Training Services provides live workshops on a variety of applications at the University of Illinois. A full list of training courses are available on the Training Services Calendar.
Most popular training sessions
Illinois IT JumpStart
This monthly session covers courses like Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Cybersecurity. You can attend all the sessions or pick the ones best suited for you.
Teams Training Videos
Watch quick training videos on Brainstorm to learn how to use key features of Microsoft Teams like calls, chats and meetings.
On Demand Videos
The most popular Training Services courses are available on-demand for Illinois students, faculty, and staff. Watch and learn whenever and wherever is most convenient for you!
Adobe Express
In this 2-hour instructor-led workshop, you will learn how to create social media posts, flyers, customize photos, use the new Generative AI tools.
Visio Org Charts
In this two-hour workshop, you will learn how to create some basic shapes, and connect, distribute, and align them using the AutoConnect feature.
Microsoft Outlook
We offer multiple training courses focusing on different features of Outlook like calendars, meetings and tips and tricks.
More training types we provide:
Office hours
Sign up for just-in-time online help with Adobe Creative Cloud applications (Express, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) or Microsoft (Access, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, Visio, Word).
- Mondays: 9am – 10 am
- Fridays: 9 am – 10 am
Workshops
Training Services offers a variety of workshops at no charge to Illinois faculty, staff, and students. Training on popular applications include basic and intermediate topics on Microsoft Access, Excel, Microsoft Teams, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher and Word. Adobe Creative Cloud training is offered for Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, and Photoshop.
Illinois-affiliated customers can view a current schedule of workshops on the Urbana campus calendar. To view full course descriptions, visit the WebStore Training page.
Select courses are also available to the public and retirees by visiting the Outreach Training page.
Group presentations
Instructors are available to speak to groups on many training topics. Email training@illinois.edu to reserve a speaker for your next event.
On-demand training videos
See all training videos on Media Channel.
Teams Basics Training
Scheduling Online Meetings with Outlook Training
Location
Training Services is located in the Armory Building on the third floor, rooms 329 and 330. We recommend you take the elevator at the southwest entrance to the third floor.
A map of the Armory is available the online.
Every Friday, the Training Services team sends an email with upcoming training opportunities to their subscribers. This message includes Training Services workshops and other opportunities from campus units.
Cancellations
Cancellations are processed by sending an email to the training team with the subject “Cancellation”. The message should contain:
- attendee name(s)
- course name
- course date
Contact Training Services
training@illinois.edu | 217-333-6285