USMC SharePoint Course Developments...

Just to update everyone on some of the latest developments in the SharePoint Course...

First, we have two new instructors. One instructor just started at the Camp Lejune, NC office and another instructor just started at the newly created Hawaii office.

Both instructors are planning on coming to SoCal so we can meet and get on the same sheet of music (so to speak). We also have two instructors trained at 29 Palms, CA to provide SharePoint training/support as needed.

A lot of changes are being made to the course itself. Not necessarily in what is being presented, but more on how it is being offered. We are breaking the course up differently to give students more training flexability, in addition to adding more days to the training to offer more advanced features/functionality. Expect more focus on MOSS 2007 and InfoPath as the Marine Corps gets around to upgrading all of their servers to the full Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Some other items we are looking to integrate into the advanced training are Content Types, WorkFlows, Access Integration and KPI/Excel Services.

I'm expecting to be able to start teaching the new course by June. By the end of the year we should be pretty close to offering some additional courses/training to include SharePoint Designer/Web Development, SharePoint Server Installation, and perhaps even some generic Office Suite classes (still pending approval on that one :).

Hope everyone is as excited as I am for the upcoming changes!