GroupWise 5.5: Introduction

Course description

Overview: Students will learn the basics of using GroupWise to send mail messages and create tasks, notes, and appointments for themselves and others. Students will also organize the display and storage location of these items. In addition, by using the Internet, students will learn how to access their Mailbox to send and receive mail messages from any computer with an Internet connection.

Prerequisites: Windows 95: Introduction, Windows 95: Making the Transition, or Windows NT Workstation 4.0: Orientation or equivalent knowledge.

Performance-based objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

*              Discuss the basic concepts of an electronic mail package and navigate through the GroupWise environment.

*              Explore the basics of electronic mail by reading, replying to, and forwarding mail messages.

*              Attach a file to a message, and organize documents by creating folders, copying and moving documents to folders, and deleting folders.

*              Manage notes and tasks by using Calendar view.

*              Manage personal appointments and appointments for others.

*              Organize items in the main window’s Item List box, manage files, and control the appearance of the main window.

*              Send mail greater distances through GroupWise WebAccess.

Course content

Lesson 1: Getting started with GroupWise

An overview of GroupWise

The GroupWise environment

Creating and sending messages

Lesson 2: Working with mail messages

Using the Address Book to send messages

Working with mail properties

Replying to mail

Lesson 3: Managing mail

Working with attachments

Working with sent items

Working with mail folders

Working with mail groups

Lesson 4: Using your calendar

Working with a calendar

Working with notes

Working with tasks

Lesson 5: Working with appointments

Scheduling posted appointments

Scheduling appointments for others

Lesson 6: Organizing your Mailbox

Sorting and filtering messages

Archiving messages

Creating and using rules

Using the Notify program

Setting access rights

Lesson 7: Introduction to GroupWise WebAccess

Exploring the WebAccess environment

Working with mail messages

Organizing Web mail messages

Appendix A: Using GroupWise Remote features

Using GroupWise Remote

Sending and retrieving items