Continuing on from yesterday’s post on MS Word Accessibility – Tables. Today, DigiKnow looks at accessibility, best practice and hyperlinks. Think of a hyperlink as directing the audience to more information on a topic, i.e., further reading. This can be to a web page, a file or a document. Did Read more…
If you missed our introduction to Accessibility for digital content, you can read it here: Accessibility. Firstly, consider why you are using MS Word. Assignments or brand guidelines may specify the formatting (i.e., font, size, line spacing, etc.) to be used. Toward the end of last week’s blog, there were Read more…
Here at Queen’s University, staff and students produce digital content for a variety of reasons. This can be assignments, posters, learning materials, video or web-based content, to name a few. It is important to make digital content accessible to users of the content (i.e., the intended audience). By content, we Read more…
Richard Fallis is the subject librarian for the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, based in the Mulhouse building at Royal Victoria Hospital. He contributes to the QUB Library blog, and this week he’s provided DigiKnow with an overview of the support that subject librarians can provide. As a Read more…
In the previous weeks, we’ve covered Copyright Basics and Copyright for Education, including copyright infringement and fair dealing. Creative Commons allows us to widen the scope of available materials we can use. The Commons is growing, with 1.6 billion works currently available (as of 2019). What is Creative Commons? Creative Read more…
Last week we discussed the basics of copyright, how it works and why we all need to keep it in mind. This week focuses more on the practical considerations when studying and working in education. When copyright gets complex Copyright is already more complex in academia for multiple reasons. For Read more…
This is the first of a two-part blog post about copyright. It introduces how it affects your day-to-day work as a student, academic, researcher, clerical officer (in fact, really any occupation). Part One covers the basic concepts behind copyright. There’s a lot of info here, but we’ve split it up Read more…
Many people’s first reaction to a password change is annoyance: You’ve been using a password for a while without any problems, you had it memorised, but now you’re told that you have to set a new password and memorise that. But in a security-conscious world, and with lots of confidential Read more…
Think you know all you need to know about the digital world? Or know you don’t, and wish to know which areas to explore more? Jisc (the UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions) has created a discovery tool to enable staff and Read more…
Scam emails have become a part of daily life across all industries. Queen’s University has invested in a number of protection measures as well as training for all staff, but the main method to protect yourself from email scams, such as phishing, is maintaining vigilance. If something doesn’t seem right, Read more…