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IT Workshops for Faculty and Staff

The Spring 2026 IT Workshops Schedule offers faculty and staff a comprehensive range of training sessions designed to enhance digital skills and support effective use of technology in academic and administrative contexts. The schedule includes workshops on Zoom, Microsoft 365 applications, classroom technology, and emerging tools such as Microsoft CoPilot

These workshops are designed to help you enhance your teaching, learning, and working experience with various IT applications and platforms. You will get hands-on training from our expert instructors, who will guide you through the features and functions of each tool. You will also get the opportunity to ask questions, share feedback, and network with your colleagues.

The instructor-led IT workshops are free and open to all faculty and staff members of Lehman College. However, registration is required for all sessions.

Alternatively, we offer two self-paced online learning platforms which offer thousands of courses and videos on various topics, such as business, technology, education, and more. You can learn at your own pace, anytime, anywhere, and on any device.

For a sneak peek of the capabilities of Microsoft 365, please look at this brief video:
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IT Workshops Schedule

Special Workshop: Introduction to YuJa

Please join us for an Introduction to YuJa, Lehman’s enterprise video platform, where you’ll learn how to:

  • Record and share instructional videos
  • Manage captions and accessibility features
  • Organize and publish video content securely

This session is ideal for faculty and staff looking to expand their digital communication and instructional toolkit. 

An Overview of Zoom Essentials

This workshop explores how Zoom brings together cloud video conferencing, online meetings, group messaging, breakout rooms, and screen sharing within a single, user-friendly platform. Key topics include signing into CUNY Zoom, adjusting Zoom settings, testing microphones and speakers, navigating the Home Screen, and managing meetings—including scheduling, joining, starting, and editing sessions.

Classroom Technology Training

Offered in partnerships with the Center for Teaching & Learning, the ITSS and CTSS departments of Information Technology, this training program provides faculty with both basic and advanced knowledge of Lehman's new Classroom Technology Infrastructure. The session includes hands-on opportunities to explore the technology, and faculty are encouraged to arrive at the scheduled time for full training benefits. Walk-in participants are welcome. Please consult the Bookings registration link for session times and availability.

  • Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026
  • Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
  • Modality: In-Person (CA-118)
  • Instructor: IT Division & Office of Online Education Trainers
  • To register please click: Classroom Technology Training In-Person

  • Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026
  • Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  • Modality: In-Person (CA-118)
  • Instructor: IT Division & Office of Online Education Trainers
  • To register please click: Classroom Technology Training In-Person

Microsoft 365: Introduction to Excel Essentials

This introductory session guides participants through the Excel user interface, including the ribbon, menus, toolbars, and keyboard shortcuts. Topics include cell, column, and row references; data entry and formatting; creating and copying simple formulas; preparing spreadsheets for printing; creating charts; and protecting data. Hands-on exercises will help reinforce these essential skills.

Microsoft 365: Excel Intermediate Level – Pivot Tables

Designed for those with a basic understanding of Excel, this workshop covers the fundamentals and benefits of pivot tables. Participants will learn how to build pivot tables, manipulate source data, create pivot charts, and collaborate with others in Excel. The session includes practical, hands-on exercises.

Microsoft 365: An Introduction to Teams

This session introduces Microsoft Teams; a collaboration app designed for hybrid work environments. Learn how Teams facilitates communication, organization, and connection—regardless of location. Features covered include chat, group messaging, scheduling meetings and calls, creating channels and teams, and sharing documents.

Microsoft 365: OneDrive Business Basics

This workshop explores the benefits of OneDrive, a cloud-based file storage service included in Microsoft 365. Participants will learn how to collaborate efficiently, avoid the risks of lost USB devices, and safeguard files in case of computer crashes. The session also covers accessing files remotely and integrating with Microsoft Word.

Microsoft 365: Using PowerPoint with OneDrive

This session covers the essential skills for creating, saving, opening, and editing PowerPoint presentations. Participants will learn how to create and modify slides, insert images and smart art, apply design templates, and utilize OneDrive for sharing and storing documents.

Microsoft 365: Forms Essentials

Learn to use Microsoft Forms quickly and easily create surveys, polls, and quizzes. The workshop includes instruction on gathering real-time responses, analyzing built-in analytics, and building effective surveys.

Microsoft 365: Introduction to SharePoint Basics

This introductory course provides an overview of SharePoint, a collaborative web-based platform that integrates with Microsoft 365 apps such as Teams, OneDrive, and Outlook. Topics include signing into SharePoint, navigating the environment, finding and following sites, and managing documents in Document Libraries.

Microsoft 365: Introduction to SharePoint Intermediate

This advanced SharePoint workshop builds on the basics and covers creating communication sites, adding members, editing site content, building lists, and developing workflows using Power Automate.

Microsoft 365: Outlook Intermediate

Explore the full capabilities of Outlook beyond email management. This workshop covers calendar functions, meeting scheduling, polls, integration with Teams and Zoom, and managing recurring meetings.

Microsoft 365: Excel XLOOKUP

Discover the advanced capabilities of the XLOOKUP function in Microsoft Excel. This workshop covers the advantages of XLOOKUP over previous search functions such as VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP, effective data organization, search parameters, and detailed examples for using XLOOKUP in both vertical and horizontal searches.

Bb ALLY


Bb Ally - Is your Course Content Accessible for EVERY Student?

As educators, we strive to create learning environments that are engaging, inclusive, and accessible for all students. Blackboard Ally is a powerful tool that helps us achieve these goals by improving the accessibility of our course materials and supporting a diverse range of learning needs.

Accessibility is not just about compliance. It removes barriers to learning and gives every student an equitable opportunity to succeed. Whether students use assistive technologies, learn on mobile devices, manage temporary disabilities, or simply benefit from more flexible formats, Ally helps ensure your course content is available in ways that meet their individual needs. In our workshop session, we will explore how Blackboard Ally evaluates course content, identifies accessibility concerns, and provides practical guidance for improving documents, presentations, PDFs, and other instructional materials. We will also examine the alternate formats automatically generated by Ally, such as audio, electronic braille, immersive reader, and tagged PDF versions, which can enhance the learning experience for all students.

Our goal is not to become accessibility experts overnight, but rather to develop effective practices that make our courses more welcoming, usable, and supportive for every learner. Please join us on Thursday, October 8th from 2-3 PM and learn all about Blackboard Ally! Bring your questions too!

  • Date: October 8, 2026
  • Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
  • Modality: Online
  • Facilitators: Corey Ray and Karla Stroud

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VoiceThread


VoiceThread Workshop Announcement

Create More Student Engagement in your Classes with VoiceThread

Getting students engaged in classwork can be daunting. VoiceThread to the rescue! VoiceThread is an interactive collaboration and presentation tool used to upload, share, and discuss rich media through asynchronous audio, video, and text comments. Think of a Discussion Topic with audio and video. You can upload a PowerPoint presentation to VoiceThread and voice over the presentation and ask students to react to your presentation and their reactions are shared with the class. Spice up your discussion topics with audio and video and the students can join the conversation. Creating student engagement is easy and fun with VoiceThread.

Please join us for a Faculty Workshop on the day and time listed below.

  • Date: September 28
  • Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  • Modality: Online
  • Audience: Faculty

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The Essentials of Microsoft Bing CoPilot

This course introduces CoPilot (Microsoft CoPilot), a Generative AI service assistant. Learn how CoPilot functions as a specialized search engine and creative assistant for brainstorming, research, ideation, and content creation. The session includes how to launch CoPilot, its key features, tips for writing effective prompts, and validating AI-generated results from a human perspective. Note that CoPilot is a standalone tool and is not integrated with Microsoft 365 apps such as Teams.

Microsoft 365: Word Essentials

This workshop provides a thorough introduction to Microsoft Word's basic features. Participants will learn to create, save, and open documents, format text and paragraphs, use spell check and grammar check, save and print documents, and share files using OneDrive.

Microsoft 365 Excel and Faculty/Staff

Participants will learn how to efficiently organize and manage grades and data in Excel. The session covers using XLOOKUP for rapid and accurate student data retrieval, creating pivot tables to analyze grade distributions and trends, combining XLOOKUP and pivot tables for dynamic queries, and tips for automating calculations to streamline grading workflows. This hands-on workshop is ideal for faculty seeking tools to save time, minimize errors, and gain insights into class performance.

Academic Integrity in the Age of Microsoft CoPilot: Tools and Strategies (Online)

Navigating Academic Integrity in the Age of AI is an increasingly complex challenge for faculty and students. Generative AI is here—and it’s reshaping teaching, learning, and assessment. As tools like Microsoft Copilot become more powerful and accessible, educators face new challenges: What’s AI‑generated? What’s authentically student work? And how do we assess fairly? Join this hands-on, interactive session to explore practical strategies and tools that help you stay ahead of AI misuse while designing meaningful, integrity‑focused assessments.

What You’ll Learn:
How AI assistants (including Microsoft Copilot) are influencing academic integrity Best practices for using Brightspace AI detection tools, including Turnitin. How to configure Respondus LockDown Browser for more secure exams. Common ways students misuse AI for writing, math, and lab‑based work. Share your strategies to design AI‑compatible and AI‑aware assignments.

Why Attend?
AI is transforming higher education—and integrity policies must evolve with it. This session equips you with practical, faculty‑ready tools and real‑world examples to help maintain fairness, transparency, and academic standards in your courses.

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