• IT Essentials
  A guide to using IT at the University of York:
  Getting started | Devices & operating systems | Applications | Internet | Files & organisation | Microsoft Office Essentials | Google Essentials
• Google Workspace
  Using the suite of Google applications available at York:
  Google Drive | Gmail | Google Calendar | Core Google apps | Google Sites
• Learning technology
  Getting started with the VLE, lecture capture, and other learning technologies at York:
  VLE | Lecture capture (Replay/Panopto)
• Generative AI
  We explore the world of generative Artificial Intelligence tools and some of the considerations you need to bear in mind when using them.
• Digital accessibility
  Integrating accessibility into the digital content you design, and using accessibility features with digital devices to get the most from technologies.
• Email
  A look at some of the right ways (and wrong ways) to use email.
• Printing
  Considerations for how to print a document. See also Working with PDFs.

• Managing your reading
  Once you've found some reading to read, you're going to have to read it. We look at some strategies for managing that reading.
• Reference management
  The key processes and features of the reference management software available at the University of York.
• Note-taking
  Different approaches for good note-taking, including annotation and note-taking apps.
• Being organised
  Find the right ways of being organised for you:
  Time management | Planning | Avoiding procrastination | Prioritisation | Taking a break
• Study & revision
  How to study smarter, not harder:
  Study strategies | Studying online | Revising for exams

• Google Workspace
  Using the suite of Google applications available at York:
  Google Drive | Gmail | Google Calendar | Core Google apps | Google Sites
• Email
  A look at some of the right ways (and wrong ways) to use email. Includes sections on the Yet Another Mail Merge (YAMM) and Mailjet bulk email tools.
• Being organised
  Find the right ways of being organised for you:
  Time management | Planning | Avoiding procrastination | Prioritisation | Taking a break
• Working remotely
  We look at some useful tool for bringing people together when they're in multiple locations.
• Google Apps Script
  How to write code that automates and connects together Google apps:
  Apps Script basics | Creating documents | Loops & ifs | Forms & events | Further Apps Script
• Project management tools
  Digital applications to help with managing a project.
• Working with PDFs
  A look at PDF (Portable Document Format) files and how to work with them effectively.
• Supporting students' digital literacies
  Guidance and materials to support the development of students' digital literacies in academic programmes, including advice for embedding digital literacies.
• Reading lists: a guide for staff
  A guide to help you use the Reading Lists system which helps provide course reading to students.
• You don't know what you don't know
  If we don’t know what we don’t know, how can we ever get to know it?

• Creating documents
  Using Microsoft Word and Google Docs to create written materials:
  Setting up | Using styles | Page structure | Inserting content | Reviewing & finalising
• 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

• 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
• Searching for information
  A look at different sources of information and how to search them to find the information you need:
  Google Search | Sourcing and reusing media
• Generative AI
  We explore the world of generative Artificial Intelligence tools and some of the considerations you need to bear in mind when using them.
• Websites
  We've all been on webpages (this one for example!), but how do you actually make one?
• Creativity Lab
  Information about the Creativity Lab's facilities, workshops and support.
• YorCreate
  Guidance on how to use the equipment in the YorCreate digital lab, including 3D printers and digital cutters.
• You don't know what you don't know
  If we don’t know what we don’t know, how can we ever get to know it?

• Data
  Finding and handling useful data:
  What is data? | Gathering data | Searching for data | Text & data mining | Cleaning data | Data analysis | Data visualisation
• 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
• Generative AI
  We explore the world of generative Artificial Intelligence tools and some of the considerations you need to bear in mind when using them.
• Maths Skills Centre
  Advice and guidance on maths topics, statistical concepts and analysis, and preparing for numerical reasoning tests:
  Maths | Statistics | Numerical reasoning
• Essential Spreadsheets
  An in-depth exploration of Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets:
  Spreadsheet basics | Calculating | Creative functions | Data sets | Processing | Visualising data | Connecting data
• Essential Access
  How to use the key features of Microsoft Access:
  Access basics | Query essentials | Designing tables & databases | Further queries | Forms & reports
• Google Apps Script
  How to write code that automates and connects together Google apps:
  Apps Script basics | Creating documents | Loops & ifs | Forms & events | Further Apps Script
• Research data management
  A guide to managing your research data well, covering best practice for the successful storage, organisation, documentation, archiving and sharing of research data.

• Digital wellbeing
  How can we stay in control of technology, rather than letting it control us?
• Your digital footprint
  What marks have you made on the internet, and what do they say about you?
• Online safety
  Keeping yourself safe on the internet.
• Information security
  Keeping safe your own information and that of others.
• Social media
  Good practice for engaging on social media.
• Copyright
  Protecting your own copyright and staying legal and ethical when using other people's material:
  Copyright law explained | For students | For teachers | For researchers

For more help with digital skills, you can contact IT Services.

For help with maths and statistics you can book an appointment with the Maths Skills Centre.

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