Happy Reviews

It was a good session. I’m still not convinced of the effectiveness of this online and hybrid. Yes, they can be adapted, but there is so much missing when people are online - cameras off, not paying attention etc. I don’t think this course has really been designed with the modern workplace is mind.

1. We had very little training on SharePoint when it was first implemented for the organisation. It now seems as though we have not been using it properly. I would like us to be able to use SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams to their full capability but it feels like we can't do that yet. We might require further training then. 2. The part about Teams was very confusing. I realise that it was a bit rushed at the end. 3. I am concerned about not having a private space on OneDrive. There might be occasions when a staff member needs to write private notes. One example is prepping for a meeting with a manager or HR, and so it now seems prudent for the staff member not to put them on OneDrive, but to keep written notes or write them on a private laptop. Another example is where a line manager has written notes when a staff member has confided personal issues. 4. I asked a question at the beginning about how time consuming it is to use one of the C&E templates because they are Word but with a graphics border. We were going to come back to my question, but didn't.

It was not what i was expecting but it was very useful to understand the mechanics behind teams

Delighted to attend your first alumni session and I enjoyed the mix of group and breakout reflections.

My experience is not a reflection of the quality or pitch of the facilitation. Nicky covered the concepts carefully and kindly. It is merely a reflection of the subject matter being one I am very familiar with.

I have a better understanding of Excel now, however I have a Copilot license and I use this AI to produce the Gantt charts. The training gave me tips on using Excel however the spreadsheet was used which is useful and also a better understanding of the use of a Gantt chart for project management. However what I learnt and what I needed could have been covered in a couple of hours it didn't need all day. We weren't told in advance to have two screens, I don't have a monitor so that was a problem for me.

It was quite a lot of coaching / participant answers and whilst there were some 'frameworks' shared, I feel there could have been more 'knowledge transfer' from the provider to the participants.

Materials suggested no pre-reading. I wished I had so I would have polished up on excel and would have set up with 2 screens for the day.

Course is great. But finding what I need feels more of a challenge than it should be. Hopefully it’s a glitch and will be sorted.

I think the only negative feedback I have - is about the precourse material. It was quite a complicated IT set up, with lots of different windows within windows, platforms, logins. A numebr of us, did not have the documents what we should have had.