During this short session, you will learn about asynchronous teaching using lecture recordings in Zoom.
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Managing your references with EndNote
Are you manually entering citations and bibliography into your manuscripts? Attend a live demonstration of using EndNote 20 and see how to save time and avoid mistakes by collecting, managing, and citing bibliographies automatically!
Read moreEncouraging Student Interaction and Engagement with In-Class Polling
This hands-on session will look at some techniques and functionality of in-class polling systems that can help engage your students with your teaching and course material. The session will look at different question types, in-built functionality, and common techniques for encouraging peer and class discussion.
Read moreOffice 365 Essentials: Perfect planning with Microsoft Planner
This short course will introduce you to the basics of Microsoft OneDrive – a simple and effective planning application available to all members of staff and students as part of the University’s Office 365 subscription.
Read moreDigital safety and citizenship for staff
As we’re all spending more time online in the new hybrid learning environment, it’s more important than ever to take ownership of your digital safety and use technology responsibly. This one-hour webinar introduces you to the concept of digital citizenship and takes you through steps you can take to keep yourself, and those around you, safe online.
Read moreUsing Mendeley for bibliography management
This session will provide an overview of Mendeley as a research tool, to organise and manage reference material for research and for writing essays.
Students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level will benefit in particular from this session, as it will demonstrate how to organise their reading materials from their courses more effectively.
Read moreInformation Security: Hacking humans
This hour long online session looks at social engineering, the manipulation of the natural human tendency to trust, and how cyber criminals use techniques to scam people out of credentials and data.
Read moreExcel: Introduction to Excel
This introductory session is intended for people with no or very little prior knowledge and experience of Excel. It covers the main characteristics of Excel, spreadsheet layout, basic formulas and formatting using Excel 2016 for the PC.
Read moreSubtitling for media creators
This webinar will introduce you to automated and manual methods you can use to add subtitles (closed captions) to video or audio files you have uploaded to Media Hopper Create, helping to make them accessible. We’ll also give advice on how to optimise your recordings to ensure the highest quality audio, and therefore the best possible automatic subtitles.
Read moreAdobe Creative Cloud Express: Advanced
During this session, learn how to use the advanced features within Adobe Creative Cloud Express to make your social media graphics and newsletters even more engaging. This course builds upon the knowledge and skills gained from the Adobe Creative Cloud Express Introductory course.
Read moreTikToks and Instagram Reels: Using Short-Form Video to Engage Students
This hour-long session will introduce you to the short-form video format and its monumental impact on social media. Discover the perks of using short-form video in your marketing strategy, examples of how it has been used in the context of higher education, and most importantly – how you can use it to connect with “kids these days”.
Read moreTransition from University to hybrid or remote working
In this session, we will discuss the transition from University to hybrid or remote working. We will look at meeting etiquette, tools and techniques for building relationships, time management, work-life balance, wellbeing, tips on workspaces etc.
Read moreCreating a Campus Map using the latest geospatial tools
In this session, you’ll discover how the updated University of Edinburgh Campus Map was created using the ArcGIS platform.
Read moreGif It Up: An Introduction to making gifs
Calling all creative types, history nuts, graphic artists, animators, and lovers of the internet! Learn how to make your own gifs from openly licensed and public domain, museum, library, and archival materials.
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