Education and Training

Information Technology Services encourages you to take an active role and learn more about technology. The collected links below provide some great starting points — you can gain new skills or brush up old ones.

Workshop Sign Up Form
See schedule below
Use LinkedIn Learning
Log on to Middlebury's video-based online learning resource
Ask for training or documentation
Create a Helpdesk ticket to ask for training or documentation
Use Gartner's Research Database
Log on to Gartner's technology research database

About Our Workshops

We typically offer a limited number of workshops as time and staffing permit. These sessions are open to all Middlebury faculty, staff, students, and guests unless otherwise noted. Most sessions are offered via Zoom so we can accommodate learners at both our Middlebury and Monterey campuses.

Our Workshop Schedule

Kindly sign up at least 24 hours in advance.

Introduction to Drupal 9 Training Sessions

Gain the skills you need to edit department web pages.

Tue Sept, 24, 2024 - 1:30- 2:30pm ET (link will be provided)
Tue Oct, 1, 2024 - 1:30- 2:30pm ET (link will be provided)
Tue Oct, 8, 2024 - 1:30- 2:30pm ET (link will be provided)
Tue Oct, 15, 2024 - 1:30- 2:30pm ET (link will be provided)
Tue Oct, 22, 2024 - 1:30- 2:30pm ET (link will be provided)
Tue Oct, 29, 2024 - 1:30- 2:30pm ET (link will be provided)

ITS & You: Tech Services Overview Sessions

This session introduces services and resources provided by Information Technology Services (ITS) to all Middlebury employees, including: email, file storage, account security, online learning, and how to obtain computing help. Although geared toward new/recent hires, everyone is welcome to attend – you might surprise yourself with an “aha” moment or two. The workshop format will be a presentation with questions entertained along the way, followed by optional time for assistance with user-specific questions.

We are now partnering with Human Resources to coordinate our sessions with their bi-monthly new employee orientations. Here is our current schedule:

Wed, Oct 2, 2024 — 1:30-2:30 pm ET, via Zoom (link to be provided)
Wed, Oct 30, 2024 — 9:30-10:30 am ET, via Zoom (link to be provided)
Wed, Nov 13, 2024 — 1:30-2:30 pm ET, via Zoom (link to be provided)
Wed, Dec 11, 2024 — 9:30-10:30 am ET, via Zoom (link to be provided)

SiteImprove Workshops

SiteImprove is an important tool that can help us all easily and effectively improve our Drupal websites. With SiteImprove, we can do the following and more:

Fix misspellings.
Fix broken links.
Make sure your site is accessible to all users.

Next Session: TBD

Check back for more sessions. If you would like to schedule a session for a larger group, such as your office or department editors, please let us know by submitting a ticket and making that request.

While you’re thinking about learning, try LinkedIn Learning, our fabulous online training resource. Over 15,000 courses are currently available.