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Manuelle Guillem-Lessard

Concordia University

Sessions in which Manuelle Guillem-Lessard attends

Thursday 22 February, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
In-person

Don’t miss the meet and greet gathering and plenary session!   Join us for the meet and greet gathering and plenary session on Thursday, February 22nd taking place at Concordia’s John Molson Building, 9th floor. Take the opportunity to network with attendees and presenters.

9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | 30 minutes
HybridIn-person

Concordia University's Associate Vice-President of IITS and Chief Information Officer, Philippe Delisle and Concordia’s University Librarian, Amy Buckland, will kick off the first day of the Digital Skill-Share Days event on February 22nd with the plenary session. Join us to learn more about the Digital Skill-Share Days event and how you can benefit from this collaborative learning environment, and what this exchange of ideas can bring to your daily wo...

11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
Virtual

This session will provide quick tricks for batch data cleaning in Excel and an overview of formulas and functionalities that provide a big impact on data visualization and manipulation minimal efforts. Time will also be provided at the end for discussion and interactive problem solving to attendees' current Excel challenges.

11:15 AM - 12:10 PM | 55 minutes
Virtual

UNITY has launched more than two years ago. Now is a great time to refresh some of your skills around time management. Concordia Employees and Managers are welcome to join this session, where we will review the UNITY My Time (WorkForce Software) solution and share some tips and tricks around managing one's timesheet and time off requests.

1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | 45 minutes
Virtual

Did you know that you have access to think-cell, a PowerPoint add-on, for free as a Concordia staff member? think-cell helps you create stunning charts in minutes, boosts your slide layout and automates your regular reports. This presentation will cover the benefits of think-cell, how you can download it for free as a Concordia staff member, the process undertaken to obtain the free license and how it is being used at the Institute for Co-operative Education.

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | 45 minutes
Virtual

During this hands-on session, participants will learn how to preserve online content using Webrecorder, a free and open-source web archiving tool. The session will cover benefits of preserving web content, such as avoiding link rot and ensuring ongoing access to ephemeral or at-risk websites and webpages; give examples of use cases for web archiving; and give participants an opportunity to practice preserving web content on their own.

1:45 PM
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | 45 minutes
Virtual

Welcoming new employees to Concordia and having an effective onboarding were two key priorities that were met when we went live with our NEW onboarding module 2.0 at the launch of Unity in November 2021.   The module has not only changed the way we onboard and welcome new employees but it has greatly changed the way personal information is collected for some of the non academic new hires, ensuring confidentiality as well as a streamlined mechanism for this population. It also allows...

2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:55 PM | 25 minutes
Virtual

This session aims to provide a case study with practical examples of how Teams has been successfully implemented in one unit at Concordia University. Tools used for both project and people management will be highlighted. 

3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 4:10 PM | 55 minutes
Virtual

The Concordia Library launched its Library Hub on SharePoint Online in December 2021. It is a central location for Library information that is relevant to all staff and it links to other SharePoint sites for individual units within the Library. It features a Project Index, Facilities Issue Tracker, News and Events sections, and tens of thousands of documents filed according to Concordia's Records Classification and Retention Plan. This digital skill share session will cover the story of how w...

Friday 23 February, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:15 AM
9:15 AM - 9:55 AM | 40 minutes
Virtual

In this presentation, I will explore some of the ways we use AI (especially generative AI) in the office, and the implications of this, focusing on equity and diversity.

10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | 45 minutes
Virtual

This workshop offers a theoretical exploration of process and lean management strategies. Discussions will focus on understanding key principles to enhance operational efficiency. Join us for an informative session aimed at providing a theoretical framework for implementing effective process and lean management strategies.

1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 1:55 PM | 55 minutes
Virtual

SaaS based development become an essential technology asset for incremental and agile development to achieve business values by leveraging open computing technologies and AI services. This session will share basic principles in design SaaS and associated practices on architecture design of microservices, and data transformation pipelines.

Yan Liu

Presenter

Zerui Wang

Presenter
1:00 PM - 1:55 PM | 55 minutes
BeginnerIntermediateVirtual Events

Are you tired of Doodle and and Xoyondo meeting polls?  Do you want to use something that integrates seamlessly into your Outlook and shows you who's available and when?  Do you want to create customized appointment booking links that automatically take into account your availabilities?  Are you someone who manages a busy person's calendar?  If so, this is the session for you!In this session I will be demonstrating Outlook Scheduling Polls and MS Bookings pages to g...

2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:25 PM | 25 minutes
Virtual

Presentation of the different institutional repositories at Concordia: Network shared drives, HomeDrive, OneDrive, Teams, SharePoint. Pros and cons for each of them.

3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM | 45 minutes
Virtual

Looking to better organize your day to day tasks? This session will focus on using applications like Planner, To-Do and Teams to help you streamline your work.

3:45 PM
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM | 25 minutes
Virtual

I will go through various methodologies for getting work done faster on PC. I will cover some open-source software and better ways to work with popular browsers and software.