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Develop your digital skills this academic year – new dates released

By Jasmin E Mullings, on 26 April 2021

How to book

Please ensure you are using Desktop@UCL or the UCL VPN when booking.

What’s on offer

ISD Digital Skills Development has released new dates for Term 3 to be offered online via Blackboard Collaborate and Microsoft Teams.

We are offering a wide range of courses covering R, Stata, Microsoft Tools (including Forms, OneNote and Sway) and much more. Highlights this term include:

  • Inspiration: Mind mapping tool – an overview demo;
  • Read&Write: Text-to-speech software – an overview;
  • Digital book making.

We are continuing to offer our popular Software for success and In a Nutshell sessions.

Software for Success sessions are aimed at those starting a new research project, thesis or dissertation and unsure what tools to use for writing up, citation, data analysis etc. These short, lunchtime sessions will help you answer these questions and determine the best way to get up and running.

In a Nutshell sessions highlight a single task in a particular application, such as starting a project in NVivo for example.

We have also adapted our introductory series of Excel Essential Skills Workshops to a self-paced programme with some interactive sessions. Learn more on the Excel Essential Skills Workshops blog post about the new format.

We are also hosting our usual weekly drop-in sessions remotely via Blackboard Collaborate for those who would like individual support on a specific issue. The dates and times of the sessions, along with the direct Blackboard Collaborate link, are available in our ISD Digital Skills Development Moodle course.

Joining a course

Please view the current schedule of courses and workshops below. Once you’ve looked at the schedule and chosen the course(s) you want to book, follow the instructions on the How to enrol on courses blog post to book. Please also view the course description carefully to ensure you have all the information, check for any pre-learning (if applicable) and know how to join the live session(s).

As we will use Blackboard Collaborate for many of our sessions, please watch the 10-minute Participant video guide which explains how to use and what to expect from the BB Collaborate platform.

Once you’ve booked on a course, please visit our Digital Skills Development Moodle course to find any course materials and pre-learning (if applicable). As some courses have pre-learning, please ensure you allow yourself enough time to complete this. Please also download any available course materials in advance of the live session.

We will send out the link to join the session the day before (or Friday if it’s a Monday course) but you can also join directly from MyLearning (see blog post for instructions on how to do this).

Also note that we have added an extra 15 minutes to the start time of our courses to allow participants to test out their audio/connection. The actual course will start promptly on the hour (15 minutes after the advertised time).

More digital skills development opportunities…

Learn online with a vast range of high-quality video-based courses from LinkedIn Learning.  These cover technical skills but also business, personal and creative skills as well.  Visit the UCL LinkedIn Learning page to find out more.

DigiLearn Online is a new library of online videos which covers UCL IT essentials. Topics include remote connectivity, data storage essentials, Microsoft Office 365 applications, and much more. Visit the DigiLearn Online webpage to access the video guides.

Current schedule

Date Start End Class title
04/05/2021 09:45 12:00 DSD: Managing Long Documents in Word 2016
04/05/2021 10:45 12:00 DSD: Read&Write: Text-to-speech software – an overview
05/05/2021 09:45 11:00 DSD: Introduction to Teams/Prerequisite course for Advanced workshops
05/05/2021 11:45 13:00 DSD: In a Nutshell: Excel functions we should all know
06/05/2021 09:45 11:00 DSD: Record a narration over your PowerPoint
06/05/2021 13:45 14:30 DSD: Excel Essential Skills programme – Orientation session
06/05/2021 13:45 15:30 DSD: Creating accessible PowerPoint presentations
07/05/2021 09:45 11:00 DSD: Word tips and tricks
11/05/2021 09:45 11:00 DSD: Video editing using ‘Adobe Spark’
11/05/2021 13:45 15:00 DSD: Getting Started with Stata (Part 1)
19/05/2021 13:45 16:00 DSD: Getting Started with Stata (Part 2)
25/05/2021 13:45 16:00 DSD: Getting Started with Stata (Part 3)
01/06/2021 13:45 16:00 DSD: Getting Started with Stata (Part 4)
11/05/2021 13:45 15:30 DSD: Microsoft Teams: workshop 1
11/05/2021 14:45 16:00 DSD: Inspiration: Mind mapping tool – an overview demo
12/05/2021 09:45 11:00 DSD: Excel tips and tricks
13/05/2021 14:45 16:00 DSD: Read&Write: Text-to-speech software – an overview
14/05/2021 09:45 11:45 DSD: Pivot Tables in Excel – Workshop
14/05/2021 13:45 15:30 DSD: Creating accessible PowerPoint presentations
17/05/2021 13:45 15:00 DSD: Podcasting made easy
17/05/2021 13:45 15:30 DSD: Sway, Microsoft’s modern presentation tool – Workshop
19/05/2021 09:45 11:00 DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio (Part 1)
26/05/2021 09:45 12:00 DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio (Part 2)
03/06/2021 09:45 12:00 DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio (Part 3)
03/06/2021 13:45 16:00 DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio (Part 4)
19/05/2021 09:45 11:30 DSD: Microsoft Teams: workshop 2
20/05/2021 13:45 15:00 DSD: Excel Worksheet 1 – Review session
20/05/2021 09:45 11:30 DSD: Getting Started with Markdown
20/05/2021 09:45 11:45 DSD: OneNote 2016 – Workshop
20/05/2021 13:45 15:00 DSD: Mentimeter: encouraging student interaction
21/05/2021 13:45 15:30 DSD: Creating accessible Word documents
24/05/2021 13:45 15:30 DSD: Make a short film using your iPhone
24/05/2021 14:00 17:00
DSD: Managing Long Documents in Word 2016 (including Zotero)
25/05/2021 09:45 11:00 DSD: Use online whiteboards to encourage student interaction
25/05/2021 10:45 12:00 DSD: Inspiration: Mind mapping tool – an overview demo
25/05/2021 13:45 15:30 DSD: Styles and table of contents in Word – Workshop
26/05/2021 09:45 11:30 DSD: Vlookup in Excel – workshop
27/05/2021 13:45 16:00 DSD: Intermediate Statistics with Excel 2016
27/05/2021 13:45 16:00 DSD: Blogging with Reflect (WordPress-based) – Workshop
28/05/2021 13:45 15:30 DSD: Microsoft Teams: workshop 3
01/06/2021 09:45 11:00 DSD: Introduction to Stop motion animation
01/06/2021 13:45 15:00 DSD: Introduction to Teams/Prerequisite course for Advanced workshops
02/06/2021 09:45 11:00 DSD: Word tips and tricks
02/06/2021 13:45 15:00 DSD: Digital book making
03/06/2021 09:45 11:00 DSD: Online social interaction platforms
04/06/2021 13:45 15:00 DSD: Excel Worksheet 2 – Review session
03/06/2021 13:45 15:30 DSD: XMind mind mapping tool – workshop
04/06/2021 11:45 13:00 DSD: In a Nutshell: Starting an Nvivo Project
08/06/2021 13:45 15:00 DSD: Microsoft Forms Demo
09/06/2021 09:45 11:30 DSD: Sway, Microsoft’s modern presentation tool – Workshop
09/06/2021 13:45 16:00 DSD: Advanced Statistics with Excel 2016
10/06/2021 09:45 11:30 DSD: Microsoft Teams: workshop 1
10/06/2021 13:45 15:00 DSD: Excel tips and tricks
14/06/2021 13:45 15:30 DSD: Vlookup in Excel – workshop
15/06/2021 09:45 11:30 DSD: Microsoft Teams: workshop 2
16/06/2021 09:45 11:45 DSD: Pivot Tables in Excel – Workshop
18/06/2021 09:45 11:30 DSD: Microsoft Teams: workshop 3
28/06/2021 13:45 15:30 DSD: Creating accessible Word documents

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