Digital skills
From accessing your emails to using Moodle creatively, we have resources to help you improve and enhance your digital skills.
IT training
All employees can book on to an to better understand and make use of common software tools for your work or studies like the Microsoft suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word).
A is also available to help with these and other recommended tools such as Box, EndNote and Qualtrics.
About bookings
Classroom training is usually based at Colchester Campus.
For PGR students, training opportunities can also be found on Proficio. Some Proficio courses are chargeable. If your department is paying for you, or you are paying for a course yourself, email proficio@essex.ac.uk to book and discuss payment options.
Researchers with Proficio funding can follow the links below to book (new users will need to before completing the booking)
Our courses
| Course name | Delivery | Duration | Bookings and more info |
| Excel for beginners | Online and classroom | 2 hours | |
| Excel charts and graphs | Online and classroom |
1 hour | |
| Excel: Further functions |
Online and classroom | 2 hours | |
| Excel: Conditional formatting |
Online and classroom |
1 hour |
|
| Excel: Pivot tables |
Online and classroom | 2 hours | |
| Excel: managing and analysing data | Online and classroom | 3 hours | |
| Outlook: Managing a busy inbox |
Online | 2 hours | |
| Word: Form design |
Online and classroom | 2 hours | |
| Adobe: Photoshop for beginners |
Online | 2 days | |
| Adobe: InDesign for beginners |
Online | 2 days | |
| Trello: Introduction to Trello |
Online | 1 hour | |
| OneNote: for digital notetaking | Online | 1 hour | |
| NVivo: Two-day workshop |
Online | 2 days | |
| EndNote for referencing |
Online and classroom | 3 hours |
Learning technologies (including Moodle)
There is a range of to help you make best use of Moodle, Poll Everywhere and other learning technologies. You can also book on to and view recordings of a selection of .
For technical support with Learning Technology tools contact the IT Helpdesk
Classroom technology
In person Lectern and teaching room workshops are available to book via . We also have a Moodle with guidance for using the technologies available in teaching rooms.
Lectern and teaching room workshops
In this in-person, hands-on session, you can find out how to set up in a classroom, use the lectern equipment, what’s recorded and using your own devices.
This workshop is ideal for new academics, and for those who would like a refresher on our teaching room equipment.
FASER
We have guidance for using FASER our online assessment submission system.
For technical support with FASER contact the IT Helpdesk
Listen Again
Listen Again is our lecture capture and playback service that lets students listen back to their lecture recordings at a later date. Listen Again .
For technical support with Listen Again contact the IT Helpdesk
