Online Training & Documentation
Online training is available for many of the services and software supported by the Office of Information Technology. For your reference, the links below provide a combination of instructional videos and step-by-step documentation.
Access.SMU Administrative Tutorials - Over 80 web based tutorials used for Academic Advising, Admissions, Campus Community, Financial Aid, Student Financials and Student Records.
Access.SMU Self Service Tutorials - Contains over 50 tutorials for Faculty, Staff and Students. Staff will find the TIMEaccess resources helpful. Faculty information on Gradebook, processing grades, and advising is available. Students can access instructions for enrolling, updating personal information and viewing academic and financial information.
Atomic Learning - Provides online software training using short video tutorials. There are over 30,000 tutorials available on over 100 different software programs.
Blackboard Online Learning Center - Features online tutorials, instructional videos and other learning resources on how to use Blackboard's current Learning Management system.
Inside.SMU - Over 75 training links providing a combination of instructional videos and illustrations.
Mactopia - Find product help for Microsoft Office for Mac.
Microsoft Office Online Training - Browse through hundreds of helpful tips on your favorite Microsoft products.
Microsoft Office Training Handouts - Office Certificate Program Handouts
SMU Financials - These instructional tutorials provide information on entering journal entries, inquiring information on vouchers and payments and using the eProcurement system.
Announcing Certificate Programs
The Office of Information Technology is pleased to announce two new IT training certificates. Microsoft Office and Inside.SMU training tracks will be offered May 2012 – March 2013.
Office Certificate
The Office certification provides a quick introduction to the core Office applications: Word, Excel Outlook and PowerPoint. Each class will highlight a number of features contained in the application to help you create, manipulate, and share information. View the course schedule and class descriptions.
Inside.SMU Certificate
This series of classes are designed to help you unleash the power of Inside.SMU. Attendees will learn how to collaborate more effectively using Inside.SMU and My Site.
Already using Inside.SMU? Consider taking an individual class or complete the training track. View the course schedule and class descriptions.
Classes Offered
- Access.SMU
- Blackboard
- Inside.SMU
- Microsoft Office
- SMU Financals
- SPSS