Digital Creation and Problem-solving
To be digitally capable in this area is to be able to select, use and adapt the available tools in order to create documents, answer questions and find solutions to problems. Depending on the problem or question, you might need to learn how to use a new tool, or a new function in an existing tool - so lots of the links in this area will direct you to tutorials, but we encourage you to explore the resources below to answer the questions you are working on.
Create, or learn how to create, documents, presentations, images, infographics, and video (as required) using digital tools
- Getting started with Microsoft Powerpoint (staff and students
- Creating infographics using Powerpoint (staff and students)
- LinkedIn Learning Challenge: set aside 10 minutes a day to learn more about using Microsoft Word (staff and students)
- Resources to help you create accessible digital documents (staff and students)
- Help from the TEL team: digital tools and technologies for teaching (teaching staff)
- Help from DTS: accessing Microsoft Office tools through the University (staff and students)
Answering question using data
- Learning Excel - building foundations and learning about the basic functions of Microsoft Excel (staff and students)
- Managing and analysing data using Microsoft Excel - some more advanced features to help you to understand data (staff and students)
- LinkedIn Learning courses on SPSS (staff and students)
Teams at the University who can help you
- Digital Technology Services (DTS) can help you to access lots of tools to create documents and analyse data (staff and students)
- Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) can help you to manage video assessments using YuJa (staff and students)
- Library and Study Advice can help you to add references to your documents, find data and information to include, and support you with creating and delivering presentations (students)