University Information Services - Digital Literacy Skills course timetable
Thursday 30 October 2014
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This instructor-led course fee based course concentrates on taking your current Excel skills further to accomplish the technical tasks listed under topics. This course prepares you for the internationally recognised Microsoft Office Specialist Excel 2010 Expert Exam 77-888. The last three sessions of the course are dedicated to revision and the exam, it isn't compulsory to sit the exam but it is advisable and you will be pleased to gain a new qualification that reflects your expertise. Should you wish to take an introductory course in Excel leading to a qualification before taking this course, we also offer Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Core 2010 (Exam 77-882) Excel 2010 Expert is part of the Microsoft Office certification |
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This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working. |
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This self-paced practical course covers the most commonly used features of Microsoft Word and is suited to complete beginners or those with limited experience of using a word processor. |
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An introduction to using the bibliography program EndNote to store references and notes and use them to achieve correct referencing in your documents without re-typing. This course covers both EndNote Desktop and the free, browser based, "lite" version, EndNote Online. Using EndNote will enable you to keep a note of references as you research online so that you will always be able to document your sources correctly. It can save you time as you should never need to retype references and you can alter their layout with a couple of mouse-clicks. |
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C++: Programming in Modern C++
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This is an introduction to programming in modern C++, based on the book Programming: Principles and Practice using C++. It teaches how to write modern C++ as the designer intended it to be used, and that is the key to effective use of the C++ language including several aspects of programming and C++ that are neglected in many courses, like practical program design and some numerical programming. There is some extra, locally written, material on those topics. The aim is to teach you how to write large, practical programs.
Prof. Stroustrup estimates that newcomers to programming will have to put in about 210 hours' of work to learn how to program in C++ properly. That is an accurate estimate; this is not an easy course and should not be undertaken lightly. Unfortunately, the effort is due to the nature of the C++ language, and not the way the course is presented. We are attempting to give this course in rather less time by targetting people who have some of the basic skills. This why we say that complete newcomers to programming should learn how to use Python first, and why this course is spread over most of a year. |
Friday 31 October 2014
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This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working. |
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Do you want to create more professional publications by having a deeper appreciation of what Publisher can do for you? Through a series of graded exercises this course focuses on practical work giving you ample opportunity to use your PC skills to produce various publications. |
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This self-paced practical course covers the most commonly used features of Microsoft Word and is suited to complete beginners or those with limited experience of using a word processor. |
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This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This course is aimed at those new to programming and provides an introduction to programming using Python, focussing on scientific programming. This course is probably unsuitable for those with programming experience, even if it is just in shell scripting or Matlab-like programs. By the end of this course, attendees should be able to write simple Python programs and to understand more complex Python programs written by others. As this course is part of the Scientific Computing series, the examples chosen are of most relevance to scientific programming. |
Tuesday 4 November 2014
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This self-paced hands-on course gives a "quick start" introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint which is widely used software for preparing presentations. |
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This is an introduction to the popular database package Microsoft Access 2010. The course is aimed at those who have never used the package before or have just started using it. There is an Access Fast Track course that is a shortened version of this course for those who learn at a faster pace. |
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This course is designed for users new to the software who need to create various types of chart including Organisational charts, Gantt charts and Flow charts. The skills and knowledge acquired in this course are sufficient to be able to use and operate the software at an efficient level and covers from beginners to intermediate skills. It is fast paced. |
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This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This is an introduction to when and how to combine separate programs together to form an application, and when and how to split a single program apart. It will concentrate on principles rather than details, to help attendees make the right decision and proceed in the right direction. It is aimed at users with some programming experience who need to start or join a significant programming project. |
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Photoshop: Basic Techniques
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Adobe Photoshop is the favourite image manipulation and editing tool of the professional graphics industry. It enables scanned-in photographs, pictures and graphics files to be edited and offers a dazzling array of drawing, special effects and filtering tools. Knowing where to start with such a comprehensive and feature-filled package can be daunting. This presentation aims to equip new users with the basics, using live demonstrations throughout. |
Wednesday 5 November 2014
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This is the second module of the CCNA series, should you wish to book on the series please book on Module 1 Introduction to Networks. This course describes the architecture, components, and operations of routers and switches in a small network. You will learn how to configure a router and a switch for basic functionality. By the end of this course, you will be able to configure and troubleshoot routers and switches and resolve common issues with RIPv1, RIPv2, single-area and multi-area OSPF, virtual LANs, and inter-VLAN routing in both IPv4 and IPv6 networks. |
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This is a practical-based course for people familiar with coding simple HTML and CSS. By the end of the course participants will have adapted three personal linked web pages to introduce some advanced features. Additionally, course participants will learn how to optimise graphics and photos for web use and have the opportunity to publish their finished website using DS-Web. |
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This is an introduction to the popular database package Microsoft Access 2010. The course is aimed at those who have never used the package before or have just started using it. There is an Access Fast Track course that is a shortened version of this course for those who learn at a faster pace. |
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This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This course is aimed at those new to programming and provides an introduction to programming using Python, focussing on scientific programming. This course is probably unsuitable for those with programming experience, even if it is just in shell scripting or Matlab-like programs. By the end of this course, attendees should be able to write simple Python programs and to understand more complex Python programs written by others. As this course is part of the Scientific Computing series, the examples chosen are of most relevance to scientific programming. |
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A practical workshop covering the workflow of producing a piece of edited video for upload to the Streaming Media Service. The workshop will give participants a better understanding of video cameras and microphones; effective use of a video camera including shot composition and technical considerations. Basic editing techniques will be taught and participants will have the opportunity to shoot a short piece of video, edit, encode and upload to the SMS. |
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A practical workshop covering the workflow of producing a piece of edited video for upload to the Streaming Media Service. The workshop will give participants a better understanding of video cameras and microphones; effective use of a video camera including shot composition and technical considerations. Basic editing techniques will be taught and participants will have the opportunity to shoot a short piece of video, edit, encode and upload to the SMS. |
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A practical workshop covering the workflow of producing a piece of edited video for upload to the Streaming Media Service. The workshop will give participants a better understanding of video cameras and microphones; effective use of a video camera including shot composition and technical considerations. Basic editing techniques will be taught and participants will have the opportunity to shoot a short piece of video, edit, encode and upload to the SMS. |
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A practical workshop covering the workflow of producing a piece of edited video for upload to the Streaming Media Service. The workshop will give participants a better understanding of video cameras and microphones; effective use of a video camera including shot composition and technical considerations. Basic editing techniques will be taught and participants will have the opportunity to shoot a short piece of video, edit, encode and upload to the SMS. |
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This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This could be called "Computer Arithmetic Uncovered". It will describe how computers store and process integers and floating point numbers, and also the exceptions that might arise and what they mean. The intent is to explain how modern computers handle numbers, and how to get reliable answers for a reasonable amount of effort. |
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Photoshop: Further Techniques
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Following on from the "Photoshop: Basic Techniques" course, this course covers some of the more advanced feature of Adobe Photoshop, the popular image manipulation and editing tool for graphics and design professionals. The course will explore some of the more advanced features of Photoshop. Techniques will be explained and demonstrated, and participants will then be given the opportunity to practice these for themselves. |
Thursday 6 November 2014
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This fee based instructor-led course concentrates on the topics listed below to produce professional documents such as online forms, personalised mailings or cite reference sources. Students will work with advanced features of Word to enhance professional documents, create documents ready for publication, and collaborate effectively on group editing projects. The course prepares you for the internationally recognised Microsoft Office Specialist Word 2010 Expert Exam 77-887. It isn't compulsory to sit the exam if you attend the course, but it is advisable as the qualification will reflect your expertise. The last two sessions of the course are dedicated to revision and the exam, it isn't compulsory to sit the exam but it is advisable and you will be pleased to gain a new qualification that reflects your expertise. Should you wish to take an introductory course in Word leading to a qualification before taking this course, we also offer Microsoft Office Specialist: Word Core 2010 (Exam 77-881). Word 2010 Expert is part of the Microsoft Office certification |
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LaTeX is a powerful document description language built on top of TeX. It is available on Unix, Windows and Macintoshes. It can be used for the presentation of plain text (including accented characters and letters outside the English alphabet), the typesetting of mathematics, the generation of tables, and producing simple diagrams. It is particularly suited for the writing of theses, papers and technical documents. |
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LaTeX is a powerful document description language built on top of TeX. It is available on Unix, Windows and Macintoshes. It can be used for the presentation of plain text (including accented characters and letters outside the English alphabet), the typesetting of mathematics, the generation of tables, and producing simple diagrams. It is particularly suited for the writing of theses, papers and technical documents. |