Webinars for UP Staff

To help strengthen the Work-From-Home (WFH) capabilities of the UP staff, a series of training webinars via Zoom will be offered by the Office of the Vice President for Development - Information Technology Development Center (OVPD-ITDC).

Below, you will find the details of the training webinars offered by OVPD-ITDC:

A. Webinar Descriptions
B. Requirements/Guidelines for Attending a Webinar
C. Webinar Schedule and Registration Links
D. Technical Support
E. Issuance of Certificates
F. Evaluation
G. Webinar Recordings

A. Webinar Descriptions

Privacy and Digital Security Updates

This 30-minute recurring interactive meeting will give an awareness of the recent trends and news on privacy and cybersecurity.

Privacy Tips on Taking Back Control of Your Data

This webinar will give an awareness on digital privacy in different aspects and tips on how to maintain your privacy online and offline.

Google Drive: How to use Shortcuts to replace Files and Folders in Multiple Locations

Begining June 27, 2022, Google announced the replacement of Files and Folder in multiple locations will be replaced by shortcuts. This webinar will discuss how to use Shortcuts, and as an alternative, this webinar will also present the use of Google Drive for Desktop.

Communication Tips while Working from Home

This webinar will discuss some basic advice on efficiently communicating in a work-from-home setup. This includes tips on writing clear and effective emails, and others.

Introduction to Canvas for Teachers

This course will help introduce Canvas to UP Faculty/Trainners as an alternative tool for their Learning Management System (LMS). Maneuvering through the challenges of online learning, this course presents Canvas as a facility for flexible modular learning. It is a platform, for the delivery of UP’s Coursepack program and/or other self-paced Trainings.

UIS: SAIS Basic Reporting Tools 2

This webinar is the continuation of the Basic Reporting Tools 1. It aims the users learn how to use and create a basic report with a specific template or format using the query report viewer of SAIS

Essential Mac Skills for Teachers, Students, Administrators, and Professionals

This webinar introduces the macOS and its fundamental features as well as practical and hidden tips and tricks for teaching, learning, research and office productivity.

Basic Information Security

In this webinar, participants receive instructions on the basic concepts of information security, some threats and how to deal with them, and best practices to avoid compromising information.

UIS: HRIS Submission of IPCR through the UIS

This webinar covers the submission and approval of target setting through the UIS

Securing Your Home Wireless Network

This webinar will show how to secure your home wireless network. It will be a guide for new users who do not usually configure their devices.

How to Secure Your Social Media Pages (Facebook)

This webinar will show how to secure your Office/Unit's Social Media Pages on Facebook to avoid account hacking. This webinar will also discuss how resolve accounts that are compromised.

UIS: HRIS Employee Self-Service Approval

This webinar will cover the approval actions and techniques for submitted Self-Service transactions (eg. Certificate of Service, Limited Practice of Profession, etc.). Its intended audiences are HRDO, Supervisors, Faculty- Administrators, and other staff who verify/approve online transactions.

Introduction to UP Document Routing System (a Canvas Course)

This webinar is aimed to instruct participants on how to use the UP Document Routing System.

Transitioning to OneDrive

This webinar will teach UP admin and staff how to move from Google Drive to Microsoft OneDrive as they migrate to another cloud storage facility.

Microsoft Office 365 Office Productivity and Collaboration Tools

Participants will be taught how to use the Office Productivity Suite (such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and collaboration/communication tools (Calendar, Outlook, Delve, OneDrive, OneNote, SharePoint, Dynamics 365) in Office 365. This webinar will also feature some business cases to make use of these tools.

How to Secure Your Social Media Pages (Twitter and Mastodon)

This webinar will show how to secure your Office/Unit's Social Media Pages on Twitter and Mastodon to avoid account hacking. This webinar will also discuss how resolve accounts that are compromised.

UIS: FMIS and SPCMIS Overview

In this webinar, participants will have a better understanding of the different FMIS and SPCMIS modules, their integration points, functions, and reportorial capabilities. The prerequisites for utilizing the modules will also be discussed and communication channels available for end user support will also be provided.

Basic Home Network Troubleshooting

This webinar covers the basics of testing and troubleshooting networks at home. It will guide the participants in identifying, locating, and correcting problems and will also give helpful tips on how to handle such problems.

UIS: SAIS Overview

This webinar will tackle the overview of the available SAIS modules and features, as well as the requirements for accessing SAIS.

UIS: SAIS Faculty Self-Service

This webinar will cover all of the self-service functions of a faculty user in SAIS. It includes requirements, current live features, and other self-service features available in SAIS.

Mobile Device Security Tips

This webinar will give basic security tips to mobile device users, specially those who are working from home or remote locations.

UIS: HRIS Overview and UP Employee Self Service

This webinar covers the overview of HRIS that automates the HR processes and submissions. It will also discuss the requirements for accessing UIS and the available modules, as well as the features that can be used by all employees in the UP Employee Self Service.

UIS: Overview for Administrators

This webinar will cover a brief introduction to UIS which includes HRIS, FMIS, and SPCMIS modules, integration, and prerequisites to utilize each function. Administrators will also have an overview of the operations linked to their accounts such as worklist setup and responsibilities.

Introduction to Slido for UP Faculty

This course will help introduce Slido to UP Faculty as an evaluation, assessment, and data gathering tool for their classroom activities. With the rise of hybrid and remote learning, eliciting instant feedback from students can be fully managed using Slido. This webinar will demonstrate several use cases of Slido in a classroom setting.

B. Requirements/Guidelines for Attending a Webinar

For those interested in attending the training sessions, your UP Mail account will be required. Take note of the following reminders:

• Use your UP Mail to access the Zoom webinars.


• You can download the Zoom app here: zoom.us/download


• You can access Zoom for UP by following these steps: How to Login to Zoom


• To familiarize yourself with Zoom, you may go here for some tutorials: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206618765-Zoom-Video-Tutorials


• To test your computer or device, please visit: https://zoom.us/test


• For the Google Apps training, use the G Suite of your UP Mail account.


• For the Document Routing System online training, it is advised that your UP Mail be registered to the DRS.


• For the Microsoft Office 365 training, it is advised to have an Office 365 account, which is also linked with your UP Mail.


• Certificates of attendance will be available after the training sessions, thus participants MUST use their personal UP mail account (not an office UP mail account) to register for the webinars.


• Certificates of attendance will be issued only to those who will satisfy the following requirements:
  1) Those who have attended at least 80% of the webinar presentation they registered in; and
  2) Those who have accomplished the evaluation form AFTER the webinar (please refer to SECTION F for the Evaluation Form).

Please TAKE NOTE that you need to register so you can attend any of the webinars.

Upon confirmation of your registration by the training team, you will RECEIVE an EMAIL containing instructions on how to attend the webinars. To register, please refer to Section C below.

C. Webinar Schedule

Please NOTE that you need to use your personal UP mail account (not an office UP mail account) to register and join any of the online training sessions.

When you register, you will be asked to sign into your UP mail account. Please sign in using your UP mail account.

D. Technical Support

For questions regarding your UP Mail account and other concerns, please go through our FAQs: https://itdc.up.edu.ph/faqs

Should you have any questions or concerns on the Webinar offerings, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

E. Issuance of Certificates

Certificates of attendance will be available after the training sessions, thus participants MUST use their personal UP mail account (not an office UP mail account) to register for the webinars.

Certificates of attendance will be issued only to those who will satisfy the following requirements:

1) Those who have attended at least 80% of the webinar presentation they registered in; and
2) Those who have accomplished the evaluation form AFTER the webinar (please refer to SECTION F for the Evaluation Form).

If you have complied with the above-listed two (2) requirements, you can generate and print your certificate here: https://ems.up.edu.ph. Your certificate will be ready 2-3 working days AFTER you have completed the 2 requirements.

F. Evaluation

If you have attended at least 80% of the entire webinar session and you want to receive your certificate, kindly fill out this evaluation form: Evaluation Form for UP Staff Webinars. This evaluation form must be accomplished AFTER attending your chosen webinar topic.

Your feedback would be very much appreciated and would help us improve our future online training sessions.

Thank you very much for your interest in our webinars.

G. Webinar Recordings

You may find the recordings of the webinars here.

NOTE: The webinar recordings published in the link above are the only recordings that can be viewed by all. Otherwise, access credentials to the webinar recordings will be provided only to those who have attended the webinar itself. Please take note that watching the published recordings will not automatically grant a certificate of attendance, if you have not attended the webinars.