Enroll today in this 6-course series and receive a special discount of 10% off the $450 series cost - a $45 value! *Discount is reflected in the displayed enrollment fee of $405. (Individual courses $75 each.)

This series includes six 2-hour, in-person workshops designed to introduce you to basic skills in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Bring your laptop and we'll see you there!

Link below to register for individual courses!

2023 Business Software Refresher: Word (Part 1) - Friday, October 13, 2023 11am-1pm

This 2-hour workshop will help Word users master the basics to increase efficiency and ease of use of the software. This session will be helpful for those that have a basic understanding of Microsoft Word but want to learn how to use the tool more effectively. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of creating documents, practicing sound file naming structure,  using fonts and paragraph features, applying styles and themes to develop cohesive documents, adding simple tables,  adding headers and footers, and using grammar and accessibility tools. The final 30 minutes of the session will be open for Q&A and individual questions.  ($75 if taken as single course)

2023 Business Software Refresher: Word (Part 2) - Friday, October 27, 2023 11am-1pm

This 2-hour workshop will help Word users move past the basic formatting features and towards an intermediate level and beyond of the word process tool. This session will be helpful to those looking to create and format documents that use advanced features of Word. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of using and formatting SmartArt, images, tables, graphs, and charts; utilizing section and page breaks; creating hyperlinks; incorporating a table of contents; understanding reference tools; adding comments; and understanding the basic collaboration tools. The final 30 minutes of the session will be open for Q&A and individual questions.  ($75 if taken as single course)

2023 Business Software Refresher: Excel (Part 1) - Friday, November 10, 2023 11am-1:30pm

This 2-hour, in-person workshop is designed to introduce you to basic Excel skills. The session will be valuable to anyone who wants to: learn about using Excel and become more confident creating basic spreadsheets, using tools to manage information and data, and adding formatting to create more visually appealing spreadsheets. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of Excel features and capabilities through focused discussion and demos creating easy-to-use spreadsheets, entering, manipulating, and formatting data. The final 45 minutes will be reserved individual questions AND to apply what they have learned to their own projects. ($75 if taken as single course)

 2023 Business Software Refresher: Excel (Part 2) - Friday, December 1, 2023 11am-1:30pm

This 2-hour, in-person workshop is designed to enhance basic-to-intermediate Excel skills. The session will be valuable to anyone familiar with Excel who wants to: be more confident, polish up current knowledge, and learn new tips and tricks to expand capabilities. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of Excel features and capabilities through focused discussion and demos using formulas to perform calculations and analyze data, creating charts, pivot tables, and graphs for presentations. The final 45 minutes will be reserved individual questions AND apply what they have learned to their own projects.  ($75 if taken as single course)

2023 Business Software Refresher: PowerPoint (Part 1) - Friday, December 8th, 2023 11am-1pm

This 2-hour workshop will help PowerPoint users master the basics and move beyond. This session will incorporate best practices to help improve the effectiveness and impact of any PowerPoint session while incorporating visual appeal. The session will be valuable to anyone familiar with PowerPoint who wants to learn how to effectively design a PowerPoint that will inform, persuade, or engage their presentation's participants. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of PowerPoint, such as using basic features effectively, selecting appropriate fonts and color palettes, using existing templates, inserting figures and images, utilizing speaker notes, and much more. The final 30 minutes of the session will be open for Q&A and individual questions.  ($75 if taken as single course)

2023 Business Software Refresher: PowerPoint (Part 2) - Friday, December 15th, 2023 11am-1pm

This 2-hour workshop will help PowerPoint users prepare their presentations for targeted audiences or broader dissemination. This session will include preparing presentations to reach the targeted audience effectively. Additionally, the session will cover different ways to distribute the presentation to broader audiences. The session will be valuable to anyone familiar with PowerPoint's basic skills that would like to learn more about immediate and advanced features. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of PowerPoint, utilizing SmartArt, importing data from sources, using animation and transitions, running and recording presentations, exporting in different formats for distribution, and best practices for creating impactful presentations for a targeted audience. The final 30 minutes of the session will be open for Q&A and individual questions.  ($75 if taken as single course)

Save $15 if you enroll in a two course bundle (must use links below):

Fall 2023 PowerPoint Bundle - Business Refresher Series
Fall 2023 Word Bundle - Business Refresher Series
Fall 2023 Excel Bundle - Business Refresher Series

Attention IU employees: If university funds will be used for this course registration, do not proceed to PayPal and use a departmental P-card as this is a restricted use of the P-card.  Instead, please contact Erin Edwards, iuexpand@iu.edu, to initiate an internal billing document.