Job-boosting training in Oakland and online
February 5, 2019 •
Check out 2019’s Learning and Development lineup to improve your work habits and develop your skills. Some classes are offered virtually!
View the current schedule and sign up for any of the classes below on the UC Learning Center Website. This site always has the most up-to-date details on upcoming classes and availability. For more information, contact UCOPLD@ucop.edu.
Oakland-Based Courses
My UC Career Workshop
Thursday, Feb. 14, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. (brown bag at Kaiser)
Do your career a favor! Learn about the My UC Career portal and discover how it can help you advance your career at UC, from highlighting accomplishments to leveraging your network and building resume and interview skills.
Zoom Fundamentals
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2 p.m.-3 p.m.
Join Zoom administrators from Telecommunications for this helpful in-person workshop. Geared towards both beginning and seasoned users, participants will get tips on better meeting management, help installing and starting instant meetings, cloud and local recording, future meetings and more.
PowerPoint: Dynamic Presentations
Thursday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Bring a presentation to work on during this helpful workshop-based class geared toward beginner and intermediate users. Learn effective tips and tricks, from graphics and exciting slide transitions to audience notes.
Creating Accessible PDFs
Monday, Feb. 25, 10 -11:30 a.m.
Learn how to create accessible PDFs that empower users with disabilities to easily access and engage with online resources. This course will cover the fundamentals of digital accessibility, including what IT accessibility is, why it’s important, what you can do to ensure all users can access and interpret your material and where you can go for help.
Excel 2016: Beginner-Intermediate
Tuesday, March 5, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Discover how Excel can expand your productivity with techniques including data entry, functions, managing lists through tables, sorting and filtering, visualizing data and more.
Managing Change and Transitions*
Wednesday, March 6, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
We all know change is inevitable, so navigating change is an essential skill. This workshop focuses on the dynamics of change and your role in understanding, communicating and managing change and transitions. All UCOP employees will benefit from this class, which is based on William Bridges’ authoritative work on managing transitions.
Box Fundamentals
Tuesday, March 12, 12-1 p.m.
Get an overview of Box.com, the cloud-based service that provides secure file storage and file sharing. Learn Box basics, including how to use Box to collaborate with people within and outside of UCOP and tips for commenting directly on files, folder permissions, shared links and more. IT administrators will be on hand to answer questions. More information about Box is also available online.
Get to the Point! Effective Writing Skills*
Monday, March 18, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Unclear or hard-to-understand messages can leave readers wondering, “What’s the point?” This one-day workshop helps professionals get their point across quickly, clearly and concisely. Participants will learn tips to make communications more effective that can be put into practice immediately and improve clarity, response and action.
Excel 2016: Macros and VBA
Tuesday, March 19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
In this course for intermediate to advanced Excel users, learn how macros can make quick work of repetitive, complex tasks in Excel. The workshop will also include an introduction to virtual basic for applications (VBA) to further customize the macros you create.
* Courses marked with an asterisk above are approved electives for the People Management Series & Certificate.
Register for Oakland-based courses.
Virtual Courses
Intro to Tableau Desktop
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
If data visualization is important to your work, attend this hands-on workshop of Tableau Desktop! See demos of Tableau visualizations; connect to your data with Tableau Data Extract; learn to create hierarchies, formatting and aggregation and create worksheets, analytics, maps, interactive dashboards and more.
Intro to Tableau Prep
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 1-3 p.m.
This course supports analysts and advanced business users who must combine data from various sources, shape it through pivots or aggregations and sort it into groups or similar values prior to analysis.
PowerPoint: Dynamic Presentations
Thursday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Bring a presentation to work on during this helpful workshop-based class geared towards beginner and intermediate users. Learn effective tips and tricks, from graphics and exciting slide transitions to audience notes.
My UC Career Workshop
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 12 p.m.-1 p.m.
Do your career a favor! Learn about the My UC Career portal and discover how it can help you advance your career at UC, from highlighting accomplishments to leveraging your network and building resume and interview skills.
Excel 2016: Beginner-Intermediate
Tuesday, March 5, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Discover how Excel can expand your productivity with techniques including data entry, functions, managing lists through tables, sorting and filtering, visualizing data and more.
Excel 2016: Macros and VBA
Tuesday, March 19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
In this course for intermediate to advanced Excel users, learn how macros can make quick work of repetitive, complex tasks in Excel. The workshop will also include an introduction to virtual basic for applications (VBA) to further customize the macros you create.
