Digital Skills Blog

Resources Wrap up: Merry Christmas from the Digital Skills Team! 🎅🏻🎄

2024 has been a productive year for the Digital Skills team! Below is a list of the favourite things we’ve created in the last year including new formats, events, and resources:   We hope that you’ve enjoyed using these resources as much as we’ve enjoyed making them. We’d like to wish you all a Merry Christmas […]

DigiTip 47: Whats Up WhatsApp – What can you do in the chat? 📲

Personalising your text can be a fun way to emphasise a point and now with DigiTip 47, you can learn how to format your text in WhastApp.   Italicise _text_ Bold *text* Strikethrough ~text~ Add a quote > text Create bullet point lists * Text or – Text To follow our DigiTips, subscribe to our Digital Skills […]

DigiTip 46: Match colours on your PowerPoint slides with the Eyedropper tool 🎨 

When creating a PowerPoint presentation, there may be occasions when you want to match the colour of the background or an object to a very specific shade. While the colour options available are extensive, there’s an incredibly useful tool called the eyedropper, which allows you to match a colour perfectly!  Follow the video below to […]

Employer Digital Skills Profile Series – Week 7 – Chester Zoo

Today is our final profile in the Employer Digital Skills Profile Series and it is from Chester Zoo. In their profile, Chester Zoo says that they value data literacy, especially Excel and working with large data sets. As well as digital problem solving within coding, knowledge of AI, and digital learning and creativity such as […]

DigiTip 45: Shift+F3 is on the case! A capitalisation shortcut ⌨

If you have ever begun writing a sentence and realised, you were in the wrong case – this DigiTip is for you! Did you know that you can change the case of your word in Office 365 by selecting the text and then using Shift + F3? Watch the short video below to see this […]

Employer Digital Skills Profile Series – Week 6 – Aled Ellis & Co. Estate Agency

Our sixth Employer Profile is with the estate agency Aled Ellis & Co. based in Aberystwyth. In the profile below, Aled Ellis & Co. state the importance of social media and marketing in their business as well as digital identity. View some resources below to develop these skills. Text Version Company: Aled Ellis & Co. […]

DigiTip 44: Make quick decisions in MS Teams with the polling feature 📊 

There may be times when you’re in an MS Teams meeting, and you need to make a quick decision. It could be deciding when to hold your next group meeting or voting on which title to choose for a project report.   If you need to create a poll once you’ve started your meeting, Teams […]

Your favourite blogposts in the last year! 🥇

In the last year, the Digital Skills Team including the Student Digital Champions have published many blogposts covering a lot of digital topics and issues. Here are the top 5 blogposts from 2023/24!  To keep up to date with the Digital Skills Blog make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss any posts!  

Employer Digital Skills Profile Series – Week 5 – The BBC

Our fifth Employer Profile is with the BBC. As stated in the profile below, the BBC host hackathon events that are usually coding based and also believe importance should be placed on digital wellbeing. As well, the BBC recommend using LinkedIn Learning to develop digital skills especially for future employability. View some resources below to […]

DigiTip 43: Change your work with Replace in Word 🔃

There may be times where you need to replace a word you have used consistently throughout your work – this could be a name or a misspelled word. DigiTip 43 can show you how to quickly find and replace words. Either read the short step-by-step instructions or watch the video to learn how!  Please note […]