What is good for SharePoint beginner user tutorial

Question

Ok I've been tasked with creating a wss v3.0 website for a government internal site with very little internal SharePoint experience (though it's an IT department so they're very tech literate). I'm already fairly good at SharePoint (having earned some Microsoft Certifications in SharePoint and done plenty of stuff for myself), but need to educate the others. Part of this has involved training, in-person and available online. I've done my own series of SharePoint wikis on the stuff I anticipate will be most commonly used, but I'm hoping for some productive links that other people here have used in the past. So what's worked out well for yourselves in learning SharePoint?

Edit: I'd like to emphasize on the "beginning" aspect of this, not developer tutorials but simple stuff like "how to submit to a document library", etc. Thanks!

Answer 1

There are a handful of podcasts out there - but you need to sift through them to find the ones that are discussing the topics at the level that you're interested in (end-user vs. developer vs. administrator, etc.)

Since SharePoint is part of the Office family, don't forget to check out the Office resource sites like this one: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/default.aspx

That's great from more of an end-user perspective. More the "How to add documents to Document Libraries" types of instructions rather than "How to create a new SharePoint Site Collection."

I haven't been there in a while, but I spent a fair amount of time poking around that site for ideas on my team's "SharePoint Tip of the Week" docs I send out (and by "send out" I mean post to our portal's Document Center and send everyone links to view as they have time). I find something simple like "how to add your team's SharePoint calendar to Outlook" and type up the step-by-step instructions with screenshots. I try to keep it 1-2 pages depending on the content. I also setup a Discussion Board with a thread for each Tip, a summary, a link to the Tip, etc. so people can add comments and questions.

One last thing - check this place out: http://www.customguide.com/quick_references.htm

They have "Quick References" for a LOT of applications/platforms. A great little resource to hand out to people if you just upgraded to Office 2007 or similar situation. Just be aware that they'll follow-up with you trying to sell you their training.