Business administration: how to organise and manage with OneNote, MS Outlook and OneDrive (intermediate)

What is the course about?

This course will focus on developing your organisational and file managing skills via OneNote, Outlook and OneDrive so you can declutter your mind and attend to what really matters. You will discover that OneNote is a highly effective tool to create notes digitally that are easily accessible and that enable you search easily for what you want to find rather than your having to search through different pages of your handwritten notebook. You will learn how to create a Notebook and organise it hierarchically into group sections, sections, pages and subpages, and then tag material so you can find different notes within and across your notebooks, such as 'to do' items or new ideas. You will discover the OneNote version of post-it notes which means you can capture a thought or an idea at any time on any device and link it to OneNote so again it is easy to find. You will also work on how to integrate OneNote and Outlook so you can organise meetings and share meeting notes and minutes easily and quickly, record the meetings, relate sections of the audio to tasks and action points for yourself and others, create to do lists, and link these tasks to tasks and emails in Outlook. In addition you will learn other useful tips on how to make the most of OneNote, for example to make calculations, translate text and edit text inside images. Finally, you will discover how to integrate your OneDrive files with Outlook and OneNote.

What will we cover?

• how to think organisationally
• how to set up and access OneNote
• how to organise your Notebooks hierarchically into group sections, sections, pages and subpages
• how to tag material so you can find different notes within and across your notebooks, such as 'to do' items or new ideas.
• how to use sticky notes so you can capture a thought or an idea at any time on any device and link it to OneNote and find it easily
• how to integrate OneNote and Outlook so you can organise meetings and share meeting notes and minutes easily and quickly
• how to record meetings on OneNote, create to do lists, relate sections of the audio to tasks and action points on your to do list, link these tasks to tasks and emails in Outlook
• how to make mathematical calculations on OneNote
• how to translate text
• how to edit text inside images
•how to integrate OneDrive, Outlook and OneNote.

What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...

• think organisationally
• set up and access OneNote
• organise your Notebooks hierarchically into group sections, sections, pages and subpages
• tag material so you can find different notes within and across your notebooks, such as 'to do' items or new ideas.
• use sticky notes so you can capture a thought or an idea at any time on any device and link it to OneNote and find it easily
• integrate OneNote and Outlook so you can organise meetings and share meeting notes and minutes easily and quickly
• record meetings on OneNote, create to do lists, relate sections of the audio to tasks and action points on your to do list, link these tasks to tasks and emails in Outlook
•make mathematical calculations on OneNote
• use OneNote to translate text
• use OneNote to edit text inside images
• integrate OneDrive files with Outlook and OneNote.

What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?

This is for those who already have intermediate digital skills and who want to develop their digital administration skills to become more efficient and organised. If you need to develop your digital and administration skills before doing this course, please see courses below and visit the website for more courses.

How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?

You will learn in a supportive and welcoming environment with an emphasis on your discovering how to do and complete tasks, with guidance from the tutor. You will work on your own and with other students on different tasks so you are always practising important in-demand life and work skills such as problem-solving, decision-making, prioritising, negotiating, collaborating and independence. You will learn in a step by step manner so you can complete challenging tasks in enjoyable and relaxing ways. Your tutor will also work with you individually so you know how to improve and how to work in a way that improves your learning. You will need to do work outside the classroom and use Google Classroom to help you.

Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?

You will need a pen, paper and a file to keep your work in. Your tutor will provide handouts and a code for Google classroom so you can communicate with classmates and access materials, videos etc. online.

When I've finished, what course can I do next?

There are many courses you can do before, at the same time or after this course. These include:
• Business administration: ICT skills for business (advanced)
• Business Administration: how to be a PA (foundation)
• Business Administration: using Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access (intermediate-level 2)
• Touch typing and keyboard skills
• Business Administration: getting ready for level 3 certificate in IT user skills - ICDL Advanced (intermediate)
•Business administration with digital skills: how to be organised, efficient and customer-focused using Outlook and OneNote (intermediate)
• Award in Digital and IT Skills: word-processing, spreadsheets, presentations and databases (level 2)
• Level 3 certificate in IT user skills (ICDL Advanced)
• Digital skills for business: analysing, handling and presenting data with Excel (intermediate)
• Digital skills for business: visualising data with Excel - from column charts to scatter plots (intermediate)
• Digital skills for business: how use Teams and SharePoint for collaboration (intermediate)
• Digital skills for business: creating impacting business presentations with PowerPoint (intermediate)
• Digital skills for the workplace: creating newsletters, reports and tables with Word (intermediate)
• Digital skills for business: how to present and communicate data integrating Word, PowerPoint and Excel - a project-based approach (advanced)
• Digital skills for business: presenting and managing professional-looking documents with Word and Excel - from reports to newsletters (intermediate)

You can also do classes in the maths and English areas. These include:
• Workplace communication with digital skills: English for the office and business (intermediate level 1-level 2)
• Business administration with digital skills: communication skills in a business environment (advanced level 2)

For more information, talk with your tutor or contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 4582 0423.