Develop your digital skills this term – new dates released

How to book

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

What’s on offer

ISD Digital Skills Development have released new dates for Term 3. Most of our sessions will be offered remotely using Microsoft Teams, however, this term there are a couple that will take place on campus. These are marked in the schedule as ‘campus based’ in bold. See our latest schedule below.

We are offering a wide range of courses covering Stata, Matlab, Unix, Microsoft apps (including Teams, OneNote and Sway) and much more. Highlights include the following brand new additions:

• DSD: Best practice for video captions and transcripts
• DSD: Explore the potential of UCL Media Central
• DSD: Scripting Stata Tables
• DSD: Scripting Stata Graphs

As a reminder, please note that most of our events are interactive training sessions and are not recorded. Therefore, we ask that you please ensure you are able to attend before booking and cancel your place if you are no longer able to attend. If you have any accessibility requirements, please let us know by emailing the ISD Digital Skills Development mailbox in advance: isd-digiskills@ucl.ac.uk

Find out more

For more information on how to book and join a session on the day, please visit our Practical Course Information page.

Drop-ins

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

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 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.

Latest schedule

Date	Start	End	Class title	Delivery mode
04/05/2022	13:45	14:30	DSD: Excel Essential Skills programme (self-paced) – Orientation	Remote classroom
04/05/2022	13:45	15:00	DSD: Filming advice for a short film	Remote classroom
04/05/2022	09:45	12:00	DSD: Managing Long Documents in Word 2016	Remote classroom
04/05/2022	09:45	11:00	DSD: Pivot Tables in Excel – Demo	Remote classroom
04/05/2022	09:45	11:00	DSD: Planning a short film	Remote classroom
04/05/2022	13:45	15:00	DSD: Word tips and tricks	Remote classroom
05/05/2022	09:45	11:30	DSD: Creating accessible PowerPoint presentations	Remote classroom
05/05/2022	09:45	11:00	DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio – Part 1 (Remote classroom) – WAITING LIST ONLY	Remote classroom
12/05/2022	09:45	12:00	DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio – Part 2 (Remote classroom) – WAITING LIST ONLY	Remote classroom
19/05/2022	09:45	12:00	DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio – Part 3 (Remote classroom) – WAITING LIST ONLY	Remote classroom
26/05/2022	09:45	12:00	DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio – Part 4 (Remote classroom) – WAITING LIST ONLY	Remote classroom
05/05/2022	13:45	15:00	DSD: Getting Started with Stata – Part 1 (Orientation and materials)	Remote classroom
12/05/2022	13:45	16:00	DSD: Getting Started with Stata – Part 2 (Using Stata)	Remote classroom
19/05/2022	13:45	16:00	DSD: Getting Started with Stata – Part 3 (Scripting techniques)	Remote classroom
26/05/2022	13:45	16:00	DSD: Getting Started with Stata – Part 4 (Modelling and reporting)	Remote classroom
05/05/2022	13:45	15:30	DSD: Managing your digital profile and social media presence	Remote classroom
06/05/2022	11:45	13:00	DSD: Software for Success: Winning with charts	Remote classroom
10/05/2022	13:45	15:00	DSD: Excel tips and tricks	Remote classroom
10/05/2022	09:45	11:00	DSD: Microsoft Teams Introduction (Prerequisite Course for Advanced Workshops)	Remote classroom
10/05/2022	10:00	17:00	DSD: Think like a computer programmer	Campus based
11/05/2022	09:45	12:00	DSD: Intermediate statistics with Excel 2016	Remote classroom
11/05/2022	09:45	11:30	DSD: VLookup in Excel – workshop	Remote classroom
12/05/2022	09:45	11:00	DSD: Basic video editing using iMovie on a Mac	Remote classroom
12/05/2022	13:45	15:00	DSD: Record a narration over your PowerPoint on a PC	Remote classroom
17/05/2022	13:45	15:45	DSD: Pivot Tables in Excel – Workshop	Remote classroom
18/05/2022	09:45	11:15	DSD: Basic image editing using free tools	Remote classroom
18/05/2022	13:45	15:00	DSD: Excel Essential Skills programme (self-paced) – Worksheet 1 Review	Remote classroom
18/05/2022	09:45	12:00	DSD: Scripting Stata Graphs	Remote classroom
19/05/2022	09:45	11:30	DSD: Microsoft Teams Workshop 1: Beyond Basics Overview	Remote classroom
19/05/2022	13:45	15:00	DSD: Podcasting made easy – workshop	Remote classroom
24/05/2022	09:45	11:00	DSD: Creating Infographics using free web-based tools	Remote classroom
24/05/2022	13:45	16:00	DSD: Getting Started with SPSS	Remote classroom
24/05/2022	09:45	12:00	DSD: Scripting Stata Tables	Remote classroom
24/05/2022	13:45	15:15	DSD: Styles and table of contents in Word – Workshop	Remote classroom
25/05/2022	09:45	11:30	DSD: Creating accessible Word documents	Remote classroom
25/05/2022	11:45	13:00	DSD: Introduction to REDCap for research (demo and Q&A)	Remote classroom
25/05/2022	09:45	11:00	DSD: Microsoft Forms Demo	Remote classroom
26/05/2022	09:45	12:00	DSD: Blogging with Reflect (WordPress-based) – Workshop	Remote classroom
27/05/2022	11:45	13:00	DSD: In a Nutshell: Excel functions we should all know	Remote classroom
30/05/2022	17:00	20:00	DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio (Campus-based) – Part 1	Campus based
31/05/2022	17:00	20:00	DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio (Campus-based) – Part 2	Campus based
31/05/2022	13:45	15:30	DSD: Sway, Microsoft’s modern presentation tool – Workshop	Remote classroom
01/06/2022	09:45	12:00	DSD: Better Tables in R	Remote classroom
01/06/2022	13:45	15:00	DSD: Excel Essential Skills programme (self-paced) – Worksheet 2 Review	Remote classroom
07/06/2022	10:00	17:00	DSD: Introduction to Matlab – Part 1	Campus based
09/06/2022	10:00	17:00	DSD: Introduction to Matlab – Part 2	Campus based
07/06/2022	09:45	11:45	DSD: OneNote 2016 – Workshop	Remote classroom
08/06/2022	09:45	12:00	DSD: Data Manipulation in R with Rstudio	Remote classroom
08/06/2022	13:45	15:00	DSD: Excel Essential Skills programme (self-paced) – Worksheet 3 Review	Remote classroom
08/06/2022	13:45	15:00	DSD: Explore the potential of UCL Media Central	Remote classroom
08/06/2022	09:45	11:30	DSD: Microsoft Teams Workshop 2: Managing & Participating in Meetings	Remote classroom
09/06/2022	09:45	11:00	DSD: Excel tips and tricks	Remote classroom
10/06/2022	09:45	12:00	DSD: Data Visualization in R with ggplot2	Remote classroom
10/06/2022	12:45	14:00	DSD: In a Nutshell: Starting an Nvivo Project	Remote classroom
14/06/2022	09:45	11:00	DSD: Word tips and tricks	Remote classroom
14/06/2022	09:45	11:00	DSD: LaTeX: Demo of Overleaf	Remote classroom
15/06/2022	09:45	11:45	DSD: Pivot Tables in Excel – Workshop	Remote classroom
15/06/2022	13:45	15:30	DSD: Microsoft Teams Workshop 3: Document Management and Collaboration	Remote classroom
16/06/2022	13:45	15:00	DSD: Best practice for video captions and transcripts	Remote classroom
17/06/2022	11:45	13:00	DSD: Software for Success: Winning with charts	Remote classroom
21/06/2022	13:45	15:30	DSD: OneDrive for sharing files	Remote classroom
22/06/2022	13:45	15:30	DSD: Photo editing with Pixlr X – Workshop	Remote classroom
23/06/2022	09:45	11:30	DSD: VLookup in Excel – workshop	Remote classroom