Getting Started with Excel 365 Online
Excel 365 Online is the cloud-based version of Microsoft’s spreadsheet program. It offers many tools for managing numerical data, as well as the ability to add charts, shapes, and much more. Best of all, Excel 365 Online’s interface…
Building staff relationships through benefits
Think of your workplace as your backyard. You have heard the expression: a good fence makes good neighbors. It is a good contractor, however, that builds a good fence: a contractor that is trade-certified, experienced, talented, and motivated…
Softskills refresh: Offering the best training resources
Here in the production department at Velsoft, lately we’ve been concentrating on updating the softskills courses that we’ve developed. This is because we want to offer the best available training courseware kits to our clients – trainers like…
Assessment- Some Initial Thoughts
The American Association for Higher Education (www.aahea.org) has developed Nine Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning1. They are a good place to begin to explore assessment strategies: The assessment of student learning begins with educational values….
Creativity leads to success in the pool
When the LZR Racer swimsuit was banned after the Beijing Olympics, Speedo needed to create a replacement for swimmers to wear in competition and at the London Summer Games. To spark their creativity, the team employed a technique…
Getting Started with PowerPoint 365
PowerPoint 365 is the cloud-based version of Microsoft’s powerful word processing program. Using PowerPoint 365, you can create professional presentations of nearly any type. You can also add videos, pictures, and much more. Best of all, PowerPoint 365’s…
Looking back on the eve of 40 years as an adult educator
Looking back at my nearly four decades of educational experiences, I realize that we can learn much about others’ stories, cultures, struggles, and hopes. But, we cannot take their stories and try to live them. We can only…
What is Creativity?
Two Myths of Creativity What is creativity? When we think of creativity what often comes to mind are inventors such as Leonardo Di Vinci or Steve Jobs, or people who have created masterpieces such as Picasso or Bach….
Communication is key to a healthy workplace
In the past, workplace health has been discussed in very limited terms, and rarely in connection with quality initiatives. But recently, and rightly so, workplace health is taking a more holistic approach. Occupational health and safety, employee assistance…
The Use of Humor in the Classroom
Before I begin to talk about the use of humor in the classroom, I’d like to start with a couple quotes from two of my favorite philosophers. The first is from Plato: “Do not train a child to…
Investment in Health
Whether you’re an employer of one or an employer of a 1,000, investing in your employees’ health is not just a nice thing to do. It’s a sound business decision. You know all too well that healthy employees…
Microsoft Office 365: 2018 New Features
This course is intended to help users of Office 365 understand updates made in 2018. It focuses on six Office 365 offerings — Word (word processing), Excel (spreadsheets), PowerPoint (presentations), Outlook (email and calendars), Access (database management), and…