Online Class: Outlook 2016

This comprehensive course demystifies Outlook 2016, providing insights into efficient email management, calendar use, and personal information organization. With step-by-step guides, even those new to Outlook can learn its basic and advanced functionalities to streamline their digital life.
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  • 15
    Lessons
  • 30
    Exams &
    Assignments
  • 5
    Hours
    average time
  • 0.5
    CEUs
 
 
 

Course Description

Microsoft Outlook 2016 is the email client and personal information organizer that comes with the Microsoft Office Suite. In this course, we're going to teach you how to effectively use nearly every aspect of Outlook, from sending, receiving, and organizing emails to completing tasks, using the calendar, and much, much more. Unlike other email programs, Outlook 2016 gives you several ways to manage and organize your personal information, manage your time, organize your contacts and makes the most hectic person's communication online a lot simpler and easier.

This course will teach you the skills you'll need to successfully use Outlook 2016. You'll learn everything you need to know from the basics and all the advanced Outlook 2016 features. Each lesson in this course contains step-by-step instructions and screenshots that make learning easy. There's no need to worry if you don't have previous experience with Outlook. This course uses a building block system and starts with the most basic tasks before moving forward to more advanced features and techniques.

 

In this course, you'll learn how to...

· Navigate Outlook

· Create and format emails

· Organize emails into folders

· Create folders

· Use the Calendar module

· Add appointments, meetings, and events to the calendar

· Use the Task module to manage your to-do list

· Add contacts to address books

· Create address books

· Create notes

· Add images and charts to emails

· And much more
 
 
You do not need access to Outlook 2016 in order to successfully complete this course. However, it is strongly encouraged.
 
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  • Full HD Video  
  • 6 Months to Complete
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  • Start Anytime
  • PC & Mac Compatible
  • Android & iOS Friendly
  • Accredited CEUs
Universal Class is an IACET Accredited Provider
 
 

Course Lessons

Lesson 1. Mastering Microsoft Outlook 2016: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners and Advanced Users

Microsoft Outlook 2016 streamlines your email and organizational tasks with features like Clutter and an intuitive Tell Me function for seamless navigation. This course simplifies your learning journey with easy-to-follow lessons and assignments, even offering guidance for manual email account setup. Additional lesson topics: Microsoft Outlook Step by Step 9 Total Points
  • Lesson 1 Video
  • Lesson discussions: Reasons for Taking this Course
  • Complete: Assignment 1
  • Assessment: Exam 1

Lesson 2. Mastering Outlook 2016’s Interface: A Comprehensive Guide

In Outlook 2016, emails and folders are easily accessible through a clean, three-pane interface, helping users efficiently manage communication. The addition of the To-Do bar and “Tell Me” tool enhances productivity by streamlining tasks and providing quick access to necessary information and functions. 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 2 Video
  • Assessment: Exam 2

Lesson 3. Streamlined Communication: Everything You Need to Know About Sending Emails

Creating emails in Outlook 2016 is straightforward, with easy addressing options using the To, CC, and BCC lines to manage recipients. Spell Check and AutoCorrect enhance writing quality, while different mail formats allow personalized styles for professional communication. Additional lesson topics: Create an email message template; Create stationery for email messages; Add a signature to messages 11 Total Points
  • Lesson 3 Video
  • Complete: Assignment 3
  • Assessment: Exam 3

Lesson 4. Email Text Formatting Mastery: From Novice to Pro in Just a Few Clicks

Refine your emails by experimenting with font styles, sizes, and colors for a personalized touch. Implement alignment and highlighting techniques to ensure your message stands out effectively. Additional lesson topics: Change the message format to HTML, Rich Text Format, or plain text; Change the default font or text color for email messages 11 Total Points
  • Lesson 4 Video
  • Complete: Assignment 4
  • Assessment: Exam 4

Lesson 5. Mastering Paragraph Formatting in Outlook Emails

Inserting space between lines and paragraphs can be easily adjusted in Outlook 2016, enabling you to select and modify spacing preferences directly within the Format Text tab. This customization is complemented by the ability to add borders and shading to enhance the visual appeal of your emails. Additional lesson topics: Turn formatting marks on or off; How to Hide Paragraph Formatting Marks 11 Total Points
  • Lesson 5 Video
  • Complete: Assignment 5
  • Assessment: Exam 5

Lesson 6. Mastering Outlook Email Essentials: From Conversations to Attachments

Attachments can easily be added to Outlook emails through the Attach File option under the Home tab, allowing for files from the user’s device or cloud services to be included. Users can also attach items like business cards, calendar entries, or other Outlook items directly into their messages. Additional lesson topics: Classic Attach File button and Insert as Text option in Outlook ; Attachments in Outlook —ready for collaboration; Attach a file to an email in Outlook for Windows 11 Total Points
  • Lesson 6 Video
  • Complete: Assignment 6
  • Assessment: Exam 6

Lesson 7. Efficient Email Management

Master the use of Outlook's organizational tools by creating folders for your contacts and categorizing emails with meaningful tags. Efficiently use the Move and Delete options to manage your messages, ensuring a clutter-free inbox while maximizing storage space. Additional lesson topics: Create a rule in Outlook for Mac; Use Clutter to sort low priority messages in Outlook for Windows 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 7 Video
  • Complete: Assignment 7
  • Assessment: Exam 7

Lesson 8. Organizing Your Contacts: Practical Steps

Learn to efficiently manage contacts and address books in Outlook 2016 and perform tasks like adding new contacts, moving entries between folders, or creating custom groups. Explore the flexibility of viewing formats and adjust contact filing options to streamline communications. Additional lesson topics: Enabling the Contacts Folder as an Address Book; Outlook Contacts, Address Book, and Autocomplete 11 Total Points
  • Lesson 8 Video
  • Complete: Assignment 8
  • Assessment: Exam 8

Lesson 9. Outlook Functions Beyond Email

The lesson delves into Outlook 2016's capability to manage emails with PST files and preview attachments efficiently. It highlights improving workflow with flags, Quick Steps, and conversation ignoring while utilizing a mailbox Quota Thermometer. Additional lesson topics: Pst-files vs. pst-archives vs. ost-files; Import email messages, contacts, and other items into Outlook for Mac; Introduction to Outlook Data Files .pst and .ost 11 Total Points
  • Lesson 9 Video
  • Complete: Assignment 9
  • Assessment: Exam 9

Lesson 10. Enhancing Emails with Graphic Elements in Outlook 2016

With Outlook 2016, inserting images and graphics becomes straightforward thanks to options for both local images and online connections, coupled with powerful editing tools for cropping and adjusting pictures. Artistic and color effects, alongside interactive elements such as WordArt and SmartArt, help in delivering visually engaging emails with information displayed through modern chart variations. Additional lesson topics: Inline images may display as a Red X in Outlook; Always show images in emails Outlook / / ; Block or unblock automatic picture downloads in e-mail messages 9 Total Points
  • Lesson 10 Video
  • Complete: Assignment 10
  • Assessment: Exam 10

Lesson 11. Navigating and Customizing Outlook 2016 Calendar

Learn to input and manage appointments, events, and meetings using Outlook 2016's intuitive Calendar module. By using different view modes and customization options, you can efficiently keep track of your schedule and stay organized. Additional lesson topics: Share your calendar in Outlook for Mac 11 Total Points
  • Lesson 11 Video
  • Complete: Assignment 11
  • Assessment: Exam 11

Lesson 12. Effortless Email and Task Management with Outlook Reminders

Outlook 2016 excels in organizational efficiency by offering timely reminders for meetings and tasks, helping you stay ahead of your commitments. In this lesson, you'll learn how to activate and customize these reminders to suit various needs, ensuring you're always prepared. Additional lesson topics: Set or remove reminders 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 12 Video
  • Complete: Assignment 12
  • Assessment: Exam 12

Lesson 13. Efficient Task Creating in Outlook

Outlook 2016 offers a dedicated Tasks module to list things to do, providing seamless task creation, organization, and tracking from emails, contacts, and calendar items. Add tasks to your schedule, set reminders, and manage them with advanced features like task assignment and recurring tasks. Additional lesson topics: Managing Contacts, Dates and Tasks in Outlook ; Keep upcoming tasks always in view 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 13 Video
  • Complete: Assignment 13
  • Assessment: Exam 13

Lesson 14. Effortless Note Management in Outlook

Replacing traditional sticky notes, Outlook 2016 provides an efficient digital alternative that can be created, edited, and personalized directly from the application. Users can file, forward, or save notes to their desktop, maintaining organization and easy accessibility across their tasks. Additional lesson topics: Export Outlook Notes to OneNote; Create a note; Add Comments or Notes to Messages 10 Total Points
  • Lesson 14 Video
  • Complete: Assignment 14
  • Assessment: Exam 14

Lesson 15. Effortless Calendar Sharing with Outlook

Sharing information in Outlook 2016 is essential, offering easy methods to distribute emails, calendars, contacts, and tasks. It enables calendar sharing via email or Microsoft Exchange, delegating access for comprehensive management. 78 Total Points
  • Lesson 15 Video
  • Lesson discussions: Course Completion Poll: Your Thoughts; Course Comments; Program Evaluation Follow-up Survey (End of Course); Course Comments
  • Complete: Assignment 15
  • Assessment: Exam 15
  • Assessment: The Final Exam
223
Total Course Points
 

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Identify what Outlook is and what it can do.
  • Demonstrate creating and sending email messages.
  • Demonstrate formatting text in email messages.
  • Demonstrate formatting paragraphs in email messages.
  • Identify methods for organizing mail.
  • Describe ways for working with address books and contacts.
  • Demonstrate working with graphics and pictures in emails.
  • Demonstrate using the calendar, notes, and tasks.
  • Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
 

Student Testimonials

  • "I really enjoyed this course - The Instructor made it simple, interesting but informative enough so that anybody with little exposure to Outlook could benefit. I enjoyed reading both the lesson chapters and watching the accompanying lesson videos, because they complement each other, and visually, it helped me learn more. I also enjoyed the Tests and Assignments as they help you practise, and test your understanding of the sequential steps needed to perform a task on Outlook. Overall, I enjoyed this course and even binge-studied some lessons. It was a fun course, and has increased my confidence in Outlook." -- Richard B.
  • "I think it was very helpful. I understand a much more, when one of my peers ask me to do something, I don't have to ask how to do it now." -- Stuart S.
  • "It was very helpful, altogether! I have a bit more background in working with technology than some individuals I think this course might be designed for, so there were, at times, lessons that felt a bit on the easy side, but I was still satisfied by how much the course revealed to me which I hadn't already known about Outlook. I feel that it polished existing skills and provided a clear, robust understanding of what the program offers." -- Em C.
  • "Showed me some things that I didn't know outlook could do. Very informative." -- James C.
  • "The way lessons were organized into topical areas. Thank you for the rapid feedback." -- Michael B.
  • "The program was great and the videos that went along with the outline was great to see a visual." -- Raychelle F.
  • "The videos for the lessons were great." -- Maria P.
  • "The instructor was very clear and understanding for this course. All was very helpful, he couldn't have did a better job." -- Deborah T.
  • "The part of this course I found most helpful was being able to see what questions I got wrong on the exams so I could try I knew for the final exam." -- Shawnee S.
  • "Everything was really well explained." -- Alicia R.

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