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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.

Work with documents

Name, store and backup files

Get your files in order with naming conventions, folder structure and version control, and learn how to use local and cloud storage for access and backups with this 20 minute training module from the University of Queensland.

Working with different file formats

This table from the University of Wollongong outlines many different file formats and explains what each can be used for and what programs they run with.

("Technology and Software" by Learning Co-Op, University of Wollongong)

Digitise physical notes

Office Lens makes readable copies of notes and documents - from whiteboards, notepads, printed documents and more.