Digital Toolkit

We have put together this Digital Toolkit to help you with your studies.

This collection of courses will give you the skills needed to use all these tools with confidence.

If you would like any further information, please contact us on digital@dundeeandangus.ac.uk


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Digital Toolkit

Productivity

Adobe Acrobat DC - With Adobe Acrobat DC software you can create, edit, sign and share PDF files from Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, images or photos from your mobile device or online

Adobe Acrobat DC

Eduroam (College Wifi) - Eduroam is accessible at most college and university campuses throughout the UK and will give you free access to the internet whilst you are a student at the College.

Eduroam

Flashcardsflashcard or flash card is a card bearing information, such as words or numbers, on either or both sides, used in classroom drills or in private study. 

Flashcards

Flipgrid - Flipgrid is a simple, free video discussion platform that makes learning fun, fulfilling, and empowering.

Flipgrid

Microsoft Class Notebook - Class Notebooks have a personal workspace for every student, a content library for handouts and a collaboration space for lessons and creative activities.

Class Notebook

Microsoft Excel - Excel online extends your experience to the web browser, where you can work with documents directly on the website where the document is stored.

Excel

Microsoft Lens - Office Lens is a great way to capture information from documents, whiteboards, business cards, receipts, menus, signs, handwritten memos, or anything else containing text that you want to import. 

Lens

Microsoft OfficeLog in using your College email address and password. To install Office 365 onto your device click Install Office and select Office 365 apps. Click on download files > Click run > Click yes.

Office

Microsoft OneDrive - OneDrive is a free online cloud storage service for anyone with a Microsoft account. This means you can save your College files to OneDrive and get them from any device, anywhere.

OneDrive

Microsoft OneNote - In this course, we will investigate how Microsoft OneNote can be utilised as a collaboration tool to create and share resources with others.

OneNote

Microsoft Outlook - This session provides you with an opportunity to develop your skills in Microsoft Outlook. 

Outlook

Microsoft PowerPoint - This course will cover accessing PowerPoint online, through to editing slide layouts and collaborating with others using PowerPoint.

PowerPoint

Microsoft Project - Microsoft Project is a project management application that is designed to assist a project manager in scheduling, tracking progress, managing budgets etc.

Project

Microsoft Teams - This course is designed to support you when using Microsoft Teams. 

Teams

Microsoft Word - This course provides you with an opportunity to develop your skills in Microsoft Word online. This includes formatting text to adding a bibliography to your College work.

Word

Mindmappingmind map is a tool that allows you to captures the thinking that goes on inside your head. As well as physical mind maps, you can also create digital mind maps.

Mindmapping

Creativity

Canvais a graphic-design tool website. It uses a drag-and-drop format. The tools can be used for both web and print media design and graphics.

Canva

ClickView - is a video content resource that allows you to access curriculum aligned videos to support you throughout your studies.

Clickview

Microsoft Clipchamp - Microsoft Clipchamp is a video editing software that allows you to pull together different forms of media into a video.

Clipchamp

Legal Stuff

CopyrightThe information contained within this document is intended as a general guideline and an interpretation of current copyright issues.  It is not intended and should not be construed as legal advice.

Copyright

Being Safe and Legal Online - This course focuses on developing the skills required to stay safe, legal and confident online. 

Being Safe and Legal Online

Openverse (Creative Commons) - Openverse is a tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered and used by everyone.

Openverse

Presentation Tools

Microsoft PowerPointThis course will cover accessing PowerPoint online, through to editing slide layouts and collaborating with others using PowerPoint.

PowerPoint

PreziPrezi is a web-based tool for creating presentations. It’s similar to other presentation software like Microsoft PowerPoint, but it offers some unique features that make it a good alternative.

Prezi

PowerPoint to VideoOnce you finish creating your presentation in PowerPoint you can save it as a video to share with others. 

Convert PowerPoint to Video

Recording Audio in PowerPoint - Audio in Microsoft PowerPoints can be useful. This option allows you to add further information to your presentation that you cannot cover in the slides alone.

OneFile

OneFile Desktop App - OneFile is an electronic folder system where you will record all your workbased/onsite activities.

OneFile Desktop

OneFile Mobile App - OneFile is an electronic folder system where you will record all your work-based/onsite activities.

OneFile Mobile

Surveys

Microsoft Forms - With Microsoft Forms, you can create surveys, quizzes, and polls, invite others to respond, see real-time results as they are submitted and use built-in analytics.

Forms

Survey ToolsThis course guides you through software available that may be useful for creating online surveys to gather data and feedback.

Survey Tools

Accessibility

Immersive Reader - Immersive Reader is a free tool built into various Microsoft packages that uses proven techniques to improve reading and writing for people, regardless of their age or ability.

Immersive Reader