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Graduate IT skills seminar: 

Graduate IT skills seminar Chris Dillon Faculty Information Support Officer for Arts andamp; Humanities Latest version of this presentation: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/fiso/ah/presentations

Overview slide: 

Overview slide Why are we here? Manage all your research notes under one roof Brainstorm / Memorising Storing your Web links in one place online Putting your research online Managing long documents Managing your bibliographic references

Overview slide (cont.): 

Overview slide (cont.) Making a good presentation Managing your files Managing your e-mail Storing images online Getting going with image-editing Electronic flashcards (B)logging what you’re doing publicly

Overview slide (cont.): 

Overview slide (cont.) Working collaboratively on a website Wiki examples Collections of free software

Why are we here?: 

Why are we here? Overview of software and websites useful to postgrads Training courses Documentation Cribs (short software guides)

Manage all your research notes under one roof: 

Manage all your research notes under one roof with TreePad: Staff WTS: at Start | Programs | Software S-Z | Treepad Cluster WTS: This executable file can be put on the R: drive. Stand-alone: download from: www.treepad.com Apple: http://jreepad.sourceforge.net Getting started: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/fiso/ah/courses

Keeping notes and lists online: 

Keeping notes and lists online with Google Docs andamp; Spreadsheets http://docs.google.com

Brainstorm / Memorising: 

Brainstorm / Memorising with MindGenius at Start | Programs | Software M-O: Remember to make use of e.g. colour, pictures and size — they help you to remember. Tutorial within the program at Help | Tutorial Convert mindmap to a presentation with: File | Save As | Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

Storing your Web links in one place online: 

Storing your Web links in one place online and giving others access to them with: Furl www.furl.net Also allows you to make your Web links public. Example: www.furl.net/members/chrisdillon

Putting your research online: 

Putting your research online with your own website: Guide: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/fiso/ah/courses (Use either of the Dreamweaver courses.) Documentation: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/documents Examples: http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/sechard/home.htm

Putting your research online: 

Putting your research online with fellow postgrads and Moodle: Documentation: http://docs.moodle.org Example: A andamp; H Research Skills Seminars

Managing long documents: 

Managing long documents inc. master documents, tables of contents, footnotes etc. with Word: Courses: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/training Manage long documents Documentation: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/documents

Managing your bibliographic references: 

Managing your bibliographic references with Reference Manger at Start | Programs | Software P-R: Training: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/training Documentation: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/documents

Making a good presentation: 

Making a good presentation with PowerPoint: Guide: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/fiso/ah/courses Documentation: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/documents Courses: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/training

Managing your files: 

Managing your files with Windows Explorer: One copy of everything in a logical hierarchy No unnecessary large (andgt;300Kb) files Guide: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/fiso/ah/courses Documentation: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/documents

Managing your e-mail: 

Managing your e-mail with mailboxes, labels, shortcut keys and filters in Eudora, Outlook and Thunderbird: Guides: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/fiso/ah/courses

Storing images online: 

Storing images online with Flickr: www.flickr.com Database of copyright-free images: www.flickr.com/creativecommons

Getting going with image-editing: 

Getting going with image-editing with IrfanView: On Cluster and Staff WTS: Start | Programs | Graphics Packages | IrfanView | IrfanView Stand alone (PC only): www.irfanview.de Photoshop Elements Training: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/training Documentation: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/documents

Electronic flashcards: 

Electronic flashcards with Excel and PowerPoint: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/fiso/ah/powervocab.htm

(B)logging what you’re doing publicly: 

(B)logging what you’re doing publicly with www.blogger.com: Examples: My phonetic blog / John Wells www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/blog.htm e-learning at UCL (collaborative blog) www.ucl.ac.uk/learningtechnology/blog/

Searching for blogs: 

Searching for blogs http://blogsearch.google.com

Work collaboratively on a website: 

Work collaboratively on a website with a wiki e.g.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Here’s an academic example: www.ucl.ac.uk/calt/alpd/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Moodle (www.moodle.ucl.ac.uk) has a wiki tool.

Wiki examples: 

Wiki examples Showa history: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/昭和 North Korea: http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/조선민주주의인민공화국 Differences between N. and S. Korean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_language

Collections of free software: 

Collections of free software We all work in different ways, and you will probably find useful free software at: www.nonags.com www.sourceforge.net (esp. software for Macs) www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ccaacdi/knowhow/freeware.htm Beware of spyware (check with a Google search).

Graduate IT skills seminar: 

Graduate IT skills seminar Chris Dillon c.dillon@ucl.ac.uk Faculty Information Support Officer for Arts andamp; Humanities Latest version of this presentation: www.ucl.ac.uk/is/fiso/ah/presentations