Babu Banarasi Das College of Dental Sciences, Babu Banarasi Das University in association with the Spoken Tutorial Project by IIT Bombay organized a five days Faculty Development Program (FDP)on “Libre Office Suite Writer 6.3” from 29th July to 2nd August 2025 as an online video tutorial cum interactive session.
This software Libre Office Suite Writer 6.3 is the open access alternative to MS Office Word. The 5 days event included interactive sessions, live demonstrations, and practical exercises focused on key Libre Office Writer functionalities. Faculty members were introduced to Libre Office Writer versatile features.
The topics covered during the sessionwereIntroduction, Typing text & basic formatting, Inserting images, hyperlinks bookmarks, Tables & Table properties, Viewing & Printing a document, Find, replace & auto-correct, Creating Newsletters, Headers, Footers & Notes, Track changes &Typing in local languages.
The program was attended by 60 faculties of the institution who gave their feedback as being very useful in the teaching process. The program was convened by Prof (Dr) Neeta Pasricha, Principal, BBD College of Dental sciences and co-ordinated by Dr. Saurabh Srivastava, Reader, Dept of oral Medicine & Radiology (E learning cell member). The Faculty Development Program on Libre Office Suite Writer 6.3was highly successful in its goal of enhancing faculty members’ proficiency with document creation, viewing, editing, printing & reviewing. Continued professional development in this area is recommended to ensure faculty members stay up-to-date with the latest Software versions.
