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Ethics of Using Generative AI in Academia

Posted onOctober 21, 2024October 21, 2024

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

CategoriesThe Digital AcademicTagsAI, digital literacy, Moodle, technical proficiency, VLE

A table of useless numbers

Ctrl and T

Posted onOctober 21, 2024October 6, 2024

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

CategoriesShortcut Of The WeekTagsdigital literacy, excel, technical proficiency, Windows

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Windows Key + D

Posted onOctober 14, 2024October 7, 2024

An alternative to the traditional Windows + M to minimise all windows, but does the same job. Not too exciting this one.

CategoriesShortcut Of The WeekTagsdesktop, digital literacy, technical proficiency, Windows

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Windows and Tab

Posted onOctober 6, 2024October 7, 2024

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

CategoriesShortcut Of The WeekTagsdesktop, digital literacy, technical proficiency, Windows

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