Staff Courses can be booked via Queen's Online - click on Other (below the heading Service Applications), then click on the Training Courses link.  Click Open iTrent Self Service. For staff using iTrent watch the video how to book a course.

All staff IT training courses are free of charge. Course materials can be accessed via our SharePoint Site

Note:

• When you have booked an IT training course, you will get an email confirmation or you will be placed on a waiting list.
• It is important, if unable to attend, that you cancel your booking via the booking system or itcourses@qub.ac.uk

Duration: The courses vary in length from one hour using Microsoft Teams, to one day's training, based in our training rooms. The most popular courses are offered several times each academic year.

Schedule: The courses are delivered during both semesters. By arrangement courses can be provided outside this period.

Venue: Courses are either delivered via Microsoft Teams or in the training suites in the McClay Library. 

Course Request: Request training for your Unit (6 or more colleagues) on any of our courses (including Microsoft 365), by emailing itcourses@qub.ac.uk

Information Services offers a range of services to support students develop IT skills. These are described below:

Introduction to IT and Library Services (Student Induction): The IT Training and Assessment Unit and the Library work closely with academic staff to provide an 'Introduction to Library and IT Facilities' to new, mostly, undergraduate students.  By the end of week 1 most new students will have attended sessions to hear about IT and Library facilities followed by a Library tour, with an opportunity to meet their Subject Librarian. The key web pages for all new students are at www.qub.ac.uk/student

Student IT Skills (Individual Students or Support for Schools): Students can acquire IT skills either through their School or individually through support for taking the International Certificate of Digital Literacy (Core and Advanced - see ICDL (International Certificate of Digital Literacy). The Unit provides:

The IT Training and Assessment Unit have developed a wide range of training resources, available to both staff and students. These include workbooks and exercises for Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365. These can be accessed from our SharePoint site. 

Internet

University College Berkeley Guide to quality on the Internet http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html 

Matlab

Matlab - on the Mathworks website, sign up for training materials - http://www.mathworks.co.uk/help/index.html?s_cid=global_nav On the Queen's Online home page under Research staff and PG research students may access instructions to download Matlab.

R

R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is available in the Student Computing Areas. Some training sites: http://www.r-tutor.com/ and the R site: http://www.r-project.org/

ArcInfo

Arcinfo For training on spatial and mapping analysis see ESRI site http://www.esri.com/ ESRI UK site is http://www.esriuk.com/