
Explore the essentials of Microsoft 365 Planner, including creating a new plan, using boards, managing tasks and members, and adjusting notifications and views.
Explore how Microsoft 365 Planner enables team collaboration by creating and assigning tasks, setting due dates, attaching files, and managing basic projects without Gantt charts.
Create a new plan from anywhere, select the basic project management template, and name it. Add a group, invite members, and pin or unpin the plan in planner.
Learn to use a kanban board in Microsoft 365 Planner, organize tasks into buckets like backlog, in-progress, and completed, and move or create buckets using drag-and-drop, rename, or delete.
Learn to create and manage tasks in Microsoft 365 Planner: add tasks, assign owners, set start and due dates, labels, priority, checklists, attachments, comments, and repeating, with subtasks.
Learn to manage notifications in Microsoft 365 Planner by enabling email alerts for task assignments, late or upcoming due dates, and portfolio updates, then save.
Explore planner views, including board and grid, and use filters, grouping by assignee, progress, due date, labels, and priority to organize tasks; view schedules on a calendar and monitor status.
Microsoft 365 planner in teams, add and sync plans between web and teams, and create plans with templates like the business plan.
Learn how to add a Microsoft 365 Planner plan to Outlook calendar so plan owners can publish a calendar feed, share it, and users can subscribe and view real-time updates.
Master Microsoft 365 Planner basics by creating new plans, managing boards and buckets, adding and rearranging buckets, handling tasks with checklists, assigning items, and exporting plans to Excel.
Microsoft Planner is a project management application developed by Microsoft that allows teams to create, assign, and organize work visually. With this web-based application, companies can better facilitate teamwork, as well as improve progress visibility and coordination. This course is designed to teach students the basics of Planner and help them gain familiarity with both the benefits and functionality of the application.
Students will learn to create a new plan, use boards and buckets, work with members and tasks, and manage notifications. They will discover how to change views to better suit their workflow needs, ensuring that they can keep track of their projects more efficiently. Exporting data to Excel is another key feature covered in the course, which allows users to sort, filter, report on, and share their plans with people who aren't members of the plan. This can be particularly useful for generating reports and sharing progress updates with stakeholders.
Additionally, the course will cover how to integrate Planner with other Microsoft applications. The course will also explain how to create a calendar feed to add key plan dates to Outlook Calendar, ensuring that all team members stay updated as the plan progresses. In summary, this course provides a comprehensive overview of Microsoft Planner, equipping students with the skills needed to effectively manage and coordinate their projects.