FALL AND SPRING 2016-2017 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT …

FALL AND SPRING 2016-2017 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CATALOG

CONTENTS

Classes 1

Registering for Class 2

Focus SIS 3

Blackboard 3

Financial Systems

Munis Requisitions 4

Munis Receiving 4

eSchoolMall 5

Munis Account Inquiry 5

Munis Time Entry 5

Microsoft Office 2016

Excel – Basic 6

Excel – Intermediate 6

Excel – Advanced 7

OneDrive 7

OneNote- Basic 7

Outlook 8

PowerPoint – Basic 8

Word – Basic 8

Word – Intermediate 9

Word – Advanced 9

Calendars

September 10

October 10

November 11

December 11

January 12

February 12

March 13

April 13

May 14

June 14

©2016

Creation Date 8/2016

This training document was developed by the Fort Worth Independent School District,

Educational Technology Department, for use by the District.

Other distribution and/or reproduction of this

guide or portions thereof for training purposes,

sale or commercial use is expressly forbidden

without written permission from the Chief

Technology Officer.

CLASSES The administrative/clerical classes are designed for administrative assistants, associates, and other employees. They help us focus on becoming proficient and effective users of technology in order to enhance job performance and to collaborate with other inter‐departments and organizations. The catalog pages are organized by class with all dates listed under the title. If you would like to see a calendar view of class offerings, jump ahead to page 10. To request a training that is not listed in this catalog, contact Educational Technology at 817‐814‐3100. The following classes are offered in this catalog:

IMPORTANT TO NOTE ABOUT MUNIS AND ESCHOOLMALL CLASSES

A Budget Owner (principal, supervisor, manager, director, assistant superintendent, etc.) must request access to Munis for his or her employee.

Rights to use the Munis applications must be requested by submitting the form found on the Customer Service Sharepoint page. To reach this page, begin on the FWISD home page and click Educators. At the bottom of the Educators page, locate and click Customer Service Web Site. You will be sent to the Office 365 login screen. Login with your Active Directory (email Login and Password) credentials and the Customer Service Sharepoint page will appear. Scroll down to the Forms section and look for Munis Action Request. It is located in the left column near the bottom of the screen.

Munis, Kronos, and Versatrans can be requested using the Munis Action Request.

Only an employee with Munis access will be granted the rights to eSchoolMall. The eSchoolMall class must be attended before rights are given. Register for the eSchoolMall training through the Eduphoria Workshop.

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Financial Classes:

eSchoolMall

Munis Account Inquiry

Munis Requisitions

Munis Receiving

Munis Time Entry Other Classes:

Blackboard/ParentLink

Focus Access and Navigation

Microsoft Office 2016 Classes:

Excel ‐ Basic

Excel – Intermediate

Excel – Advanced

OneDrive (Spring Only)

OneNote – Basic (Spring Only)

Outlook ‐ Basic

PowerPoint – Basic (Spring Only)

Word – Basic

Word – Intermediate

Word ‐ Advanced

REGISTERING FOR CLASSES The Division of Technology offers a variety of classes in order to meet the needs of employees in Fort Worth ISD. All registration is through Eduphoria Workshop. Review the information below and contact Educational Technology (817‐814‐3100) if you have any questions. To register for a class:

1. Go to http://www.fwisd.org . 2. Click Educators. 3. Click Eduphoria in the banner.

4. Login using your Active Directory (email address) login and Eduphoria password. If this is your first time logging into the Eduphoria Workshop, use the word welcome as your password. You will be prompted to create a new password and update your profile.

5. Click Workshop. 6. View courses by Date&Time, Category, or by Credit Types. 7. To view Division of Technology trainings, click EDTECH in the Category section. A list of classes

by date will appear. 8. Select the class you want to attend. 9. Click Register.

To unregister or to remove your name from the class list:

1. Click on Course Registration. 2. Under “I am registered for…” find the class and select it. 3. Click Unregister.

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Focus SIS

Focus Access and Navigation Audience: Mainly campus personnel (Data Clerk, Secretary, Counselor, Counselor Clerk, Principal, Assistant Principal) but also other district employees using the Focus Student Information System. Prerequisite: None. In this class, participants will learn how to access and navigate the Focus student information system (SIS). The user will be introduced to terminology and processes for a consistent and clear concept of our student information system. The user will be allowed and encouraged to personalize his or her Home screen and will actively participate in searching for data and producing reports.

Date Day Time AM/PM Location Eduphoria 9/20/2016 Tues 01:00‐02:30 PM PDC 210 433‐4316

10/4/2016 Tues 01:00‐02:30 PM PDC 210 433‐4317

11/15/2016 Tues 01:00‐02:30 PM PDC 210 433‐4318

12/13/2016 Tues 01:15‐02:45 PM PDC 210 433‐4319

1/10/2017 Tues 01:00‐02:30 PM PDC 210 433‐4320

2/7/2017 Tues 01:00‐02:30 PM PDC 210 433‐4321

3/7/2017 Tues 01:00‐02:30 PM PDC 210 433‐4322

4/4/2017 Tues 01:00‐02:30 PM PDC 210 433‐4323

5/16/2017 Tues 01:00‐02:30 PM PDC 210 433‐4324

Blackboard

Blackboard/ParentLink Audience: Mainly campus personnel (Principal, Principal’s Designee, Attendance Clerk) but also other district personnel needing to create broadcast messages. Prerequisite: None. This message broadcast system is versatile and powerful. A Principal or a Principal’s Designee can create and schedule a message to be broadcast by phone in a very short time. This system also produces reports of the automatic attendance calls as well as reports of the created message calls.


11/15/2016 Tues 02:45‐04:00 PM PDC 210 226‐4371

12/13/2016 Tues 03:00‐04:15 PM PDC 210 226‐4372

2/7/2017 Tues 02:45‐04:00 PM PDC 210 226‐4373

3/7/2016 Tues 02:45‐04:00 PM PDC 210 226‐4374

5/16/2016 Tues 02:45‐04:00 PM PDC 210 226‐4375

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Financial Systems

Munis Requisitions

Audience: Anyone responsible for creating a Requisition to purchase services or goods, usually Secretary, Financial Secretary, or Registrar. Prerequisite: None. The steps to enter a requisition of items for schools and departments are explained, discussed, and practiced in this class.

Date Day Time AM/PM Location Eduphoria 9/7/2016 Wed 08:30‐10:00 AM PDC 006 228‐4346

9/20/2016 Tues 08:30‐10:00 AM PDC 210 228‐4347

10/13/2016 Thurs 08:30‐10:00 AM PDC 210 228‐4348

11/10/2016 Thurs 08:30‐10:00 AM PDC 210 228‐4349

12/1/2016 Thurs 12:15‐01:45 PM PDC 210 228‐4350

1/12/2017 Thurs 08:30‐10:00 AM PDC 210 228‐4351

2/9/2017 Thurs 08:30‐10:00 AM PDC 210 228‐4352

3/9/2017 Thurs 08:30‐10:00 AM PDC 210 228‐4353

4/13/2017 Thurs 08:30‐10:00 AM PDC 210 228‐4354

Munis Receiving

Audience: Anyone responsible for verifying the receipt of services or goods, usually Secretary, Financial Secretary, or Registrar. Prerequisite: None. After items are delivered from the vendor, the essential steps of Receiving the merchandise or service must be done to trigger vendor payment. This process is explained and practiced in this class.

Date Day Time AM/PM Location Eduphoria 9/7/2016 Wed 10:15‐11:30 AM PDC 006 229‐4248

9/20/2016 Tues 10:15‐11:45 AM PDC 210 229‐4339

10/13/2016 Thurs 10:15‐11:45 AM PDC 210 229‐4340

11/10/2016 Thurs 10:15‐11:45 AM PDC 210 229‐4341

1/12/2017 Thurs 10:15‐11:45 AM PDC 210 229‐4342

2/9/2017 Thurs 10:15‐11:45 AM PDC 210 229‐4343

3/9/2017 Thurs 10:15‐11:45 AM PDC 210 229‐4344

4/13/2017 Thurs 10:15‐11:45 AM PDC 210 229‐4345

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eSchoolMall

Audience: Anyone responsible for creating a Requisition to purchase services or goods, usually Secretary, Financial Secretary, or Registrar. Prerequisite: None. This application is used as a real time‐saver for entering Requisitions. Using the catalogues linked to eSchoolMall, selecting items to purchase is quick and easy. Technology items MUST be requisitioned by this system.

Date Day Time AM/PM Location Eduphoria 9/7/2016 Wed 01:30‐03:00 PM PDC 006 227‐4250

9/29/2016 Tues 08:30‐10:30 AM PDC 210 227‐4297

10/27/2016 Thurs 01:00‐02:30 PM PDC 210 227‐4298

11/10/2016 Thurs 01:00‐02:30 PM PDC 210 227‐4299

12/1/2016 Thurs 02:00‐03:30 PM PDC 210 227‐4300

1/12/2017 Thurs 01:00‐03:00 PM PDC 210 227‐4301

3/9/2017 Thurs 01:30‐03:00 PM PDC 210 227‐4302

5/16/2017 Tues 08:30‐10:00 AM PDC 210 227‐4303

Munis Account Inquiry

Audience: Anyone needing to verify the amount of money available to purchase services or goods, usually Principal, Secretary, Financial Secretary, Registrar, Department Budget Master. Prerequisite: None. Learn how to determine the total amount of money available to an Account Code by using the Budget Rollup Code.


11/10/2016 Thurs 02:45‐03:45 PM PDC 210 297‐4336

1/12/2017 Thurs 03:15‐04:15 PM PDC 210 297‐4337

4/11/2017 Tues 08:30‐09:30 AM PDC 210 297‐4338

Munis Time Entry

Audience: Anyone responsible for entering extra pay for Exempt employees, usually Secretary, Financial Secretary, or Registrar. Prerequisite: None. This MUNIS application is used to enter time worked by employees that DO NOT use the Kronos system to clock in and out. Formerly known as “Moonlight Payroll”, this information is taken from Time Cards for approved Extra Pay for Exempt employees.

Date Day Time AM/PM Location Eduphoria 9/7/2016 Thurs 03:15‐04:45 PM PDC 006 230‐4356

9/29/2016 Thurs 10:45‐12:15 AM PDC 210 230‐4421

12/13/2016 Tues 08:15‐09:45 AM PDC 210 230‐4355

2/9/2017 Thurs 01:30‐03:00 PM PDC 210 230‐4357

4/11/2017 Tues 09:45‐11:15 AM PDC 210 230‐4358

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Microsoft Office 2016

Excel 2016 – Basic

Audience: Anyone. Prerequisite: None. In this basic Excel class, the student will progress from a beginner in the world of workbooks and spreadsheets to a confident user. Parts of a workbook, entering data, using the Fill Handle, formatting, and sorting data are all covered subjects. Learning how to ‘Find and Replace’ data is also demonstrated and practiced. AutoSum and basic formulas are explained, demonstrated, and practiced by the new users. After learning the Excel basics, a new user is really ready to learn many more Excel features. Some of those powerful features are Wrap Text, Merge & Center, Inserting and Deleting, Headers & Footers, and repeating columns and row headings on multiple printed pages. All of them will be explained and practiced in this class.

Date Day Time AM/PM Location Eduphoria 9/22/2016 Thurs 08:30‐11:30 AM PDC 210 651‐4307

10/18/2016 Tues 12:00‐03:00 PM PDC 210 651‐4308

2/14/2017 Tues 01:00‐04:00 PM PDC 210 651‐4309

04/12/2017 Wed 12:00‐03:00 PM PDC 210 651‐4399

05/25/2017 Thurs 08:30‐11:30 AM PDC 210 651‐4400

Excel 2016 ‐ Intermediate

Audience: Anyone. Prerequisite: None required, but Excel Basic is strongly encouraged. In this class, the user will step beyond using AutoSum and progress to creating simple formulas and using functions. Also covered in this class is the creation of Charts and Tables. Sorting data on multiple levels and adding Subtotals to data are other important processes examined, explained, and practiced. Sometimes the need for more involved formulas and functions is needed. In this class, the ‘If…then…else’ and IFERROR functions are introduced and used. The formulas needed to figure a Bank Balance are discussed, created, and used. Advanced Headers & Footers, including Date, Time, and Number of pages will be explained and practiced.

Date Day Time AM/PM Location Eduphoria 10/4/2016 Tues 08:30‐11:30 AM PDC 210 652‐4310

1/17/2017 Tues 01:00‐04:00 PM PDC 210 652‐4311

2/21/2017 Tues 12:00‐03:00 PM PDC 210 652‐4312

4/27/2017 Thurs 08:30‐11:30 AM PDC 210 652‐4313

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Excel 2016 ‐ Advanced

Audience: Anyone. Prerequisite: None required, but Excel Basic is strongly encouraged. In this class, the student will learn how to enhance a spreadsheet with shapes, photos, interesting letter designs, and borders. Also covered will be Hyperlinks, Conditional Formatting, Text‐to‐Column, and Concatenate. VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables are two very powerful processes. VLOOKUP allows the user to create a drop‐down menu from which an item is selected. That selection then populates fields with information, pulled from a table, pertaining to the item chosen. Pivot Tables allows a user to search and pull from a very large mass of data to produce various smaller, more understandable reports.


1/31/2017 Tues 12:00‐03:00 PM PDC 210 650‐4305

4/6/2017 Thurs 12:00‐03:00 PM PDC 210 650‐4306

OneDrive 2016

Audience: Anyone. Prerequisite: None. This class covers the new concepts and possibilities now available to us with OneDrive. New terms will be introduced and discussed. Sharing documents for collaboration will be extensively practiced.


4/25/2017 Tues 09:30‐11:00 AM PDC 210 653‐4360

5/23/2017 Tues 01:30‐03:00 PM PDC 210 653‐4361

OneNote 2016 ‐ Basic

Audience: Anyone. Prerequisite: None. This class introduces OneNote as a valuable tool for saving information in one place. The ribbons will be examined in‐depth as well as new concepts and new methods of saving and retrieving information. The student will practice adding notebooks and pages in those notebooks. Adding, deleting, and moving several types of objects will be discussed and practiced. This class takes OneNote to another level by examining more tools and features available to the user. Students will open Contextual Tabs, select ‘To Do’ presets, create Task Lists, and insert objects snipped from various sources. Copyright will also be briefly discussed.


5/25/2017 Thurs 01:00‐04:00 PM PDC 210 654‐4363

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Outlook 2016 ‐ Basic

Audience: Anyone. Prerequisite: None. Learn to create, send, and manage emails. Create Signatures and change Stationery. Add contacts and work with group lists.


10/11/2016 Tues 01:00‐03:00 PM PDC 210 655‐4365

12/13/2016 Tues 10:00‐12:00 AM PDC 210 655‐4366

2/7/2017 Tues 09:00‐11:00 AM PDC 210 655‐4367

4/4/2017 Tues 09:00‐11:00 AM PDC 210 655‐4368

PowerPoint 2016 ‐ Basic

Audience: Anyone. Prerequisite: None required, but Word Basic strongly encouraged. This class begins with an introduction to PowerPoint and what it can do for your presentation. Many of the commands on the ribbons are new concepts to users and time will be spent explaining those commands. The student will create, run, edit, and save a simple PowerPoint presentation.


4/18/2017 Tues 01:00‐04:00 PM PDC 210 656‐4377

5/23/2017 Tues 08:30‐11:30 AM PDC 210 656‐4378

Word 2016 ‐ Basic

Audience: Anyone. Prerequisite: None. In this basic Word class, a beginner in creating documents will learn about and use many helpful tools. The Quick Access, Mini, and Shortcut Toolbars are all very useful in creating every document. Editing methods, such as ‘Find and Replace’ are explained and practiced. Learning how to use ‘Spelling & Grammar’ is a life‐saver, and practicing different formatting features is very enlightening. Different methods of Saving and Printing a document are discussed and practiced. Various ways to enhance a word document while incorporating the FWISD branding colors and logos are examined. Headers & Footers, screen shots, text boxes, and shapes are explained and practiced. Other tools used are Margins, Orientation, Watermarks, Page Borders, and Themes. Word Art, Smart Art, and Page Color, AutoCorrect, and Quick Parts are covered. A brief discussion of Copyright and Creative Commons finishes this class.


11/1/2016 Tues 12:00‐03:00 PM PDC 210 658‐4384

2/14/2017 Tues 08:30‐11:30 AM PDC 210 658‐4385

4/18/2017 Tues 08:30‐11:30 AM PDC 210 658‐4397

5/24/2017 Wed 12:00‐03:00 PM PDC 210 658‐4398

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Word 2016 ‐ Intermediate

Audience: Anyone. Prerequisite: None required, but Word Basic strongly encouraged. Mail Merge is one of the most useful processes anyone can learn for personalizing documents. Letters, Labels, and Certificates will be demonstrated and practiced. Creating Charts in Word is introduced and the various ways to create a Table are discussed and practiced. The grouping and ungrouping of objects is discussed and practiced and SmartArt and WordArt are used extensively. The examination of existing ‘Styles’ and the creation of new and personal ‘Styles’ is encouraged and practiced.


11/3/2016 Thurs 12:00‐03:00 PM PDC 210 659‐4387

2/23/2017 Thurs 12:00‐03:00 PM PDC 210 659‐4388

4/27/2017 Thurs 01:00‐04:00 PM PDC 210 659‐4389

Word 2016 ‐ Advanced

Audience: Anyone. Prerequisite: None required, but Word Basic strongly encouraged. The first part of this class involves working with Themes, Graphics, and Shapes. The results of this work will then be used in a newsletter exercise including the use of multiple columns. To create an on‐line manual or article, many tools are used. Hyperlinks, Bookmarks, a Table of Contents, very advanced Headers & Footers, and more are all used. Editing this type of document can also benefit from Tracking. All of this information will be discussed, explained, and practiced.


11/29/2016 Tues 01:00‐04:00 PM PDC 210 657‐4380

1/10/2017 Tues 08:30‐11:30 AM PDC 210 657‐4381

4/11/2017 Tues 12:00‐03:00 PM PDC 210 657‐4382

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September 2016 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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5 Labor Day

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7 08:30-10:00 Munis Requisitions 10:15-11:45 Munis Receiving 12:15-01:15 Munis Acct Inq 01:30-03:00 eSchoolMall 03:15-04:45 Munis Time Entry

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12 13 14 15 Principal Meeting

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19 20 08:30-10:00 Munis Requisitions 10:15-11:45 Munis Receiving 01:00-02:30 Focus Access 02:45-04:00 ParentLink

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22 08:30-11:30 Excel Basic 01:00-04:00 Word Basic

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26 27 09:00-11:00 Outlook Basic 12:30-03:30 Word Intermediate

28 29 08:30-10:30 eSchoolMall 10:45-12:15 Munis Time Entry

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October 2016

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

3 4 08:30-11:30 Excel Interm 01:00-02:30 Focus Access

5 6 01:00-04:00 Word Advanced

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10 Waiver Day

11 01:00-03:00 Outlook Basic

12 13 08:30-10:00 Munis Requisitions 10:15-11:45 Munis Receiving

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17 18 12:00-03:00 Excel Basic

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20 Principal Meeting

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24 25 26 27 01:00-02:30 eSchoolMall

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November 2016 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 12:00-03:00 Word Basic

2 3 12:00-03:00 Word Interm

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8 9 10 08:30-10:00 Munis Requisitions 10:15-11:45 Munis Receiving 01:00-02:30 eSchoolMall 02:45-03:45 Munis Account Inquiry

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14 15 01:00-02:30 Focus Access 02:45-04:00 ParentLink

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28 29 08:30-11:30 Excel Advanced 01:00-04:00 Word Advanced

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December 2016 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 12:15-01:45 Munis Requisitions 02:00-03:30 eSchoolMall

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12 13 08:15-09:45 Munis Time Entry 10:00-12:00 Outlook Basic 01:15-02:45 Focus Access 03:00-04:15 ParentLink

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Fall Break – Fall Break – Fall Break – Fall Break – Fall Break

STAAR STAAR STAAR STAAR STAAR STAAR STAAR STAAR

January 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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9 10 08:30-11:30 Word Advanced 01:00-02:30 Focus Access

11 12 08:30-10:00 Munis Requisitions 10:15-11:45 Munis Receiving 01:00-03:00 eSchoolMall 03:15-04:15 Munis Account Inq

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16 17 01:00-04:00 Excel Interm

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30 31 12:00-03:00 Excel Advanced

February 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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6 7 09:00-11:00 Outlook Basic 01:00-02:30 Focus Access 02:45-04:00 ParentLink

8 9 08:30-10:00 Munis Requisitions 10:15-11:45 Munis Receiving 01:30-03:00 Munis Time Entry

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13 14 08:30-11:30 Word Basic 01:00-04:00 Excel Basic

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20 21 12:00-03:00 Excel Interm

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March 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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6 7 01:00-02:30 Focus Access 02:45-04:45 ParentLink

8 9 08:30-10:00 Munis Requisitions 10:15-11:45 Munis Receiving 01:30-03:00 eSchoolMall

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20 21 08:30-11:30 PowerPoint Basic 01:30-03:30 OneDrive

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April 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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3 4 09:00-11:00 Outlook Basic 01:00-02:30 Focus Access

5 6 12:00-03:00 Excel Advanced

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10 11 08:30-09:30 Munis Account Inq 09:45-11:15 Munis Time Entry 12:00-03:00 Word Advanced

12 12:00-03:00Excel Basic

13 08:30-10:00 Munis Requisitions 10:15-11:45 Munis Receiving

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17 18 08:30-11:30 Word Basic 01:00-04:00 PowerPoint Basic


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24 25 09:30-11:00 OneDrive 12:30-03:30 OneNote Basic

26 27 08:30-11:30 Excel Interm 01:00-04:00 Word Interm

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Spring Break

Staar Testing – Staar Testing – Staar Testing – Staar Testing – Staar Testing

May 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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15 16 08:30-10:00 eSchoolMall 01:00-02:30 Focus Access 02:45-04:00 ParentLink


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22 23 08:30-11:30 PowerPoint Basic 01:30-03:00 OneDrive

24 12:00-03:00 Word Basic

25 08:30-11:30 Excel Basic 01:00-04:00 OneNote Basic

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29 Memorial Day

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June 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 2 Last Day of School

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