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Digital Skills for Study

This guide includes links and resources to help students build their digital skills for effective study. It is underpinned by the University's Digital Capabilities Framework. Your recommendations of additional resources are welcome.

Create video and audio

Script, film and edit video

This comprehensive guide from the University of Queensland walks you through every stage of digital video creation, from scripting, to lighting, filming and editing - with a list of video editing and hosting tools.

("Digital Essentials" by UQ Library Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License)

Use your phone to record videos for assessments

The Best Practice for Creating Videos for Assessments guide on MyLo walks you through quick tips for recording quality video using your phone, and has helpful advice for uploading files to UTAS systems for submission. 

Record and edit audio

This guide from the University of Queensland has tips for recording high quality audio and suggests tools for editing and sharing your recordings. 

("Digital Essentials" by UQ Library Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License)

Audio 101

This module from the University of Notre Dame walks you through all the elements of quality audio creation from pre- to post-production, and links you to great tools and projects along the way. 

("Remix Projects: Audio 101" by University of Notre Dame MIT license)

 

Record a Podcast

Learn how to use Audacity to record a moving piece of journalism with this step-by-step project from the University of Notre Dame. 

("Remix Projects: Infographic" by University of Notre Dame MIT license)

 

Produce an audio interview

Record an interview, edit and shape it into a coherent and compelling story and layer it with a sound and effects track to produce a quality audio interview with this step-by-step guide from the University of Notre Dame.

("Remix Projects: Audio Interview" by University of Notre Dame MIT license)

 

Create a digital story

Bring together videos, stills, music and narration to craft a digital story with impact following the steps in this guide from the University of Notre Dame.

("Remix Projects: Digital Story" by University of Notre Dame MIT license)

Better plan and sequence your digital story by following this advice from the University of Wollongong.

("Assessments" by University of Wollongong Learning Co-Op Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License)