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UNIT Training & Workshops

Hands-On Workshops

UNIT’s Instructional Technologies group offers a wide variety of hands-on training sessions to help you advance your computer knowledge and skills. Courses are offered on the entire Microsoft Office Suite, in addition to Banner, Oracle Discoverer, Adobe Acrobat Forms, CD Burning and more!

Workshops are open to all Villanova faculty, staff and students, free of charge. To see the latest workshop offerings, please view our list of upcoming workshops or click here to view the monthly workshops calendar.

One-on-one and departmental sessions are also available. Please contact the UNIT Help Desk at 610-519-7777 (x9777) to request one-on-one or departmental training or if you have any questions regarding computer training.

To register for a UNIT workshop, see the How to Register box on the right.

Blackboard (WebCT) Training

UNIT also offers a variety of workshops, labs and demos on Blackboard (formerly known as WebCT), Villanova’s course management tool of choice. In these sessions, faculty will learn how to: upload syllabi and course content; utilize the online gradebook, use testing, chat and other tools; create podcasts; and more.

  • To see the latest Blackboard (WebCT) course offerings, please view our view our list of upcoming workshops
  • To learn more about Blackboard(WebCT), please view our Blackboard(WebCT) site.

Online Training

For those too busy to attend a UNIT workshop, online training is also available (to faculty and staff only) via Element K Online. Comprised of a series of self-paced online courses, Element K allows you to select the courses and topics that you want to cover and to move at your own pace. To learn more about Element K, please view the information for online training.

Course Manuals

Documentation has been written to accompany all UNIT Workshops and is readily available in PDF format. To see the list of course manuals, click here.

 

 

How to Register

To register for a UNIT workshop, view our list of upcoming workshops, then hover over the course name and click .
 

You can also view the monthly UNIT workshops calendar, using the >> arrows to scroll forward to next month. Click the workshop you want to attend, then click the register button.

Workshops Offered

  • Microsoft Office
    Word
    Excel
    PowerPoint
    FrontPage
    Publisher
    Outlook
  • Banner/Oracle Discoverer
  • Blackboard(WebCT)
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Podcasting
  • And more!

This Week's Workshops