Self-Paced Training

Have PDS training at your fingertips, set around your schedule, based on your needs. With PDS Self-paced training, you can watch classes that are administered over the Internet* and viewable on your own schedule and in the comfort of your office or home.

Free Self-Paced Training Videos for
clients enrolled in the
Preferred Client Program (PCP)!
Now Until July 31, 2009

 

PCP Clients

Non-PCP Clients

Cost

Free

Between $59 - $79

Next Step

Proceed to the

Self-paced Training Login

 

Click  Order Online beneath the class description.  The class will be viewable online for an unlimited number of times for 90 days after your purchase date. 

 
* A high-speed internet connection is preferred

 Start Watching Now

To watch classes (that are available free for PCP clients or that you have purchased), you will need the following information:

1.     Your individual e-mail address

2.     Your site number

3.     Your individual PIN

Once you have these three items, please proceed to the Self-paced Training Login.






Essential Skills for Church Office v6 (Free for PCP clients; $79 Non-PCP)
(1 hour 42 Minutes)

  • Learn how to enter new families and members
  • Add families that have already been entered in another PDS Office program
  • Lookup existing information
  • Delete information that is no longer needed
  • Work with keywords
  • Use the Listing Screen and Easy Lists


Reports Level 1 Church Office v6 (Free for PCP clients; $79 Non-PCP)
(1 hour 25 Minutes)

  • Learn how to run reports included with the program
  • Learn the basic steps in the Report Wizard
  • Learn how to setup styles associated with the different types of reports
  • Learn how to make basic selections using a variety of selection techniques


End of Year Church Office v6 (Free for PCP clients; $79 Non-PCP)
(1 hour 45 Minutes)

  • Learn how to prepare for End of Year by creating checklists
  • Learn how to utilize the End of Year and New Year processes
  • Print the End of Year statement
  • Customize the End of Year statement



Essential Skills for Church Office v5 (Free for PCP clients; $79 Non-PCP)
(1 hour 20 Minutes)

  • Learn how to enter new families and members
  • Add families that have already been entered in another PDS Office program
  • Lookup existing information
  • Delete information that is no longer needed
  • Work with keywords
  • Use the Listing Screen



Church Office v5 Funds (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 25 Minutes)

  • Learn how to setup funds in the Church Office program
  • Create fund periods, groups, and activities
  • Use the different function types
  • Add funds to families
  • Enter payments and donations
  • Utilize the extra steps involved in running financial reports



Church Office v5 Installation & Conversion Tutorial (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 10 Minutes)

  • Learn how to install PDS Church Office
  • Convert your existing data from PDS Census/Contribution version 17
  • Understand what needs to be done before and after the conversion
  • Configure the program for use on a network and share data with other PDS Office programs



Church Office v5 Quick Postings & Processes (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 30 Minutes)

  • Learn how to efficiently enter information for families, members, and funds using the various quick posting processes
  • Make changes to large amounts of data using these processes



Church Office v5 Reports & Selections (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 45 Minutes)

  • Learn how to run lists, letters, labels, rolodex cards, and data exports
  • Create your own simple reports
  • See how to print any type of report for just a selected group of families, or members



Church Office v5 End of Year (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 20 Minutes)

  • Learn how to create a checklist for end of year processing and new year fund setup
  • Review the end of year processes and the processes for setting up new fund periods
  • Print tax statements
  • Customize the end-of-year letter

 

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Essential Skills for Formation Office v6 (Free for PCP clients; $79 Non-PCP)
(2 hours 3 Minutes)

  • Learn how to enter new families and members
  • Add families that have already been entered in another PDS Office program
  • Lookup existing information
  • Delete information that is no longer needed
  • Work with keywords
  • Use the Listing Screen and Easy Lists
  • Learn how to setup quick access to your favorite locations in the program


Reports Level 1 Formation Office v6 (Free for PCP clients; $79 Non-PCP)
(1 hour 30 Minutes)

  • Learn how to run reports included with the program
  • Learn the basic steps in the Report Wizard
  • Learn how to setup styles associated with the different types of reports
  • Learn how to make basic selections using a variety of selection techniques


Essential Skills for Formation Office v5 (Free for PCP clients; $79 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 10 Minutes)

  • Learn how to enter new families, parents/guardians, students, and Catechists
  • Add families that have already been entered in another PDS Office program
  • Lookup existing information
  • Delete information that is no longer needed
  • Work with keywords
  • Use the Listing Screen



Formation Office v5 Funds (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 15 Minutes)

  • Learn how to setup funds in the Formation Office program
  • Create fund periods, groups, and activities
  • Use the different function types
  • Add funds to families
  • Enter tuition and fees
  • Utilize the extra steps involved in running financial reports



Formation Office v5 Quick Posting & Processes (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 25 Minutes)

  • Learn how to efficiently enter information for many families, parents/guardians, students, catechists, and funds using the various quick posting processes
  • Make changes to large amounts of data using these processes



Formation Office v5 Reports & Selections (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(2 Hours)

  • Learn how to run lists, letters, labels, rolodex cards, and data exports
  • Create your own simple reports
  • See how to print any report for just a selected group of families, parents/guardians, students, or catechists

 

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Essential Skills for School Office v6 (Free for PCP clients; $79 Non-PCP)
(2 hours 38 Minutes)

  • Learn how to enter new families, parents/guardians, students, teachers and class schedules
  • Add families that have already been entered in another PDS Office program
  • Look up existing information using the Search Utility
  • Delete information that is no longer needed
  • Work with keywords
  • Use the Listing Screen and Easy Lists
  • Learn how to set up quick access to your favorite locations in the program


Reports Level 1 School Office v6 (Free for PCP clients; $79 Non-PCP)
(1 hour 25 Minutes)

  • Learn how to run reports included with the program
  • Learn the basic steps in the Report Wizard
  • Learn how to setup styles associated with the different types of reports
  • Learn how to make basic selections using a variety of selection techniques


Essential Skills for School Office v5(Free for PCP clients; $79 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 40 Minutes)

  • Learn how to enter new families, parents/guardians, students, and teachers
  • Add families that have already been entered in another PDS Office program
  • Lookup existing information
  • Delete information that is no longer needed
  • Work with keywords
  • Use the Listing Screen



School Office v5 Funds (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 10 Minutes)

  • Learn how to setup funds in the School Office program
  • Create fund periods, groups, and activities
  • Use the different function types
  • Add funds to families
  • Enter tuition and fees
  • Utilize the extra steps involved in running financial reports



School Office v5 Grades-Report Cards-Grade Book Interface (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 10 Minutes)

  • Learn how to enter grades (marks) for specific subjects to the School Office program
  • Export names to the Grade Book
  • Import marks from the Grade Book program
  • Print report cards



School Office v5 Quick Posting & Processes (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(2 Hours 5 Minutes)

  • Learn how to efficiently enter information for families, parents/guardians, students, teachers, and funds using the various quick posting processes
  • Make changes to large amounts of data using these processes



School Office v5 Reports & Selections (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 5 Minutes)

  • Learn how to run lists, letters, labels, rolodex cards, and data exports
  • Create your own simple reports
  • Print any report for a selected group of families, parents/guardians, students, or teachers

 

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Office — General

Advanced Report Writer for Church, School and Formation Office v5 ((Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
2 Hours)

  • Learn how to create advanced lists, letters, and labels using the Advanced Report Designer
  • Work through practical examples of designing reports from scratch and using the templates features



Sharing Data Between Church-Formation-School Office v5 (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(50 Minutes)

  • Review configuring the program for use on a network to share data with other PDS Office programs
  • See how to add families that have already been entered in another PDS Office program (shared database environment)
  • Explore the use of the Quick Add feature that allows you to quickly setup a new program in an existing database (for example, add the Formation program to an existing Church Office database)

 

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Ledger Basic Data Entry (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 25 Minutes)

  • Learn how to add, lookup, delete, and work with keywords
  • Utilize the listing screen and all transactions



Ledger Reports & Selections (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(2 Hours 10 Minutes)

  • Learn how to run various accounting and vendor reports and data exports
  • Create your own simple reports
  • See how to print any report for a selected group of accounts, vendors, or income sources
  • Explore the options available for the Balance Sheet and Income Statement
  • Learn how COA Groups can be utilized



Ledger End of Fiscal Year (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(40 Minutes)

  • Learn how to create a checklist for end of fiscal year processing and new fiscal year setup
  • Post Journal Entries, Depreciation and run Bank Reconciliation
  • Close of Month and Close Fiscal Year

 

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Payroll Basic Data Entry (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 40 Minutes)

  • Learn how to add, lookup and delete employers, taxes and employees



Ledger / Payroll End of Calendar Year (1099's-W2's-etc.) (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 15 Minutes)

  • Learn how to close the payroll year
  • Perform the End-of-Year backup
  • Print W-2's and 1099's for both vendors and employees
  • Reprint W-2’s
  • Submit electronic W-2's
  • Print payroll reports for the previous year (after the close)
  • Close of Fiscal Year (only if fiscal year ends in December)



Ledger/Payroll Reports & Selections (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(1 Hour 45 Minutes)

  • Learn how to run lists, letters, and labels for employees
  • Print paychecks and monthly, quarterly and yearly reports
  • Print reports for all or a selected group of employees

 

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Facility Scheduler Basic Data Entry (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(2 Hours)

  • Learn how to add, lookup, and schedule facilities, organizations, and events
  • Schedule one-time events, recurring events, and event packages
  • Check availability, view conflicts, and print calendars



Facility Scheduler Reports & Selections (Free for PCP clients; $59 Non-PCP)
(2 Hours)

  • Learn how to run lists, letters, and calendars for events, organizations, and facilities
  • Print reports for all or a selected group of events, organizations, or facilities

 

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