IT Training Guides and Resources
Software/Applications
MICROSOFT
- Access
- Excel
- Office for the PC
- Office for Macintosh
- Outlook
- PowerPoint
- Publisher
- Visio
- Word
Access
- Access 2007 – Get To Know Access 2007 (Tutorial)
- Access 2007 – Basics (Request Guide)
- Access 2007 – Intermediate (Request Guide)
- Access 2007 – Plain & Simple (Books Online)
- Access 2007 – Inside Out (Books Online)
- Access 2007 – Step by Step (Books Online)
- Access 2007 – Forms, Reports and Queries (Books Online)
- Access 2007 – Mastering Access 2007 Development (Books Online)
- Access 2007 – A wide variety of Access Guides & Tutorials (Web Page)
- Access 2007 – Training Tutorials Catalog
- Access 2003 – Training Tutorials Catalog
Excel
- Excel 2007 – Basics (Request Guide)
- Excel 2007 (Quick Ref. Card)
- Excel 2007 – Up to speed with Excel 2007 (Tutorial)
- Excel 2007 – Creating Basic Macros (Request Guide)
- Excel 2007 – Working with Multiple Workbooks & Sheets (Request Guide)
- Excel 2007 – Data Query & Management (Request Guide)
- Excel 2007 – Using Pivot Tables – Basics (Request Guide)
- Excel 2007 – PivotTable I: Get Started with PivotTable Reports in Excel 2007 (Tutorial)
- Excel 2007 – PivotTables Recipes (Books Online)
- Excel 2007 – Beginning Pivot Tables (Books Online)
- Excel 2007 – Get to know Excel 2007 – Enter Formulas (Tutorial)
- Excel 2007 – Creating Charts (Tutorial)
- Excel 2007 – Charts (Books Online)
- Excel 2007 – Charts and Graphs for Excel 2007 (Books Online)
- Excel 2007 – VBA (Books Online)
- Excel 2007 – A wide variety of Excel Guides & Tutorials (Web Page)
- Excel 2007 – Training Tutorials Catalog
- Excel 2003 – Training Tutorials Catalog
Office for the PC
- Office 2007 – New Look & Feel (Request Guide)
- Office 2007 (Quick Ref. Card)
- Getting Started with 2007 Microsoft Office System (Tutorial)
- Office 2007 - Inside Out (Books Online)
- Office 2007 - The Bible (Books Online)
- Office 2007 System - Training Tutorials Catalog
- Office 2007 - FAQ (Web page)
- Office 2003 System - Training Tutorials Catalog
Office for Macintosh
- Office 2008 - Step by Step (Books Online)
- Office 2008 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual (Books Online)
- Picture Yourself Learning Microsoft Office 2008 (Books Online)
Outlook
- Outlook 2007 – Using Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks & Notes (Request Guide)
- Outlook 2007 – Using Calendaring Features (Request Guide)
- Outlook 2007 (Quick Ref. Card)
- Exchange FAQs (Web page)
- Outlook 2007 - Up to speed with Outlook 2007 (Tutorial)
- Outlook 2007 - Calendar I: Outlook Calendar Basics (Tutorial)
- Outlook 2007 - Manage Your Mailbox I: Finds Its Size and Trim It Down (Tutorial)
- Outlook 2007 - Inside Out (Books Online)
- Outlook 2007 - Get Organized and Stay Organized (Books Online)
PowerPoint
- PowerPoint 2007 – Basics & Best Practices (Request Guide)
- PowerPoint 2007 – Working with Themes, Layouts & Masters (Request Guide)
- PowerPoint 2007 (Quick Ref. Card)
- PowerPoint 2007 - A wide variety of PowerPoint Guides & Tutorials (Web page)
- PowerPoint 2007 - Create Your First Presentation (Tutorial)
- PowerPoint 2007 - Insights and Advice from the Experts (Books Online)
- PowerPoint 2007 - Beyond Bullets Points: Using PowerPoint 2007 to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate and Inspire (Books Online)
- PowerPoint 2007 - Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks (Books Online)
Publisher
- Publisher 2007 – Creating Professional Flyers and Brochures (Request Guide)
- Publisher 2007 - Get Started Designing Your Own Professional Publications (Tutorial)
- Publisher 2007 - Step by Step (Books Online)
Visio
- Visio 2007 – Visio Professional (Request Guide)
- Visio 2007 - Shapes I: Introductory Basics You Can't Live Without (Tutorial)
- Visio 2007 - Using Microsoft Office Visio 2007 (Books Online)
- Visio 2007 - Step by Step (Books Online)
Word
- Word 2007 - Up To Speed with Word 2007 (Tutorial)
- Word 2007 - Get to Know Word 2007 I: Create Your First Document (Tutorial)
- Word 2007 – Authoring Structured & Accessible Documents (Request Guide)
- Word 2007 – All About Headers, Footers, Pages & Sections (Request Guide)
- Word 2007 – Creating & Using Tables (Request Guide)
- Word 2007 – Using Mail Merge (Request Guide)
- Word 2007 - Mail Merge I: Use Mail Merge for Mass Mailings (Tutorial)
- Word 2007 – Using Mail and Data Merges (Books Online)
- Word 2007 – A wide variety of Word Guides & Tutorials (Web Page)
- Word 2007 – Inside Out (Books Online)
- Word 2003 – Mail and Data Merges (Books Online)
OTHER SOFTWARE
- Elluminate (Request Guide)
- Clickers (Request Guide)
- Moodle (Web Page)
- Other Moodle Tutorials
- Moodle "How To" Video tutorials
- Moodle Teacher documentation
- Using Moodle – Teaching with the Popular Course Management System
- MoodleDocs: Guidelines for contributors
- WebCT FAQ (Web Page)
- WebCT Login (Web Page)
- WebCT Guides & Tutorials (Web Page)
Adobe Acrobat Learning Center
- Forms, Forms, Forms - Easily Create Forms (Tutorial)
- Adobe Acrobat 9 - The Basics of Editing PDF Documents - Edit, Optimize and Index (pdf)
- Adobe Acrobat 9 - Creating Accessible PDF Forms (pdf)
- Adobe Acrobat 9 - Using the Accessibility Checker (pdf)
- Adobe Acrobat 9 - PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow (pdf)
- Adobe Acrobat 9 - Creating Accessible PDF from Microsoft Word (pdf)
- Adobe Acrobat 9 - PDF Accessibility Overview (pdf)
- Adobe Acrobat 9 - Working with Tables: PDF Forms Using Acrobat and Live Cycle Designer (pdf)
- Adobe Acrobat 9 – Bible (Books Online)
- Adobe Acrobat 8 – How Tos: 125 Essential Techniques (Books Online)
EMAIL & CALENDARING
Webmail
- Webmail - Faculty (Guide, pdf)
- Creating Automatic Email Replies & Email Forwarding (Web Page)
Outlook
- Exchange FAQs (Web Page)
- Outlook 2007 – Using Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks & Notes (Request Guide)
- Outlook 2007 – Using Calendaring Features (Request Guide)
- Outlook 2007 – Calendar I: Outlook Calendar Basics (Tutorial)
- Outlook 2007 – Manage Your Mailbox I: Finds Its Size and Trim It Down (Tutorial)
- Entourage 2004 (Guide)
Gmail
- Gmail Overview (Web Page)
- Gmail Help Center (Web Page)
- Google Docs 4 Everyone (Books Online)
Majordomo
- Creating and Managing Majordomo Lists (List Administrators) (Web Page)
- Using the Majordomo Mailing List Server (Existing Email Lists) (Web Page)
- Two Ways for Faculty to Email Students
- Meeting Maker – Online Manual
LMS
- Moodle (Web Page)
- Moodle for Faculty - Lynda.com (Tutorials)
- Moodle for Students - Lynda.com (Tutorials)
- WebCT FAQ (Web Page)
- Other Moodle Tutorials
- Moodle "How To" Video tutorials
- Moodle Teacher documentation
- Using Moodle – Teaching with the Popular Course Management System
- MoodleDocs: Guidelines for contributors
- WebCT Login (Web Page)
- WebCT Guides & Tutorials (Web Page)
BROWSERS
- Google Chrome – Web Geek's Guide (Books Online)
SOLAR SUPPORT
- Financials (Fin) (Web Page)
- Human Resources (HR) (Web Page)
- Student Administration (SA) (Web Page)
WIRELESS NETWORK
- Wireless Network Access Guide (Web Page)
- FAQ (Web Page)
- Mac Wireless Basics (Tutorial)
- VPN (Web Page)
ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY
ATI Web Site CSUN
- Accessible Conversion of PowerPoint Documents To The Web (Web Page)
- Guide For Web Accessibility Checking Tools (Web Page)
- Guide To Establishing Faculty Web Presence (Web Page)
- Guide To Making Instructional Materials Accessible (Web Page)
- Web Editing For Faculty - Contribute (Web Page)
- Web Editing For Faculty - Dreamweaver (Web Page)
ATI Website CSU
- Web Accessibility Training Information (Web Page) *Requires a campus-networked computer
- Web Content Editors Guide for faculty/staff who update existing web content (Web Page) *Requires a campus-networked computer
- Website Developers Guide for faculty/staff who create new pages and/or maintain department/college web server(s) (Web Page) *Requires a campus-networked computer
Adobe Acrobat Learning Center
FILE MANAGEMENT
- Windows XP (Web Page)
- Mac SFTP - Fugu (Web Page)
REMOTE ACCESS
- Working Remotely at CSUN - Tips & Tricks (Web Page)
Dial-Up Networking
- Windows XP (Web Page)
- Windows 2000 (Web Page)
- Windows 98 (Web Page)
- Windows 95 (Web Page)
- Mac (Web Page)
VPN
- Downloading Instructions for Mac (Web Page)
- Downloading Instructions for Windows XP (Web Page)
- VPN FAQs (Web Page)
- Wireless Network - Access Guide (Web Page)
MAC TUTORIALS & REFERENCES
- Mac Video & Text tutorials (Web Page)
- Anatomy of a Mac (Tutorial)
- PC to Mac: The Basics (Tutorial)
- Windows on a Mac (Tutorial)
- Wireless Basics for Mac (Tutorial)
- Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac (Books Online)
SECURITY
VPN
- Downloading Instructions for Mac (Web Page)
- Downloading Instructions for Windows XP (Web Page)
- VPN FAQs (Web Page)
- Wireless Network - Access Guide (Web Page)
- Working Remotely at CSUN - Tips & Tricks (Web Page)
- Mac SFTP - Fugu (Web Page)
OPERATING SYSTEMS
- Windows on a Mac (Tutorial)
- Wireless Basics for Mac (Tutorial)
- Window XP File Management (Web Page)
OTHER REFERENCES
- Safari Books Online – A on-demand digital library with over 7,000 technology, digital media, business books and videos online. *Requires a campus-networked computer
- Microsoft.com Online Tutorials – Free self paced training courses for Office programs
- Free Online Tutorials – Tutorials on a list of computer related topics
- Tutorialized – A large selection of Graphics, Web Design & Development, Business Applications, Databases, Desktop Programming, Operating Systems, Video Editing tutorials and more
Hardware/Equipment
PHONES & VOICEMAIL
- Cisco Office Phone Quick Guide (Guide)
- Configuring Your Smartphone Device (Guide)
- Phones & Voicemail (Web Page)
MEDIA
CLICKERS
- Clickers (Request Guide)
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