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Welcome to the Courses - Logistics
Timings
9:30am start, 4:30pm close
Lunch from 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Morning: two 15-minute breaks at 10:30am and 11:30am
Afternoon: two 15-minute breaks at 2:30pm and 3:30pm
One screen good, two screens better
Please make every effort to have two screens attached to the PC: one for the Teams session
where the instructor shares their screen
and another for the lab exercises.
Have you followed the joining instructions?
Please check that you have followed the joining instructions. If you have not, you will not be allowed to join the course and marked as a non-attendee.
- For intermediate / advanced courses, do you have the knowledge / experience? e.g. familiar with Excel, Power BI, SQL, Python: completed the foundation course before joining the intermediate course?
- Do you have the correct software? e.g. latest version of Power BI Desktop, Excel 365 / Excel online, VM connection, Google a/c
- Have you downloaded the course materials?
Hints to make the course go well
Talk, explain, describe, participate!
Raise (and keep) your Teams hand up if you would like help
When sharing your screen
- Unmute, say hello first
- Zoom in when presenting
- Maximise the window and use the whole screen
- Show and tell in your own words.
- Don’t unshare!
Presenter Bingo
You will hear me saying all these things many times during the course. If bored, keep a note and shout “Bingo” when you get a full house.
- Zoom In
- You are muted
- Did you read and follow the joining instructions?
- Let me know you can hear us
- Tell me what you are thinking. In your own words
- Easier to show than tell. Share your screen!
- I’ll go to the hands in order
- What version do you have?
SDN Course Learning Paths
- Excel: 1 (Foundation) > 2 (Intermediate) > 3 (Advanced) > 4 ( Models / Best Practice)
- Power BI: 1 (Foundation) > 2 (Intermediate) > 3 Advanced (Data Model / DAX)
- SQL: 1 (Foundation) > 2 (Intermediate) > 3 (Advanced)
- Python: 1 (Foundation) > 2 (Intermediate) > 3 (Advanced)
- Introduction to Generative AI
Mark Wilcock email LinkedIn
Details of our data and AI training courses at here
London Business Analytics Group - free data talks and events, London and online YouTube and meetup