Moving beyond the basics with Microsoft Word: laying out the document, working with images and tables, how to manage navigation of a long document, such as a dissertation.
Managing documents (about 1-2 hours).
Tag: digital productivity
Guidance on moving files from shared or hard drives to OneDrive.
The Azure Virtual Desktop Service (AVD) gives secure access to University software, your files and protected websites. It’s the best way to access software during teaching sessions and private study. You can connect from anywhere, using most devices, including your PC, laptop, tablet or Chromebook. You’ll need a browser and an internet connection.
Azure Virtual Desktop (up to half an hour).
Microsoft 365 is designed to help you create, share, and collaborate with ease and efficiency. This site has been created to help you get the most out of Microsoft 365 apps with training resources in a variety of formats to help you improve your skills and learn new features.
Rocket is Newcastle University’s institution-wide HPC (high performance computing) service. Rocket is open to anyone at the University whose computations can be run on Linux and are too large, long or numerous to be accommodated on a single desktop machine.
Your filestore is accessible via various remote network services so that you can use it from anywhere on the Internet. Some services work on all types of Computers while others are restricted to specific platforms.
University Staff and students have access to several software packages for their personal computers, either discounted or for free. This includes Microsoft packages, Adobe Creative Cloud, and many specialist pieces of software.
There are many free digital resources available online to help you study more effectively, for example by planning your time and keeping you focused on your tasks, making and using notes, or supporting your revision. This page showcases some of these free apps and websites, split into planning and note-taking, staying on task and testing yourself and revising.
Digital tools to help you study (about 1-2 hours).
This page provides guidance on and comparison of two pieces of note-taking software: Notion and RemNote.
Digital note-taking (about 1-2 hours).
A short course teaching you how to use the various review tools in Microsoft Word. Includes tools such as spellchecker, and also collaborative tools such as comments and track changes.