Information Technology

Colleague Training and Workshops for 2008

Administrative Systems offers training opportunities and workshops to help users best utilize the Colleague software. Below is a list of the sessions scheduled to be held this year. If you would like more information about a session, please contact Laura Warren at warrenlaura@jccmi.edu or call (517) 796-8674. To register for a session please click the link below.

Understanding Your Data

Closed

Understand how your data is stored in Colleague and explore best practice research techniques.

Pre-Requisites: None

Query Toolkit - HR

Cancelled-Low Enrollment

Learn how to utilize Query Builder to meet ad-hoc reporting needs in Colleague HR. Review basic query design concepts and navigation techniques within Query Builder. Emphasis on HR files and fields and their relationships. Practice writing various UniQuery sentences for reporting purposes. Understand how to review and extract output.

Pre-Requisites: Understanding Data or Equiv.

Query Toolkit - FA

Cancelled-Low Enrollment

Learn how to utilize Query Builder to meet ad-hoc reporting needs in Colleague FA. Review basic query design concepts and navigation techniques within Query Builder. Emphasis on FA files and fields and their relationships. Practice writing various UniQuery sentences for reporting purposes. Understand how to review and extract output.

Pre-Requisites: Understanding Data or Equiv.

Query Toolkit - ST

06/23/08 1-5pm

Learn how to utilize Query Builder to meet ad-hoc reporting needs in Colleague ST. Review basic query design concepts and navigation techniques within Query Builder. Emphasis on ST files and fields and their relationships. Practice writing various UniQuery sentences for reporting purposes. Understand how to review and extract output.

Pre-Requisites: Understanding Data or Equiv.

Query Toolkit - CF

Cancelled-Low Enrollment

Learn how to utilize Query Builder to meet ad-hoc reporting needs in Colleague CF. Review basic query design concepts and navigation techniques within Query Builder. Emphasis on CF files and fields and their relationships. Practice writing various UniQuery sentences for reporting purposes. Understand how to review and extract output.

Pre-Requisites: Understanding Data or Equiv.

Advanced Understanding Your Data

09/24/08 1-5pm

Learn more about how your data is stored in Colleague and explore computed columns, multi-valued, and associated fields. Learn techniques to query data within these unique fields. Be aware of other tools you can use to manipulate data such as list algebra and save list creation.

Pre-Requisites: Any Query Toolkit course

Communications Management 101

10/22/08 1-5pm and 10/23/08 1-5pm (Two Day Class-Must Attend Both Days)

Learn how to automatically assign appropriate outgoing communications and track the receipt of all incoming items using Communications Management. This module provides an interface with Microsoft Word for document design, merging, and printing controls, as well as email functionality and the tools to update records individually, in groups, or automatically as documents are sent and received.

Pre-Requisites: Advanced Understanding Your Data or Equiv

Communications Management 201

11/05/08 1-5pm and 11/06/08 1-5pm (Two Day Class-Must Attend Both Days)

Take your learning one step further by designing a simple communication flow. Learn more about creating merge documents and emails and what files and fields that can be used. Gain a basic understanding of how rules interact with Communications Management and what information you need to know to effectively use rules.

Pre-Requisites: Communications Management 101

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