{"id":1466,"date":"2021-05-06T12:35:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T12:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2021-06-10T08:18:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T08:18:30","slug":"improve-your-it-skills-while-you-are-a-sussex-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/2021\/05\/improve-your-it-skills-while-you-are-a-sussex-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve your IT Skills before you leave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the end of Term fast approaching and thoughts turning to the summer, and perhaps working, I&#8217;d like to recommend you invest some time in your IT skills.  Feeling more in control will relieve stress and frustration and hopefully make you more confident to face that Excel data analysis task you have or help designing that poster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a range of Free training resources available to staff and students<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/services\/software\/linkedin-learning\">LinkedIn Learning<\/a> &#8211; Up your skill level in areas such as Excel, Adobe Photoshop, Interview Technique using the thousands on quality online videos. Completed courses show on your LinkedIn profile if you choose to. Courses can even be downloaded to watch offline so no need to gobble that data allowance. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/images\/LiL2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Free short Webinars delivered by the IT Services Training Team give a fast track to essential skills and raise awareness of product features with an opportunity to ask an expert. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/services\/informationandsupport\/training\">Sign up for a live session<\/a> or watch on demand on <a href=\"https:\/\/canvas.sussex.ac.uk\/courses\/6905\/pages\/it-services-webinars\">our Canvas page<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/files\/2021\/05\/IT-Services-Live-Webinar-May.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/files\/2021\/05\/IT-Services-Live-Webinar-May-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Book IT Services Live Webinars www.sussex.ac.uk\" class=\"wp-image-1468\" width=\"393\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/files\/2021\/05\/IT-Services-Live-Webinar-May-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/files\/2021\/05\/IT-Services-Live-Webinar-May-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/files\/2021\/05\/IT-Services-Live-Webinar-May-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/files\/2021\/05\/IT-Services-Live-Webinar-May-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/files\/2021\/05\/IT-Services-Live-Webinar-May-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/files\/2021\/05\/IT-Services-Live-Webinar-May-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/files\/2021\/05\/IT-Services-Live-Webinar-May-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/files\/2021\/05\/IT-Services-Live-Webinar-May-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/files\/2021\/05\/IT-Services-Live-Webinar-May-900x900.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/files\/2021\/05\/IT-Services-Live-Webinar-May.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Book IT Services Live Webinars<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#7f8991\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Book via<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/training\">http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/training<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Time From<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Course<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fri 07 May<\/td><td>12.00<\/td><td>Word &#8211; Using Automatic Table of contents &amp; Footnotes for your Thesis and Dissertation &#8211; webinar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mon 10 May<\/td><td>12.00<\/td><td>Excel for Beginners &#8211; webinar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mon 10 May<\/td><td>16.00<\/td><td>PowerPoint Running a slick presentation &#8211; webinar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tue 11 May<\/td><td>12.00<\/td><td>Microsoft Teams &#8211; Meeting Top Tips &#8211; webinar (staff and PG students only)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tue 11 May<\/td><td>15.00<\/td><td>Excel Pivot Tables &#8211; webinar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wed 12 May<\/td><td>12.00<\/td><td>Box &#8211; Getting to grips with Box file storage &#8211; webinar (staff only)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fri 14 May<\/td><td>11.00<\/td><td>Word &#8211; Complex page numbering for your Thesis and Dissertation &#8211; webinar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fri 14 May<\/td><td>14.00<\/td><td>Microsoft Teams Essentials Workshop &#8211; webinar (staff and PG students only)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fri 21 May<\/td><td>11.00<\/td><td>Excel Working with data lists &#8211; 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