Quick Bytes spring 2024 training classes

Feb 6, 2024 | Intercom, Tech Tips

Join Alison Thornton at an upcoming Quick Bytes class to learn about technology available to employees at NMC. Each class is one hour, full of information and includes time for questions. To support collaboration and connection, please ensure your camera is on during our session.

Quick Bytes courses can now be found in NEOED.To register via NEOED Learn, please follow this easy 5 step process: NeoEd Learn – Registering for Courses Instructions – for Quick Bytes.

All courses are offered on Thursday at 3pm via Zoom.  To support collaboration and connection, please ensure your camera is on during our session.

Join Alison Thornton at an upcoming Quick Bytes class to learn about technology available to employees at NMC. Each class is one hour, full of information and includes time for questions. To support collaboration and connection, please ensure your camera is on during our session.

Quick Bytes courses can now be found in NEOED. The classes are listed at the beginning (*) of the Course Catalog (to search ALL Quick Bytes courses, go to Tags > Quick Bytes). To Enroll, click on View Classes under the course you are interested in to see the session times, then click on the session time you would like (you must CLICK the session to activate the Enroll button) and then click Enroll.

Introduction to AI for Staff

February 28, 3–4 p.m.
Are you curious about AI, but don’t know where to start? Come find out about various AI tools (I’ll demo Google’s Bard), writing prompts for AI tools, integrating AI with Google searches, and AI tools available in our everyday software (like Zoom, Canva, etc.).

Google Docs New & Unused Features

February 29, 3–4 p.m.
Covering new and not very often used features in Google Docs such as multiple signatures, templates (canned responses), voice typing, comparing documents, smart chips, dropdowns,  editing/suggesting/commenting, table formatting, setting up a time to meet, and more!  

Canva Advanced

Date TBA
Canva has new and exciting potential!  This is an advanced class on using Canva techniques such as photos, frames, color palettes, and filters, as well as, creating a reusable custom template.  This course will be scheduled if there is interest.  Please email athornton@nmc.edu to let me know if you are interested!

Google to sunset Jamboard in 2024

Dec 4, 2023 | Intercom, Tech Tips

Google announced that Jamboard, their online whiteboarding system, will be discontinued in 2024. They recommend using FigJam or Zoom Whiteboard as a replacement. These online whiteboard tools are super helpful for online classes. If you have any questions about the new options, please reach out to Ali Thornton at athornton@nmc.edu.

Quick Bytes fall 2023 training classes

Aug 25, 2023 | Intercom, Tech Tips

Join Alison Thornton at an upcoming Quick Bytes class to learn about technology available to employees at NMC. Each class is one hour, full of information and includes time for questions. To support collaboration and connection, please ensure your camera is on during our session.

Quick Bytes courses can now be found in NEOED. To access the learner catalog:

1. From the MyNMC home page select Talent Portal
2. Select NeoEd Talent Suite
3. On the left-hand menu, click Training
4. Select Course Catalog
5. From here, you can browse courses or search for the specific course you want to take. All current Quick Bytes classes are listed with an * (asterisk) at the beginning, so they show up at the beginning of the course catalog. 

 To Enroll, click on View Classes under the course you are interested in to see the session times, then click on the session time you would like (you must CLICK the session to activate the Enroll button) and then click Enroll.

Canva Advanced
Wednesday, September 20, Noon–1 p.m. or Monday, October 23, Noon–1 p.m.
Canva has new and exciting potential! This is an advanced class on using Canva techniques such as photos, frames, color palettes, and filters, as well as, creating a reusable custom template.

Canva New Features
Wednesday, September 27, Noon–1 p.m. or Monday, October 30, Noon–1 p.m.
Covering new features such as presentations and docs, draw, resizing designs, magic features, text to images features, instant styles and layouts, using your designs on Instagram and the campus monitors and more!

Is there a specific topic that you’d like to see featured in an upcoming Quick Bytes class that you don’t see listed above? Email athornton@nmc.edu.

Quick Bytes – Early Summer Training Classes

May 30, 2023 | Intercom, Tech Tips

Join Alison Thornton at an upcoming Quick Bytes class to learn about technology available to employees at NMC. Each class is one hour, full of information and includes time for questions.

Google Drive for Desktop

Tuesday, June 9, Noon–1 p.m.
Learn how to set up and use Google Drive as a Network Drive. Save or Download from Microsoft, Adobe, Canva, and other applications directly to your P: Drive without having to go through the Google Drive application!
Register

Canva Basics

Monday, June 12, Noon–1 p.m.
Canva is a graphic layout program for flyers, newsletters, infographics, mind maps, and more. With thousands of templates, Canva is a great resource for design.
Register

Canva Advanced

Monday, June 19, Noon–1 p.m.
Canva has new and exciting potential! This is an advanced class on using Canva techniques such as photos, frames, color palettes, and filters, as well as, creating a reusable custom template.
Register

Canva New Features

Monday, June 26, Noon–1 p.m.
Covering new features such as presentations and docs, draw, resizing designs, magic features, text to images features, instant styles and layouts, using your designs on Instagram and the campus monitors, and more!
Register

Is there a specific topic that you’d like to see featured in an upcoming Quick Bytes class that you don’t see listed above? Email athornton@nmc.edu.

Safeguarding sensitive data while working remotely

Mar 17, 2023 | Intercom, Tech Tips

Since the Covid-19 pandemic swept the country, you may have noticed the line between home and the office is much more transparent. Personal laptops that were once used to watch cat videos and organize photos from a vacation (that now seems all-too-long-ago) are also being used to run sensitive reports and hold important meetings.

Ensuring that sensitive data doesn’t find a way to “leak” out of our closely-monitored network is a high priority for NMC. While there are many measures in place to ensure the confidentiality of data, such as using a VPN and enforcing special email quarantine policies, you are still our best defense against an information security incident or data privacy law violation whether you are working from home or on campus!

So, even though you can pet your dog, make a sandwich, wear your pajamas, AND process a FOAPAL, when you access data from NMC systems on your home network, treat the process the same way you would as if you were on campus! This means:

• • Use Workspace to save files to the NMC network drives (S:, Q:, J:, and N:)
  • Use Google Drive or Google Drive for Desktop
  • DO NOT permanently save files to your personal desktop or “C” drive, which is the local storage on your computer.
    • If something happens to these files the recovery process is not guaranteed and NMC is not responsible for devices that are not our own.
    • Because of this, you risk exposing sensitive information by saving files on a network outside of our control.

🚨 👉Special care must be taken with Banner data on your home machine. While working remotely, you may temporarily download it to your machine but once you are finished working on it for the day, save it to a network or Google Drive and ERASE all of the data from your machine. The data that you work with in Banner is classified and protected by FERPA regulations and therefore cannot be saved to a personal computer.

So remember, whether on campus or remote, save your data and files to the appropriate locations. For remote access users, this means utilizing Workspace to access our Network Drives such as S:, Q:, J:, N:, and using Google Drive/Google Drive for Desktop for other NMC-related file management.

For more information on using Workspace see the Workspace Tip Sheet

For more information on using Google Drive see the Google Drive Tip Sheet

For more information on Google Drive for Desktop see the Google Drive for Desktop Tip Sheet

Spring 2023 Quick Bytes classes

Mar 17, 2023 | Intercom, Tech Tips

Join Alison Thornton at an upcoming Quick Bytes class to learn about technology available to employees at NMC. Each class is one hour, full of information and includes time for questions.

Google Slides

Tuesday, March 21, 12-1 p.m.
This multi-purpose tool in Google Applications allows you to create great presentations, blogs, interactive notebooks and more!
Register

Google Arts & Culture

Thursday, April 6,  12-1 p.m.
Bring culture into your classroom with Google Arts & Culture.  It’s a great tool for writing prompts, art history, historical figures, DEI understanding and culture.  View images from the world’s museum in interesting and enlightening features.
Register

Mastering Gmail and Google Calendar

Tuesday, April 11, 12-1 p.m.
Learn how to use multiple calendars, duplicate events, configure settings and apply labels and filters. This course will help make your communication and scheduling easier! 
Register

Canva Basics

Thursday, April 20, 12-1 p.m.
Canva is a graphic layout program for flyers, newsletters, infographics, mind maps, and more. With thousands of templates, Canva is a great resource for design.
Register

Canva Advanced

Thursday, Apr 27, 12-1 p.m.
Canva has new and exciting potential! This advanced class will cover topics such as as frames, color palettes and filters. The new Canva presentations feature will also be covered.
Register

Is there a specific topic that you’d like to see featured in an upcoming Quick Bytes class that you don’t see listed above? Email athornton@nmc.edu.

Quick Bytes classes: Google Slides, Google Forms and Miro

Nov 10, 2022 | Intercom, Tech Tips

Join Alison Thornton for a quick, one-hour overview of a variety of applications. Upcoming classes include Google Slides, Google Forms, Google Groups, Slack, and Miro. Gain easy professional development hours while learning new technology!

All courses are offered via Zoom. The Zoom link will appear as a calendar appointment after you enroll.

Learn more and register here

September 2022 Quick Bytes classes

Sep 2, 2022 | Intercom, Tech Tips

Join Alison Thornton for Quick Bytes classes to teach you about technology at NMC. These classes (Online Whiteboards, Google Arts & Culture and File Management) are one hour in duration and are designed to jumpstart you with technology.

Online Whiteboards Thursday, September 15, 12–1 p.m.
Learn the basics of Jamboard, Zoom and Miro Whiteboards for use in class, in office meetings, or anytime you are online.
Register

Google Arts & Culture Thursday, September 22, 12–1 p.m.
Bring culture into your classroom with Google Arts & Culture. It’s a great tool for writing prompts, art history, historical figures, DEI understanding and culture. View images from the world’s museum in interesting and enlightening features. Come check it out!
Register

Navigating File Management Thursday, September 29, 12–1 p.m.
Learn techniques in Google Drive and Workspace to save your files securely, efficiently and with ease.
Register

If you have further question, please contact Alison Thornton at athornton@nmc.edu.

Quick Bytes – Easy Video and Basic Google Classes!

Nov 12, 2021 | Intercom, Tech Tips

Join Alison Thornton for these one-hour Quick Bytes training sessions to up your skills on new and basic technology!

All courses are offered via Zoom. The Zoom link will appear as a calendar appointment after you enroll.

Learn more and register here.