Digital Skills
We provide free training on MS Office and Google
This training is delivered by one of expert trainers and is designed to boost your digital confidence, so you get the most out of the software you are using.
Don't let your digital skills hold you back....
Book onto one of our scheduled courses below or email digitalskills@port.ac.uk to book a 1:1 session
Virtual IT inductions
During your first weeks at the University , we are hosting (via Zoom) Digital IT Induction sessions. These hour long will be led by a member of the Digital Skills team, and you will have the opportunity to ask questions.
Click on a link below to register for the session.
Please note that we may not be able to answer course specific questions, but we can direct you to assistance.
Wednesday 2 October 2024 10:00 - 11:00
Monday 7 October 2024 10:00 - 11:00
Tuesday 8 October 2024 15:00 - 16:00
Monday 14 October 15:00 - 16:00
Wednesday 16 October 11:00 - 12:00
Monday 21 October 15:00 - 16:00
Wednesday 23 October 11:00 -12:00
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Scheduled Training Sessions
The training will include:
Using Google Keep
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Setting up a note
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Creating a list
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Adding people to collaborate with
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Synch with Keep on a smartphone
Setting Pinned Tabs in Chrome
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Set up Group tabs in Chrome
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Colour coded tabs and moving them around
Features in MS Word
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Tour of the MS Word Ribbon
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Selection techniques
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Show/hide button
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Set up a document in Outline View and defined a master page
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Open and use the Navigation Pane
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Add and customise Heading styles
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Insert captions
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Apply bookmarks and cross-references to text
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Add footnotes and endnotes
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Discuss techniques for adding citations
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Creating an index, table of images and a table of contents
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Adding headers, footers, and page numbering using page and section breaks
Sessions
Thursday 19 September 10:00 - 12:00 Click here to register
Tuesday 1 October 10:00 - 12:00 Click here to register
Friday 22 November 10:00 - 12:30 Click here to register
Wednesday 18 December 10:00-12:30 Click here to register
Content
This session will help you use Microsoft Word to create your assignments. The training will include:
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Setting up the formatting for a document
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Adding headers and page numbering
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Adding a Cover Page
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Using Styles
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Creating a Table of Contents
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Using the spelling and grammar check
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Track Changes
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Adding an appendix with different page numbering
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An opportunity to as questions
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Many more Microsoft Tips to help you use Microsoft Word to create an assignment
Sessions delivered via zoom:
Monday 9 September 11:00 - 12:30 Click here to register
Tuesday 24 September 10:00 – 11:30am Click here to register
Thursday 3 October 14:00 - 15:30 Click here to register
Thursday 17 October 10:30 - 12:00 Click here to register
Wednesday 6 November 14:00 - 15:30 Click here to register
Monday 2 December 14:00-15:30 Click here to register
Thursday 12 December 10:00-11:30 Click here to register
Content
This session will help you use MS Excel to present and analyse data. The training will include:
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Entering data into a spreadsheet
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Creating basic formulas
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Using Functions to analyse data (mean, median, mode, standard deviation)
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Creating charts
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Sorting data
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Opportunity to ask questions
Sessions delivered via zoom:
Monday 9 September 10:00 - 11:30 Click here to register
Tuesday 24 September 14:00 – 15:30 Click here to register
Thursday 10 October 14:00 - 15:30 Click here to register
Wednesday 23 October 14:00 - 15:00 Click here to register
Thursday 7 November 10:00 11:30 Click here to register
Monday 18 November 14:00 - 15:30 Click here to register
Tuesday 3 December 10:00-11:30 Click here to register
Thursday 12 December 14:00-15:30 Click here to register
Content
This session will help you use MS PowerPoint to create a presentation. The training will include:
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Structure of presentations
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Creating a presentation
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Adding and Formatting Slides
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Using themes
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Adding images and videos
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Presenter view
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Animation and transitions
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Printing/pdf your assignment for submission
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Presenting tips
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Opportunity to ask questions
Sessions delivered via zoom:
Monday 16 September 10:00 - 11:30 Click here to register
Wednesday 9 October 14:00 - 15:30 Click here to register
Thursday 14 November 10:00 - 11:30 Click here to register
Monday 16 December 14:00-15:30 Click here to register
This training is an introduction to MS Project and will cover the creation of a basic Gantt Chart to monitor a project.
In this session we will show include:
- An introduction to Gantt Charts and their main components
- Setting up a Gantt Chart in MS Project
- Adding Tasks
- Auto - Scheduling Tasks
- Creating Predecessor Tasks
Sessions delivered via zoom:
Monday 16 September 15:00 - 16:30 Click here to register
Thursday 24 October 14:00 - 15:00 Click here to register
Content
This session will help you use MS Visio for creating flowcharts and diagrams. The training will include:
- An overview of Microsoft Visio and typical uses
- Creating a Flowchart
- Creating a Timeline
- Creating a Diagram
- Adding flowcharts and diagrams to Word or PowerPoint
Sessions delivered via zoom:
Tuesday 10 September 13:30 - 15:00 Click here to register
Wednesday 16 October 14:00 - 15:30 Click here to register
Thursday 28 November 10:00 - 11:30 Click here to register
Content
Moodle is the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) used at the University.
This session will cover the basics of Moodle including:
- Accessing Moodle
- Finding and opening your Moodle Courses
- Viewing resources on a Moodle Course
- Completing a Moodle Quiz
- Uploading an assignment to a Moodle Assignment Dropbox
- Contributing to a Moodle Forum
- How to get help with Moodle
Sessions delivered via zoom:
Friday 18 October 10:00 - 11:00 Click here to register
Monday 11 November 10:00 - 11:30 Click here to register
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1:1 Training
Digital Skills offer personalised 1-1 mentoring to assist with developing your IT skills.
To book a session email digitalskills@port.ac.uk with some brief details and we will get back to you.
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