Free Online Microsoft Project for Beginners course

This free online Microsoft Project for Beginners course will teach you how you can use Microsoft Project to develop detailed project plans. In this course learn how to use Project 2013 for developing project plans, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing budgets, and analysing workloads. You will also study the different ways of accessing help, and the different areas of the Workspace, and how to access Project templates online.

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

Getting started with Microsoft Project 2013 for Beginners

This module introduces you to Microsoft Project 2013, and covers topics such as What’s New in Project 2013, Online, Offline and Contextual Help, Start Screen, Project Workspace and Backstage View, Overview of Principles and Touch Gestures.

The Ribbon and Toolbars

This module introduces you to the Ribbon and Toolbars, and covers topics such as how to use the Quick Access Toolbar, Mini Toolbar, Contextual Menu, Status Bar, Keyboard Shortcuts and Key Tips.; Module

Setting up your first project and tasks

In this module you’ll learn about setting up the basic parameters for your project the way you want. Also start identifying, breaking down and putting the initial tasks into your project.; Module

Task Dependencies and Resources

This module will show you how to create links and dependencies between tasks, set up resources for your tasks as well as open closing and saving your projects.; Module

Calendars

The module introduces you to setting standard work calendars and well as how to use the calendars. It also looks at how the data zoom you timeline and looks at the detail in the data tables associated with the project tasks and resources.

Views and Tables

This module introduces you to Views and Tables in MS Project 2013, and it covers topics such as Task Views; Zoom; Timescale, how to use Resource View and Split View, and how to create Tables, Columns and Fields.

Summary Tasks

In this module learn about inserting Tasks and Subtasks in MS Project 2013.; Module

Scheduling

In this module learn about scheduling in MS Project 2013.; Module

Leveling

In this module learn about the basics of leveling, and about Leveling Order, and Resolving Resource Overallocations in MS Project 2013. in MS Project 2013.; Module

Course assessment