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Microsoft 365 Communications for Construction Projects

This training series introduces construction professionals to practical communication workflows using Microsoft 365. Focusing on Outlook and Microsoft Teams, you'll learn how to organize email, manage calendars and meetings, and collaborate effectively with field staff, consultants, and project partners. The skills taught are immediately applicable to active construction projects.

This live online series offers 2 four-hour courses. You can take both courses or just the one that meets your needs. Each separate course is delivered in 2 two-hour sessions. A live instructor explains the detailed functions and addresses questions as the class progresses.

Recording: Registrants for a course will receive access to a recording of each session for 7 consecutive days. Access will start the next business day after the session ends.

Microsoft 365 Communications for Construction Projects I

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4 hour course

Communication is the lifeblood of any construction job, but emails can overwhelm our day - and creating, automating, and structuring them into some reliable process can seem next to impossible. This course takes you through best practices for handling emails, meetings, and working with large volumes of email in a construction environment.

Session 1: The Basics of Emailing

  • Reviewing The Ribbon
  • How to Create an Email
  • Tips for Organizing Your Email and Creating Folders
  • Flagging Emails
  • Creating an Email Signature
  • Setting up your Out of Office
  • Emailing Best Practices

Session 2: Meetings and Calendars

  • Sending Meeting Invites and Updating Meeting Invites
  • Managing the Scheduling Assistant
  • Utilizing the Scheduling Poll Tool within Outlook
  • Adding Contacts
  • Creating Distribution Groups

Microsoft 365 Communications for Construction Projects II

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4 hour course

Work between field and office is complex. Add remote users, architects, and engineers that want dozens of meetings each week, and it can be overwhelming to organize and remember the results and decisions made in all those discussions. Microsoft Teams is the tool that helps you do all that. This course takes you through basic concepts of using Teams Channels, Meetings, Chats and other communication tools in a construction environment.

Session 1: Microsoft Teams User Concepts

  • Microsoft Teams Explained
  • Understanding Teams and Channels
  • Joining or Creating a Team
  • Adding Users to a Team
  • Understanding Channel Tabs
  • Teams Side Panel Tools Explained

Session 2: Working in Teams Made Simple

  • Using the Conversation Tools
  • Using Team Chat instead of email
  • Working with Files in Teams
  • Working with Team Meetings
  • Video and Audio Meetings
  • Channel Based Email Controls
  • Using Wiki and Apps
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