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SharePoint Online Essential Training: The Basics

This course teaches the essential skills for working with SharePoint Online, from logging in and navigating sites to managing permissions, profiles, search, and news posts. It also covers document libraries, coauthoring, versioning, lists, and integration with Microsoft 365, Teams, and the SharePoint mobile app.

June 9, 2026 By Christopher Jordan, Technology Services - Student Affairs

1 min. read

Instructor: Gini Von Courter
Released: 12/07/2023
Length: ~2 hours, 1 minute
Platform: LinkedIn Learning
Skill Level: Beginner
Purpose: To teach users the core skills needed to effectively use SharePoint Online for collaboration, document management, lists, and integration with Microsoft 365 tools like Teams and mobile apps.

SharePoint Online Essential Training: The Basics

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This course will provide the following:

1. Get Started with SharePoint Online

SharePoint Online: The basics
Log in to SharePoint
Use the SharePoint start page

2. Work with SharePoint Sites

Navigate and browse in SharePoint Online
Understand your permissions
View and edit your profile in Delve
View all site content
Search in SharePoint Online
Find and follow a site
Add other users and assign roles
Post news or a news link
Use a communication site

3. Work with Documents in SharePoint

Work in a document library
Document storage locations: The basics
Open, edit, or co-edit an Office document
Save directly to SharePoint from an app
Upload or create a document
Manage documents and view versions
Set an alert on a document or library
Share a file
Request sign-off or manager approval

4. Work with List Apps in SharePoint

SharePoint lists: The basics
Enter and edit list data
Tools for lists
Use your site’s recycle bin

5. SharePoint in Mobile Apps and Teams

Use the SharePoint mobile app
Use SharePoint from Teams

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