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Toolkit

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Toolkit is your digital companion for the University of Aberdeen. Learn new digital skills, understand University software, discover useful apps and explore University services. Our resources are for everyone - whether you're a fresher or fourth year undergraduate, or a taught or research postgraduate.

Accessible anywhere, any time, and on any device, Toolkit's simple user interface makes it easy for you to find what you're looking for. So now you can get the help you need, when you need it!

Digital Skills Training

Brush up your digital skills!

Tutor-led digital skills training workshops. Sessions are delivered online or on campus.

We offer a wide range of courses including:

  • Creating accessible documents
  • Digital wellbeing
  • Designing impactful academic posters
  • Digital note-taking
  • Working with long documents
  • Organising and sharing your files
  • Collaboration across Microsoft apps

Interested?

Check the Course Booking System for forthcoming dates and to book online.

Sessions are hosted by the Digital Skills Team throughout the year.

Video Tutorials

Visit Toolkit to watch and learn!

PowerPoint for Posters

Learn how to use PowerPoint as an effective tool for creating large posters e.g. A0, A1, A2, etc. Very useful for presenting your research data.

Working with Long Documents

Writing a dissertation or thesis? Make sure you avoid last minute panics by planning ahead and setting up your Word document properly from the outset. Our short videos show you how.