IBM® Lotus Notes® 8.5: Mail and Calendars
Course Specifications
Course number: 084087
Software: IBM® Lotus Notes® 8.5
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Course Description
The IBM® Lotus Notes® 8.5: Mail and Calendars course is for a new user of Notes 8.5 and assumes no experience with Notes or any other email application. The topics covered are the critical skills you need to create, send, and respond to email in Notes, maintain a list of contacts, as well as schedule appointments and meetings. 
Course Objective: You will become familiar with the critical skills needed to create, send, and respond to email in Notes, to maintain a list of contacts, to schedule appointments and meetings, and to use an instant messaging system.

Target Student: The target student for this course is an end user who has not used an email package, works for a company that uses or is moving to Notes, needs to send and receive emails, and needs to manage his/her Calendar and To Do list.

Prerequisites: To ensure students' success with this course, we recommend that they first take the following Element K course or have equivalent knowledge: Introduction to Personal Computers Using Windows XP or Introduction to Personal Computers Using Windows 2000 Vista. 

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
Server:
•	Intel® Pentium® IV or higher.
•	1 GB RAM minimum; 1 GB or more recommended.
•	8 GB minimum disk space per partition recommended.
•	Disk swap space: 2 times the physical RAM installed.
•	Color monitor.
Client:
•	Pentium 4, 1.2 GHz or higher.
•	1 GB RAM or more recommended.
•	4 GB minimum disk space or more recommended.
•	Hardware support for OpenGL.
•	Color monitor.
Platform Requirements
•	Microsoft® Windows® 2003 Server and Microsoft® Windows XP. 
Software Requirements
•	Microsoft® Windows XP.
•	Microsoft® Windows® 2003 Server (Standard or Enterprise).
•	IBM® Lotus Domino server.
•	IBM® Lotus Domino administrator.
•	IBM® Lotus Notes 8.5 Client.
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 
•	identify the components of the Notes client environment and explore the mail database. 
•	create email messages.
•	respond to email.
•	manage email messages.
•	create contacts.
•	use Sametime Instant Messaging.
•	use the Notes calendar to schedule appointments.
•	schedule a meeting.
•	use the To Do list.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Getting Started with Notes 
Topic 1A: The Notes System
Topic 1B: Explore the Notes Client Environment
Topic 1C: Change Notes Password
Topic 1D: Use Notes Help

Lesson 2: Creating Email Messages
Topic 2A: Compose an Email
Topic 2B: Send an Email
Topic 2C: Work with Draft Messages

Lesson 3: Responding to Email
Topic 3A: Reply to an Email
Topic 3B: Forward an Email

Lesson 4: Managing Email
Topic 4A: Work with Attachments
Topic 4B: Enable Out Of Office Mail
Topic 4C: Move Messages into a New Folder
Topic 4D: Manage Junk Mail
Topic 4E: Delete Messages and Folders
Topic 4F: Archive Email

Lesson 5: Creating Contacts
Topic 5A: Add a Contact
Topic 5B: Create a Mail Group
Topic 5C: Import and Export Contacts

Lesson 6: Working with Sametime
Topic 6A: Sametime Instant Messaging
Topic 6B: Work with Sametime Contacts
Topic 6C: Communicate with Sametime

Lesson 7: Using the Notes Calendar
Topic 7A: Set Up the Calendar
Topic 7B: Create Calendar Entries
Topic 7C: Edit Calendar Entries

Lesson 8: Scheduling Meetings
Topic 8A: Determine People, Room, and Resource Availability
Topic 8B: Create a Meeting Invitation
Topic 8C: Reschedule Meetings

Lesson 9: Using the To Do List
Topic 9A: Create a To Do List Item
Topic 9B: Delegate a To Do List Item

Appendix A: Advanced Calendaring Options