Technology Workshops at KU

Overview

Technology workshops are offered throughout the year at no cost to KU faculty, staff, and students. They are synchronous online courses taught by Technology Instruction & Engagement staff and cover many KU services and software including KU CMS Sunflower, Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, and Microsoft Office 365 programs. 

Enroll for Workshops

  1. Browse to the IT Workshops Catalog.
  2. Log in using your KU credentials if prompted.
  3. Click on a listed workshop offering.
  4. Select Enroll.
  5. Select Enroll in Course.

Select Return to Catalog to browse for and enroll in additional classes, Go To Course to view the course content in Canvas, or close the window.

View Enrolled Workshops and Content

Through Catalog:

  1. Browse to the IT Workshops Catalog.
  2. Log in using your KU credentials if prompted.
  3. Select yourname from the upper right-hand corner.
  4. Choose My Courses (this will direct you to your Canvas Dashboard).
  5. Select the course tile.

Through Canvas:

  1. Browse to Canvas.
  2. Log in using your KU credentials if prompted.
  3. From the Dashboard, select the course tile.

If you need help unenrolling for a course, please contact training@ku.edu.

Unenroll for Workshops

  1. Browse to the IT Workshops Catalog.
  2. Log in using your KU credentials if prompted.
  3. Select yourname from the upper right-hand corner.
  4. Select Student Dashboard.
  5. Select Go To Course next to the course you want to remove your registration from.
  6. Choose Drop this Course from the right-hand menu.
  7. Choose Drop this Course to confirm.

Workshop Offerings

Most of our workshops are offered every semester, while others are offered as needed. Additionally, if session dates and times will not work for you, we offer individual or departmental sessions by request. 

  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Adobe Express
  • Adobe Illustrator I
  • Adobe Illustrator II
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • CMS Sunflower I
  • CMS Sunflower II
  • Excel Basics
  • Excel Intermediate
  • Excel Pivot Tables
  • Excel Advanced
  • OneDrive Essentials
  • OneNote Essentials
  • Outlook Getting Started
  • Outlook Getting Organized
  • SharePoint Essentials
  • Teams Essentials

The following Microsoft apps are not included in the workshop schedule, but an individual and departmental session can be requested. 

  • Bookings - appointment scheduling tool that syncs with your Outlook Calendar.
  • Clipchamp - video editor and hub for all videos in your Microsoft cloud apps.
  • Forms - web-based app for surveys, quizzes, polls, etc. that can be used within other Microsoft apps, such as SharePoint, Excel, etc. 
  • Lists -  information tracking app used to organize data, track progress, and manage workflows.
  • Planner - task and project management tool. 

Support

For questions about available technology workshops, help enrolling or unenrolling for a workshop, or other general training questions, please contact training@ku.edu.

For other questions, if you have problems logging into a system, or have questions about system availability, please contact our KU IT Help Desk at ithelpdesk@ku.edu or 785-864-8080.