Advice for academic writing, media editing, digital creativity, and methods for presenting and conveying information...

Writing

• Academic writing
  Resources to support understanding and production of academic writing:
  General writing skills | Types of academic writing | Academic language | Understanding feedback
• Creating documents
  Using Microsoft Word and Google Docs to create written materials:
  Setting up | Using styles | Page structure | Inserting content | Reviewing & finalising
• Referencing style guides
  How to cite appropriately using the different styles in use at York.

Presenting information

• Data
  Finding and handling useful data:
  What is data? | Gathering data | Searching for data | Text & data mining | Cleaning data | Data analysis | Data visualisation
• Posters with a Powerful Point
  A guide to making academic posters in Microsoft PowerPoint:
  Preparation | Images | Text | Production
• Presentations
  An in-depth look at the technological aspects of delivering a presentation:
  Tools & content | Basic design | Text & images | Animation, sound, & video | Delivering a presentation

• Printing
• Working with PDFs

Getting creative

• Coding
  A look at what coding is, how you get started doing it, and how to learn to code in a variety of coding languages:
  Coding languages | Troubleshooting | Designing for users | Version control
• Digital accessibility
  Integrating accessibility into the digital content you design, and using accessibility features with digital devices to get the most from technologies.
• Digital Creativity
  This guide aims to inspire you think about how to incorporate digital creativity into each stage of your project, work or research:
  How to be digitally creative | Digital creativity tools
• Media editing
  A look at various types of digital media and how to work with them:
  Images | Audio | Video | Screencasting | Subtitles & transcripts

• Websites
• YorCreate

Communicating & collaborating

• Google Workspace
  Using the suite of Google applications available at York:
  Google Drive | Gmail | Google Calendar | Core Google apps | Google Sites

• Email
• Video conferencing

• Giving & receiving feedback
• Managing difficult conversations
• Professional communication

• Online safety
• Social media
• Your digital footprint

• Online groupwork
• Padlet