Programme brochure (Edinburgh) - Heriot

Power Hours
Workshop Programme
2014-15 (Semester 2)
Edinburgh Campus Library
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FOR WHO
Most sessions are open to all students and staff.
Workshops for specific audiences are clearly marked.
Staff involved in teaching or research and PhD students
may also be interested in sessions run by the Centre for
Academic Leadership and Development at www.hw.ac.uk/
research/ald/academic-development.htm
WHEN?
WHAT?
The Power Hours programme offers a range of workshops
aimed at enhancing information, research, study
and IT skills. Choose from a variety of topics - from
finding information online to preparing for exams and
from essay writing to coping with stress.
Power Hours are provided by Information Services and
delivered by specialist staff from across the University.
More information, slides, additional learning materials and
presenter details are available online. See
www.hw.ac.uk/is/skills-development/
power-hours.htm
WHERE?
The sessions are all held in the Anderson Room or the
adjacent Library Teaching Room, both on the top floor of
the Edinburgh Campus Library (local notices will direct you
to the appropriate room).
Learning materials from the workshops can be found in
the Power Hours Workshops organisation in Vision at
https://vision.hw.ac.uk/
Most sessions are held at lunchtimes or in the afternoons.
Many sessions are repeated throughout the semester. If
you can’t attend, slides and other materials are available
online for most sessions in the Power Hours Workshops
Organisation in Vision.
OOK?
TO B
DO I HAVE
Booking is required and we will operate a waiting list.
Please book online at http://hw.ac.libcal.com/powerhours
If you don’t secure a place, it may be worth coming along
on the day if you can as those booked may not attend on
the day. Priority will be given to those with a booking.
ORKSHOP
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SUGGEST
If the topic you want isn’t covered in our programme, let
us know and we can look in to providing it.
Email IThelp@hw.ac.uk with your suggestion.
Distinctly Ambitious
www.hw.ac.uk/is/skills-development/power-hours.htm
Citing, Referencing and Avoiding
Plagiarism
CITING & REFERENCING HARVARD
ƒƒ Downloading/exporting/importing references
Come along to this session to cite them right using Harvard
ƒƒ Cite While You Write
This session gives a general overview covering the what, why, when
and how of citing and referencing. Come along to get some hints and
tips on make citing and referencing easier and find out how the process
can help avoid plagiarism. Examples in this session will use a version of
the Harvard (author-date) style.
ƒƒ Generating and formatting a bibliography/reference list
Thurs 22 Jan12:15-13:15, Wed 2
8 Jan12:15-13:15,
Fri 3
0 Jan12:15-13:15, Thurs 05 Feb 1 7:15-18:15,
Wed 25 Feb 1 2:15-13:15, Thurs 05 Mar 14:15-15:15
PRESENTER: Marion Kennedy / Kirsty Thomson, Information Services
“The workshop was EXTREMELEY USEFUL!”
CITING & REFRENCING NUMERIC
Come along to this session to cite them right using a numeric style
This session gives a general overview covering the what, why, when and
how of citing and referencing. Come along to get some hints and tips on
make citing and referencing easier and find out how the process can help
avoid plagiarism. This session is for students who have been told to use a
numeric style, for example, IEEE, RSC, Optics Letters or Optics Express.
Tues 2
7 Jan12:15-13:15
PRESENTER: Kirsty Thomson, Information Services
EndNote Desktop is most suited to research students and academic staff;
students working with very large numbers of references; or students
who will only be using university computers. EndNote desktop can be
synchronised with EndNote online.
Fri 2
3 Jan12:15-14:15, Thurs 29 Jan14:15-16:15,
Wed 11 Feb12:15-14:15, Mon 23 Feb12:15-14:15
PRESENTER: Catherine Ure / Kirsty Thomson / Sarah Kelly,
Information Services
ENDNOTE ONLINE
Find out how this online tool can help you manage your references
This session introduces EndNote Online, a web-based reference
management tool which can help you: collate, annotate and organise your
references, create reference lists & add citations in your text. The session
will cover:
ƒƒ Entering and retrieving references
ƒƒ Searching
ƒƒ Downloading references
ƒƒ Cite While You Write
CITING & REFERENCING PLUS ENDNOTE
ƒƒ Generating and formatting a bibliography/reference list
This workshop is intended for those who have already attended the
Citing & Referencing workshop, or are familiar with the reasons for
citing and referencing and styles used
EndNote Online is most suited to undergraduate and taught postgraduate
students, or researchers who will be using their own laptops. EndNote
Online can be synchronised with EndNote desktop.
This session builds on your basic knowledge of citing and referencing and
looks in more detail at how to use citations in your academic writing;
how you can use information sources to provide evidence and counterarguments; and how you can show your marker that you have read widely
and understand the topic. The session then goes on to look at how
reference management software (EndNote) can help you keep track of your
information sources and easily format them in your text and your reference
list. For those using their own laptop, they are asked to bring it with them
to class; for everyone else, we will be using the university’s networked PCs.
You will be expected to take part in activities, both individually and with
other participants in the class.
Mon 2
6 Jan12:15-13:15, Fri 3
0 Jan14:15-15:15,
Tues 03 Feb10:15-11:15, Fri 0
6 Feb 1 3:15-14:15,
Mon 09 Feb 1 2:15-13:15, Fri 0
6 Mar 12:15-13:15
Wed 0
4 Feb13:15-15:15, Mon 02 Mar 1 4:15-16:15
PRESENTER: Sarah Kelly, Information Services
ENDNOTE DESKTOP
Find out how this desktop package can help
manage your references
This session introduces EndNote Desktop reference management software.
Installed on all University network PCs, this package can help you: collate,
annotate and organise your references, create reference lists & add
citations in your text. The session will cover:
PRESENTER: Sarah Kelly / Marion Kennedy / Kirsty Thomson,
Information Services
”Clearly taught and questions answered well”
UNDERSTANDING TURNITIN
Find out how the plagiarism avoidance tool in
Vision can help you cite it right!
ƒƒ Are you an undergraduate? Does your lecturer use Vision and allow you
to check your assignments using Turnitin prior to final submission?
ƒƒ Are you a postgraduate? Do you want to check your thesis or research
papers in Turnitin prior to submission?
If you would you like to know how Turnitin can help you avoid plagiarism
caused by misunderstanding and misuse, or if you would like to know
how to read and interpret reports generated by Turnitin, then come to this
session on Turnitin for students.
Fri 2
0 Feb12:15-13:15
ƒƒ Building an EndNote library
PRESENTER: Nicole Kipar, Centre for Academic Leadership & Development
ƒƒ Entering and retrieving references
“Excellent friendly delivery . . . well presented.“
ƒƒ Searching
All sessions are bookable. To book a place, please go to http://hw.ac.libcal.com/powerhours
Finding and Evaluating Information
GOOGLE GURU
Better searches...better results
Learn how to search Google effectively, evaluate what you find and use
with confidence in academic assignments. This workshop will introduce you
to: advanced search techniques, Google book search, Google Scholar and
evaluation techniques.
Mon 1
6 Feb12:15-13:15
PRESENTER: Catherine Ure, Information Services
“Excellently Done!”
CRITICAL READING OF A JOURNAL PAPER
(INTERACTIVE)
Fun with analysing some research!
Prior reading essential. This interactive workshop will analyse a spoof
(i.e. joke) research paper in order to show how a critical reader assesses
the claims made in a journal paper and decides to what extent they are
based on valid and reliable evidence. It is essential that participants read
the paper by Lim et al. (2005) “The case of the disappearing teaspoons”
before attending this session and bring a copy to the workshop. Copies of
the article are available from the Edinburgh Campus Library Service Desk.
Tues 0
3 Feb12:15-13:15
PRESENTER: Olwyn Alexander, School of Management and Languages
LITERATURE SEARCHING / REVIEW
What is a literature review and how do I find suitable sources to
review?
Have you been told to find more suitable ‘academic’ or ‘peer-reviewed’ material
to use in your assignments? Do you have to undertake a literature review?
Have you tried searching for good information online (i.e. you’ve Googled it),
but think there must be better information out there? If you still haven’t found
what you’re looking for, then this non-subject-specific session outlines
good practice to help you get the authoritative information you need.
Mon 1
9 Jan12:15-13:15, Thurs 12 Feb12:15-13:15,
2 Mar 1 2:15-13:15
Fri 20 Feb 1 4:15-15:15, Mon 0
PRESENTER: Catherine Ure / Sarah Kelly / Marion Kennedy, Information Services
“Presenter explains in detail how to search
for literature in any research work.“
“Interesting and fun”
SCIFINDER: POWER BITE
Short introduction to this key database for Chemistry and related topics
HALF HOUR SESSION: Learn how to use SciFinder to help with your
research and your assignments. We’ll look at searching for journal articles,
and learn how to find chemical properties, protein sequences and reactions
within SciFinder. This session is only suitable for novice users of SciFinder
who are studying biology, chemistry or chemical engineering.
Fri 13 Feb12:30-13:00
PRESENTER: Kirsty Thomson, Information Services
DISSERATION / FINAL YEAR PROJECT
For those undertaking their undergraduate or MSc dissertation/project
CRITICAL EVALUATION OF ONLINE RESOURCES
This workshop last 3 hours and covers:
Sources - are they accurate, appropriate, academic?
ƒƒ Literature Searching/Review
Learn how to evaluate online resources, including journals, research papers,
websites and images.
ƒƒ Citing & Referencing in Academic Writing
ƒƒ EndNote online
Wed 1
8 Feb14:15-15:15
Engineering and Physical Sciences/Institute of Petroleum Engineering:
PRESENTER: Linda Kerr, Information Services
Mon 0
2 Feb12:15-15:15
“Very good.”
Life Sciences (Marine / Environmental Science, Climate Change):
Thurs 26 Feb09:15-12:15
Life Sciences (Food / Beverage Science, Biotechnology, Psychology):
Tues 3
1 Mar12:15-15:15
Management & Languages:
Fri 20 Mar12:15-15:15
PRESENTER: M
arion Kennedy / Catherine Ure / Kirsty Thomson,
Information Services
PSYCINFO: POWER BITE
Short introduction to this key database for Psychology and related topics
HALF HOUR SESSION: Learn how to use PsycINFO (the premier search tool for
psychology related subjects) to help find reading material for your research or
assignments. We’ll look at searching for journal articles and learn how to use
PsycINFO features to make your searching more effective and efficient.
Fri 13 Mar12:30-13:00
PRESENTER: Marion Kennedy, Information Services
All sessions are bookable. To book a place, please go to http://hw.ac.libcal.com/powerhours
www.hw.ac.uk/is/
skills-development/power-hours.htm
Presentations and Posters
POSTER DESIGN
PRESENTATION SKILLS
Posters, once used mainly by researchers to publicise their work, are
increasingly being used as a form of assessment for undergraduate courses.
If you are:
ƒƒ Wondering how best to summarise technical content
At various points throughout your course, you’ll probably be asked to give
talks or presentations – maybe to fellow students or to your tutors. Come
along to this session to get some tips and techniques on how to plan,
prepare and deliver your presentation. Remember Information Services
provides group study rooms with audio-visual equipment where you can
run through your presentations. Practice makes perfect!
ƒƒ Finding designing an academic poster a difficult and time-consuming task
Thus 26 Feb14:15-15:15
Then come along to this workshop to make planning and designing quality
academic posters an achievable goal.
PRESENTER: Isabelle Pottinger, Information Services
Learn the key steps to planning and designing a great poster
ƒƒ Unsure what a poster is supposed to achieve
Tues 0
3 Mar14:15-15:15
PRESENTER: Isabelle Pottinger, Information Services
POWERPOINT FOR POSTERS
Need a poster to back up your work? Find out how to create effective
posters using PowerPoint
Find out about page size and orientation; guides and grids; zoom, inserting
and formatting text; inserting images, tables, graphs and diagrams;
aligning and distributing objects; colour, borders and background.
Tues 1
7 Feb13:15-14:15, Mon 09 Mar12:15-13:15
PRESENTER: Keith Aitchison, Information Services
All sessions are bookable. To book a place, please go to http://hw.ac.libcal.com/powerhours
Tips and techniques for giving various different types of presentations
“Very well instructed.”
POWERPOINT FOR PRESENTATIONS
Essential PowerPoint skills to add some zap to your presentation!
Find out how to add, update, format and animate the objects on your slides.
7 Feb12:15-13:15
Fri 06 Feb14:15-15:15, Fri 2
PRESENTER: Keith Aitchison, Information Services
Academic Writing
Word for long documents
TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING
WORD: ADD A BIT OF STYLE
A good report is easy to recognise. Its title is precise and informative, its
layout and format are well organised, with diagrams, graphs and tables
well-presented and fully labelled. The writing style is accurate, fluent
and concise, with headings to indicate the content of each section. This
workshop will help you understand the purpose of a report, how to plan it
and how best to structure it in terms of presentation and layout
As an added bonus, you will also find out how you can quickly create
numbered headings and build and update a table of contents. Time saving
essentials!
Do you know which material should go in the appendices and which in
the main body? Can you write a full yet succinct executive summary?
So busy concentrating on content, you end up with the formatting all
over the place? Come and find out how to sort things out – quickly!
7 Feb14:15-15:15
Thurs 29 Jan12:15-13:15, Fri 2
PRESENTER: Moira Stephen, Information Services
Tues 2
4 Feb15:15-16:15
PRESENTER: Isabelle Pottinger, Information Services
THE WRITE STUFF
Develop your writing skills
Get advice on the main stages of essay writing:
ƒƒ How to analyse titles
ƒƒ How to organise the material you collect
ƒƒ How (and why) to plan the whole essay before you start to write
ƒƒ How to develop a good argument
ƒƒ How to work differently to avoid writer’s block
ƒƒ How to critique your own work
ƒƒ What kind of essays get good marks
Mon 2
6 Jan14:15-15:15, Tues 10 Feb13:15-14:15
PRESENTER: Isabelle Pottinger, Information Services
“Well delivered and very helpful.”
WRITING A LITERATURE REVIEW
What is a literature review and how do I write one?
WORD: DIVIDE AND CONQUER
YOUR PAGE LAYOUT
Get to grips with sections and solve your page layout nightmares
This session on page layout looks at how you can combine different page
layouts within the same document - portrait and landscape pages, different
page numbering formats, and varying headers and footers.
Tues 03 Mar12:15-13:15, Thurs 26 Mar12:15-13:15
PRESENTER: Moira Stephen, Information Services
WORD: LINKS, FOOTNOTES AND CAPTIONS
Make sense of your document with these useful features
Find out how you can create links in your file using hyperlinks, bookmarks
and cross-references and how to add, format and edit footnotes and
endnotes. This session will also show you how to insert captions and create
and update a table of figures.
1 Apr13:15-14:15
Tues 10 Mar13:30-14:30, Wed 0
PRESENTER: Moira Stephen, Information Services
A literature review is a justification for doing research and for doing it in a
particular way. Participants will explore the purpose of literature reviews in
their field, the degree of criticality expected and the relationship to the rest
of the dissertation/thesis or paper. They will also consider features such as
finding a voice and taking a stance towards the literature under review.
Tues 2
4 Feb12:15-13:15
PRESENTER: Olwyn Alexander, School of Management and Languages
“Excellent!”
All sessions are bookable. To book a place, please go to http://hw.ac.libcal.com/powerhours
www.hw.ac.uk/is/
skills-development/power-hours.htm
Study and Lifestyle Tips
TEAMWORKING
Learn the benefits of working with others in a team
As employers increasingly value ‘interpersonal skills’ or ‘people skills’, more
of the curriculum at university is being dedicated to training students in
the skills of working effectively with others. Come along to this workshop
where we will explore how to:
ƒƒ Develop your communication skills
ƒƒ Learn through group work and discussion
ƒƒ Develop confidence in participating in discussion groups
ƒƒ Be part of a mutual support group
Mon 1
6 Feb14:15-15:15
PRESENTER: Isabelle Pottinger, Information Services
“Informative and fun.”
MINDMAP WITH MINDGENIUS
Is your mind bursting with ideas? Capture, visualise and organise them
quickly in a mindmap
Find out how MindGenius, a visual tool, can help you collect and organise
your ideas. Create and develop your mindmap, add notes and other
information and export it to Word and PowerPoint.
Thurs 12-Feb13:15-14:15, Thurs 12 Mar12:15-13:15
PRESENTER: Keith Aitchison, Information Services
“Very interesting & practical”
HOW TO MANAGE STRESS: TIPS & TECHNIQUES
Feeling a bit stressed or anxious with lots of work to do?
Using Cognitive Behavioural Principles this workshop will show you some
useful methods to remain calm, feel good and manage your workload by
exploring: how to avoid behaviours that can make stress worse; how stress
can affect you - identifying your own stress ‘triggers’; how to use breathing
techniques to help manage anxiety.
Tues 17 Feb12:15-13:15
PRESENTER: Kenny Boyd, Student Counselling Service
“Very helpful to know why we get stressed to start with.“
TIME MANAGEMENT
Work smarter; not harder. Help balance study, leisure and work
Keen to do well at university? Do you find:
ƒƒ Everything is coming at you at once?
ƒƒ Too much course work; too little time?
ƒƒ Need to earn money but still want to go out with friends?
There’s no need to panic. This practical session covers how to manage your time
better, get more done and still have time to go out. Please bring your timetable.
If you wish to create your Time Management Timetable in colour, please
bring coloured pencils, pens, crayons and/or highlighters to this workshop.
Wed 2
8 Jan14:15-15:15, Thurs 5 Mar12:15-13:15
PRESENTER: Isabelle Pottinger, Information Services
“Amazing.”
All sessions are bookable. To book a place, please go to http://hw.ac.libcal.com/powerhours
HOW TO STOP PUTTING THINGS OFF AND
FEEL MOTIVATED: TIPS & TECHNIQUES
Putting things off until tomorrow? Avoiding completing tasks
altogether? Feeling de-motivated?
Putting off or delaying starting work can result in us feeling more stressed
and under pressure, yet we can find ourselves repeating this behaviour time
and time again. This workshop will explore: the reasons why we put things
off; what we can do about it; ideas to help with motivation and ‘getting
started’.
Fri 06 Feb12:15-13:15, Thurs 26 Feb12:15-13:15
STUDY SUPPORT SOFTWARE
An overview of network and free software to
help you with your studies
This workshop looks at some of the powerful study support programs
available to Heriot-Watt students on the network or available free to
download, including spelling and grammar checks, converting documents
into sound files, mind mapping, research tools and more. Come along to
see how they work.
Wed 0
4 Feb12:15-13:15, Thurs 19 Feb12:15-13:15
PRESENTER: Andy Lees, Student Support & Accommodation
PRESENTER: Kenny Boyd, Student Counselling Service
“Really useful.”
THE EXAM SURVIVAL GUIDE
Don’t let exams get you down; learn strategies for exam success
MAKING THE MOST OF
YOUR ACADEMIC MENTOR
What’s in it for me?
This workshop highlights the role of the student and academic in the
mentor relationship. What should the mentor be there to do and provide?
The obvious answer is to provide support and guidance to the student
on their studies and performance, are you achieving your best? But there
is also the role of providing references for their student in relation to
employment, accommodation or banks etc (students often forget about
this). Providing a reference is difficult if the mentor does not know the
student so it is also important for the student to take some responsibility in
making this relationship work to their advantage. This workshop will look
at the student/mentor relationship in more detail.
Mon 2
6 Jan12:15-13:15
PRESENTER: Fiona Grant, School of the Built Environment
“Very insightful.”
Being prepared, as Scouts around the world will testify, is key to success especially when it comes to exams. Find out how to:
ƒƒ Work smarter, not harder
ƒƒ Decide which questions to answer and in what order
ƒƒ Communicate what you have learned
ƒƒ Avoid what really irritates examiners
ƒƒ Devise revision strategies
ƒƒ Avoid making common mistakes
Mon 1
6 Mar12:15-13:45, Mon 23 Mar14:15-15:45
PRESENTER: Isabelle Pottinger, Information Services
MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR LECTURES
Hints and tips
Do you know:
ƒƒ What to expect from a lecture?
ƒƒ What a good lecturer will do?
ƒƒ Whether to take notes or make notes – and the difference?
ƒƒ What types of study activities are effective before, during and after a lecture?
ƒƒ What wider reading is expected of you?
ƒƒ How to consolidate your learning?
This workshop will answer these questions – and more.
Tues 2
0 Jan14:15-15:15
PRESENTER: Isabelle Pottinger, Information Services
HOW TO MANAGE EXAM STRESS
Stressed out because exams are looming?
Using Cognitive Behavioural Principles this workshop will show you some
useful methods to remain calm, feel good and manage both your revision
and exams by exploring: how to avoid behaviours that can make stress
worse; how stress can affect you - identifying your own exam stress
“triggers”; how to use breathing techniques to help manage anxiety in the
exam room.
Tues 2
4 Mar12:15-13:15
PRESENTER: Kenny Boyd, Student Counselling Service
All sessions are bookable. To book a place, please go to http://hw.ac.libcal.com/powerhours
www.hw.ac.uk/is/
skills-development/power-hours.htm
IT workshops
EXCEL
Level 1:Learn to enter and edit data, perform simple calculations and use
common functions.
3 Mar09:15-11:45
Fri 2
3 Jan09:15-11:45, Fri 1
Level 2: Develop your skills using logical functions, conditional formatting
and advanced charts.
Part 1: Fri 0
6 Feb09:15-11:45 OR Fri 20 Mar09:15-11:45
3 Mar09:15-11:45
Part 2: Fri 1
3 Feb09:15-11:45 OR Mon 2
Level 3: Improve your efficiency using Pivot Tables, Lookups, Data Tables
and ‘What If?’ analysis.
5 Mar09:15-11:45
Part 1: Tues 17 Feb09:15-11:45 OR Wed 2
1 Mar09:15-11:45
Part 2: Wed 0
4 Mar09:15-11:45 OR Tues 3
PRESENTERS: Keith Aitchison / Moira Stephen, Information Services
EXCEL LOOKUPS: POWER BITE
HALF HOUR SESSION: Lookups are functions which allow a given value
to be looked up from within a table and an alternative column to be
returned from that table. It can also return the closest match to the value
being looked up so that each row in the table can represent ranges of
values. Benefits are enhanced presentation and tables of values don’t need
to be repeated throughout the spreadsheet, significantly reducing data
maintenance.
WORD
Level 1: Learn how to create and manipulate simple Word documents
quickly and effectively.
Thurs 05-Feb09:15-11:45
Level 2:The course will help you become more efficient
when using Word.
Part 1: Thurs 1
9 Feb09:15-11:45
Part 2: Thurs 0
5 Mar09:15-11:45
Level 3: Word for Power Users! The course covers many features that will
help you automate the way you work with Word.
Part 1: Thurs 1
9 Mar09:15-11:45
Part 2: Thurs 0
2 Apr09:15-11:45
PRESENTERS: Keith Aitchison / Moira Stephen, Information Services
For shorter workshops on Word see ‘Word for Long Documents’ section.
For Endnote, PowerPoint and MindGenius workshops see ‘Citing,
Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism’, ‘Posters and Presentations’
and ‘Study and Lifestyle Tips’ sections of the brochure.
Vision materials also available for Project. Go to Vision | Organisations |
Power Hours Workshops and information on ECDL at
www.hw.ac.uk/is/skills-development/ecdladvanced-ecdl.htm
LYNDA.COM
Tues 1
7 Mar12:30-13:00
PRESENTER: Keith Aitchison, Information Services
EXCEL PIVOT TABLES: POWER BITE
HALF HOUR SESSION: PivotTables allow you to summarise large volumes
of data in different ways (pivot the data) to help you make sense of your
data. They are an interactive, dynamic feature that allows you to drill down
into the data quickly to produce a variety of outputs. If you have long lists
of data to make sense of in Excel take some time out and see what Pivots
could do for you!
Thurs 02 Apr12:30-13:00
PRESENTER: Moira Stephen, Information Services
All sessions are bookable. To book a place, please go to http://hw.ac.libcal.com/powerhours
LYNDA.COM
Study over 2,000 courses including SPSS, AutoCAD, MatLab, R,
C++ and many more. A lynda.com kiosk is situated on level 1 of
the Edinburgh Campus Library. The lynda.com kiosk lets you learn
at your leisure.
Staff & Postgraduate Research Students
VISION: BUILDING CONTENT
Adding learning materials and basic Vision tools to a course
BOOKING
REQUIRED
Vision
STAFF ONLY
STAFF ONLY
This workshop looks at adding content to your course in Vision. Find out
how to add staff information, the course syllabus, a course glossary and how
to use folders, items, links, etc., to organise your subject matter.
Wed 2
5 Feb14:15-15:15
PRESENTER: Moira Stephen, Information Services
VISION: INTERFACE & CUSTOMISATION
VISION: COMMUNICATION &
COLLABORATION
An introductory course for lecturers that are new
to the staff interface in Vision (Blackboard)
STAFF ONLY
New Blackboard (Vision) users will find this
introductory workshop a good place to start. The session will take you on a
tour of the Vision interface and show you how to customise your workspace
and course. You will also find out how to set up the course menu, add a
banner, set the course entry point and make the course available.
Wed 1
1 Feb14:15-15:15
A look at tools to keep in touch and
create connections using Vision
STAFF ONLY
Take a tour of the communication and collaboration tools available in
Vision. In this workshop we will look at Announcements, Email, Discussion
Groups, Blogs and Wikis.
Wed 1
8 Mar14:15-15:15
PRESENTER: Kirsty Thomson, Information Services
PRESENTER: Catherine Ure, Information Services
VISION: LINKING TO LIBRARY
MATERIALS
VISION: GROUPS
Find out how the groups feature can facilitate
assignments and collaborative work
STAFF ONLY
STAFF ONLY
How to link students to e-books, online articles and more
Groups can be used to divide your students up for project work, tutorials or
visits - you can give your groups email, file exchange, wiki and blog tools
to help them collaborate and communicate. This session will explore the
options available to you when creating, editing and managing groups.
This session will cover linking out to eBooks and online journal articles
by creating new or using existing reading lists. It will also cover linking to
other Library services such as online search tools to encourage literature
searching and wider reading and will touch on the scanning service for
Vision provided by Information Services.
Wed 0
4 Mar14:15-15:15
Wed 2
5 Mar14:15-15:15
PRESENTER: Marion Kennedy, Information Services
PRESENTER: Sarah Kelly, Information Services
VISION: COURSE REPORTS & STATISTICS
VISION: GRADEMARK
For written (English) narrative work, Turnitin’s GradeMark
offers a very well received online marking system accessible
on desktop and tablets
How to track course usage and activity
STAFF ONLY
STAFF ONLY
Contents
Vision allows you to run several types of “course reports”
to monitor course activity and usage, e.g. which course areas
are used most frequently and course access patterns for specific students.
This session will look at:
ƒƒ Introduction to GradeMark
ƒƒ The different course reports available
ƒƒ Set up Quick Marks
ƒƒ How to run, view and save a report
ƒƒ Set up General Comments,
You can also switch on item statistics, which provide detailed usage
information about your content, such as how many times users viewed an
item and when it was accessed. This session will look at:
ƒƒ Hints and tips on avoiding the hidden pitfalls when making your grades
available to students.
Target audience: Lecturers who want an introduction to marking narrative
submissions online using GradeMark
Wed 1
1 Mar14:15-15:15
PRESENTER: Colin Miller, School of Management & Languages
All sessions are bookable. To book a place, please go to http://hw.ac.libcal.com/powerhours
ƒƒ How to access statistics tracking
ƒƒ Turn it on for a content item
ƒƒ View the statistics report
Wed 0
1 Apr14:15-15:15
PRESENTER: Sarah Kelly, Information Services
www.hw.ac.uk/is/
skills-development/power-hours.htm
Staff & Postgraduate Research
Students
Data Security
Research
KEEPING CONTROL OF YOUR DATA
STAFF & PGR STUDENTS
ONLY
When it’s not so good to share . . . .
KEEPING UP TO DATE
How not to lose touch with recent research
in your subject areas
STAFF & PGR STUDENTS
ONLY
Staying current and keeping up with published works and developments in
your research or study field is important but can be time consuming. This
workshop will introduce you to alerting services and social media tools to
keep you informed of:
ƒƒ TOCs from key journals
ƒƒ When key research papers are cited
ƒƒ New research papers
ƒƒ Developments in research
Do you know who can see what you post on Facebook or Twitter? Do
you store exam board papers, scans of your passport or other important
documents on a USB memory stick? Would you have nightmares if you lost
the contents of your mobile phone, iPad or laptop? Do you store University or
personal data in the cloud? If you use mobile devices or social media for work,
study or personal use then this workshop is for you! Come along to find out
more about how to avoid common pitfalls and stay in control of your data.
Mon 1
6 Mar14:15-15:15
PRESENTER: Ann Jones, Heritage and Information Governance
Mon 2
3 Feb12:15-13:15
PRESENTER: Catherine Ure, Information Services
Teaching Technologies
CITATIONS AND IMPACT FACTORS
What are they and how are they measured?
STAFF & PGR STUDENTS
ONLY
This session will give an overview of different ways of measuring citations
and impact factors, including the h-index, Eigenfactor, Impact Factor (IF) and
altmetrics. It will look at Web of Science, Scopus, Journal Citation Reports,
ORCID and altmetrics.org.
Wed 1
8 March14:15-15:15
PRESENTER: Linda Kerr, Information Services
BOX OF BROADCASTS (BoB)
Learn more on enriching teaching and learning
with over 1 million TV & Radio programmes
STAFF ONLY
Box of Broadcasts is a free user-friendly online TV & Radio recording service
for all staff and students at UK HE institutions. BoB enables all staff and
students to record and keep any programme broadcast on any of 60+
channels. Find out how to use the service. Find out what you can do with
your recordings.
Wed 1
8 Feb12:15-13:15
PRESENTER: Douglas Marsland, Information Services
INTERACTIVE BOARDS
Find out more about using these powerful tools
STAFF ONLY
Learn about the different technologies and where they are appropriate.
Find out how to make the most of them in teaching and meeting spaces
and how they can be used to help engage students in their learning.
Wed 1
1 Mar15:15-16:15
PRESENTER: Neil MacIntyre, Information Services
All sessions are bookable. To book a place, please go to http://hw.ac.libcal.com/powerhours
All sessions are bookable. To book a place, please go to http://hw.ac.libcal.com/powerhours
www.hw.ac.uk/is/
skills-development/power-hours.htm
Information Services
Customised courses for staff and groups of students can also be arranged –
please contact ithelp@hw.ac.uk to discuss your requirements
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