JISC

The web is awash with tools and gadgets which promise to make life easier - from online post-it notes to personalizing your Google home page. But do they sometimes seem to make life harder?

A new series of Netskills workshops addresses this question directly by presenting some of the key services currently available and how they can be harnessed as practical and time-saving tools for all staff in further and higher education.

Among the tools explored in hands-on sessions arepersonalised sites and search tools, alerting services - including feeds, podcasts and page tr‘excellent session - well structured, well presented. Yet another fantastic course by Netskills - thanks!'ackers - customising web browsers and personal life management tools such as calendars and scheduling tools.  

Feedback on the first workshop of the series has been extremely positive, say Netskills trainers, with comments from delegates such as: ‘It was brilliant - I will definitely use what I learnt today’; ‘very well presented course, good overview of content and clear explanations and examples’; ‘excellent session - well structured, well presented. Yet another fantastic course by Netskills - thanks!'

The workshop is part of an updated schedule of workshops for the new academic year by the JISC-funded service which provides highly-acclaimed staff development training in a range of technology-related areas.

Helen Conroy, Consultant Trainer, says that Netskills constantly updates its courses to keep up to date with new technologies and the needs of the further and higher education communities: ‘This autumn we have several new workshops lined up across a range of themes. In web development, “CSS: Techniques, Tips and Tactics” follows on from the success of the original “CSS: A Complete Web Style Toolkit” workshop and looks at the application of more advanced CSS for real-world, creative web design.  

‘There are also new workshops in “Federated Access Management” and Dreamweaver CS3. In e-Learning, new workshops include “Problem-based e-Learning” and “Creating Dynamic Learning with Dreamweaver”. We'll also be launching a workshop on podcasting shortly.’

For further information on all these courses, please go to: Netskills