CamTools: An Overview

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CamTools is a system used to create websites to support teaching, research, and collaboration. Within a CamTools site, academics, students, administrators and guests can use a collection of online tools to collaborate, communicate and share resources. This demonstration will give you an overview of the system and how it can be used.

• University staff
• College staff
• Researchers
• Further details regarding CamTools' eligibility criteria are available

Number of sessions: 1

• Introduction
• Logging in
• My Startpage
• Personal Tools
• Favourites
• Joining a site
• Requesting a site
• Site Members tool
• Resources tool
• Schedule tool
• Announcements tool
• Wiki tool
• Forums tool
• Getting help

To understand:

• The principles of CamTools
• The basics of using tools
• How to request a site

To gain an understanding of how CamTools can be used for teaching, research and collaboration

• Demonstration

One session of one hour

• Monthly

• CamTools: Getting Started
• CamTools for Committees: Getting Started
• CamTools for Research: Getting Started
• CamTools for Teaching: Getting Started

• Committees and Groups
• Demonstrations
• Introduction
• Research
• Teaching