You find trainings for IT and digital tools and information security on Workday Learning application.
Training for IT and digital tools
Develop your digital skills and make your work smoother! On this page you will find a collection of IT, digital, and information security trainings (Workday Learning), basic materials and trainings on artificial intelligence (Aalto AI Assistant), Microsoft 365 training recordings, as well as guidelines and tools for digital teaching and open science. It is also worth making use of the support offered by the Digi Help Community.
Mandatory Online Courses for Aalto Staff
The following courses are mandatory for Aalto University staff, and we also recommend that visitors working as part of the Aalto community complete them.
- covers the basics of data protection and information security, safe handling of information, and the identification of deviations.
- helps you act securely in cyberspace both at work and outside of it. It highlights the most important points to remember and provides practical tips on cybersecurity.
- helps you make the right choices and clarifies what value-based behavior means in practice.
Trainings to strengthen AI skills
Learn how Aalto offers productized AI services for both staff and students: AI in Aalto
Learn the basics of AI:
Self-study material, MyCourses:
Training: AI Training and Tools for the Entire Aalto Community
Prompt book: Real-life examples in AI Assistant's Prompt Book
Aalto AI Assistant - your personal AI assistant
Aalto AI Assistant is Aalto's official tool, a personal AI assistant that helps you in your daily work.
You can use Aalto AI Assistant for translations, text refinement, content generation, brainstorming and more. Seek quick answers, gather research insights, enhance your texts and streamline administrative tasks. Save time.
In Workday, there is a two-part Aalto AI Assistant training for non-academic use cases. This training is for users who want to learn the basics of Aalto AI Assistant, how to use its various features and language versions. Additionally, the training covers basic use cases. The training is available for Aalto staff and in English.
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Part 2:
Collaboration tools
On this page, you’ll find Aalto University’s official collaboration tools and guidance on when to use each one.
Collaboration tools at Aalto University
A list of official collaboration tools offered by Aalto.
Microsoft 365 tools
There are excellent self-learning materials for using Microsoft 365 tools available in Microsoft’s . You can use the materials on your own or together with a colleague. Below you will find direct links organized by application.
Excel for Windows training
PowerPoint for Windows training:
Word for Windows -training:
- The training is for users who want to learn the basics of Teams and OneDrive, how to utilize and use different functions.
- The training covers how Teams and OneDrive could be utilized in collaborative situations, such as projects.
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- Learn how to manage emails, use the calendar. Tips for finding and marking emails and events. In addition, we will go through tips for collaboration between tools: Outlook, Teams, etc.
- The training is for users who want to learn the basics of Teams and OneDrive, how to utilize and use different functions.
- Teams meetings and workshops can be made much more active when you learn and remember a few specific basic lessons taught in this training.
- Explore communication best practices in channel chats and group chats. Learn about notifications and setup, as well as how to create a Teams site. Find the content and conversations you need. Learn best practices to improve your digital workday.
- The training covers how Teams and OneDrive could be utilized in collaborative situations, such as projects.
Digital learning solutions
There are several trainings and workshops available for using the collective online learning environments (MyCourses, Panopto media service etc.) and information systems. You can find more information below on the Training to support digital teachin page. You can also search for inspiration to developing your teaching from the site .
Training to support digital teaching
The Teacher services team organises training events, webinars and workshops for users of shared learning platforms and tools. MyCourses, Panopto, Turnitin, EXAM, Presemo
Tools and competence for open science and research
If you want to enable the spread of your publications, you should publish your research data. This increases citations to your journal articles and other publications. You can find more information on open publication below on the Practical steps to publish the research data page.
The ACRIS system aims to facilitate the management of academic merits of the researchers and artists, with the help of, e.g. lists of publications, open access publications and CV templates.
Practical steps to publish the research data
Publishing the underlying research data increases citations to your journal articles and other publications.
Digi Help Community
Digi Help Community is a community with the goal of sharing knowledge, supporting each other, promoting related trainings and creating the best practices for Aalto digital way of working.
Lively debate takes place in Teams channels, and the community also arranges regular virtual get-togethers to learn together. In these events, we have shared research- based knowledge and experiences around hybrid work and wellbeing, tried out new tools and features together – not to forget having fun on the go!
There's room for all who are interested. The community is also a great way to meet colleagues across Aalto University.