Windows Key + E
Get quick access to your File Explorer with this one. Your files will open up for quick access to, well, everything.
Tag: technical proficiency
Which generative AI tool? ChatGPT or Copilot?
Recently I have been considering switching from ChatGPT to Copilot. For one simple reason, I do not know where my ChatGPT data really goes. My thinking on this Most Universities subscribe to Microsoft packages, and in some instances this includes Continue Reading
Windows Key + L
Leaving your desk? Student at your back? Fire alarm going off? Quickly lock your screen with this key combination. You will then require the password to unlock your computer.
Gapfill quiz questions in Moodle using AI
If you have not already seen, you can use Generative AI, in this instance ChatGPT, to build MCQs for quizzes in Moodle. But, you can also build Gapfill questions using prompts and rules very much in the same way. We Continue Reading
AI Cheat sheet for MCQs in Moodle
To create a set of MCQs quickly, I tend to use ChatGPT. By setting the rules for the output based on what Moodle is expecting, I can do this fairly quickly. The output still needs you to copy accross the Continue Reading
Teaching the AI models for Academic Work
Sometimes I forget that AI can learn from my inputs as well as from inputs from data that is skimmed from the vast sea of information on the internet (don’t forget, only 5% of the internet is visible to you Continue Reading
Ethics of Using Generative AI in Academia
There are two things to think about when you start approaching the use of generative AI for creation of anything to do with academia: Let’s start with the first bit. Is it ethical? Yes, you can use AI to support Continue Reading
Ctrl and T
Want to create a table easily in Excel of your data set? Just click inside the data set and hit Ctrl and T! This then makes sorting and selecting data easy, and also is the starting point for pivot tables Continue Reading
Windows Key + D
An alternative to the traditional Windows + M to minimise all windows, but does the same job. Not too exciting this one.
Windows and Tab
Run out of space on your desktop? Working on multiple workstreams at the same time? You can use Windows and Tab to create a new desktop! Useful if running a process in the back ground and you want to work Continue Reading