Digital Skills Newsletter Special Issue — May 2022

Digital Skills Festival Returns

30th May — 3rd June 2022

The Digital Skills and Training team is thrilled to announce that our award-winning Digital Skills Festival is returning for its second year starting from 30th May. With sixty-four free online and in-person events running over the course of a week, there's something for everyone so make sure you have a look through our full Festival Programme.

While lots of sessions are nearly at full capacity, there's still time to put yourself on the waiting list. Plenty of sessions are also still available to book, including the following:

• Enhancing your workflow with the new Web of Science platform (31 May, 12:00-13:00, online): Discover the latest features of the new Web of Science interface and how they can help you to conduct more efficient research and manage your personal profile.
• Digital safety and citizenship for students (31 May, 15:00-16:00, online): Aimed at students, this one-hour webinar introduces the concept of digital citizenship and takes you through steps you can take to keep yourself, and those around you, safe online.
• Teaching and learning programming more collaboratively with Noteable (31 May, 16:00-16:30, online): This session offers an overview of available platforms for programming using Jupyter notebooks in Noteable and touches on features for the new academic year.
• Vlogging & YouTube Marketing (31 May, 13:00-14:00, on campus): Join student Ritwik Arya as he shares his vlogging journey on YouTube and how he achieved one million views and 60,000 watch hours within one year of launching his channel.
• Enhancing student learning and employability with Jisc's Discovery Tool (1 June, 13:00-14:00, online): This session helps staff understand the current digital capabilities landscape while highlighting to students the digital skills they need and how they can develop them.
• British Sign Language in the Digital Space (1 June, 13:15-14:00, on campus): Join British Sign Language (BSL) Development Officer, Alison Hendry, at this on campus event and learn how to make digital events more accessible for BSL users and deaf individuals.
• Producing LaTeX Documents Using the Overleaf Online Editor (1 June, 14:00-17:00, on campus): Explore the potential of using LaTeX and Overleaf in typesetting and producing high-quality, professional documents for teaching and research.
• Cracking the code for schools in Scotland: Coding with Noteable in GLOW (1 June, 16:00-16:30, online): This short talk outlines the progress made over the past year to integrate the Noteable coding platform developed by EDINA, the centre for digital expertise and services within the University of Edinburgh Information Services Group, into Scottish schools.
• Creating a Campus Map using the latest geospatial tools (2 June, 11:00-11:30, online): Discover how the updated University of Edinburgh Campus Map, which focuses on sustainable travel, was created using new technology and the ArcGIS platform.
• Transition from University to hybrid or remote working (2 June, 12:00-13:00, online): Aimed at students entering employment, this UoE career advisor-led session explores the transition from University to hybrid or remote working through various themes.
• Managing your references with EndNote (2 June, 13:00-14:00, online): Klementyna Karlinska-Batres of Clarivate demonstrates how you can save time with your citations by managing your bibliography with EndNote.
• Using Mendeley for bibliography management (2 June, 15:00-15:30, online): Join Dr Michael Palkowski of UEL as he presents Mendeley as a research tool used for organising and managing reference material for research and for writing essays.

Use the links above to book onto your favourite sessions or head to our Digital Skills Festival website to search through our extensive programme, linked below.