Novell GroupWise® 8.0: Level 1

Course Specifications

Course number: 084070
Software: GroupWise® 8.0
Course length: 1.0 day(s)

Course Description

This course is designed for new users of GroupWise 8.0, who have no experience with Lotus Notes, Microsoft Outlook, or any other email applications. The topics covered in this course include the critical skills needed to create, send, and respond to email in GroupWise, maintain a list of contacts, schedule appointments, and manage tasks.

Course Objective: You will use GroupWise to send and receive email messages, schedule appointments and meetings, maintain a list of contacts, and keep track of tasks.

Target Student: Anyone new to GroupWise 8.0, who needs to use the application for sending and receiving email, notes, tasks, and appointments.

Prerequisites: To ensure students' success with this course, we recommend that they have introductory skills for navigating, accessing, and saving documents in a Windows operating system.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Hardware Requirements

The following requirements are for the server:

The following requirements are for the client workstations:

Platform Requirements

Software Requirements

The following requirements are for the server:

The following requirements are for the client workstations:

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with GroupWise
Topic 1A: Work with the GroupWise Interface
Topic 1B: Explore the GroupWise Help System


Lesson 2: Working with Messages
Topic 2A: Read Email Messages
Topic 2B: Send Messages
Topic 2C: Work with the Advanced Message Options
Topic 2D: Set Email Properties
Topic 2E: Work with Attachments
Topic 2F: Work with Sent Items
Topic 2G: Reply to and Forward a Message


Lesson 3: Managing Messages
Topic 3A: Create a Tasklist
Topic 3B: Filter Items
Topic 3C: Create Color-Coded Categories
Topic 3D: Delete Items
Topic 3E: Work with Folders
Topic 3F: Configure Junk Mail Handling
Topic 3G: Archive Messages


Lesson 4: Working with Address Books
Topic 4A: Send Messages Using the Address Book
Topic 4B: Create a Mail Group
Topic 4C: Work with Contacts


Lesson 5: Using the Calendar
Topic 5A: Work with the Calendar
Topic 5B: Schedule Posted Appointments
Topic 5C: Schedule Appointments for Others
Topic 5D: Manage Tasks
Topic 5E: Work with Reminder Notes


Lesson 6: Using Resources and Multi-User Views
Topic 6A: Schedule a Resource for Appointments
Topic 6B: Use Multi-User View
Topic 6C: Work with Rules


Appendix A: New Features in Novell GroupWise® 8.0