Toolkit Your Digital Companion for University

Choose your user group

Assistive Technology

• Accessibility
  Guidance on web accessibility, focus on content & code
• Assistive Technology
  Providing support to individuals through use of technology
• Audio Notetaker
  Study, revision and note taking tool
• Big White Wall
  Online mental health and wellbeing service
• Claro
  Software to support reading, writing and study
• Counselling
  Find out more about the University's counselling service
• CrashCourse Study Skills
  Study tips, note taking, getting organised and more!
• Dragon
  The world's best-selling speech recognition software
• Ginger
  An advanced proof-reading tool
• Headspace
  Mindfulness and meditation app
• IT Skills
  An introduction to basic IT skills for beginners
• Lecture Recording
  How do I record my lectures?
• Livescribe
  Sync audio & written notes for better study materials
• MindManager
  Mind mapping on a computer
• MS PowerPoint
  Tips on presenting, and using MS PowerPoint
• Nightline
  Student run listening and information service based in the University.
• Noisli
  Improve focus with background noise and chromotherapy
• Optical Character Recognition
  Use FreeOCR to convert printed text into MS Word
• Pocket
  How can I quickly take clippings from the internet?
• Pomodoro Technique
  Improve your productivity with time management
• Trello
  A digital to-do board to organise your studies
• Workflowy
  A simple but powerful outlining tool for organising

Health & Wellbeing

• Aberdeen Sports Village
  World class facilities with opportunities for everyone
• Assistive Technology
  Providing support to individuals through use of technology
• Big White Wall
  Online mental health and wellbeing service
• Counselling
  Find out more about the University's counselling service
• Digital Intelligence
  Digital skills for a digital world
• f.lux
  How can I use software to help me sleep and function better?
• Headspace
  Mindfulness and meditation app
• Health Coaching
  Achieve the positive lifestyle changes that matter to you
• Health, Safety & Wellbeing
  Ensuring campuses are safe for all
• Information Security
  Find out how to keep your digital world safe
• Multi-Faith Chaplaincy
  Introduction to the Multi-Faith Chaplaincy Centre
• Nightline
  Student run listening and information service based in the University.
• Noisli
  Improve focus with background noise and chromotherapy
• Pomodoro Technique
  Improve your productivity with time management
• SafeZone
  Free safety app to use on campus

Online

• Achieve
  Develop your skills and attributes
• Big White Wall
  Online mental health and wellbeing service
• Calendaring for Staff & PGR
  How do I use my Outlook calendar?
• Careers Service
  Advice and information to support career planning
• Claro
  Software to support reading, writing and study
• Counselling
  Find out more about the University's counselling service
• CrashCourse Study Skills
  Study tips, note taking, getting organised and more!
• Digital Intelligence
  Digital skills for a digital world
• Email for Students (UG & PGT)
  Student email service Outlook, hosted by Microsoft
• Evernote
  Designed for note taking, organizing, and archiving
• f.lux
  How can I use software to help me sleep and function better?
• Ginger
  An advanced proof-reading tool
• GoConqr
  Where can I find an all-in-one revision tool?
• Headspace
  Mindfulness and meditation app
• Information Security
  Find out how to keep your digital world safe
• IT Induction for New Students
  Learn about IT essentials
• IT Skills
  An introduction to basic IT skills for beginners
• Livescribe
  Sync audio & written notes for better study materials
• MindManager
  Mind mapping on a computer
• MS Excel
  A guide to using Microsoft's spreadsheet program
• MS Office 365: Install
  How to install your FREE copy of Office 365
• My Identity for Students (UG & PGT)
  Understand your various credentials
• MyAberdeen: Students
  The University's virtual learning environment & Turnitin
• MyCurriculum
  Our online course selection system
• Nightline
  Student run listening and information service based in the University.
• Pocket
  How can I quickly take clippings from the internet?
• Pomodoro Technique
  Improve your productivity with time management
• Skype for Business
  Software used for online meetings and more
• Social Media
  Safe practice tips and advice for using social media
• Trello
  A digital to-do board to organise your studies
• Workflowy
  A simple but powerful outlining tool for organising

New Student

• Aberdeen Sports Village
  World class facilities with opportunities for everyone
• Assistive Technology
  Providing support to individuals through use of technology
• Big White Wall
  Online mental health and wellbeing service
• Classroom PCs
  Are there any computers I can use on campus?
• Counselling
  Find out more about the University's counselling service
• CrashCourse Study Skills
  Study tips, note taking, getting organised and more!
• Email for Students (UG & PGT)
  Student email service Outlook, hosted by Microsoft
• Evernote
  Designed for note taking, organizing, and archiving
• H Drive
  Where can I store my University course work?
• Inform: Feedback For Your Future
  Share your views with the University
• Information Security
  Find out how to keep your digital world safe
• International
  Students' international experience at the University
• IT Induction for New Students
  Learn about IT essentials
• IT Services: Undergrads and PGTs
  Overview of computing facilities
• IT Skills
  An introduction to basic IT skills for beginners
• Library
  What do I need to know about the Library?
• MindManager
  Mind mapping on a computer
• MS Office 365: Install
  How to install your FREE copy of Office 365
• Multi-Faith Chaplaincy
  Introduction to the Multi-Faith Chaplaincy Centre
• My Identity for Students (UG & PGT)
  Understand your various credentials
• MyAberdeen: Students
  The University's virtual learning environment & Turnitin
• MyCurriculum
  Our online course selection system
• Nightline
  Student run listening and information service based in the University.
• Password
  Manage your University password, set up recovery phone and email
• Printing
  Use printers on campus, even from your own device
• SafeZone
  Free safety app to use on campus
• Student Learning Service
  Reach your academic potential
• Trello
  A digital to-do board to organise your studies
• Wireless Connection
  How do I connect to Uni wireless?

Undergraduate

• Achieve
  Develop your skills and attributes
• Adobe CC
  Illustrator, Photoshop and Premier Pro introduction
• Adobe Elements
  Photoshop and Premiere Elements - for image and video editing
• Adobe Spark
  Create posts, pages and video - no design experience needed
• Anatomy
  Learn about Anatomy practical classes and effective revision
• Audio Notetaker
  Study, revision and note taking tool
• Box of Broadcasts
  VLE-compatible radio and TV recordings
• Careers Service
  Advice and information to support career planning
• Claro
  Software to support reading, writing and study
• Classroom PCs
  Are there any computers I can use on campus?
• Counselling
  Find out more about the University's counselling service
• CrashCourse Study Skills
  Study tips, note taking, getting organised and more!
• Design Software for Free
  Free and inexpensive alternatives to Adobe CC
• Digital Intelligence
  Digital skills for a digital world
• Dragon
  The world's best-selling speech recognition software
• Email for Students (UG & PGT)
  Student email service Outlook, hosted by Microsoft
• Evernote
  Designed for note taking, organizing, and archiving
• f.lux
  How can I use software to help me sleep and function better?
• Ginger
  An advanced proof-reading tool
• Staff and Students access only Glow
  School of Education: Glow accounts (University login required)
• GoConqr
  Where can I find an all-in-one revision tool?
• H Drive
  Where can I store my University course work?
• Headspace
  Mindfulness and meditation app
• IFTTT
  "If This Then That" is a way to easily automate tasks in your life.
• Inform: Feedback For Your Future
  Share your views with the University
• Information Security
  Find out how to keep your digital world safe
• International
  Students' international experience at the University
• IT Services: Undergrads and PGTs
  Overview of computing facilities
• LaTeX
  Introducing LaTeX document preparation system
• Lecture Recording
  How do I record my lectures?
• Microscopy
  Learn about the different types of Microscopy available at IMS
• MindManager
  Mind mapping on a computer
• MS Excel
  A guide to using Microsoft's spreadsheet program
• MS Office 365: Install
  How to install your FREE copy of Office 365
• MS Office: Creating Posters
  Use PowerPoint or Publisher to create posters
• MS PowerPoint
  Tips on presenting, and using MS PowerPoint
• MS Word
  Get started with MS Word & learn how to mail merge
• MS Word: Long Documents
  Create and manipulate long documents like a dissertation
• Museums
  An introduction to the museums on campus
• My Identity for Students (UG & PGT)
  Understand your various credentials
• MyAberdeen: Students
  The University's virtual learning environment & Turnitin
• MyCurriculum
  Our online course selection system
• Nightline
  Student run listening and information service based in the University.
• NVivo
  Organise and analyse non-numerical or unstructured data
• Password
  Manage your University password, set up recovery phone and email
• Physiology & Pharmacology
  Learn how to use pipettes properly in a lab environment
• Printing
  Use printers on campus, even from your own device
• Remote Access
  Off campus access to drives and software (VDI, VPN, Direct Access)
• SafeZone
  Free safety app to use on campus
• Sans Forgetica
  A free font designed to help you remember your study notes
• Snap
  Using Snap to collect and manage online survey data
• Social Media
  Safe practice tips and advice for using social media
• SoloLearn
  Learn coding and create your own programming projects
• SPSS
  A software package used for interactive, or batched, statistical analysis.
• Student Experience
  An introduction to the University's Student Experience team
• Student Learning Service
  Reach your academic potential
• Trello
  A digital to-do board to organise your studies

International

• Aberdeen Sports Village
  World class facilities with opportunities for everyone
• Assistive Technology
  Providing support to individuals through use of technology
• Big White Wall
  Online mental health and wellbeing service
• Box of Broadcasts
  VLE-compatible radio and TV recordings
• Classroom PCs
  Are there any computers I can use on campus?
• Counselling
  Find out more about the University's counselling service
• CrashCourse Study Skills
  Study tips, note taking, getting organised and more!
• Dragon
  The world's best-selling speech recognition software
• Email for Students (UG & PGT)
  Student email service Outlook, hosted by Microsoft
• Evernote
  Designed for note taking, organizing, and archiving
• Ginger
  An advanced proof-reading tool
• H Drive
  Where can I store my University course work?
• Headspace
  Mindfulness and meditation app
• Inform: Feedback For Your Future
  Share your views with the University
• Information Security
  Find out how to keep your digital world safe
• International
  Students' international experience at the University
• IT Services: Undergrads and PGTs
  Overview of computing facilities
• Lecture Recording
  How do I record my lectures?
• Library
  What do I need to know about the Library?
• MS Office 365: Install
  How to install your FREE copy of Office 365
• Museums
  An introduction to the museums on campus
• My Identity for Students (UG & PGT)
  Understand your various credentials
• MyCurriculum
  Our online course selection system
• Nightline
  Student run listening and information service based in the University.
• Password
  Manage your University password, set up recovery phone and email
• Printing
  Use printers on campus, even from your own device
• SafeZone
  Free safety app to use on campus
• Student Learning Service
  Reach your academic potential
• Trello
  A digital to-do board to organise your studies
• Wireless Connection
  How do I connect to Uni wireless?

Final Year

• Achieve
  Develop your skills and attributes
• Careers Service
  Advice and information to support career planning
• Classroom PCs
  Are there any computers I can use on campus?
• Counselling
  Find out more about the University's counselling service
• Digital Intelligence
  Digital skills for a digital world
• Evernote
  Designed for note taking, organizing, and archiving
• H Drive
  Where can I store my University course work?
• IFTTT
  "If This Then That" is a way to easily automate tasks in your life.
• Information Security
  Find out how to keep your digital world safe
• IT Services: Undergrads and PGTs
  Overview of computing facilities
• LaTeX
  Introducing LaTeX document preparation system
• MS Office 365: Install
  How to install your FREE copy of Office 365
• MS Office: Creating Posters
  Use PowerPoint or Publisher to create posters
• MS Word: Long Documents
  Create and manipulate long documents like a dissertation
• My Identity for Students (UG & PGT)
  Understand your various credentials
• MyCurriculum
  Our online course selection system
• Nightline
  Student run listening and information service based in the University.
• Password
  Manage your University password, set up recovery phone and email
• Printing
  Use printers on campus, even from your own device
• Printing: 3D
  Get started with 3D printers
• Remote Access
  Off campus access to drives and software (VDI, VPN, Direct Access)
• SafeZone
  Free safety app to use on campus
• Student Learning Service
  Reach your academic potential
• Trello
  A digital to-do board to organise your studies

Postgraduate Taught

• Achieve
  Develop your skills and attributes
• Assistive Technology
  Providing support to individuals through use of technology
• Box of Broadcasts
  VLE-compatible radio and TV recordings
• Careers Service
  Advice and information to support career planning
• Classroom PCs
  Are there any computers I can use on campus?
• Counselling
  Find out more about the University's counselling service
• Digital Intelligence
  Digital skills for a digital world
• Email for Students (UG & PGT)
  Student email service Outlook, hosted by Microsoft
• Evernote
  Designed for note taking, organizing, and archiving
• Staff and Students access only Glow
  School of Education: Glow accounts (University login required)
• H Drive
  Where can I store my University course work?
• Information Security
  Find out how to keep your digital world safe
• IT Services: Undergrads and PGTs
  Overview of computing facilities
• IT Skills
  An introduction to basic IT skills for beginners
• LaTeX
  Introducing LaTeX document preparation system
• Library
  What do I need to know about the Library?
• MATLAB
  A programming language that expresses matrix & array mathematics directly
• MS Excel
  A guide to using Microsoft's spreadsheet program
• MS Office 365: Install
  How to install your FREE copy of Office 365
• MS Office: Creating Posters
  Use PowerPoint or Publisher to create posters
• MS Word: Long Documents
  Create and manipulate long documents like a dissertation
• My Identity for Students (UG & PGT)
  Understand your various credentials
• MyCurriculum
  Our online course selection system
• Nightline
  Student run listening and information service based in the University.
• Password
  Manage your University password, set up recovery phone and email
• Printing
  Use printers on campus, even from your own device
• PURE
  Learn more about the Universities research information system
• Remote Access
  Off campus access to drives and software (VDI, VPN, Direct Access)
• SafeZone
  Free safety app to use on campus
• SPSS
  A software package used for interactive, or batched, statistical analysis.
• Student Learning Service
  Reach your academic potential
• Trello
  A digital to-do board to organise your studies

Postgraduate Research

• Assistive Technology
  Providing support to individuals through use of technology
• Calendaring for Staff & PGR
  How do I use my Outlook calendar?
• Careers Service
  Advice and information to support career planning
• Staff and Students access only Data Storage for Researchers
  Storage options and information for PGRs
• Digital Intelligence
  Digital skills for a digital world
• Evernote
  Designed for note taking, organizing, and archiving
• H Drive
  Where can I store my University course work?
• Health Coaching
  Achieve the positive lifestyle changes that matter to you
• Information Security
  Find out how to keep your digital world safe
• IT Services for Researchers
  Tools & facilities specifically for researchers
• IT Services: Staff and PGRs
  Overview of computing facilities
• IT Skills
  An introduction to basic IT skills for beginners
• IT Training
  Resources and training opportunities for staff and students
• LaTeX
  Introducing LaTeX document preparation system
• MATLAB
  A programming language that expresses matrix & array mathematics directly
• MindManager
  Mind mapping on a computer
• MS Excel
  A guide to using Microsoft's spreadsheet program
• MS Office 365: Install
  How to install your FREE copy of Office 365
• MS Office: Creating Posters
  Use PowerPoint or Publisher to create posters
• Staff access only MS Office: University Templates
  Guidance about Word & PowerPoint templates
• MS Word: Long Documents
  Create and manipulate long documents like a dissertation
• My Identity for Staff & PGR
  Understand your various credentials
• MyAberdeen: Copyright
  Understanding copyright on our VLE
• Nightline
  Student run listening and information service based in the University.
• NVivo
  Organise and analyse non-numerical or unstructured data
• Password
  Manage your University password, set up recovery phone and email
• Printing
  Use printers on campus, even from your own device
• PURE
  Learn more about the Universities research information system
• Remote Access
  Off campus access to drives and software (VDI, VPN, Direct Access)
• SafeZone
  Free safety app to use on campus
• SMART Technology
  Transform your teaching with SMART boards and podiums
• Snap
  Using Snap to collect and manage online survey data
• SPSS
  A software package used for interactive, or batched, statistical analysis.
• Staff Development
  Enables staff to optimise performance & develop skills
• Trello
  A digital to-do board to organise your studies
• Video Conferencing
  Staff guide to booking and using video conference facilities
• Wireless Connection
  How do I connect to Uni wireless?

Staff

• Aberdeen Sports Village
  World class facilities with opportunities for everyone
• Accessibility
  Guidance on web accessibility, focus on content & code
• Acrobat
  Getting started with Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Elements
  Photoshop and Premiere Elements - for image and video editing
• Assistive Technology
  Providing support to individuals through use of technology
• Box of Broadcasts
  VLE-compatible radio and TV recordings
• Calendaring for Staff & PGR
  How do I use my Outlook calendar?
• Data Storage
  University data storage services and locations
• Digital Intelligence
  Digital skills for a digital world
• Digitally Enhanced Learning Spaces
  Supporting collaborative, distributed learning
• Email for Staff & PGR
  Guidance for email service Outlook, hosted by Microsoft
• Estates access only Estates: Maintenance
  Videos exclusively for the Estates team on Rowett build
• Estates: User Information
  Maintenance videos for users of the Rowett Institute
• Evernote
  Designed for note taking, organizing, and archiving
• Staff and Students access only Glow
  School of Education: Glow accounts (University login required)
• Guests and Visitors
  Information regarding IT access for guests and visitors
• H Drive
  Where can I store my University course work?
• Headspace
  Mindfulness and meditation app
• Health Coaching
  Achieve the positive lifestyle changes that matter to you
• Health, Safety & Wellbeing
  Ensuring campuses are safe for all
• Human Resources
  Find out more about the University's HR Team
• Information Security
  Find out how to keep your digital world safe
• IT Services: Staff and PGRs
  Overview of computing facilities
• IT Services: Undergrads and PGTs
  Overview of computing facilities
• IT Skills
  An introduction to basic IT skills for beginners
• IT Training
  Resources and training opportunities for staff and students
• Lecture Capture
  Record a lecture for your students, using Panopto
• MeetingSquared
  Effective meeting management software for SharePoint
• MS Excel
  A guide to using Microsoft's spreadsheet program
• MS Office 365: Apps
  Information on using Office 365 apps
• MS Office 365: Install
  How to install your FREE copy of Office 365
• MS Office: Creating Posters
  Use PowerPoint or Publisher to create posters
• Staff access only MS Office: University Templates
  Guidance about Word & PowerPoint templates
• MS Word
  Get started with MS Word & learn how to mail merge
• My Identity for Staff & PGR
  Understand your various credentials
• MyAberdeen: Copyright
  Understanding copyright on our VLE
• MyAberdeen: Staff
  Learn about the University's virtual learning environment
• Ombea Response
  The University's online polling system
• Password
  Manage your University password, set up recovery phone and email
• People Directorate
  An overview of services provided by the People Directorate
• Print Tools for Staff
  MFD Maintenance and other tips
• Printing
  Use printers on campus, even from your own device
• Project Management
  Learn about the University's Project Management methodologies
• PURE
  Learn more about the Universities research information system
• SafeZone
  Free safety app to use on campus
• Skype for Business
  Software used for online meetings and more
• SMART Technology
  Transform your teaching with SMART boards and podiums
• Snap
  Using Snap to collect and manage online survey data
• Social Media
  Safe practice tips and advice for using social media
• Staff Development
  Enables staff to optimise performance & develop skills
• Student Experience
  An introduction to the University's Student Experience team
• Telephony
  Staff guide to using desk telephones, corporate mobiles and voice mail
• Trello
  A digital to-do board to organise your studies
• Video Conferencing
  Staff guide to booking and using video conference facilities
• Windows 10
  Get to grips with the Windows 10 operating system
• Wireless Connection
  How do I connect to Uni wireless?