Our Digital Skills Programme consists of over 140 courses open to staff and students. Our courses run throughout the academic year, and are delivered by trainers and experts from across the University. Below you can find our themed digital skills training blocks for Semester 1 2024/25. The blocks focus on specific audience groups and spotlight various digital skills topics. If you are unable to join a course during one of the dedicated blocks, do not worry, as most of our courses run regularly throughout the academic year.We are in the process of uploading further details about the Semester 1 programme. Some information may be missing and we will supplement it as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please email the Digital Skills Team (is.skills@ed.ac.uk).Expand allCollapse allLearning Technology Week (26th – 30th August 2024)Prepare for the new semester with a selection of courses about using Learn Ultra and other learning technology.Date and timeCourse titleBooking linkMon 26 Aug, 15:00-16:00Learn: Communication Tools in Learn UltraStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 27 Aug, 10:00-11:00Learn: Analytics in Learn UltraStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 27 Aug, 14:30-15:30Learn: Tests and Question Banks in Learn UltraStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 27 Aug, 14:30-15:30PebblePad: Facilitating Assessed Blogging Workflows in PebblePadStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 28 Aug, 10:00-11:00Learn: Learn Ultra BasicsStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 28 Aug, 10:00-11:30Media Hopper Create: IntroductionStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 28 Aug, 14:30 - 16:00Wooclap: In-class polling for Student Interaction and EngagementStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 29 Aug, 10:00-10:50Increasing the accessibility of your teaching using learning technologyStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 29 Aug, 14:00-15:00Academic Blogging: Blogging to Build your Professional ProfilePGR student booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 29 Aug, 12:00-13:00OER: Diversifying the curriculum with open educationStaff booking in People & MoneyFri 30 Aug, 10:00-11:00Learn: Assignments in Learn UltraStaff booking in People & MoneyFri 30 Aug, 14:00-14:50Good Practice with TurnitinStaff booking in People & MoneyDate and time tbcMedia Hopper Replay: Introduction Date and time tbcMedia Hopper Replay: Advanced Student Focus Fortnight (23rd September – 4th October 2024)Start the new semester with a solid foundation of digital skills to set you up for studying, research and beyond.Date and timeCourse titleBooking linkMon 23 Sep, 12:00-13:00Prompt Engineering 101 for StudentsStudent booking in Event BookingMon 23 Sep, 13:00-14:45Building your profile with LinkedInStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 24 Sep, 09:10-10:00How to use the Library & How to reference and avoid plagiarismStaff & student booking in Event BookingTue 24 Sep, 10:00-11:00Information Security: Hacking HumansStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 24 Sep, 10:15-11:30Introduction to data scienceStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 24 Sep, 11:30-12:30Excel: Introduction to ExcelStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 24 Sep, 13:00-14:00EndNote for managing referencesStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 24 Sep, 13:00-14:30Office 365 Essentials: Managing your emails and calendar with Outlook on the webStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 24 Sep, 14:00-14:30Excel: Basic charts in ExcelStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 24 Sep, 14:00-15:30Introduction to Reference ManagersStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 24 Sep, 14:00-14:50Turnitin: good practice for studentsStudent booking in Event BookingWed 25 Sep, 10:00-11:30Canva: An introduction for beginnersStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 25 Sep, 13:00-14:00Using PowerPoint to create an academic posterStudent booking in Event BookingWed 25 Sep, 13:30-14:00Library Bitesize: Ten top tips for finding academic literatureStaff & student booking in Event BookingWed 25 Sep, 14:00-16:00Introduction to ProgrammingStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 26 Sep, 10:00-11:00Introduction to Audacity: Audio recording and editingStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 26 Sep, 10:00-11:30Office 365 Essentials: Notetaking made easy with Microsoft OneNote OnlineStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 26 Sep, 14:00-14:50Turnitin: good practice for studentsStudent booking in Event BookingFri 27 Sep, 10:00-11:00Data literacy for beginnersStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyFri 27 Sep, 13:00-17:00Women in Red: Wikipedia editing and publishing workshop (on campus)Staff & student booking in Event BookingMon 30 Sep, 11:30-12:30Introduction to SPSSStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 30 Sep, 12:10-13:00Ethical and responsible use of generative AI for academic workStaff & student booking in Event BookingMon 30 Sep, 14:00-17:00Photoshop Introduction (on campus)Student booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 30 Sep, 14:30-16:00Getting started with NVivoStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 01 Oct, 10:00-11:30Introduction to LinkedIn LearningStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 01 Oct, 12:00-12:30Introduction to Digital Research ServicesStaff & PG student booking in Event BookingTue 01 Oct, 13:00-14:00Developing your digital skillsStudent booking in Event BookingWed 02 Oct, 10:00-11:00Information Security: My neighbour hacked my toothbrushStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 02 Oct, 10:00-10:30Library Bitesize: Using law databasesStaff & student booking in Event BookingWed 02 Oct, 10:00-11:30Producing a thesis or dissertation using WordStudent booking in Event BookingWed 02 Oct, 10:30-11:30Synthetic Data Workshop: Creating Secure DatasetsStudent booking in Event BookingThu 03 Oct, 10:00-11:00Office 365 Essentials: Perfect planning with Microsoft PlannerStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 03 Oct, 12:30-13:00Learn: Learning analytics for studentsStudent booking in Event BookingFri 04 Oct, 10:00-11:00Office 365 Essentials: Simple cloud storage with OneDriveStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyFri 04 Oct, 12:30-13:00Learn: Learning analytics for studentsStudent booking in Event BookingDate & time TBCDIY Film School Date & time TBCPython for Data Science Data and Programming Fortnight (7th – 18th October 2024)Join us for two weeks of data and programming courses.Tue 08 Oct, 14:00-15:00Date and timeCourse titleBooking linkMon 07 Oct, 11:30-12:30Synthetic Data Workshop: Creating Secure DatasetsStudent booking in Event BookingMon 07 Oct, 13:00-14:00Python vs R Student booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 08 Oct, 10:00-10:30Basic data visualisationsStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 08 Oct, 11:30-12:30Excel: Introduction to ExcelStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 08 Oct, 14:00-15:00Data and AI ethicsStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 08 Oct, 14:00-14:30Excel: Basic charts in ExcelStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 09 Oct, 13:30-15:00Coding ClubStudent booking in Event BookingThu 10 Oct, 10:00-12:00BusinessObjects Advanced (on campus)Staff booking in People & MoneyThu 10 Oct, 14:00-15:00Data literacy for beginnersStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyFri 11 Oct, 14:00-15:15Introduction to data scienceStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 14 Oct, 11:00-13:00Introduction to ProgrammingStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 14 Oct, 12:00-13:00Introduction to SPSSStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 15 Oct, 11:30-12:00Excel: Selected Excel functionsStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 15 Oct, 12:30-13:00Excel: Further functionsStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 16 Oct, 10:00-11:00Prompt Engineering 101 for StudentsStudent booking in Event BookingWed 16 Oct, 14:00-16:30Introduction to Python Student booking in Event BookingThu 17 Oct, 10:00-11:00Machine learning - the basicsStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & Money Library Dissertation and Thesis Festival (21st – 25th October 2024)Our Academic Support Librarian colleagues are delivering a programme of events to help you succeed with your dissertation or thesis. We are supporting the Dissertation and Thesis Festival with a number of digital skills courses. Find the full programme on the Dissertation and Thesis Festival website, or browse our supporting digital skills courses below.Date and timeCourse titleBooking linkMon 21 Oct, 10:10-11:40Study resources for literature reviewsStaff & student booking in Event BookingTue 22 Oct, 10:00-10:30Basic data visualisationsStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 22 Oct, 10:00-11:00Using PowerPoint to create an academic posterStudent booking in Event BookingTue 22 Oct, 13:00-14:30Getting started with NVivoStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 23 Oct, 10:00-10:30Library Bitesize: Preliminary searches for systematic review projectsStaff & student booking in Event BookingWed 23 Oct, 10:00-11:30Producing a thesis or dissertation using WordStudent booking in Event BookingWed 23 Oct, 11:30-12:30Introduction to SPSSStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 23 Oct, 13:00-14:00EndNote for managing referencesStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 24 Oct, 12:30-13:00Library Bitesize: Cited reference searchingStaff & student booking in Event BookingThu 24 Oct, 13:00-14:30Introduction to Reference ManagersStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyFri 25 Oct, 9:00-9:30Library Bitesize: EndNote and writing up: beyond the basicsStaff & student booking in Event Booking Digital Skills for Staff Fortnight (28th October – 8th November 2024)Two weeks of digital skills for our colleagues across the University. Spruce up your Office 365 skills, or learn how to make the most of Wikimedia for your teaching.Date and timeCourse titleBooking linkThu 24 Oct, 13:00-14:00Office 363 Essentials: Perfect Planning with Microsoft PlannerStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 28 Oct, 12:00-12:30OER: Copyright and Exceptions Quick Start: A short introduction to UK Copyright and ExceptionsStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 28 Oct, 13:00-14:30Media Hopper Create: IntroductionStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 28 Oct, 14:00-16:00Sharepoint: Lists and Document Library ManagementStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 28 Oct, 14:00-17:00Photoshop Introduction (on campus)Student booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 28 Oct, 15:00-16:00Tik Toks and Instagram reels: Creating engaging short-form videoStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 29 Oct, 10:00-11:00Data and AI ethicsStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 29 Oct, 10:00-12:00SharePoint: Planning and designing a SharePoint siteStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 29 Oct, 11:00-12:00Learn: Analytics in Learn Ultra (online)Staff booking in People & MoneyTue 29 Oct, 13:00-14:00Office 365 Essentials: Simple cloud storage with OneDriveStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 29 Oct, 14:00-15:00Introduction to Audacity: Audio recording and editingStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 30 Oct, 10:00-11:45Building your profile with LinkedInStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 30 Oct, 12:30-13:00OER: Creative Commons quick start: A short introduction to using Creative Commons licensesStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 30 Oct, 14:00-15:00Data literacy for beginnersStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 31 Oct, 10:00-11:15Introduction to data scienceStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 04 Nov, 12:00-12:30OER: OER Quick Start: A short introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)Student booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 31 Oct, 13:00-14:30Canva: An introduction for beginnersStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 31 Oct, 14:30-15:30Learn: Analytics in Learn Ultra (on campus)Staff booking in People & MoneyFri 01 Nov, 10:00-11:00Subtitling for Media CreatorsStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 04 Nov, 9:15-10:15Learn: Analytics in Learn Ultra (online) Staff booking in People & MoneyMon 04 Nov, 13:45-14:45Developing your digital skillsStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 05 Nov, 10:00-10:30Basic data visualisationsStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 05 Nov, 10:00-11:30Office 365 Essentials: Managing your emails and calendar with Outlook on the webStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 05 Nov, 11:30-12:30Excel: Introduction to ExcelStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 05 Nov, 12:00-13:00OER: Transforming the Curriculum with OER and Open EducationStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 05 Nov, 14:00-14:30Excel: Basic charts in ExcelStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 06 Nov, 12:00 12:30OER: Open Textbooks Quick Start: A short introduction to Open TextbooksStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 06 Nov, 12:30 13:30Introduction to Wikidata and HistropediaStaff and Student booking in Event BookingWed 06 Nov, 13:00-14:30Introduction to LinkedIn LearningStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 07 Nov, 10:00-11:00Learn: Analytics in Learn Ultra (on campus)Staff booking in People & MoneyThu 07 Nov, 13:00-14:00BusinessObjects: Introduction to BusinessObjectsStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 07 Nov, 13:00-14:30Office 365 Essentials: Notetaking made easy with Microsoft OneNote OnlineStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyFri 08 Nov, 10:00-12:00SharePoint: Planning and designing a SharePoint site (on campus)Staff booking in People & MoneyTue 12 Nov, 11:30-12:00Excel: Selected Excel functionsStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 12 Nov, 12:30-13:00Excel: Further functionsStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTime & date TBCDIY Film School Time & date TBCSharePoint: Groups and Permissions Media and Creativity Week (11th – 15th November 2024)From audio editing to mobile phone film making, there are plenty of opportunities to get creative during our Media and Creativity Week.Date and timeCourse titleBooking linkMon 11 Nov, 13:00-14:45Building your profile with LinkedInStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 11 Nov, 14:00-17:00Photoshop Introduction (on campus)Student booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 11 Nov, 15:00-16:00Tik Toks and Instagram reels: Creating engaging short-form videoStaff booking in People & Money Tue 12 Nov, 10:00-11:30Canva: An introduction for beginnersStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 12 Nov, 12:00-12:30How to find and use Creative Commons licensed Open Educational Resources (OER)PG Student booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 14 Nov, 10:00-11:00Introduction to Audacity: Audio recording and editingStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 14 Nov, 12:00-13:00Academic Blogging: Blogging to build your professional profilePGR student booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 14 Nov, 13:00-14:30Gif It Up - Advance your Gif making skills (on campus)Student booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 14 Nov, 15:00-16:00Subtitling for Media CreatorsStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyDate & time TBCDIY Film School AI Week (18th – 22nd November 2024)Want to know more about AI? We have a week of courses for you!Date and timeCourse titleBooking linkSelf-pacedResponsible AI Foundations LinkedIn Learning pathStaff & student access on LinkedIn Learning*Self-pacedBuilding AI Literacy LinkedIn Learning pathStaff & student access on LinkedIn Learning*Self-pacedFoundations of AI LinkedIn Learning pathStaff & student access on LinkedIn Learning*Mon 18 Nov, 11:30-12:30Prompt Engineering 101 for StudentsStudent booking in Event BookingMon 18 Nov, 12:10-13:00AI tools for literature searchingStaff & student booking in Event BookingTue 19 Nov, 10:00-11:00Information Security: A.I. and cyber securityStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 20 Nov, 10:00-11:00Information Security: Spotting deep fakesStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 20 Nov, 12:00-13:00Synthetic Data Workshop: Creating Secure DatasetsStudent booking in Event BookingThu 21 Nov, 10:00-11:00Data and AI EthicsStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 21 Nov, 12:10-13:00AI tools for sifting and summarising the literatureStaff & student booking in Event BookingFri 22 Nov, 11:00-12:00Machine learning - the basicsStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & Money* Staff and students at the University have free access to LinkedIn Learning. Find out how to set up your account here: LinkedIn Learning account creation and service access.Information Security (25th – 29th November 2024)An entire week of digital skills courses and resources around information security, and digital safety and wellbeing.Date and timeCourse titleBooking linkMon 25 Nov, 10:00-11:00Information Security: How Hackers AttackStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 26 Nov 10:00-11:00Information Security: Hacking, cyber crime, and the movies: Why cyber needs a makeoverStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 27 Nov, 10:00-11:00Information Security: My neighbour hacked my toothbrushStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 28 Nov, 10:00-11:00Information Security: Mobile Phone SecurityStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & MoneyFri 29 Nov, 10:00-11:00Information Security: Spotting Deep FakesStudent booking in Event BookingStaff booking in People & Money Learning Technology Fortnight (2nd – 13th December 2024)Two weeks of learning technology courses about using Learn Ultra, Media Hopper and more.Date and timeCourse titleBooking linkMon 02 Dec, 11:00-11:50BadgEd: introducing the digital badge service for the University of EdinburghStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 02 Dec, 12:00-12:30OER: Copyright and Exceptions Quick Start: A short introduction to UK Copyright and ExceptionsStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 02 Dec, 14:00-14:50Increasing the accessibility of your teaching using Learning TechnologyStaff booking in People & MoneyMon 02 Dec, 15:00-15:50Student Personae for Learning DesignStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 03 Dec, 10:00-10:50Turnitin: good practice for academic support staffStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 03 Dec, 13:00-14:30Media Hopper Create: IntroductionStaff booking in People & MoneyStudent booking in Event BookingTue 03 Dec, 14:00-14:50Turnitin: good practice for markersStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 03 Dec, 15:00-16:00Wooclap: In-Class Polling for Student Interaction and EngagementStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 04 Dec, 09:30-10:30Learn: Analytics in Learn UltraStaff booking in People & MoneyWed 04 Dec, 12:30-13:00OER: Creative Commons Quickstart: A short introduction to using Creative Commons LicensesStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 05 Dec, 14:00-15:30Wooclap: Introduction to WooclapStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 05 Dec, 14:00-15:30Learn: Using Collaborate in Learn UltraStaff booking in People & MoneyTue 10 Dec, 12:00-12:30OER: OER Quick Start: A short introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)Staff booking in People & MoneyWed 11 Dec, 12:00-12:30OER: Open Textbooks Quick Start: A short introduction to Open TextbooksStaff booking in People & MoneyThu 12 Dec, 11:00-12:30Introduction to LinkedIn LearningStaff booking in People & MoneyStudent booking in Event BookingDate & time TBCAcademic Blogging: Blogging to build your professional profile Date & time TBCLearn: Assignments in Learn Ultra Date & time TBCLearn: Learn Ultra Gradebook - Introduction Date & time TBCLearn: Learn Ultra Gradebook - Advanced Date & time TBCLearn: Using groups in Learn Ultra Date & time TBCLearn: Communication tools in Learn Ultra Date & time TBCLearn: Tests and Question Banks in Learn Ultra Date & time TBCLearn: Marking Learn assignments using BbAnnotate Date & time TBCLearn: Online Assessment and Feedback using Turnitin Feedback Studio for markers Date & time TBCMedia Hopper Replay: Introduction Date & time TBCMedia Hopper Replay: Advanced Programme and bookingsYou can view the whole Digital Skills Programme on our Documents Catalogue:Student ProgrammeStaff ProgrammeOur student courses can be booked through the University’s Event Booking system:Digital Skills Programme courses on Event BookingMost staff courses can be booked through the People & Money Learning app (note that a few staff courses are bookable via Event Booking – these are marked ‘Event Booking’ in the staff programme):Digital Skills Programme collection on People & MoneyFor instructions on how to book onto a course please see our People & Money course enrolment guide in written and video format.Propose a new courseCan't find what you're looking for? If you would like to propose a new digital skills course, please click the button below and complete the form. Propose a course This article was published on 2024-10-08