This workshop will help you develop the practical skills needed to install, maintain and customise WordPress. Participants will build their own fully functional installation of WordPress on a USB drive, which can later be published or used for ongoing development.
PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is being run by our sister service JISC Netksills, all enquiries and bookings are being handled by them - JISC Netskills team.
This workshop is for anyone considering hosting their own WordPress installation for a blog or website. It provides an opportunity to install, configure and customise a working WordPress site and explore what is involved in running it in practice.
This is not a technical workshop on server administration or developing for WordPress. Some knowledge of HTML, CSS and PHP would be useful, but is not essential.
The course would suit a candidate that requires a broad introduction to creating, editing using and managing a digital image collection. The skills covered could be used by anyone who is involved directly or indirectly in producing or managing a collection of digital images. The skills in the course can be used in education, cultural heritage and other roles, which requires image capture and delivery.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a three-day course. Course fees are as follows:
This element of the course introduces the digital SLR and flatbed scanner and explains how these devices are used to digitise a variety of common subjects. It aims to explain the main controls of each device and how they are used to control the appearance of the digital image. In this session candidates are introduced to lighting and learn how it is an essential element in photography and how different types of lighting contribute to look of the picture. This session also explores capture file formats and their applications.
This session introduces the subject of destructive and non-destructive image editing and highlights some of the more commonly used image editing programs. All of the image editing during the session will be carried out with Adobe Photoshop. Throughout the day the course follows a typical workflow from initial quality control, image sorting, cropping, tone and colour adjustment, retouching through to file formats for final delivery.
This half-day session sets out the legal framework as it relates to intellectual property rights (IPR) and the creation, use and re-use of digital images. Students will learn about current IPR legislation and how best to protect their digital images from misuse. Students will also gain an understanding of how they might use digital images owned and/ or created by others. Potential future changes to UK IPR law will be discussed alongside a discussion on the internation dimension. The key concepts surrounding IPR and digital images will be explored using a mixture of presentations, discussions and practical activities.
This element of the course introduces the concept of metadata as it relates to digital still images. Students will receive an understanding of the different types of metadata, how metadata is used and how it differs depending on the user community. Students will be introduced to metadata schemas and controlled vocabularies and will consider a variety of ways in which metadata might be used to enhance digital image collections. The key areas will be explored using a mixture of presentations, discussions and practical activities.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a two-day course. Course fees are as follows:
Anyone wishing to create videos or to supervise the creation of videos. This workshop assumes no prior experience, although knowledge of camcorders, audio recording and video editing is useful.
By the end of the course attendees should be able to:
Seminar fees: £100 per participant. Includes lunch and refreshments. There will be a pre-seminar online exercise attendees are requested to complete. This is merely to provide some background knowledge prior to the seminar.
Relevant for owners and users of copyright-protected digital media, as well as those who simply want to learn about copyright and digital media in general, seminar participants will partake in an informal and discussion based day, learning how to tackle common copyright issues using a 'framework' approach and applying it to a series of case studies. The day will conclude with a series of break out sessions to discuss copyright topics identified by attendees.
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This practical one-day workshop provides an opportunity to learn how to maximise the value of screencasting in presentation, demonstration and digital storytelling for teaching and learning, in the context of the whole workflow from planning your own short screencast to rendering it as a video. We've even had some delegates posting finished screencasts to YouTube by the end of the day!
The workshop is designed for up to 10 people. Previous experience of screencasting is not necessary, just an interest in developing new skills and techniques for creating teaching and learning resources.
Contact us to find out how this workshop can address your specific goals.
Covering the essentials of the screencast production workflow, workshop participants will learn
N.B. This course covers digital restoration of audio-visual resources only. It does not cover restoration of still images
This course is aimed at digitisation departments and specially funded digitisation projects. It is expected that attendees will have collection management or technical backgrounds although the content has many other potential applications.
Those with some basic experience and knowledge of digital capture. Particularly aimed at those involved at the front line of digitisation projects and to teaching and research staff who wish to improve the quality of their captured images. This workshop uses scanners, digital SLR cameras and Adobe Photoshop as an image editor.
This course is aimed at anyone who wishes to build on basic or existing digital photography skills and knowledge.
Anyone new to or wanting to familiarise themselves with a digital SLR camera. No prior experience is required. The workshop uses Adobe Photoshop and cameras will be provided.
Anyone needing to know how to achieve and maintain colour consistency between devices. This workshop uses Adobe Photoshop and some previous experience in capturing digital images and using image editors is recommended.
This workshop is for those with an interest in producing audio resources along with staff embarking on recording projects, and non-technical staff who wish to gain knowledge in order to oversee recording projects. The workshop assumes no previous knowledge of recording systems or audio theory some basic IT understanding is desired as the workshop will go into some technical depth.
Anyone new to describing and cataloguing images. Some previous knowledge of metadata will be useful but not essential.
The workshop is targeted at the non-specialist with some understanding of IT but little audiovisual experience. Attendees may be caretakers to a small number of videos or may be involved in larger, specially funded projects. Attendees may also be wishing to gain an overview of the process prior to outsourcing video digitisation work.
Anyone needing the foundation skills to undertake basic scanning and digital imaging. This workshop uses Adobe Photoshop as an image editor.
Primarily aimed at those new to using a VLE and/or digital media. If you want to discover how digital media is being used and learn ways to improve the design of online materials then this workshop is for you.