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Develop your digital skills – new dates released for Spring 2023

By Louise Pollock, on 23 November 2022

What’s on offer

ISD Digital Skills Development Team has released new dates for Term 2. Most of our sessions will be offered remotely using Microsoft Teams with some also face-to-face.

See our latest schedule below.

We are offering a wide range of courses covering Stata, Unix, Microsoft apps (including Teams, OneNote, and Sway), and much more.

New highlights include the following:

  • DSD: Enhancing the Accessibility of your Moodle Courses
  • DSD: User access and multiple instruments in REDCap
  • DSD: Managing participants in REDCap
  • DSD: Qualtrics tips and tricks
  • DSD: Scripting Stata’s new Tables and Collections.
 

How to book

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

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

Prizes to be won!

We have new monthly term-time prizes to be won by staff and students who attend and evaluate our courses.  All you have to do to be in the running to win £20 ‘Love to Shop’ Gift Voucher is complete one of our training sessions, and submit our course evaluation form. The evaluation form should take no more than 1 minute to complete. Good luck!

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 remotely and face-to-face 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

Start Date Start Time End Time Session Title Venue
31/01/2023 10:00 12:00 DSD: Software for success: Survey tools This session will take place via an online teaching platform
31/01/2023 10:00 12:00 DSD: Format your Thesis (Windows) This session will take place via an online teaching platform
31/01/2023 14:00 15:30 DSD: Creating accessible Word documents This session will take place via an online teaching platform
31/01/2023 14:00 15:00 DSD: Creating Infographics using free web-based tools This session will take place via an online teaching platform
01/02/2023 12:00 13:00 DSD: Introduction to REDCap for research This session will take place via an online teaching platform
02/02/2023 11:00 12:00 DSD: Software for success: Data analysis & statistical tools This session will take place via an online teaching platform
01/02/2023 10:00 11:45 DSD: Pivot Tables in Excel – Workshop This session will take place via an online teaching platform
DSD: Mentimeter for Continuous Module Dialogue (CMD) This session has been cancelled but click the link to join the Interest list.
02/02/2023 14:00 15:00 DSD: Podcasting made easy – workshop This session will take place via an online teaching platform
02/02/2023 14:00 15:30 DSD: Enhancing the Accessibility of your Moodle Courses This session will take place via an online teaching platform
02/02/2023 10:00 11:30 DSD: Microsoft Teams Workshop 1: Beyond Basics Overview This session will take place via an online teaching platform
07/02/2023 12:00 13:00 PowerPoint for Researchers and Presenters: Words, Images and More This session will take place via an online teaching platform
07/02/2023 14:00 16:00 DSD: Data Visualization in R with ggplot2 This session will take place via an online teaching platform
07/02/2023 10:00 11:30 DSD: Vlookup in Excel – Workshop This session will take place via an online teaching platform
07/02/2023 10:00 11:00 DSD: Planning a short film This session will take place via an online teaching platform
07/02/2023 12:00 13:30 DSD: Excel Essential Skills – WORKSHOP 1 (Campus-based) Campus-based session 
07/02/2023 14:00 15:00 DSD: Filming advice for a short film This session will take place via an online teaching platform
08/02/2023 11:00 12:00 DSD: Software for success: Working with Bibliography and Citation Apps This session will take place via an online teaching platform
08/02/2023 14:00 16:00 DSD: Advanced statistics with Excel 2016 (Campus-based) Campus-based session
08/02/2023 10:00 11:30 DSD: Styles and Table of Contents in Word – Workshop This session will take place via an online teaching platform
08/02/2023 DSD: Use online whiteboards to encourage student interaction This session has been cancelled but click the link to join the Interest list.
08/02/2023 DSD: Digital book-making This session has been cancelled but click the link to join the Interest list.
09/02/2023 10:00 11:00 DSD: Scripting Stata Graphs This session will take place via an online teaching platform
09/02/2023 14:00 15:00 DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio – Part 1 (Remote classroom) This session will take place via an online teaching platform
14/02/2023 & 21/02/2023 14:00 16:00 DSD: Getting Started with SPSS – 2 parts Campus-based sessions
14/02/2023 14:00 15:30 DSD: Microsoft Teams Workshop 2: Managing & Participating in Meetings  This session will take place via an online teaching platform
14/02/2023 14:00 15:00 DSD: Design an impactful research poster using UCL templates This session will take place via an online teaching platform
14/02/2023 10:00 11:00 DSD: Make a short film using your iPhone This session will take place via an online teaching platform
DSD: Managing your digital profile and social media presence This session has been cancelled but click the link to join the Interest list.
15/02/2023 12:00 13:00 DSD: User access and multiple instruments in REDCap This session will take place via an online teaching platform
15/02/2023 10:00 11:00 DSD: Managing participants in REDCap This session will take place via an online teaching platform
15/02/2023 12:00 13:00 DSD: Software for Success: Winning with charts This session will take place via an online teaching platform
15/02/2023 10:00 11:15 DSD: Basic image editing using free tools (Demo) This session will take place via an online teaching platform
15/02/2023 12:00 13:30 DSD: Excel Essential Skills – WORKSHOP 1 (Campus-based) Campus-based session
16/02/2023 10:00 12:00 DSD: Software for success: Data visualisation This session will take place via an online teaching platform
16/02/2023 10:00 11:45 DSD: OneNote – Workshop This session will take place via an online teaching platform
16/02/2023 14:00 16:00 DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio – Part 2 (Remote classroom) This session will take place via an online teaching platform
17/02/2023 12:00 13:00 DSD: Software for success: Writing tools This session will take place via an online teaching platform
21/02/2023 10:00 12:00 DSD: Software for success: Survey tools This session will take place via an online teaching platform
21/02/2023 14:00 15:30 DSD: Sway, Microsoft’s modern presentation tool – Workshop This session will take place via an online teaching platform
21/02/2023 14:00 15:00 DSD: An introduction to free graphic design tools This session will take place via an online teaching platform
21/02/2023 12:00 13:00 DSD: Excel Essential Skills – WORKSHOP 2 (Campus-based) Campus-based session
22/02/2023 10:00 17:00 DSD: Think like a computer programmer Campus-based session
22/02/2023 10:00 11:00 DSD: Word Tips and Tricks This session will take place via an online teaching platform
23/02/2023 12:00 13:00 DSD: Qualtrics tips and tricks This session will take place via an online teaching platform
23/02/2023 10:00 13:00 DSD: Scripting Stata’s new Tables and Collections Campus-based session
23/02/2023 15:00 17:00 DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio – Part 3 (Remote classroom) This session will take place via an online teaching platform
23/02/2023 10:00 11:00 DSD: Microsoft Forms Demo This session will take place via an online teaching platform
24/02/2023 12:00 13:00 DSD: In a Nutshell: Starting a Nvivo Project This session will take place via an online teaching platform
28/02/2023 14:00 16:00 DSD: Format your Thesis (Windows) This session will take place via an online teaching platform
28/02/2023 10:00 11:45 DSD: Pivot Tables in Excel – Workshop This session will take place via an online teaching platform
01/03/2023 12:00 13:00 DSD: Excel Essential Skills – WORKSHOP 2 (Campus-based) Campus-based session
02/03/2023 14:00 16:00 DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio – Part 4 (Remote classroom) This session will take place via an online teaching platform
02/03/2023 10:00 11:30 DSD: Creating accessible PowerPoint Presentations This session will take place via an online teaching platform
07/03/2023 10:00 12:00 DSD: Software for success: Survey tools This session will take place via an online teaching platform
07/03/2023 14:00 17:00 DSD: A Quick Introduction to UNIX (Campus-based) Campus-based session
07/03/2023 12:00 13:00 DSD: Excel Essential Skills – WORKSHOP 3 (Campus-based) Campus-based session
08/03/2023 14:00 17:00 DSD: Further UNIX  (Campus-based) Campus-based session
08/03/2023 10:00 11:30 DSD: Microsoft Teams Workshop 3 – Document Management and Collaboration  This session will take place via an online teaching platform
08/03/2023 14:00 15:00 DSD: Excel Tips and Tricks This session will take place via an online teaching platform
09/03/2023 10:00 11:00 DSD: LaTeX: Demo of Overleaf This session will take place via an online teaching platform
09/03/2023 14:00 15:30 DSD: Creating accessible Word documents This session will take place via an online teaching platform
10/03/2023 12:00 13:00 DSD: In a Nutshell: Excel functions we should all know This session will take place via an online teaching platform
14/03/2023 & 24/03/2023 10:00 17:00 DSD: Introduction to Matlab – 2 parts Campus-based session
14/03/2023 10:00 11:30 DSD: OneDrive for sharing files This session will take place via an online teaching platform
15/03/2023 & 16/03/2023 17:00 20:00 DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio (Campus-based) 2 parts Campus-based session
15/03/2023 10:00 11:30 DSD:Vlookup in Excel – Workshop This session will take place via an online teaching platform
22/03/2023 14:00 16:00 DSD: Intermediate statistics with Excel 2016 This session will take place via an online teaching platform
22/03/2023 10:00 11:45 DSD: Charting with Excel This session will take place via an online teaching platform
23/03/2023 14:00 16:00 DSD: Better Tables in R This session will take place via an online teaching platform
25/04/2023 14:00 15:30 DSD: Enhancing the Accessibility of your Moodle Course Campus-based session

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