To enhance your digital skills please take the opportunity to explore the range of Digital Creation, Problem Solving and Innovation resources below.
To sign up and attend a workshop provided at Queen’s please book on one of the following training opportunities:
- Canvas - Content Creation
- Video production - Video Production Training for Staff and Students
- Mediasite Training e.g., for presentation and podcast creation
- Podcasting - Podcast Support
- Web content - Content Management System (CMS) Training
To find out more about the topic of Digital Creation, Problem Solving and Innovation, take a look at the following resources from around the web:
Some of these resources are available on the Jisc Discovery Tool, log in with your staff credentials to access more.
Digital Creation
- 1 minute blog posts - Blog posts
- Autodraw - Drawing tool
- Creating digital media guides - Web guides
- 30 things you can do to promote creativity - Blog post
- How to write an engaging blog - general best practice from the University of Edinburgh
- Podcasting in education - Article
- A Podcast about Podcasts - Edtech Podcast with Elaine Topham
- The 10 Ingredients of Great Content Writing - Guide
- Intellectual property rights in a digital world - Jisc guide on copyright
Digital Research and Problem Solving
- 1 minute blog posts - Blog posts
- Creative problem solving - Articles and creative tools
- Getting started with accessibility and inclusion - Jisc guide
Digital Innovation
- 1 minute blog posts - Blog posts
- 100% open innovation toolkit - Online toolkit
Queen’s staff have access to LinkedIn Learning, which contains training and professional development on a range of different topics. Staff can request access to LinkedIn Learning here.
The University has an enterprise license for staff members to access LinkedIn Learning. This allows staff to embed up to 5 videos per month in Canvas to share with students. These 5 videos are per month per individual user. Students should be able to watch the embedded videos directly within Canvas and without any login requirements.
Digital Creation
- Getting Started with Video Production and Editing
- Producing Podcasts
- Introduction to Screencasting
- Writing a Compelling Blog Post
- User Experience Accessibility Foundations
- Educational Technology for Student Success (OERs)
- Understanding Copyright