Digital skills are about how you handle, present and communicate information and content using digital tools and platforms. This includes problem-solving, innovation and the creation of digital content and media, both academically and professionally.
Here you can explore the live workshops the Centre for Academic Success has to offer over the next couple of weeks on the theme of Digital skills.
This workshop is a beginners guide to writing documents in LaTeX using Overleaf. No prior knowledge is needed for this workshop or any other computing language, it will cover the basics of LaTeX including document structure, typesetting text, tables, figures, equations and Inserting references.
Bay Campus
Thursday 21st November 2024
13:00 - 14:00 GMT
This intermediate workshop builds on the getting to know LaTeX workshop by exploring the presentation package in LaTeX called beamer. We will also cover more complicated packages in LaTeX and look at how to use them.
Bay Campus
Thursday 21st November 2024
14:00 - 15:00 GMT
Learning to apply and modify formatting styles in Word will give your work a professional finish but will make the document accessible and easy to navigate. You will also be able to create and update a contents page at the click of a button.
Bay Campus
Friday 22nd November 2024
10:00 - 12:00 GMT
digital skills, Word, formatting styles, contents page
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Learn to use pivot tables, allowing you to pull out key information while leaving the original data intact. The workshop will also cover how to add a series of pivot tables within the same Excel spreadsheet, which look at different aspects of the data, and how to update and refresh them.
Online via Zoom
Monday 25th November 2024
10:00 - 12:00 GMT
digital skills, Excel
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Do your presentations engage your audience? Come along to our hands-on slide design workshop and discover top tips to make the most of Microsoft PowerPoint. Create better looking presentations and avoid the basic errors that cause your audience to switch off.
Online by Zoom
Wednesday 27th November 2024
14:00 - 16:00 GMT
digital skills, PowerPoint, slide design
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This workshop is a beginner’s guide to python. We will cover basic concepts (variable, types, lists), and then move onto using functions, methods and packages to improve your code writing skills. At the end we will touch on NumPy a fundamental data science package in Python.
Bay Campus
Thursday 28th November 2024
13:00 - 14:00 GMT
This intermediate workshop builds on the getting to know Python workshop by exploring data visualisation through Matplotlib, understanding dictionaries and Pandas, using logic, control flow and filtering as well a loop for executing repeated code.
Bay Campus
Thursday 28th November 2024
14:00 - 15:00 GMT
Learn to add pictures, charts, tables and equations to a Word document , and to adjust labels and numbering styles. Create lists of tables or figures, and a reference link to the caption in your text.
Bay Campus
Friday 29th November 2024
10:00 - 12:00 GMT
digital skills, Word, captions, cross-referencing, table of figures
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Learn how to showcase your findings using the appropriate chart, and to amend chart elements to edit the design and layout. This workshop will also teach you how to apply a logarithmic scale and error bars, and how to export your charts to other documents.
Online via Zoom
Monday 2nd December 2024
10:00 - 12:00 GMT
digital skills, Excel, charts
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Want to design professional quality posters to grab your audience’s attention? This workshop shows you how to create effective academic posters, ensuring information is readable from an appropriate distance.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 4th December 2024
14:00 - 16:00 GMT
digital skills, PowerPoint, poster design
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