Visio 365 Desktop - Professional: Beginner (eLearning) Course



Course Details:

Length: 5 courses

Access Length: 6 months

Price: $150/person (USD)

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Course Features:

Instant Access After Purchase

Lecture by Recorded Video

Stop and Start as Needed

Certificate of Completion

Software Lab Included?: Yes

Delivery Method:

Self-Paced Online

Individuals and Groups
@ Your Location

 


Course Overview

Unleash Your Inner Visualizer with Visio 365 for Desktop (Beginner)!

Tired of complex text and messy spreadsheets? Want to transform your ideas into clear, impactful diagrams that wow your audience? Then, Visio 365 for Desktop is your key to visual communication mastery!

In this beginner-friendly, 2.5-hour course, you'll unlock the power of Visio and learn to:

  • Navigate like a pro: Conquer the interface, tabs, and tools easily.
  • Master pre-built templates: Create stunning diagrams in minutes, starting with professional layouts.
  • Shape your vision: Draw precise shapes, connect them with clarity, and arrange them for optimal impact.
  • Text that captivates: Apply stylish fonts, colors, and formatting to make your message shine.
  • Chart your success: Build dynamic organization charts and flowcharts with dedicated features.
  • Customize your creations: Adjust shapes, backgrounds, and themes to match your unique style.
  • Collaborate effortlessly: Share your diagrams seamlessly and save them in various formats.

No prior experience needed! This course is designed for beginners who want to take visual communication to the next level.

By the end, you'll be able to:

  • Craft professional-looking diagrams for any purpose.
  • Communicate ideas clearly and concisely.
  • Impress colleagues and clients with your visual skills.
  • Confidently explore more advanced Visio features.

Ready to unleash your inner visualizer? Enroll today and transform your communication game!

Also Included - 4 Courses: An Essential Career Skills Pack with 4 courses in key areas for career management and growth, including Time Management, Digital Skills, Creativity and Soft Skills.

 


Course Notes


Important Course Information
Course Taught with: Microsoft Visio 365 for Windows ().
Versions that Can Attend: Desktop Version of Visio 365 for Windows ().
Not Appropriate for: Microsoft Visio 365 Online.

eLearning Training Delivery Method


How It Works

This self-paced online course lets you learn independently at your own pace through Certstaffix Training's easy-to-use platform.

  • Learn at your own pace - Start and stop as it is convenient for you. Pick up where you left off.
  • Lecture utilizing video and recorded screenshots
  • 6-month subscription length
  • Instant Access After Purchase

Have more than 10 students needing this course? Contact Us for bulk pricing.

Suggested Prerequisites
Prerequisites:

To ensure your success in this course, you should have end-user skills with any current version of Windows, including starting programs, switching between programs, locating saved files, closing programs, and using a browser to access websites. You can obtain this level of skills and knowledge by taking either the Windows 10 eLearning Bundle or the Windows 11 eLearning Bundle.

Learning Objectives:
  • Navigate confidently within the Visio 365 interface: Understand the Backstage View, tabs, Shapes Pane, and window layout.
  • Utilize pre-built templates effectively: Select, insert, and manipulate shapes from provided templates to create professional diagrams quickly.
  • Craft basic diagrams with clarity: Draw and arrange shapes, lines, and text elements to effectively communicate ideas.
  • Apply formatting for visual impact: Customize text styles, colors, and layout to enhance the visual appeal of your diagrams.
  • Build specific diagram types with ease: Create organization charts and flowcharts using dedicated tools for a professional finish.
  • Personalize your diagrams: Adjust shape properties, backgrounds, and themes to match your specific needs and brand identity.
  • Collaborate and share your work seamlessly: Save your diagrams in various formats, share them with others, and print high-quality versions.
  • Gain a foundation for further exploration: Develop a solid understanding of Visio's core functionalities, preparing you to delve into more advanced features in the future.
Target Audience
  • Professionals: Business analysts, project managers, marketers, educators, trainers, and anyone who needs to create clear and concise diagrams for presentations, reports, or internal communication.
  • Students: Individuals enrolled in business, communication, or design programs seeking to add visual communication skills to their toolkits.
  • Educators: Teachers and instructors who want to incorporate visually engaging elements into their lessons and presentations.
  • Anyone seeking to improve their communication skills: Individuals who want to present their ideas more effectively and memorably through visual storytelling.
Key Features
  • Audio Narration
  • Video
  • Inline Activities
  • Exercises
  • Supplemental Resources
  • Assessment
Languages
  • Audio/Video/Course Text: American English.
  • Subtitles (Closed Caption): American English, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.
Course Duration
  • Microsoft Visio 365 Desktop: 2 hrs 30 min
  • Essential Career Skills Pack: 2 hrs 23 min

 


Course Topics

Visio 365: Beginner

Course Duration - 2 hrs 30 min

This course teaches the basic functions and features of Visio Professional 365. The primary focus is to get acquainted with creating the different diagrams using the stencils and templates. You will learn how to draw basic shapes, compound lines, and arrange objects. You will also learn how to create diagrams, work with text, and apply formatting. Finally, you will create organization charts and brainstorming diagrams, set shape properties, and work with pages.

Course Objectives:
Course Objectives:
  • Navigate the Visio interface: Understand the Backstage View, tabs, Shapes Pane, and window layout.
  • Utilize diagram templates and stencils: Select, insert, and manipulate shapes from provided templates.
  • Create basic diagrams: Draw and arrange shapes, lines, and text elements.
  • Apply formatting to diagrams: Customize text styles, colors, and layout.
  • Build specific diagram types: Create organization charts and flowcharts using dedicated tools.
  • Manage object properties: Set individual shape properties like size, position, and data links.
  • Work with pages: Add, delete, format, and manage multiple pages within a document.
  • Collaborate and share your work: Save in various formats, share documents, and print final versions.
  • Utilize basic design principles: Apply themes, backgrounds, and borders for visual impact.
  • Gain fundamental knowledge for further exploration: Develop a solid foundation for exploring advanced Visio features.
Detailed Course Outline:
Detailed Course Outline:
Introduction

Understanding the Visio Environment
  • Understanding the Visio Environment
  • Using the Backstage View
  • Using the Home Tab
  • Using the Insert and Design Tabs
  • Using the Draw Tab
  • Using the Data and Process Tabs
  • Using the Review and View Tabs
  • Using the Shapes Pane
  • Controlling Window Layout
Creating Diagrams
  • Using Diagram Templates
  • Inserting Shapes
  • Manipulating Shapes
  • Using the Size and Position Window
  • Using the Pan and Zoom Window
  • Using the Shape Data Window
  • Adding Text
  • Formatting Text
  • Changing Shape Stacking
Formatting a Diagram
  • Grouping Objects
  • Aligning and Distributing Objects
  • Formatting Objects
  • Applying Themes and Backgrounds
  • Applying Borders and Titles
  • Adding Pages
  • Working with Background Pages
Creating an Organization Chart
  • Creating an Organization Chart
  • Using Org Chart Shapes
  • Using Org Chart Layout Options
  • Synchronizing an Org Chart
  • Using the Org Chart Tab
  • Using the Org Chart Wizard
Creating a Flow Chart
  • Creating a Flow Chart
  • Inserting and Connecting Flow Chart Shapes
  • Using Additional Connectors
  • Creating a Cross-Functional Flow Chart
Creating an Office Layout
  • Creating an Office Layout
  • Creating the Room
  • Adding Windows and Doors
  • Adding Furniture
Finalizing Documents
  • Saving Visio Drawings
  • Saving to Other Formats
  • Sharing Visio Drawings
  • Printing Visio Drawings
Conclusion
  • Course Recap

 


 


Essential Career Skills Pack


Productivity and Time Management

Course Duration - 30 min

It seems that there is never enough time in the day. But, since we all get the same 24 hours, why is it that some people achieve so much more with their time than others? This course will explain how to plan and prioritize tasks, so that we can make the most of the limited time we have. By using the time-management techniques in this course, you can improve your ability to function more effectively – even when time is tight and pressures are high. So, by the end of the course you will have the knowledge, skills and confidence to be an effective manager of your time.

Course Objectives:
Course Objectives:
  • Set your priorities to better manage your time
  • Improve your productivity by sharpening your focus and multitasking effectively
Detailed Course Outline:
Detailed Course Outline:
  • Productiity & Time Management
  • Prioritization
  • Getting Things Done
  • Procrastination
  • Multitasking & Focus
  • Summary


 

Basic Digital Skills

Course Duration - 13 min

With the rise of digital transformation and technology, having a basic digital literacy is essential for all types of jobs, regardless of the industry. To stay competitive and be successful in the workplace, enhancing your digital skills should be a top priority.

Course Objectives:
Course Objectives:
  • Recall the essential digital skills framework
  • Elaborate on the toolkit of essential digital skills
  • Identify how to develop or improve your digital skills
Detailed Course Outline:
Detailed Course Outline:
  • The Essential Digital Skills Framework
  • The Toolkit of Essential Digital Skills
  • Developing Digital Skills
  • Summary


 

4 Ways to Boost Creativity

Course Duration - 30 min

The digital economy is opening up ways for everyone to be creative. It doesn’t just mean being artistic – it’s more about ideas, solutions, alternatives, incremental improvements. Peter Quarry and Eve Ash discuss ways that mental capacity can be developed, perspectives changed, group power leveraged and making things actually happen.

Course Objectives:
Course Objectives:
  • Define creativity
  • Think outside the box
  • Develop the right mental attitude
  • Leverage the power of groups
  • Ensure managers make it happen
Detailed Course Outline:
Detailed Course Outline:
  • What is Creativity at Work?
  • Learn to Think Outside the box
  • Develop the Right Mental Capacity
  • Laverage the Power of Groups
  • Ensure Managers Make It Happen
  • Summary


 

The 11 Essential Career Soft Skills

Course Duration - 1 hr 10 min

Soft Skills are the traits, characteristics, habits, and skills needed to survive and thrive in the modern work world. Soft skills aren't usually taught in school, but you will learn them all here in this course. Are you someone that other people in your organization and industry like to work with, collaborate with and partner with? Are you seen as a valuable asset to any new project that comes along?

This soft skills training course will teach you how to develop the skills that can make the difference between a lackluster career that tops out at middle management versus one that lands you in the executive suite. Or to wherever you define career success. So many soft skills seem like common sense at first glance, but they are not commonly applied by most workers. This soft skills training course will give you an edge over your competitors. It will also make your job, your career and your life more rewarding and enjoyable.

Course Objectives:
Course Objectives:
  • Understand how to be a great communicator
  • Become a stronger listene
  • Appear professional to co-workers and bosses of all ages
  • Avoid common career blunders that often end careers
  • Manage expectations for bosses and colleagues
  • Position yourself for promotions
  • Make technology your asset, even if you are afraid of technology
  • Avoid the Not My Job Syndrome
  • Develop EQ to Match Your IQ
  • Develop leadership qualities
Detailed Course Outline:
Detailed Course Outline:
  • Introduction
  • The Soft Tech Savvy Way to Always Be Essential
  • Not My Job, And I Am Happy to Do It
  • You Can Become a Master Communicator
  • Feedback Video for The 11 Essential Career Soft Skills
  • Become a Leader Without the Title or Formal Authority
  • Your EQ Will Beat a Higher IQ
  • Building Your Winning Team
  • Make Every One of Your Seconds Count
  • Unleash Your Inner Anthony Robbins
  • Avoid Being Uncool
  • Clothes Can Still Make or Break Your Career
  • Conclusion The 11 Essential Career Soft Skills
  • Extra: Developing Your Career Secret Sauce

 



 


Related Microsoft Visio Information:

How Much Do Microsoft Visio Training Courses Cost?

Public instructor-led Microsoft Visio course prices start at $275 per student. Group training discounts are available.

Self-Paced Microsoft Visio eLearning courses cost $150 at the starting point per student. Group purchase discounts are available.

What Microsoft Visio Skills Should I Learn?

A: If you are wondering what Microsoft Visio skills are important to learn, we've written a Microsoft Visio Skills and Learning Guide that maps out Visio skills that are key to master and which of our courses teaches each skill.

Read Our Microsoft Visio Skills and Learning Guide

What Is Microsoft Visio, and What Does it Do?

A: At its core, Microsoft Visio is a type of diagramming software. Individuals can use templates, shapes, and data to create diagrams, layouts, and charts. Projects can be as simple as a decision-making flowchart or as advanced as electrical diagrams. Microsoft Visio does not come included in popular Microsoft Office packages, but it can be licensed or bought separately through a subscription plan or a one-time purchase. Consumers have the option to invest in the desktop-friendly Visio Standard or Visio Professional versions or subscribe to Visio Online Plan 1 or Visio Online Plan 2, which come with cloud-based features.

More Information on What Microsoft Visio Does and How to Learn It

How do I learn MS Visio?

A: There are a few different ways that you can learn Microsoft Visio. One way is to take Visio training classes from a company or school. This will give you the ability to work with Visio on a more professional level and learn all of the features and functions available.

Another way to learn Microsoft Visio is to use online resources. There are a number of websites that offer Visio tutorials and how-to guides. These can be a great way to learn the basics of Visio and get started using it for your own projects.

Finally, you can also find a number of books available that can teach you Visio . These books can provide you with step-by-step instructions on how to use Visio , as well as tips and tricks for getting the most out of the software.

No matter which method you choose, learning Microsoft Visio can be a great way to improve your productivity and get more out of your work. With a little bit of time and effort, you can master this powerful software.

Certstaffix Training offers Microsoft Visio classes in either instructor-led and eLearning learning formats. Browse our offerings or contact us today.

Is MS Visio easy to learn?

A: Microsoft Visio is a powerful diagramming tool, but it can be daunting to learn if you're not familiar with similar software. The good news is that Certstaffix Training offers Visio classes that can help you get up to speed quickly. Our Visio experts will guide you through the basics and help you become confident in using the software for your business needs. Whether you're looking to create simple diagrams or complex detailed drawings, we can help you achieve your goals. Contact us today to learn more about our Visio training classes!

What are Visio skills?

A: Microsoft Visio is a powerful diagramming and vector graphics application that can be used to create a variety of diagrams, including flowcharts, floor plans, org charts, and more. While Visio comes with a large number of built-in shapes and templates, it also has a wide range of customization options that allow users to create truly unique diagrams.

To become proficient in using Microsoft Visio, there are a few key skills that you will need to learn. These include understanding how to use the various shapes and objects available in Visio, as well as how to create custom shapes and objects. You will also need to learn how to format your diagrams so that they look professional and are easy to read. Finally, you will need to learn how to share your diagrams with others so that they can view and edit them.

With a little practice, you can easily become proficient in using Microsoft Visio and create stunning diagrams that will impress your colleagues and clients.

What are the top Microsoft Visio skills?

A: There are many skills that are necessary in order to use Microsoft Visio effectively. Some of the top skills include:

Top Microsoft Visio Skills

1. The ability to create accurate diagrams - This is perhaps the most important skill when it comes to using Visio. In order to create accurate diagrams, you need to have a good understanding of geometry and spatial relationships.

2. The ability to use different types of shapes - Visio provides a wide variety of shapes that can be used in diagrams. To be effective with Visio, you need to know how to use these shapes correctly.

3. The ability to add text and labels - In order for your diagrams to be understandable, you need to be able to add text and labels. This can be done using the various tools that Visio provides.

4. The ability to format diagrams - This includes things like changing the colors of shapes or adding special effects. Formatting diagrams can make them more visually appealing and easier to understand.

5. The ability to export diagrams - Once you have created a diagram, you may need to export it so that it can be used in other applications. Visio can export diagrams in a variety of formats, such as PDF, JPEG, or PNG.

These are just some of the skills that are necessary in order to use Microsoft Visio effectively. If you want to be successful with Visio, it is important that you take the time to learn these skills.

Where Can I Learn More About Microsoft Visio?

Visio Blogs

Visio User Groups

Visio Online Forums

Explore Visio Training Classes Near Me:

Certstaffix Training provides Microsoft Visio classes near me or online, depending on the number of students involved. We offer online courses for individual learners, as well as in person classes at your office for corporate groups. Our trainers are highly experienced professionals with the expertise necessary to help you gain a thorough understanding of Microsoft Visio concepts and tools. With our courses available online for individuals or in person for corporate groups, it's easy to develop your Microsoft Visio skills. Start learning today and see how Certstaffix Training can help you reach your goals.







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