Tips and Tricks
TDS Announces New Collaboration Tool Trainings
Ready to up your virtual collaboration game? TDS has developed a series of hands-on and web-based trainings that focus on the School of Medicine's preferred collaboration software. Sessions are free to members of the School of Medicine community - but registration is required.
Do More with Box
In this hands-on training session, TDS’ Daniel Catura will show how you can maximize the value of your content with Stanford Medicine Box. You'll also get useful tips and pointers for making Box software work better for you.
What we’ll cover:
- getting started with Box
- uploading and adding content
- creating and organizing folders
- sharing documents and collaborating
- downloading and navigating Box Drive
- doing more with tips, tricks, and best practices
Details:
Thursday, October 10th, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Brazil Training Room, located in The Plaza (Ground floor of Discovery Hall)
Stanford Redwood City
Register here!
Requirements: You'll need to bring along a laptop that you can use to access Stanford Medicine Box. If you have never logged into Medicine Box or are unsure whether your laptop meets the minimum security requirements to access Medicine Box, call the IRT Service Desk (650-725-8000). If you do not have access to a laptop, email Amit Srivastava.
Slack Like a Pro
This hands-on session, led by TDS' Slack training expert Armmond Greene and Allie Nakonek from Slack, will help you understand how to use Slack to make your day-to-day work easier and more efficient.
What we’ll cover:
- navigating the Slack interface
- finding workspaces and creating channels
- common commands to do more, quickly
- getting help from Slackbot
- using Slack integrations, including Google Docs
Details:
Wednesday, October 16th, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Brazil Training Room, located in The Plaza (Ground floor of Discovery Hall)
Stanford Redwood City
Register Here!
Requirements: If you don't already have a Slack account, we can help you create one before the session starts. To do this, you'll need to be an employee with a Stanford email address or have a paid sponsorship or a base sponsorship with a valid outside email address.
Need Help?
If you have questions about the training sessions, email Amit Srivastava. To learn more about the virtual collaboration tools available to you, visit Technology Collaboration Tools for the School of Medicine.