Learning Resources

Technology learning resources provide tools to help you learn new or enhance current skills needed for your work. These resources can include: online training programs, interactive courses, and educational applications, like Microsoft 365.

Technology Updates

  • Copilot
    Microsoft Copilot combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with up-to-date information from the web to give you better answers, greater efficiency, and new ways to be creative.
  • Microsoft Planner Web Update
    The new Microsoft Planner is a unified work management solution that brings together Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Project for the web, Microsoft To Do,
and Microsoft Copilot into a simple, familiar experience.
  • File Image Previews in Messages
    File image previews in Microsoft Teams messages.

UWM Learning Resources and Knowledgebase

Resources available to you for in person or online training to match your needs. Also links to several KnowledgeBases you can search for technology information.

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Continuing Education

The School of Continuing Education offers programs and courses in things like business analysis, coding, data analysis, and project management. There is a cost for this training which varies by course and program.

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LinkedIn Learning

Access to over 16,000 online training courses offered at LinkedIn Learning. There are courses for beginning users up to advanced users that cover platforms, applications, programming languages, and methodologies.

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Online Training

Courses are taught by instructors who work with the technologies on a regular basis. Courses are open to all UWM students, faculty, and staff. All online courses are recorded and viewable on-demand.

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Additional Tools & Links

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UWM Knowledgebase

The UWM KnowledgBase offers quick answer to a technology question? Visit the UWM KnowledgeBase, type in your search terms, and solve your technology issues quickly!

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Communication & Collaboration

  • Bookings
    Microsoft Bookings makes scheduling and managing personal or group appointments easy.
  • Outlook
    Microsoft Outlook is a productivity and communication application that gives users access to email, calendar, contacts, and tasks.
  • PowerPoint
    Microsoft PowerPoint is a slideshow presentation program that’s part of the Microsoft office suite of tools. PowerPoint makes it easy to create, collaborate, and present your ideas in dynamic, visually compelling ways.
  • SharePoint
    Microsoft SharePoint is a collaborative platform designed to facilitate teamwork and streamline document management within organizations.
  • Sway
    Microsoft Sway is an app that makes it easy to create and share interactive reports, personal stories, presentations, and more.
  • Teams
    Microsoft Teams is the hub for team collaboration in Microsoft 365 that integrates the people, content, and tools your team needs to be more engaged and effective.
  • Whiteboard
    Microsoft Whiteboard in Microsoft 365 is a free-form, digital new canvas where people, content, and ideas come together.
  • WordPress
    WordPress is an open-source content management system that allows users to create and manage websites without coding experience.
  • Zoom
    Zoom is a video conferencing platform that allows users to connect online for video conference meetings, webinars and live chat.

Developer Tools

  • Power Apps
    Microsoft Power Apps is a suite of applications, services, connectors and a data platform that provides a rapid application development environment to build custom apps for business needs.
  • Power Automate
    Microsoft Power Automate is a software tool that allows users to create automated workflows between various applications and services. The tool helps automate mundane, manual processes with the final goal being boosting productivity.
  • Power BI
    Microsoft Power BI is a collection of software services, apps, and connectors that work together to turn your unrelated sources of data into coherent, visually immersive, and interactive insights.

Productivity

  • Accruent EMS
    EMS is room and resource scheduling platform which enables campus and event planners to efficiently schedule spaces and resources in the UWM Student Union.
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
    Adobe Creative Cloud is a collection of software applications used for graphic design, video editing, web development, and photography. 
  • Copilot
    Microsoft Copilot combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with up-to-date information from the web to give you better answers, greater efficiency, and new ways to be creative.
  • Docusign
    Docusign is a cloud service that provides electronic signature technology for the signing of contracts documents. Docusign lets you store all your documents in the cloud to track and provide an audit trail of signatures.
  • Excel
    Microsoft Excel is the industry leading spreadsheet program, a powerful data visualization and analysis tool.
  • Forms
    Microsoft Forms is a simple, lightweight app that lets you easily create surveys, quizzes, and polls.
  • OneNote
    Microsoft OneNote is a digital notebook that allows you to store, organize, and share information.
  • Perceptive Content
    Perceptive Content (formerly ImageNow) is a content services platform that manages the content life cycle from capture to disposition. Also provides integration with business application like PeopleSoft and a simple-to-use interface.
  • Qualtrics
    Qualtrics is web based software that allows the user to create surveys and generate reports, and analyze the survey data. 
  • Slate
    Slate is a comprehensive customer relationship management (CRM) platform for admissions and enrollment management, student success, and alumni/advancement.
  • Stream
    Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint) empowers you to record, upload, discover, share, and manage video. Video is like any other document that seamlessly integrates with apps across Microsoft 365.
  • Word
    Microsoft Word is a word processing program that allows users to create, edit, and format documents.

Project Management

  • Planner
    Microsoft Planner makes it easy to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, chat about what you’re working on, and get updates on progress.
  • Project
    Project for the web provides simple, powerful work management capabilities and can be used by project managers and team members to plan and manage work of any size.

Student Success

  • Involve (Presence)
    Involve (Presence) is a campus engagement platform designed to help universities in the education sector track, assess, improve, and manage students’ involvements across campus events.
  • Navigate 360
    Navigate360 is the leader in holistic safety and wellness solutions used by Students, Faculty, Instructors, and Advisors.
  • Qualtrics
    Qualtrics is web based software that allows the user to create surveys and generate reports, and analyze the survey data. 
  • Slate
    Slate is a comprehensive customer relationship management (CRM) platform for admissions and enrollment management, student success, and alumni/advancement.
  • Stellic
    Stellic is a degree management tool that offers enhanced functionality for students, including interactive and personalized scheduling and adaptive and guided academic planning. 

Microsoft 365

  • Bookings
    Microsoft Bookings makes scheduling and managing personal or group appointments easy.
  • Clipchamp
    Microsoft Clipchamp allows you to create and share show-stopping videos—no expertise required.
  • Copilot
    Microsoft Copilot combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with up-to-date information from the web to give you better answers, greater efficiency, and new ways to be creative.
  • Excel
    Microsoft Excel is the industry leading spreadsheet program, a powerful data visualization and analysis tool.
  • Forms
    Microsoft Forms is a simple, lightweight app that lets you easily create surveys, quizzes, and polls.
  • Lists
    Microsoft Lists is an app that helps you track information and organize work. It’s simple, smart, and flexible, so you can stay on top of what matters most.
  • Loop
    Microsoft Loop is about people—people who want to create together with ease, no matter where they are or what tools they use.
  • OneDrive
    Microsoft OneDrive is your personal cloud storage space within the Microsoft 365 environment.
  • OneNote
    Microsoft OneNote is a digital notebook that allows you to store, organize, and share information.
  • Outlook
    Microsoft Outlook is a productivity and communication application that gives users access to email, calendar, contacts, and tasks.
  • Planner
    Microsoft Planner makes it easy to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, chat about what you’re working on, and get updates on progress.
  • Power Apps
    Microsoft Power Apps is a suite of applications, services, connectors and a data platform that provides a rapid application development environment to build custom apps for business needs.
  • Power Automate
    Microsoft Power Automate is a software tool that allows users to create automated workflows between various applications and services. The tool helps automate mundane, manual processes with the final goal being boosting productivity.
  • Power BI
    Microsoft Power BI is a collection of software services, apps, and connectors that work together to turn your unrelated sources of data into coherent, visually immersive, and interactive insights.
  • PowerPoint
    Microsoft PowerPoint is a slideshow presentation program that’s part of the Microsoft office suite of tools. PowerPoint makes it easy to create, collaborate, and present your ideas in dynamic, visually compelling ways.
  • Project
    Project for the web provides simple, powerful work management capabilities and can be used by project managers and team members to plan and manage work of any size.
  • Reflect
    Microsoft Reflect is a wellbeing app designed to foster connection, expression, and learning by promoting self-awareness, empathy, and emotional growth.
  • Sensitivity Labels
    Sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365 are a data protection tool that helps classify and protect sensitive information in files, emails, and other Microsoft 365 applications.
  • SharePoint
    Microsoft SharePoint is a collaborative platform designed to facilitate teamwork and streamline document management within organizations.
  • Stream
    Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint) empowers you to record, upload, discover, share, and manage video. Video is like any other document that seamlessly integrates with apps across Microsoft 365.
  • Sway
    Microsoft Sway is an app that makes it easy to create and share interactive reports, personal stories, presentations, and more.
  • Teams
    Microsoft Teams is the hub for team collaboration in Microsoft 365 that integrates the people, content, and tools your team needs to be more engaged and effective.
  • To Do
    Microsoft To Do helps you collect tasks, set reminders, and share lists with your friends. To Do is integrated with Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and other Microsoft 365 apps.
  • Visio
    Microsoft Visio for the Web is a browser-based tool that allows users to create, edit, and share diagrams. 
  • Viva Learning
    Microsoft Viva Learning is a central hub for learning where people can discover, share, assign, and learn from content libraries across their organization to empower teams and individuals to make learning a natural part of their day.
  • Whiteboard
    Microsoft Whiteboard in Microsoft 365 is a free-form, digital new canvas where people, content, and ideas come together.
  • Word
    Microsoft Word is a word processing program that allows users to create, edit, and format documents.