{"id":4248,"date":"2020-08-25T11:47:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T10:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/?p=4248"},"modified":"2020-08-25T13:02:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T12:02:11","slug":"resource-on-trial-skills-for-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/resource-on-trial-skills-for-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Resource on Trial: Skills for Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Skills for Study is an online, interactive package which focuses on key academic skills.  It is aimed primarily at undergraduate students but can be useful for all levels.<br>The package is composed of 12 separate modules, each of which can be used independently or in combination with other modules.  It can be used as a stand alone product via a direct link or embedded into Canvas.  To see how this works &#8211; see this <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aJkGdmhAYIQ\">video from Hull University.<\/a><br>There is an element of personalisation as students can do their own diagnostic test to see which areas of academic skills they need to work on and then keep their own journal in the platform to reflect on their learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-25-at-11.51.48-1024x669.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-25-at-11.51.48-1024x669.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-25-at-11.51.48-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-25-at-11.51.48-768x502.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-25-at-11.51.48.png 1836w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Skills for Study<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Topics covered include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Getting ready for academic study<\/li><li>Reading and note-taking<\/li><li>Critical thinking skills<\/li><li>Exam skills<\/li><li>Research principles<\/li><li>Employability and personal development<\/li><li>Confidence with numbers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To access this resource<\/strong> go to:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skills4studycampus.com\/main\/\">https:\/\/www.skills4studycampus.com\/main\/ <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Select the login button which will take you to the screen below. <\/li><li>Click on institutional login. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"294\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2020\/08\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4253\" \/><figcaption>Skills for study log in page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>When prompted, input Newcastle and select Newcastle University. You will then be able to use your Newcastle login to access the platform. <br>The trial is available until <strong>30th September 2020<\/strong>. <br>As always, your feedback will be very welcome: you can either&nbsp;<a href=\"libliaison@newcastle.ac.uk\">email<\/a>&nbsp;it, or leave a comment on this blogpost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skills for Study is an online, interactive package which focuses on key academic skills. It is aimed primarily at undergraduate students but can be useful for all levels.The package is composed of 12 separate modules, each of which can be used independently or in combination with other modules. It can be used as a stand &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/resource-on-trial-skills-for-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Resource on Trial: Skills for Study&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5449,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5449"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4248"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4264,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248\/revisions\/4264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}