Sharepoint Training

I have conducted several Sharepoint Trainings and would like to share this plan with you. This can be used as a checklist for your training and can easily be adapted to other IT training.

I.PRE-TRAINING

Goal: e.g., realization of Sharepoint full potential in business units, knowledge transfer to sharepoint key-users (basics and some advanced), internal marketing, change management
Attendees: e.g., (team)leaders of business units, project managers, Sharepoint project team
Planning:

• Date, Duration: when and how long?
• Location: where?
• Training description: what?
• Trainer: who will conduct the training?
• Attendees: who?
• Modality: Presentation, workshop, e-learning, blended learning
• Pre-requisites: e.g., screencast
• (Outlook)Invitation: summarize all the information above
• Creation of storyboard, concept, content (.mm)

II.REALIZATION

• Creation of presentation .ppt:
• i.Introduction
• Administrative information: breaks, etc
• Trainnig Goal: what will you learn today?
• Attendees' expectations: what makes this day successful for you?
• Sharepoint introduction: overview, history, What's new (at your company)?
• ii. Basics
• (Web-)sites, Site Collections
• Lists
• Document libraries
• Views
• Other helpful features
• Examples
• iii. Advanced (as needed)
• Webparts
• Projectsites
• Contenttypes
• Processes / workflows
• Rights management
• MySite
• Communication & collaboration
• Sharepoint Designer
• iv. Wrap-up
• Goal achieved?
• Expectations met?

III. POST-TRAINING

• Email to attendees with training material and links
• Sharepoint community invitation (key-users?)
• Links to tutorials, blogs, e-learning
• Date of next training session