• Welcome

    Hello and welcome to your Learning Technologies (LT) training page for students. Here you will find resources and virtual training sessions, for help with inductions and for other key computer and software skills. 


    **PUT THESE DATES IN YOUR DIARY, BOOKMARK THIS PAGE AND COME BACK HERE TO CLICK THE LINK TO JOIN!**

    • Word formatting tips
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      This 30 minute workshop will help you format your Word document, particularly useful for dissertations and report writing. This includes:

      • Adding page numbers
      • Using section breaks
      • Heading and styles
      • Table of contents.

      There is also time for questions and answers after the session.

      Weds 6 October 2021 4pm
      Weds 24 November 2021 4pm
      Weds 9 March 2022 4pm
      Weds 6 April 2022 4pm

      Here is the TEAMS meeting link to join training and follow the onscreen prompts

      Video of the session is available here.

    • Powerpoint for presentations
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      This 30 minute workshop includes:

      • How to create your Powerpoint slides
      • Visual design tips, animations and transitions
      • Playing the slideshow

      There is also time for questions and answers after the session.

      Weds 13 October 2021 4pm
      Weds 1 December 2021 4pm
      Weds 16 March 2022 4pm

      Here is the TEAMS meeting link to join training and follow the onscreen prompts.

    • Powerpoint for posters
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      This 30 minute workshop includes:

      • Setting custom sizes for posters
      • Design ideas for fonts and formatting 
      • Discussing images (background and contextual)
      • Basic copyright

      There is also time for questions and answers after the session.

      Weds 20 October 2021 4pm
      Weds 2 February 2022 4pm
      Weds 23 March 2022 4pm

      Here is the TEAMS meeting link to join training and follow the onscreen prompts

    • InDesign essentials

      This 30 minute workshop will help you to learn essential working practice and professional methods of organising your InDesign files. You will also learn helpful tips to prevent possible issues with your work. Industry practice such as templates and styles will be introduced to help you produce a more professional product. It will include:

      • How to package
      • How to back up files
      • How to 'place' images

      There is also time for questions and answers after the session.

      Weds 27 October 2021 4pm
      Weds 9 February 2022 4pm
      Weds 30 March 2022 4pm

      Here is the TEAMS meeting link to join training and follow the onscreen prompts

    • Excel for beginners

      Excel iconThis 30 minute workshop includes:

      • Basic calculations
      • Creating graphs and diagrams
      • Printing from Excel. 

      There is also time for questions and answers after the session.

      Weds 3 November 2021 4pm
      Weds 16 February 2022 4pm

      Here is the TEAMS meeting link to join training and follow the onscreen prompts

    • myPortfolio essentials
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      This 30 minute workshop will guide you in creating your myPortfolio (Mahara) portfolio from scratch - looking at the different components of the package needed to build your portfolio. This session will also help those of you that need to copy a template provided by your course team. 

      There is also time for questions and answers after the session.

      Weds 10 November 2021 4pm
      Weds 23 February 2022 4pm

      Here is the TEAMS meeting link to join training and follow the onscreen prompts

    • SPSS essentials

      This 30 minute workshop will show you the basics of SPSS (please note that this session is not for advanced users - specialist guidance can be found on LinkedIn Learning);

      • How to set up a database
      • How to label variables
      • Combining and transforming variables
      • How to run the most common tests


      This session will take 30 minutes with a further 30 minutes available for questions.

      Weds 17 November 2021 4pm
      Weds 2 March 2022 4pm

      The workshop session on Teams is now cancelled. However, a comprehensive self-guided course is available online. This can be found here: Quantitative Research Methods (Statistics and SPSS)