William Goodwin – Choosing The Right Search Terms

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This is a short YouTube video by William Goodwin explaining how to choose the right search terms when using a search engine in order to get the most relevant findings.

How To Choose An Open License

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This is a guidance document from the National Forum for Teaching and Learning’s Open Educational Resources series. It advises academic staff on choosing the best Creative Commons license for their needs.

#OpenTeach – Facilitating Discussion Forums

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This is a guidance document and resource for academic staff on facilitating online discussion forums and how best to make use of them to encourage student discussion and discourse.

NUI Galway – Guide to communicating with your peers on social media

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This guidance document from NUI Galway gives students advice on communicating safely and responsibly with peers and friends on social media, and factors to consider when doing so such as privacy, sensitivity, bullying, and self-care.

NUI Galway – Checklist for creating a presentation slideshow

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This is a useful checklist for students on creating content for a presentation slideshow on PowerPoint and/or Google Slides, to help make sure good guidance has been followed on making an effective and easy to read presentation and that all necessary content is included.

NUI Galway – A Guide To Emailing Staff

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This is a guidance document for students advising on best practice when emailing university staff. While this guide is specifically aimed at NUIG students, its advice is applicable for students of any university who want to email staff appropriately.

Open Access: Finding Open Access Materials

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This guide from the University of Limerick serves as an introduction to finding openly available scholarly material, as well as giving a step-by-step guide to making your work openly available online.

5 ways to improve your Digital Literacy: tips on searching

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This guide by Michelle Breen and Liz Dore provides five useful tips on how best to search for scholarly sources and how to sift through volumes of search engine information.

University of Limerick – Digital Skills Workshop Slides

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This resource from the University of Limerick Library contains uploaded slides from UL Library’s digital skills workshops, including presentations advising on a variety of digital skills topics such as searching library databases, staying safe online, making good use of Microsoft apps like Word and Excel, and more.

EDTL – Enhancing Interaction in Live Online Classes

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This is a guidance document devised by the Irish Universities Association’s Enhancing Digital Teaching and Learning (EDTL) project team which gives tips for educators on how to enhance interaction in live online classes and how to make the most out of the resources available in order to achieve this.