Granite University About GU What is GU? • • • • • Corporate training department Promote learning Central routing for training records Exchange information Contact us: • • • • mailto:dan.parker@gsinc.com mailto:tami.krebs@gsinc.com Phone: 1-813-242-7400 1302 N 19th St, 1st Floor, Tampa, FL 33605 USA Where is Granite University? (Step 1) • Go to the GSI Portal, https://portal.gsinc.com Click on the globe Where is Granite University? (Step 2) • Go to Main Menu > Granite University Select the Granite University link Where is Granite University? (Step 3) • You’re there! Here is the GU web page!!! Training Media • Granite University • Classroom training • Tampa and other offices • Or attend by Internet (GoToMeeting) • Schedule – see GSI Portal > Main Menu > Calendar of Events • Online training • Atutor is our learning management system • MindLeaders is our external training system • To access GU online: GSI Portal > Main Menu > Granite University • Training by CD-ROM • EHS Computer Systems ATutor Internal training Your training records go here FSM Home MindLeaders E-Learning, external Other Community college, GE MyLearning, etc. FSM Home Here are the training records for this person FSM Home • Our contact management system • Applicants for jobs • Employees • Job skills, resumes, training records • Clients • Customer companies • Vendors ATutor ATutor • Our learning management system • Courses • Enrollments, content, tests • People • Students, alumni, instructors • “Atutor How To” course • The Atutor tutorial • First course you should study • To get to ATutor: • Go to the GSI portal, as shown above • https://classroom.gsinc.com MindLeaders MindLeaders • Our external online learning system • http://mindleaders.com • Many courses: • • • • • • MS Excel, MS Word, other software Project Management Time Management Inter-personal skills Managerial skills Self-paced, study anywhere you have an Internet connection • Note: Only works with MS Internet Explorer List of Courses Click on the mouse for the list Note: When you’re done looking at the list, please hit the “Back” button on your browser MS Office • Teach yourself MS Office by: • Microsoft website • http://office.microsoft.com • Many lessons, practice files, etc. • MS Office help screens • Very good help screens Self-training • Making time for self-training • 15-30 minutes a day • Lunchtime? • Before work? •The alternative: doing nothing Other resources • Library • Tampa http://thpl.org • USA Library of Congress http://loc.gov • Your library – check it out! • The world wide web • Google it! … or Wikipedia it! • Note: Use above with caution; may not be 100% accurate • Many universities and colleges have free learning web pages • MIT Open Courseware http://ocw.mit.edu Questions?