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Develop your digital skills this academic year – new dates released
By Jasmin E Mullings, on 24 February 2020
UPDATE as of 13th March 2020: Please note that all of our upcoming courses from 16th March – 30th April are cancelled following the Provost’s announcement that all face-to-face teaching events will cease from 13th March.
ISD Digital Skills Development has released new dates for the second half of Term 2. As usual, we are offering a wide range of courses covering Excel, R, LaTex, and more…
We have added a new session for our highly popular Creating accessible documents course. Making documents accessible is important for everyone, whether or not they have a disability or impairment. In this session you will learn how to make your PowerPoint, Word, Excel and PDF files more accessible. To find out more about creating accessible content, please visit our dedicated web pages.
You can now book courses in MyLearning via the UCL Learning page. The booking process isn’t currently straightforward so please follow the instructions on how to book on our separate blog post. We are currently having some issues with venue details not being sent out to those enrolling close to the course date so please check the venue in the schedule below.
See below for our current schedule of courses and workshops.
Current schedule
Please note that the booking links for Excel Essential Skills Workshop 2 and 3 are only made available to those who have completed Excel Workshop 1.
These courses still have places available, therefore, we encourage you to book:
| Date | Start time | End time | Course/workshop | Location |
| 28/02/2020 | 11:00 | 12:00 | Word Essential Skills – WORKSHOP 3 | Room 501, Institute of Archaeology |
| 28/02/2020 | 12:00 | 13:00 | Word Essential Skills – WORKSHOP 3 | Room 501, Institute of Archaeology |
| 11/03/2020 | 16:00 | 17:00 | Excel Essential Skills – WORKSHOP 2 | Room 501, Institute of Archaeology |
| 16/03/2020 | 13:00 | 14:00 | In a Nutshell: Survival analysis in R | Gavin de Beer Lecture Theatre, Anatomy Building |
| 17/03/2020 | 10:00 | 17:00 | An Introduction to R with Rstudio | PC Lab 1, IOE (20 Bedford Way) |
| 18/03/2020 | 10:00 | 13:00 | Data Manipulation in R with Rstudio | Room 316, 26 Bedford Way |
| 19/03/2020 | 14:00 | 16:00 | Creating accessible documents | Room 316, 26 Bedford Way |
| 23/03/2020 | 10:00 | 17:00 | An Introduction to R with Rstudio | Room G11, 26 Bedford Way |
| 24/03/2020 | 10:00 | 17:00 | LaTex with NatBib | Room 316, 26 Bedford Way |
| 25/03/2020 | 10:00 | 13:00 | Introduction to Visualising Data with Matlab | Room 316, 26 Bedford Way |
| 25/03/2020 | 16:00 | 17:00 | Excel Essential Skills – WORKSHOP 2 | Room 501, Institute of Archaeology |
| 26/03/2020 | 14:00 | 17:00 | Data Visualization in R with ggplot2 | Room G11, 26 Bedford Way |
| 27/03/2020 | 11:00 | 12:00 | Word Essential Skills – WORKSHOP 5 | Room 501, Institute of Archaeology |
| 27/03/2020 | 12:00 | 13:00 | Word Essential Skills – WORKSHOP 5 | Room 501, Institute of Archaeology |
| 30/03/2020 | 10:00 | 12:00 | Creating accessible documents | Room G15, DMS Watson Building |
These sessions are currently scheduled to take place, but be aware that they taking place during potential strike action so they may be disrupted:
| Date | Start time | End time | Course/workshop | Location |
| 02/03/2020 | 13:00 | 14:00 | Software for success: Data analysis and statistical tools | B03 Ricardo LT, Drayton House |
| 03/03/2020 | 10:00 | 13:00 | Advanced statistics with Excel 2016 | Room 316, 26 Bedford Way |
| 02/03/2020 | 17:30 | 20:30 | Introduction to Matlab (Part 1) | PC Lab 1, IOE (20 Bedford Way) |
| 03/03/2020 | 17:30 | 20:30 | Introduction to Matlab (Part 2) | PC Lab 1, IOE (20 Bedford Way) |
| 05/03/2020 | 10:00 | 13:00 | Introduction to Photoshop CS4 | Room G20, Christopher Ingold Building |
| 12/03/2020 | 17:30 | 20:30 | Introduction to Matlab (Part 3) | Room 2.23, Chadwick Building (Use South-East entrance only) |
| 13/03/2020 | 17:30 | 20:30 | Introduction to Matlab (Part 4) | Room 2.23, Chadwick Building (Use South-East entrance only) |
More digital skills development opportunities…
Digital Skills Development at IOE offer training in a wide range of digital tools. Sessions are open to all UCL staff and students. Highlights this term include:
- Creating Accessible PowerPoint presentations,
- Presentation Translator – add live subtitles to your presentations,
- Introduction to Stop Motion Studio animation (iPad app).
Other sessions include Microsoft tools such as OneNote, Sway, Teams and SharePoint. You can also learn more about EndNote, Pivot tables and VLookUp in Excel, mind mapping, infographics, video editing and much more.
Visit the Digital Skills Development at IOE booking system for details and to book.
Learn online with a vast range of high-quality video-based courses from LinkedIn Learning. This is the new platform on which we are now hosting Lynda.com content. These cover technical skills but also business, personal and creative skills as well. Visit the UCL LinkedIn Learning page to find out more.
Not sure what you need or have a more specific issue you would like help with? Come along to one of the Digital Skills Development drop ins for more individual support.