Technical Training at U-M

ITS is committed to technical training for faculty and staff. The future technical training landscape includes:

• Connecting U-M faculty and staff with existing technical training resources on campus
• Developing strategic contracts with vendors to lower costs
• Preparing for future technical training needs at U-M

Get Involved

Technical Training Interest Group Activities

• Join the IT Technical Training Interest Group in MCommunity to get updates on activities.
• View the July Technical Training Kickoff Meeting presentation. These meetings assist ITS in identifying technical training needs on campus.

U-M Technical Training Options

• Digital Media Commons Workshops
  Free audio, video, and print workshops offer by Digital Media Commons (DMC)

• LSA Instructional Support Services
  LSA Instructional Support Services available mainly to LSA faculty, staff and students.

• My LINC
  U-M Learning and Information Center includes training & documentation for ITS, HRD, OSEH, PEERRS, Treasurer's Office, Procurement and School of Dentistry.

• Safari Tech Books (Computer software, Microsoft Office)
  U-M subscription to Safari Books Online. The premier on-demand digital library providing over 19,393 technology, digital media, and business books and videos online to academic and library users.

• U-M ITS IT4U webinars
  30 minute webinars on tips and techniques for working with ITS tools, products, and services.

• U-M Library Research & Technology Guides
  Free handouts from Library's Faculty Exploratory workshops.

• U-M Teaching & Technology Collaborative
  In addition to sponsoring the week-long series of free workshops & seminars known as "Enriching Scholarship", the TTC offers sessions on a wide variety of topics throughout the year.

Other IT Training

• Adobe
  Free online training and documentation on Adobe products, including Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Illustrator.

• Codecademy
  Free online education for widely used programming languages, including CSS, HTML and JavaScript.

• Filemaker Pro
  Free online training and documentation on Filemaker Pro software.

• Microsoft
  Free online training and documentation on Microsoft products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access.

• Microsoft Windows 8 Demo

• New Horizons
  For-fee training on a variety of subjects, including information technology and desktop applications.

Education Services Closed June 2012

Please visit About Our Services for more information about this service closure.

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