Training Insider:
November 2025 Edition

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Happy Holidays from the Training Team! Holiday Card Quick Tip

As we enter the holiday season, the Training Team wishes you a joyful celebration! To help you create your own festive greetings, we’ve prepared a Holiday QuickTip on using Adobe Express, which is available to all SMU users for free.
Staff Mailbag: Zoom Backgrounds in Teams Plus Training Tips for You

In this month’s Staff Mailbag, we’ll show you how to take SMU Zoom backgrounds and use them as your backgrounds in Teams. We’re also sharing a variety of handy Teams resources to keep everything you need right at your fingertips.
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Quick Tip: Working with Copilot Agents

In this installment of the OIT Quick Tip, I show you the basics of creating and working with Microsoft Copilot Agents. Agents can help you with specific tasks based upon your instructions, saving you prompting time when using the agent frequently.
Spring 2026 Training Opportunities

From Sitecore to Artificial Intelligence, we’ve got quite the selection of IT training courses available for you for Spring 2026. Here’s what we have planned!
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Working with Wiki Permissions: A Beginner’s Guide

Here's a starter's kit on how to manage your Wiki.SMU pages and who can view and/or edit them!
Empowering Schedulers with Training and Tools

The Registrar’s Office recently partnered with the IT Training Team to revamp one of my.SMU’s most essential trainings: The Schedule of Classes.
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