Office basics course: Microsoft Word and PowerPoint*

In this online workshop , you will learn the most important functions and possible uses of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint so that you can use them effectively and save time during your studies and at work.

This course is offered exclusively for FB 02 Humanities and Cultural Studies. A certificate of attendance will be issued for successful participation. It is also possible,

1 credit for additive key competencies if, in addition to attending the course, you successfully complete a homework assignment. IMPORTANT: If you have already participated in a previous workshop on PowerPoint and Word as part of the practical program, you can participate again, but you will not receive any further credit for additive key competencies.

Contents:

"Word" area:

• Introduction to the program structure and user interface
• Basics of formatting, format templates
• Outline, sections, displays
• Tables of contents, tables of figures and tables
• Headers and footers, individual page numbering for individual sections
• Footnotes
• Integrating graphics, possibly with an excursus on copyright and copyright law

→ At the end, you will have created the basis or format template for, for example, a term paper or a longer thesis in Word.

Power Point" area

• Audience-oriented presentations, creating a "storyboard"
• Slide layout, font size, colors/color families, effect of colors, grids, visual language, text & effect, "dos and don'ts"
• Using ready-made designs, creating and using slide masters
• Use of SmartArts

No basic knowledge is required.

The exercises are mainly held in the current Word and PowerPoint versions (as of 2024) of the Office 365 package (or Word/PowerPoint Mac). Open Office, light or online versions of the software cannot be used in this course. In the event that you use the programs with a different language setting, we recommend that you install the German language package before the course.

Office 365 (incl. Microsoft Word and PowerPoint) is available free of charge via the ITS website (). https://www.uni-kassel.de/its/it-dienste-software/microsoft-365-buerosoftware.html Please allow some time for installation and activation by ITS.

Attention: If you reinstall the program, please remember that the updates may be initialized at the next restart.

It is also recommended that you use a computer mouse and a second screen (so that you can follow the tutorials in parallel).

The course will be conducted with the "Panopto" program licensed by the University of Kassel. Participating students do not have to download this software, but will receive a link to a video playlist via Moodle. The videos contain individual learning units that can be viewed in the internet browser. The videos contain exercises to be completed during the course. There are videos of sample solutions to the exercises for checking purposes.

The videos are activated for all registered students and can be worked on over several days if required. If you have any questions, the lecturer will help you on three dates via support chats and Zoom.

Registration in the Moodle course is mandatory, as this is where the video playlist, further information and announcements are sent to participants and the submission of credits is organized.

The link for the Moodle course will be sent to you after registration.

Duration:
The videos will be activated on October 18, 2025 (10:00 a.m.) until November 07, 2025 (6:00 p.m.).

The lecturer will answer your questions in the support chats and Zoom on the following days at the times indicated:

October 21, 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

October 25, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

November 04, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Deadlines:

For the simple certificate of attendance:

• The submission of the processed participation documents must be completed by November 07 (18:00).

For the 1 credit additive key competence:

• Processed files for the certificate of attendance by November 07 (6:00 pm).
• The proof of performance (in addition to the participation documents) must be submitted by December 13 (18:00).

Speaker:
Dipl. Biol. Nicole Burghardt

Registration is no longer possible.