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Beginner
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Create and manage a blog to share information This course teaches you how to create and manage a SharePoint blog. Topics include basic tasks such as creating a blog, using categories, and modifying post layouts. Also learn how to set unique permissions for a blog, and also in lists and libraries within a blog. |
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Create and set up a list This video-based training course teaches you how to create SharePoint lists using built-in apps, create and edit views of the lists, share lists with others, and set alerts so you can be notified automatically when lists change. Watch online  | Quick Reference Card |
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Follow content Following documents and SharePoint sites makes it easy for you to stay abreast of newsfeed activity. There’s no need to search for files to check their update status because you automatically receive notifications in your newsfeed whenever updates occur. This course shows you how to follow documents in OneDrive for work or school or a SharePoint library and keep track of SharePoint web sites that interest you. Watch online  | Quick Reference Card |
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Introduction to document libraries This course teaches you how to perform common tasks in a document library. Topics include ways to use a document library, uploading and editing files, and checking file version history. Watch online  | Quick Reference Card |
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Post to the newsfeed The newsfeed is a micro blog where you and people in your organization share ideas and information. Newsfeed posts can include a variety of features, such as pictures, videos, links and tags. |
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Start using a list A SharePoint list is a handy tool for sharing contacts, calendar appointments, tasks, or data with team members and site visitors, and provides the underlying structure for organizing information on your site. This course explains the basics and shows you how to work with SharePoint lists. Watch online  | Quick Reference Card |
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Sync libraries using OneDrive for work or school With the OneDrivesync app, you can sync your OneDrive and SharePoint libraries to your computer. You can then work with your library files directly in your file system, and have access to your files when you’re offline. |
Intermediate
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Organize and configure a SharePoint library There are several ways to organize and manage your SharePoint libraries. This intermediate video-based course teaches you to create and use folders, sort and filter with columns, create custom views of items in the library, and restrict access to a library. |
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Post to a team site feed Some posts or conversations are better suited for a small group of people. For these cases, you can create or start following team sites that contain their own site feeds. For convenience and visibility, posts on team sites you’re following also appear in the newsfeed on your personal site. The two videos in this training course explain how to start a feed on a team site and post to a team site feed from your personal newsfeed. |
Beginner
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Video: Introduction to libraries In this introductory video you will get an overview of how working with SharePoint libraries can help you organize documents and other files. |
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Video: Renaming, deleting and adding files within a library Working with files in a SharePoint library is easy. This short video shows you how to quickly rename, delete, and add files within a library. |
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Video: Adding documents to a library There are several ways that you can add documents to a SharePoint library. You can create a new document right inside the library, or you can upload an existing document from another location. You can also drag and drop multiple documents into a library. |
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Video: Viewing and editing files in a library Check out this short video to learn about viewing and editing files directly in a SharePoint library. |
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Learn what a SharePoint list is and some examples of different types of lists you can use. |
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Learn how to create a list on a SharePoint site. You need to have permission to add an app to the site to create a list. For more information about permissions, see related articles and videos. |
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Video: Edit or delete items in a list Learn how to edit or delete items in a list quickly in Quick Edit mode or edit the full details by opening an individual item. |
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Learn how to add items to a SharePoint list individually, or several at a time by cutting and pasting from a spreadsheet. The video uses a Contacts list as an example, but the process is similar for many other types of list. |
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Video: Delete a list or library Learn how to delete a list or library on a SharePoint site. |
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Video: Follow a SharePoint site This video shows how to follow a SharePoint web site that interests you so you can find the site easily in your list of followed sites, and so you can see activity from the site feed in your own newsfeed. |
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Video: Share a list or library with your team Learn how to share a list or library with your team. The video shows a few ways to share a direct link to a list. Email a Link works for everyone, regardless of your permissions. If you created the list or the site the list is on, use List > Share With. |
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Video: Create your own calendar You can use a calendar to store team events, including meetings, social events, and all-day events. You can also track team milestones, such as deadlines or product release dates, that are not specific to a time interval. With a calendar on the SharePoint site, you and your colleagues will have easy access to common schedules and dates. |
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Video: Adding events to a calendar In less than 2 minutes, learn how to add events to a SharePoint calendar. You can use a calendar to store team events, including meetings, social events, and all-day events. You can also track team milestones, such as deadlines or product release dates that are not specific to a time interval. |
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Video: Understanding permissions in SharePoint Are you confused about how permissions work in SharePoint? Controlling access to sites, libraries and items in those libraries is an important part of using SharePoint in your organization. This conceptual video explains the basic guidelines to follow when working with SharePoint permissions. You’ll get an overview of these guidelines, including how to creating unique permissions for sites, sub-sites, and libraries by breaking permissions inheritance. |
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OneDrive for work or school is the place to store and share your work documents in the cloud. Use OneDrive for work or school in your web browser or sync it to your computer to access content locally and when you’re offline. Access your OneDrive for work or school content on all your favorite devices, including Windows Phone, Surface RT, Windows 8, and iPhone or iPad. This video provides a quick overview of OneDrive for work or school features. |
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Video: View documents and folders shared with you Shows a fast way to view all documents and folders that have been specifically shared with you in OneDrive. |
Intermediate
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Video: Use columns to track, sort, and filter files in a SharePoint library You can add columns to a library and then sort and filter by those columns to see only the information you need. Using columns to track, sort and filter documents, for example, you can view items in your libraries more efficiently without actually changing the structure of the libraries and how files are organized. |
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This video shows how you can share a document in your OneDrive for work or school library with your co-workers. You can invite a person or group to view or edit the document or folder and they will receive an email notification that includes a link to that item. You’ll also see how to respond when you’re notified that someone is sharing a document with you. |
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Video: Use columns and folders together to view library items If you are working with libraries that contain many items and folders, you can customize how items appear in those libraries. Learn how to create specific views of items in a library that will let you sort and filter the documents across folders based on library columns you add to the library. |
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Video: Add a column to a list or library Learn how to add a column to a list or library on a SharePoint site. The video shows how to add existing columns in the list to a view and also how to create a new column in the list. Everything shown also works for a library. |
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Video: Find information in a list or library with sorting, filtering, and views Learn to sort, filter, and use views to find information in a list or library. The video uses a Contacts list as an example for what you can do in many types of lists and libraries. |
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Video: Move your documents to Microsoft 365 This video shows how to move files to OneDrive and then how to move them to a team site library. |
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Video: Set up an alert or other settings for a list Learn how to set up alerts on a list and where to turn on other settings for a list, such as versioning, unique permissions, or other advanced list settings. |
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Video: Use folders and File Explorer to organize your SharePoint library Are your SharePoint libraries getting out of control? Do you need to organize your documents in a way that is manageable and makes things easier to find? Use folders and Explorer to create folders that group your documents logically and then drag and drop files into those libraries either directly within SharePoint, or by using Explorer. |
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Video: Start a newsfeed on a team site Some posts may not be suitable for the public newsfeed. This video shows you how to set up a newsfeed that’s available only to a selected group of people. |
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Video: Use a newsfeed on a team site Post to a newsfeed on a team site, either while visiting the team site, or from the newsfeed in your personal site. |
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Video: Add a picture to a newsfeed post You can add a picture to any newsfeed post. The picture is an image file, in formats such as .png, .jpg, or .gif, that you upload from your computer. |
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Video: Show or hide the tree view for site navigation Does your SharePoint site have a complex hierarchy of lists, libraries, and sub sites? Use the tree view to more easily navigate between content in your site. |
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See how you can quickly create a SharePoint 2013 blog site that you can use to share your knowledge with team members. This video shows you, in about a minute, how to create a blog site. |
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Video: Permissions for blog lists or libraries When working with SharePoint blogs, not only can you set unique permissions for a blog, you can also set unique permissions for lists or libraries containing posts and comments, for example. In this way, you can limit the number people in your organization that can approve posts or comments in a blog, for instance. |
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Video: Manage blog post layout Do you want to change the way blog posts appear on your SharePoint blog? This quick video shows you how. |
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Video: Managing blog post categories Managing blog post categories is easy. In this short video, learn how to rename, add or delete post categories to help readers find the posts that they are most interested in. |
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Video: Create a personal view of a list or library Learn how to create your own personal view of a list to organize and display information. This video uses a Contacts list as an example, but the information applies to many other types of lists and also to libraries. |
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Video: Create and edit public views of a list or library Learn how to create and edit public views of a list or library so that others on your team can use the views. |
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Video: Control access to your SharePoint libraries Do you want to limit access to a particular document library containing items that are not meant to be available to everyone in your company or on your team? If you are working on a project with a select group of colleagues, and you want to share documents related to the project with only those colleagues, you can identify specific people or groups that can access those documents. Watch this short video to learn about customizing permissions for a specific library on your site. |
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There are several ways to add a link to a page in SharePoint. You can add a link as a placeholder to a page that you have not created yet, or you can add a link to an existing page, list, or library. This video shows you how do to both. |
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Video: Show or hide the tree view for site navigation If your SharePoint site has a complex hierarchy of lists, libraries, and subsites, then you can use the tree view to more easily navigate between content in your site. |
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Video: Create a site with unique permissions Create a site with unique permissions, so you can further restrict access to the site, or share your new site with more people than your other sites. |
