future courses, see: http://www.nacs.uci.edu/training . To keep abreast of training opportunities, subscribe to the NACS-Seminars mailing list at http://maillists.uci.edu/mailman/listinfo/nacs-seminars
Voice Mail and Telephone Training
Voice Mail System Training
Understanding and managing your personal voice mailbox is the focus of a hands-on course on how to use the many features of the campus voice mail system. This course is useful for both new and veteran users. Classes are held on the 3rd Friday of every month.
Telephone Training
Call transfers, conference calls, automatic call-back and several other features are taught in this hands-on training course. This course is useful for both new and veteran users. Classes are held on the 2nd Friday of every month.
To enroll in either of these free classes, please call extension 4-5125. You will be prompted to leave your name, department, extension, and the date you would like to attend. You will receive a confirmation call back. Classes are held in the NACS conference room at 5201 California Avenue, Suite 150, in the University Research Park.
MS Office XP Training
Brush up on your office skills this summer. NACS offers Office XP hands-on training beginning August 14th. NACS’s Mobile Computer Lab, comprising 16 notebook computers with wireless network connections travel to various rooms for these workshops. For course outlines and registration, see http://www.nacs.uci.edu/training. Classes are between $50 and $90, depending whether the course is a full or half day and a departmental recharge number is required to register.