Technology is only as effective as the people using it. TRN-1000 is Edupro's structured 7-day training programme that takes Zimbabwean teachers from computer basics through to confident Moodle course creation — delivered at the school with hands-on practice on the actual equipment learners will use.
Zimbabwe is at a pivotal moment. The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has mandated ICT integration across all schools. Yet many experienced, highly capable teachers have never used a computer professionally. Without structured training, the best technology delivers no benefit.
Many senior teachers are highly effective educators but feel anxious about technology. Our training is designed to build genuine confidence — starting from absolute basics with a non-judgmental, go-at-your-pace approach.
Training is conducted on the school's actual computers, Smart Board, and Edupro server — not generic slides about technology. Teachers practise on the same systems they will use in their classrooms tomorrow.
A well-trained teacher will use these skills for the rest of their career — and will informally train colleagues. Investing in teacher capacity multiplies the return on every hardware and software investment.
For teachers who are new to computers or who have had limited hands-on experience. Covers everything needed to operate a computer confidently in a school setting.
Turning on and logging into the computer, using the mouse and keyboard, navigating the Start menu, taskbar, and desktop. Opening, minimising, resizing, and closing windows. Managing multiple open applications simultaneously.
Creating folders for lessons, subjects, and class groups. Saving documents with meaningful names. Moving, copying, and deleting files. Using USB drives and shared school network folders. Understanding the difference between saving locally and saving to the school server.
Typing and formatting examination papers: headings, question numbering, bold instructions, tables for answer grids, and inserting images. Applying the school's exam paper template. Printing from Word with correct page setup for A4 duplex printing.
Creating a mark sheet for a class: entering student names, entering marks, using SUM and AVERAGE formulas, applying conditional formatting to highlight fails, sorting by mark to find top students, and creating a simple bar chart of class performance.
Setting up a school email account. Sending, receiving, and replying to emails with attachments. Safe internet use: recognising phishing, avoiding unsecured sites, protecting school data online. Using the school's Moodle site and Edupro in a browser.
Hands-on training with the audio-visual and presentation technology installed in classrooms — turning passive screens into interactive teaching tools.
Connecting the Smart Board, calibrating the touch surface, opening the SMART Notebook software, writing and drawing over lesson slides, saving annotated pages as PDFs for students. Troubleshooting common connection issues without calling IT support.
Connecting a laptop to a projector, switching display modes (duplicate vs extend), adjusting focus and keystone correction. Using a document camera to project physical textbooks, worksheets, and student written work to the class in real time.
Building a lesson presentation from scratch: slide layouts, text, images, and diagrams. Using animations for step-by-step problem solving (reveal answer after discussion). Embedding videos into slides. Presenting in slide show mode and navigating smoothly during a live lesson.
Using classroom speakers for audio content in language lessons, listening exercises, and documentary clips. Microphone use for large classrooms. Playing video content from the Moodle local server on the projector or Smart Board during lessons.
The core phase — putting everything together on the school's actual Edupro SMS and Moodle LMS installations. By the end of Day 7, every teacher has created at least one live course.
Logging into the Edupro SMS, navigating to student records, searching for a student, checking class lists, viewing the school timetable, and understanding the module menu. Each teacher is set up with their own role-appropriate login during this session.
Opening the daily register, marking students present or absent, submitting the register, and checking the submission has been received by the system. Practise marking a register under time pressure — simulating the real morning routine.
For bursary staff: receiving a cash or EcoCash payment, entering it against the correct student account, printing or WhatsApp-ing the receipt, and checking the student's outstanding balance. This session is attended by Bursars and their assistants specifically.
Each teacher creates a real course for their subject on the school's Moodle: adding course topics matching the term syllabus, uploading notes PDF, writing a course introduction, setting visibility to their enrolled class. By end of Phase 3, every teacher has live content on the school Moodle.
Building a 10-question multiple-choice quiz: adding questions to the question bank, configuring the quiz settings (time limit, shuffle questions, number of attempts allowed), previewing the quiz as a student, and reviewing submitted results with the class report.
Setting up an assignment activity, viewing the list of submitted files, downloading submissions, grading each one with a mark and written feedback, returning graded work to students, and exporting the grade list to Excel for RPT-800.
The 7-day training is just the beginning. Edupro's post-training support model ensures no teacher is left struggling after the trainer leaves.
An Edupro field technician visits the school monthly during the first school year. Each visit includes a 30-minute group Q&A with teachers, system health check, and any follow-up training on areas of difficulty.
Every school gets access to the Edupro Teachers WhatsApp support group — staffed by Edupro technicians during school hours. Teachers post questions, share screenshots of issues, and receive responses within the working day.
A comprehensive illustrated help guide is pre-loaded on the school's Moodle — accessible offline. Step-by-step guides for every common task, written for Zimbabwean teachers in plain English with screenshots of the actual Edupro and Moodle interfaces.
Every teacher who completes the TRN-1000 programme receives a certificate of completion — and more importantly, measurable confidence in daily technology use.
TRN-1000 Phase 3 is dedicated to mastering Moodle — the platform at the heart of LMS-200's digital learning environment.
Every class teacher learns to mark the daily register in ATT-300 as a core skill in TRN-1000 Phase 3.
The Smart Boards and computers used in TRN-1000 training are the same assets tracked throughout their lifecycle in AST-900.
Contact our Harare team for a live demonstration of this module.