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Collaboration & Change Facilitation

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Collaboration & Change Facilitation

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Use Confluence collaboration features to support team workflows

  • Communicate project status and facilitate stakeholder visibility

  • Document Agile planning and retrospective practices

  • Deliver training and troubleshoot common Confluence issues

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April 2026

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21 assignments¹

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There are 13 modules in this course

In this module, you will build awareness of how collaboration succeeds or fails inside shared documents. You will be introduced to three lightweight but powerful collaboration features: @mentions, inline comments, and page likes, and learn what each one signals in a workplace context. Through realistic examples and guided reflection, you will begin to recognize how misuse or overuse of these features leads to missed feedback, unclear ownership, and stalled decisions. The module focuses on recognition and judgment, preparing you to apply these tools intentionally in real documents later in the course.

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1 video1 reading2 assignments

In this module, you will move from recognition to action. You will practice writing inline comments and using @mentions to request clarification, resolve ambiguity, and move work forward inside shared documents. The module emphasizes tone, specificity, and intent, showing how a single well-written comment can replace multiple emails, meetings, or follow-ups. Your focus will be on writing comments that are clear, respectful, and actionable, skills directly aligned to real IT management and review workflows.

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1 video1 reading2 assignments

In this module, you will learn to enable and facilitate real-time collaboration by setting up shared editing on team pages. You will observe how teams contribute simultaneously, interpret activity logs to understand participation patterns, and reflect on how facilitation choices influence collaboration quality. By the end of the module, you will be able to actively support collaborative work and assess collective contribution behavior.

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2 videos1 reading1 assignment

In this module, you will evaluate team collaboration using structured feedback mechanisms. You will design and deploy short surveys or polls, analyze responses, and facilitate a retrospective discussion to identify collaboration improvements. By the end of the module, you will be able to assess collaborative effectiveness and guide teams toward better working practices.

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2 videos1 reading2 assignments

In this module, you will design a weekly status page that executives can quickly scan, trust, and act on. Emphasis is on clarity, transparency, and signal over noise.

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1 video2 readings1 assignment

In this module, you will analyze stakeholder feedback and iteratively improve how information is surfaced, prioritized, and structured for faster executive comprehension.

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1 video2 readings2 assignments

This module focuses on turning Agile intent into visible, shared execution using Confluence. You will explore why sprint planning fails when goals, scope, and ownership are unclear, and how Confluence can act as a single source of truth for sprint work. By the end of the module, you will be able to confidently structure sprint planning pages that align teams before work begins.

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1 video1 reading1 assignment

This module shifts focus from planning to learning. You will examine how sprint reviews and retrospectives lose value when outcomes, blockers, and decisions aren’t captured clearly. By the end of the module, you will be able to document sprint outcomes in Confluence in ways that drive continuous improvement.

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1 video1 reading2 assignments

In this module, you will design and deliver a focused Confluence training session for peers, emphasizing advanced search operators, learner engagement, and practical demonstrations that support real team workflows.

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1 video2 readings2 assignments

In this module, you will learn to evaluate trainee feedback to improve Confluence training assets, refining slide content and adding hands-on exercises that address real learner pain points.

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1 video2 readings2 assignments

This module focuses on frontline troubleshooting in Confluence. You will practice diagnosing common user-facing issues such as broken macros, missing permissions, and rendering failures, then apply structured fixes that restore collaboration quickly and safely.

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1 video1 reading1 assignment

This module shifts from reactive troubleshooting to proactive prevention. You will evaluate patterns in Confluence issues, identify systemic causes, and design lightweight governance tools that reduce future incidents and support smoother organizational change.

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1 video1 reading2 assignments

Effective collaboration systems must be intentionally designed, clearly documented, and continuously improved to support real team behavior in dynamic work environments. In this project, you will act as an IT Manager responsible for standardizing collaboration practices using Confluence as a shared workspace. You will design and build a comprehensive Team Collaboration Playbook that defines how your team communicates, coordinates work, and resolves issues across projects. The playbook will include structured communication norms, stakeholder interaction guidelines, Agile workflow templates, onboarding resources for new team members, and troubleshooting documentation for recurring issues. Beyond creating these components, you will evaluate how effectively the playbook supports usability, consistency, and real-world team adoption. You will identify gaps, refine your approach, and improve the system based on practical considerations such as clarity, scalability, and ease of use. The final outcome is not just documentation, but a structured collaboration system that enables predictable teamwork, faster onboarding, reduced friction, and sustained operational efficiency.

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2 readings1 assignment

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