Library & Learning Services

Over the course of this year the SpLD team in Learning Services will be exploring apps to support you in developing your study skills. A project has just started looking at note taking apps and a group of students have been kind enough to agree to provide feedback after using 3 apps in their lectures over the next month. (Evernote, One Note and Audio Note lite). This feedback will help us in exploring whether these apps could be useful in capturing key information from lectures using a variety of media.

The University also has assistive technology software which is available on all the PCs across campus (and at the site libraries). You can access Inspiration (a mind mapping tool) and Read and Write Gold (a proofreading tool) and they can benefit all students, so why not give them a try. Short guides are available on the Learning Services SpLD web pages.  Assistive Technology Guides

Following on from our exciting Uniskills offer the Academic Support Division will be looking at general study skills apps and we would be interested to hear from you on social media about you app experiences and the apps you couldn’t do without to help you in your studies. Your voice is so important to us in helping to develop resources and materials to support you effectively.

Follow us on Facebook and twitter and tell us about your go to apps.
www.fb.com/EHULearnService
twitter.com/EHULearnService

More from us early next term when we can hopefully tell you a little about what the students found useful in the note taking apps and what worked for them.

Andrew Billington,
Learner Support Manager
SpLD Support team

We are here to help you make the most of the academic resources and assignment support available to you. And so, as we reach the final few weeks of term, you may find it useful to review our quick guide to finding resources both online and in person!

We’ve recently launched our new Uni Skills trailer, to introduce you to our variety of academic support in the form of online guides, toolkits, drop-ins and workshops. All of which can be accessed through our Uni Skills website www.ehu.ac.uk/uniskills

Visit the Uni Skills pages to find information about:

• Finding Books in the catalogue and on the shelf
• Finding Online Resources such as eBooks and Journal Articles
• Referencing
• Assignment Planning
• Academic Writing and Being Critical
• Dissertations
• Submitting Your Assignment

You can find further resources, through Learning Edge on the GO portal. Simply log in to GO and click on Learning Edge at the top of the screen.

Learning Edge is where you can find information about your courses and modules. However did you know that Learning Edge also provides you with quick access to book your place on a Uni Skills workshop? (Via the Learning Services Events panel)

Learning Edge is also home to your subject resources tab! This is where you will find subject specific information and resources. That is, the information that will be most relevant to your subject!

Your subject resources tab is found at the top of the page in Learning Edge and it is labelled by your Faculty (for example if you are studying a course within the Faculty of Education, you will see the Home tab, followed by “Your FoE Resources”).

On your subject resources tab you will find quick links to our academic toolkits, subject resources and online guides. As well as links to the Library Catalogue, Discover More and your library account.

If you need help and support finding resources or assignment help, please ask a member of the Academic Support Team as the Ask Desk or get in touch via Ask Us.

So as we find ourselves into the final straight of the first semester, we reflect on some of the great work our Student Advisors – Alice, Tara, David, Laura, Sophie and Connor – have provided so far…

In addition to induction meet and greets, library tours, guidance and support for visiting groups, and overviews of what Learning Services has to offer, the team have been running drop-in sessions as part of Learning Services’ wide-ranging UniSkills programme –

Introducing Learning Edge

Drop-in sessions designed to show both new and returning students all things Learning Edge. From an overview of resources that can be accessed, to getting to know the content and troubleshooting queries.

                                                                                                                                             How To Submit Submissions

Drop-in sessions offering avice on how and where to submit your assignments, providing guidance on where and how to submit, and what to expect to see during the submission process.

And with significant changes to our new and improved Library Catalogue, the team have been supporting how best to search information, how to access our new UniSkills Online Toolkits, and supporting students from all year groups get ready for the new term –

“Helped me to understand the system to access library books, eBooks etc. As a mature student I found it hard to access the library online, however they helped me and now I am more confident and easily find my way around”

The Student Advisors are based at the Ask Desk on the first floor of the University Library, and offering flexible support to you around the Library and the wider campus. From brief queries to more in-depth support, the team are available Monday to Friday, 11am – 4pm. It’s peer-to-peer support – thery’re here to support you.

Any questions or for more information please contact [email protected]