Effective Communication Tactics for the Modern Workplace (Udemy.com)
Master email etiquette and collaboration strategies for productive and effective modern workplace communication.
Created by: Simon Sez IT
Last updated December 2025
What you will learn
- Craft professional emails for internal and external parties using the Microsoft Outlook platform tools.
- Set up professional email signatures, create out-of-office replies, and learn to search and organize your inbox effectively.
- Use status in Teams to know when co-workers are available to communicate with and to inform others of your availability.
- Create small group chats and use them to manage short-term projects by sharing files, scheduling meetings, and sharing critical communication.
- Bring collaborative elements into a Teams meeting like break out room, screen sharing, the Whiteboard app, live captions, and polls.
- Set the meeting options to control the virtual meeting experience and record meetings to share important information.
- Bring Viva into MS Teams to create a connection in the workplace.
- Use Viva Connect to bring users closer to the organization and Viva Engage to build community and shared events.
How it compares
Against the other 392 rated Udemy courses in Communication Skills on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 42% of them
- Reviews878#176 of 393 by number of reviews
- Length2.9 hourslonger than 63% of them
- Last updatedDecember 2025more recently than 56% of them
Course Description
Are you sending emails and texts every day? According to one research, the average person can send up to 52 or more texts daily. At work, the average person can send and receive nearly 121 emails each day, according to another. Did you know that between 2020 and 2022, the percentage of virtual meetings skyrocketed from 48% to 77%.
In this Effective Communication Tactics for the Modern Workplace course, learn to craft expert email honed to your audience. Effectively manage the Microsoft Outlook platform to find what you need and send professional and effective email messages.
When sending instant messages, explore using chats to manage short-term projects and utilize tools like status in Microsoft Teams to communicate effectively with co-workers. Manage your conversations to share files and even schedule a Teams meeting directly from a chat.
Discover tools to make your virtual meetings collaborative and effective with breakout rooms, polls, and real-time captions. Set meeting options to ensure your virtual meeting experience runs how you want it to.
Bring the Viva Suite into MS Teams to build communities and participate in leadership opportunities through Viva Engage. With Viva Insights, gain a new understanding of how you work and take advantage of learning opportunities through Viva Learning.
In this course, students will learn how to:
Craft professional emails for internal and external parties using the Microsoft Outlook platform tools.
Set up professional email signatures, create out-of-office replies, and learn to search and organize your inbox effectively.
Use status in Teams to know when co-workers are available to communicate with and to inform others of your availability.
Create small group chats and use them to manage short-term projects by sharing files, scheduling meetings, and sharing critical communication.
Bring collaborative elements into a Teams meeting like break out room, screen sharing, the Whiteboard app, live captions, and polls.
Set the meeting options to control the virtual meeting experience and record meetings to share important information.
Bring Viva into MS Teams to create a connection in the workplace.
Use Viva Connect to bring users closer to the organization and Viva Engage to build community and shared events.
Utilize Viva Insights to better understand how you work and provide praise and feedback to co-workers.
Embrace learning opportunities with Viva Learning by attending virtual courses inside Microsoft Teams.
This course includes:
2+ hours of video tutorials
36 individual video lectures
Certificate of completion
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
878 Reviews
Simon Sez IT
Since 2008, individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 500 companies with thousands of employees have benefited from the easy and hands-on software training offered by Simon Sez IT. With over 12,000 video tutorials on a range of software programs, Simon Sez IT ensures stress-free eLearning and enhanced employee productivity - no matter whether you are implementing new software or a technological upgrade for your workplace. With over 1 million Udemy students in over 190 countries, Simon Sez IT is the preferred online learning choice for individuals and businesses everywhere.
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Reviews
By Matthew Davis on 7/29/2026
pretty entry level knowledge. not sure it requires this long of a training.
By Philip Okafor on 6/4/2026
Wow! This is incredibly awesome. Every segment of the course is simply insightful and expository. I am overwhelmed!
By Iliana Nenov on 6/1/2026
So far, I have enjoyed the course. I like how the content is split up into shorter modules to keep me focused and aware of what I am learning.
By Anonymized User on 10/17/2025
Thank you very much. It is actually a nice course and very insightful.
By Amy Lynne Riveland on 9/4/2025
yes. it was a good fit. Working remotely finding ways to connect is very important. I've used teams for many years and did not know these features were available to us as employees.
By Anonymized User on 5/15/2025
In one section 'Make Communication Gender Inclusive,' I realized that I already naturally refer to roles in a more neutral way, for example 'flight attendant' or 'server'. However, I don't agree with the tendency to exclude terms like 'mother' or 'father', or similar terms. In fact, I think it is not inclusive to force everyone into neutrality. Also, while I will always respond to people as individuals, and do so with respect regardless of how they present themselves, I believe including pronouns in signatures should be a personal preference and not forced on everyone. There is a movement to eliminate/neutralize gender in our culture that I believe is damaging, and its really a very new development. Considering many cultural norms and traditions around the world, it is not an inclusive approach to everyone. I would recommend modifying that section of your training. Thank you!
By Connie Nix on 2/13/2025
Provides the details while illustrating. Helped me to create the settings I was unaware of that will be so helpful all day long.
By Ranjeet Pandurang Desai on 7/22/2024
The content is a must for day today work for every employee/team member
By Anonymized User on 7/18/2024
Learned more about Teams than I did in a Teams tutorial!
By Rahul Sharma on 6/24/2024
Fantastic overview ! Definitely huge impact towards to improvement
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Overall Score : 90 / 100












