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Develop your digital skills in 2021 – new dates released
By Jasmin E Mullings, on 12 January 2021
How to book
- For staff on payroll and those who have previously booked on MyLearning:
Book via MyLearning -
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- Everyone else:
Book via UCL Learning pages (everyone else includes students and non-payroll staff)
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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 the first half of Term 2 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:
- Three brand new Microsoft Teams Workshops;
- Inspiration: Mind mapping tool – an overview demo;
- Introduction to Stop Motion Animation.
This term we are bringing back our popular Software for success and In a Nutshell sessions, beginning with ‘Software for success: Choosing data analysis and statistical tools’ and ‘In a Nutshell: Starting an Nvivo Project’.
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. Not all the new courses will have pre-learning and course materials available yet, however, we will endeavour to make them available by Monday 18th January. If materials will be made available later for any particular course, a date will be given for when they are available.
We will send out the link to join the session the day before (or morning before 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 | Title |
| 19/01/2021 | 13:45 | 15:00 | DSD: Getting Started with Stata – Part 1 (Orientation and materials) |
| 26/01/2021 | 13:45 | 16:00 | DSD: Getting Started with Stata – Part 2 (Using Stata) |
| 02/02/2021 | 13:45 | 16:00 | DSD: Getting Started with Stata – Part 3 (Scripting techniques) |
| 09/02/2021 | 13:45 | 16:00 | DSD: Getting Started with Stata – Part 4 (Modelling and reporting) |
| 20/01/2021 | 11:45 | 13:00 | DSD: In a Nutshell: Starting an Nvivo Project |
| 21/01/2021 | 13:45 | 15:00 | DSD: Mentimeter: Encourage online student interaction |
| 21/01/2021 | 13:45 | 15:00 | DSD: Word tips and tricks |
| 21/01/2021 | 13:45 | 15:00 | DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio – Part 1 |
| 28/01/2021 | 13:45 | 16:00 | DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio – Part 2 |
| 04/02/2021 | 13:45 | 16:00 | DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio – Part 3 |
| 12/02/2021 | 13:45 | 16:00 | DSD: An Introduction to R with Rstudio – Part 4 |
| 22/01/2021 | 13:45 | 15:00 | DSD: Excel tips and tricks |
| 26/01/2021 | 10:45 | 12:00 | DSD: Inspiration: Mind mapping tool – an overview demo |
| 26/01/2021 | 13:45 | 15:00 | DSD: Sway, Microsoft’s modern presentation tool – Demo |
| 27/01/2021 | 09:45 | 12:00 | DSD: Managing Long Documents in Word 2016 |
| 27/01/2021 | 09:45 | 11:00 | DSD: Mentimeter: Encourage online student interaction |
| 27/01/2021 | 09:45 | 11:15 | DSD: OneDrive for sharing files |
| 27/01/2021 | 13:45 | 15:00 | DSD: Pivot Tables in Excel – Demo |
| 28/01/2021 | 09:45 | 11:30 | DSD: Creating accessible Word documents |
| 28/01/2021 | 13:45 | 15:00 | DSD: Record a narration over your PowerPoint on a PC |
| 02/02/2021 | 09:45 | 11:45 | DSD: Pivot Tables in Excel – Workshop |
| 04/02/2021 | 09:45 | 11:00 | DSD: Using Audacity to record and edit sound |
| 04/02/2021 | 13:45 | 15:30 | DSD: Sway, Microsoft’s modern presentation tool – Workshop |
| 05/02/2021 | 09:45 | 11:30 | DSD: Microsoft Teams Workshop 1: Beyond Basics Overview |
| 09/02/2021 | 11:45 | 13:00 | DSD: Inspiration: Mind mapping tool – an overview demo |
| 10/02/2021 | 09:45 | 11:00 | DSD: Video editing with Adobe Spark |
| 10/02/2021 | 09:45 | 11:15 | DSD: Microsoft Teams Workshop 2: Managing & Participating in Meetings |
| 10/02/2021 | 11:45 | 13:00 | DSD: Software for success: Choosing data analysis and statistical tools |
| 11/02/2021 | 13:45 | 15:00 | DSD: Introduction to Stop Motion Animation |
| 12/02/2021 | 09:45 | 11:30 | DSD: Vlookup in Excel – workshop |
| 16/02/2021 | 13:45 | 15:45 | DSD: OneNote 2016 – Workshop |
| 17/02/2021 | 09:45 | 12:00 | DSD: Blogging with Reflect (WordPress-based) – Workshop |
| 17/02/2021 | 13:45 | 15:00 | DSD: LaTeX: Demo of Overleaf |
| 18/02/2021 | 09:45 | 12:00 | DSD: Intermediate Statistics with Excel 2016 |
| 18/02/2021 | 09:45 | 11:30 | DSD: Microsoft Teams Workshop 3: Document Management and Collaboration |
| 18/02/2021 | 10:45 | 12:00 | DSD: Read&Write: Text-to-speech software – an overview |
| 18/02/2021 | 13:45 | 15:00 | DSD: Microsoft Forms Demo |
| 19/02/2021 | 09:45 | 11:30 | DSD: Creating accessible Word documents |
