Learning in a digital age

Searching online

• Web searching tutorial
  An introduction to finding, evaluating and referencing information online
• Web of Science tutorial
  An introduction to finding journal articles
• Image databases
  A list of databases to help you find images to use in your work
• Online tutorials on finding images, video and audio resources
• What? Why? How? of podcasts
  A brief overview of using podcasts as a source of information.

Keeping up to date

• Alerting services
  Keep up to date with new information in your research or study area using alerting services and RSS feeds.

Evaluating online information

• Evaluating information tutorial
  Learn how to critically evaluate the information you find
• The Internet Detective
  Develop the critical thinking skills required when researching on the web.

Storing your references

• Skills@Library EndNote pages: guides, online tutorials, workshops
  EndNote helps you to store and manage your references. You can import or export references from databases and also manually add items to your EndNote library. Your EndNote library and Microsoft Word can then work together to automatically insert citations and create your bibliography or reference list for you. EndNote is available on all ISS desktop PCs
• Skills@Library Referencing tools page
  Detailed information about other available referencing tools.

Social bookmarking

• What? Why? How? of social bookmarking
  A brief overview of using social bookmarking in your studies.
  
• Social bookmarking in plain English (video)
• An example of how an academic uses social bookmarking with his students (video)

Working with apps
General advice on working with apps and mobile devices in your learning.

Mobile apps for learning

We have provided some examples below but you can find more by searching in your app store (eg Android Market, Apple App Store, Windows Marketplace).

You can either browse by category (eg education), or search by keywords (eg referencing) or specific app name (eg Mendeley) to find one to suit your needs.

Remember to read the reviews before downloading - especially for apps that aren't free!

• Apps for finding academic information
• Apps for managing your information
• Apps for managing your studies
• Apps for maths and numeracy.

61 educational apps for the 21st century

As part of your study, you may be expected to create a website, write a blog, contribute to a wiki or do a variety of other forms of web-based writing.

• Skills@Library writing for the web pages
  Guidelines on presenting your content to best effect, and writing with an appropriate tone and style for your target audience.

Wikis

• What? Why? How? of wikis
  A brief overview of creating wikis for education
• Wikis in plain English (video)
• Using the wiki tool in the VLE
  A how-to guide from the VLE service.

Blogs

• What? Why? How? of blogs
  A brief overview of blogs in education
• Blogs in plain English (video)
• Using the blog tool in the VLE (video demonstration)
• Elgg homepage
  Elgg is the University of Leeds' blog site; all staff and students can create their own blog or join communities of others with shared interests.

• What? Why? How? of Twitter
  A brief overview of using Twitter for your studies
• A general introduction to using Twitter (video)
• How Twitter works
  A more detailed outline of how Twitter works
• Top ten tips to help you to get the most out of Twitter
• Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities
  This short guide from the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog shows new users how to get started on Twitter and hone their tweeting style, as well as offering advice to more experienced users on how to use Twitter for research projects, as an accompaniment to blogging, and in teaching.

Video

• An introduction to LUTube (video)
  LUTube is the University of Leeds' space for storing and sharing video content
• LUTube help pages
• Editing video with Windows Movie Maker (video)
  Movie Maker is a free software application for editing video, and is installed on all ISS cluster machines
• Using a Flip camera with LUTube (video).

Audio

Audacity is a free piece of software for recording and editing audio. It is available on all ISS cluster machines on campus, or you can download and install your own copy.

• Recording with Audacity (video)
  
• Editing audio with Audacity
  Three short demonstration videos.

• Copyright for students tutorial
  Information about copyright and the web
• Creative Commons licensing
  Information about Creative Commons licensing, including a facility to search for CC licensed works
• Library copyright pages
  Detailed advice on all aspects of copyright.

Finding digital media to use in your work

• Image databases
  A list of databases to help you to find images to use in your work
• Online tutorials on finding images, video and audio resources
• What? Why? How? of podcasts
  A brief overview of using podcasts as a source of information.
  

• ISS 10 Golden Rules for IT security
• Protecting reputations online (video)
  Outlines the long-term risks of sharing inappropriate information online
• Privacy and the internet.

"Netiquette" is a contraction of "internet etiquette", and refers to a set of social guidelines and conventions which apply to various areas of online communication. An understanding of netiquette is important to avoid causing offence when interacting online.

• Email guidelines
  A set of netiquette guidelines, compiled by ISS, specific to using email and newsgroups
• VLE guidelines
  The VLE support website has a page on netiquette tips when using online discussion forums. It relates particularly to the VLE, though the tips do also apply to any form of online discussion.