SIS Skills Development Program

Past webinars

ANU Zoom training for SIS Staff

11am | 9 April 2020

Presented by Candida Spence

In this training, we learn about using ANU Zoom. Zoom focuses on collaboration between users through audio/video communication, recording, and screen sharing. ANU academics, staff, and students are all eligible to create their own Zoom meeting room to host meetings.

Learn how to access your account, schedule and manage meetings and student consultations, and make the most of Zoom. Have a Word document ready to share with the other participants. The second half will be about hosting webinar and what is involved.

Sierra Web

2:00 PM | 23 April 2020

Presented by Mark Huppert

An overview of Sierra Web - Find out what is different about the Web version, some of the capabilities and limitations, as well as tips for using Sierra from home.

Introduction to Microsoft Teams

1pm | Wednesday 29 April

Presented by Vanessa Galloway

This session covers how to access Teams, create a team and channels, schedule a meeting, collaborate on documents, and utilise other forms of communication including chat and tags.

Creating webinars for online teaching

1:30-2:30pm | Thursday 30 April

Presented by Terra Starbird

This session will demonstrate webinar technology for teaching - the tips, tricks and advantages in moving from face-to-face to the online environment.

Scholarly Communications 101: the four pillars

1:30-2:30pm | Wednesday 6 May

Presented by Imogen Ingram and Erin Gallant

This session begins with a brief historical tour through Scholarly Communications and Publishing since the 1600s. Along the way, you'll learn about the four pillars around which this history can be told, and how these remain foundational for contemporary scholars to produce original and authoritative research.

In the second half of the session, discover how SIS Open Research and Digital Scholarship works in partnership at a researcher and institutional level, to ensure access to high quality traditional, and non-traditional, ANU research outputs.

COVID-19 Vendor Offers

10-11am | Wednesday 13 May

Presented by Katie Ferguson

Learn about the free access offered by publishers and vendors during COVID-19. How have these offers come about, how are they managed, and what are some of the more interesting resources we have short-term access to?

Physical to Digital

10-11am | Friday 15 May

Presented by Stephanie Luke and Kit Nelson

An overview on how decisions are made, why we digitise selected materials and what’s involved in producing a digital version for users to access.

What are the Pacific Research Archives?

12pm - 1pm | Thursday 21 May

Presented by Catherine Ziegler

Learn about the Pacific resources held at the ANU Archives, including digitised resources available through our partnerships.

ANU Press: An overview of an open-access press

10.30am - 11.15am | Thursday 28 May

Presented by Lorena Kanellopoulos

An overview of ANU Press, from its inception to now.

Using Canva to Create Compelling Visuals

1.30pm - 2.30pm | Thursday 28 May

Presented by Terra Starbird

Learn to use Canva, an easy to use graphic design platform that allows you to create powerpoint slides, social media posts, presentations, posters, teaching resources, promotional materials and other visual content.

It has been described as the “no tech or design skills required” content creation tool. Session will cover basics of design and how to improve your existing graphic content, whilst following ANU guidelines.

You will leave able to create a range of graphics that you can use across a variety of platforms (websites, social media, PPT, libguides, printable teaching resources, and more).

Australian Indigenous Information Resources

12pm - 1pm | Friday 29 May

Presented by Jason Murdoch and Jaisy Antony

In celebration of National Reconciliation Week 2020 (“In this together” 27 May – 3 June 2020), Chifley Library's Jason Murdoch & Jaisy Antony provide an overview an discussion of SIS’s rich collection of Australian Indigenous information and knowledge resources, designed to support and enhance Indigenous scholarship and research.

Introduction to Freedom of Information (FOI)

10am - 11am | Thursday 4 June

Presented by David Brumby

This session is designed to provide you with essential information on how FOI requests to the ANU are processed and answer any questions you might have about FOI such as:

• What is FOI?
• How do I search for documents requested?
• What documents can be released to an FOI applicant?
• What if I don’t think a document should be released?
  

ANU Press Production

1pm - 1.45pm | Wednesday 3 June

Presented by Emily Tinker

A step-by-step look at the submission, review, production and editorial processes of ANU Press.

Introduction to Powtoon

1pm | 1 July 2020

Presented by Terra Starbird

This webinar will take you through everything you need to know to use Powtoon to make instructional videos. The session will explore scripting, audio recording, video design principles, templates, timeline and inserting video, PowerPoint slides, Canva visuals and images. It is most applicable for staff who are already creating videos, but all staff who are interested in developing their video and design literacies will benefit.

Design & Develop Your Digital Display for Visualise Your Thesis

10.30am | 9 July 2020

Presented by Terra Starbird

So you’ve developed your research pitch? Now, leverage your media, storytelling and digital skills to maximise the impact of your research project. We’ll show you how to meet the Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) PowerPoint Competition requirements, and create short, engaging animated videos using Powtoon. This webinar is designed specifically for candidates who are doing the VYT competition, but will be useful for other situations, such as the Three Minute Thesis (3MT), or to help ANU staff and students make more impactful conference presentations. Suitable for all disciplines and various levels of creativity and digital skills.