HRDO shares knowledge on MS 365 with OVCA Offices

Deputy Director Arthur Gonzales III led the instruction of Office 365 and other Microsoft 365 apps to OVCA offices.

Designed for OVCA offices, the Online Office 365 Training is an online training program spearheaded by the Human Resource Development Office (HRDO). The program aims to develop participants to be adept in using the basic functions of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 and intends to improve employee productivity by allowing mundane tasks to be completed more efficiently using the said applications while in remote setup.

Specifically, the Online MS 365 Training seeks to aid in the staff’s understanding of the basic principles and functions of Microsoft Team and Microsoft Excel, and use these applications as productivity and collaboration tools while employees work remotely on work at home.

Participants were taught how to utilize the online version of MS Excel in their daily work.

The pilot run of the program, with HRDO personnel as the first batch of participants, was launched last August and September 2020. Meanwhile, this year's batch of participants were from OVCA offices. The training was conducted last May 24, 2021, and was participated by 20 employees from OVCA, DAO, DBO, DCO, SPMO, and UMT-PABX.

As part of the collaboration tools available in MS 365, participants are also taught how to use Microsoft Teams.

HRDO Deputy Director Arthur Gonzales III served as the lead instructor of the program, which included lectures covering Basic Office 365 applications and communication, productivity and collaboration tools available in Microsoft 365. OVCA participants were able to ask questions and explore the function and features of Office 365, as actual demonstration and application were introduced and presented by Prof. Gonzales.

The heads of different OVCA units such as Dir. Cecilia Morales of DAO, Dir. Celeste Mamaril of Cash Office and Engr. Alden Aynera, were also present during the training session. The program closed with their commitment messages in encouraging their personnel to make use of Office 365 as they deemed that it will be beneficial in managing teams and will be more secure as compared to other platforms.