Digital Technologies

We’ve all been guilty of unintentionally building accessibility barriers in our day-to-day communications and documents. Be it missing alternative text on an image, a table without a header row, or even a snazzy font colour. These small missteps can mean frustration for our fellow colleagues and learners. Sometimes we need a second set of eyes. Enter the Microsoft Accessibility Checker. In this 3m 8s video, Using the accessibility checker, you can see a practical example of the accessibility checker in action and help yourself weed out some of those unintended accessibility barriers.

Available in apps such as Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, the checker can become an invaluable tool in your Microsoft toolbox.

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Have you ever accidentally sent an email to someone in your organization? For example, if you forgot to add an attachment or sent the email to the wrong recipient, there is a possibility of retrieving the email from the recipient using Outlook’s recall feature. In this 1m 34s LinkedIn Learning video, Recall or replace an Email message, you will learn how to recall or replace a message.

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Anytime you interact with an AI like Copilot, what you’re typing, whether its a question or request or an instruction, is called a prompt. You’re literally prompting the AI to respond. With almost all modern AI’s, you can think about prompting like having a conversation where you can use plain language and engage in a back and forth with the AI to get the results you want. But the better your prompts are, the better your chances are of getting good results. This 4:19s LinkedIn Learning video, Understand the ingredients of a good prompt, outlines the recommended basic formula for writing good prompts to get good results.

Want to know more about our Microsoft Copilot best practices at Algonquin College? Check out the newly refreshed Microsoft Copilot Essentials self-paced online training available on the Employee Learning Catalogue.

Humor can change lives and relationships. This 2:10 min LinkedIn Learning video, ‘Shifting Perspectives Through Humor‘ introduces how humor can be used strategically in the workplace to shift perspectives, bring people together, and work more effectively.

For more tips and tricks on incorporating humor in the workplace consider completing the 45 minute LinkedIn Learning course, ‘Humour in the Workplace.’

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Dropdown lists are a great way to provide a menu of choices in a single cell of an Excel web sheet. This 1:37 min video clip will show you how.

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If you ever needed to share an Excel document with people who might be using an older version of Excel, it’s a good idea to run your workbook through the compatibility checker to see if you’re using any features that aren’t supported by previous versions. This 53 second video clip will show you how!

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