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Miro is a online collaboration whiteboarding platform. This course is an online course delivered by Miro Academy.

This course wil show you how to work with the board, collaborate with my colleagues, and organize my team.

If you do not have an account for Miro, you will be asked to create an account before accessing the course.

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Miro is a online collaboration whiteboarding platform.

These short online videos from Miro help you to get started in under 15 mins.

If you do not have an account for Miro, you will be asked to create an account before accessing the course.

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Miro is a online collaboration whiteboarding platform. This course is an online course delivered by the Miro.

This course wil show you how other UX design teams use Miro for research, customer journey maps, and workshops.

If you do not have an account for Miro, you will be asked to create an account before accessing the course.

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This is a course created by the professional academic trainers at NVIVO and selected for curation by UIS training staff.

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This is a course created by the professional academic trainers at NVIVO and selected for curation by UIS training staff.

The course can be accessed here

These are a series of free webinars run by the professional academic trainers at NVIVO and selected for curation by UIS training staff.

You can access the webinars here

Please note! Other courses which may be found on the NVIVO site will need to be paid for.

This 90 hour online course introduces you to the techniques and tools required to develop database driven web applications. The course teaches you how to design, develop and deploy beautiful, responsive, database-driven web applications using Oracle Application Express. Leveraging project-based learning techniques, you will create and work with projects which challenge them to design, implement, and demonstrate a database-driven web application solution for a business or organisation.

This course should be taken after Database Programming with PL/SQL

This 40 hour course of study builds on the skills gained by students in Java Foundations and Java Programming. Students are introduced to Machine Learning concepts within Artificial Intelligence and will learn terminology, syntax, and the steps required to create a Machine Learning solution in Java using hands-on, engaging activities. There is no external exam associated with this course.

This 180 hour online course engages you to analyse complex business scenarios and create a data model—a conceptual representation of an organisation’s information. It comprises two equally sized halves, DB design, and DB programming using SQL.

You will implement your database design by creating a physical database using SQL. Basic SQL syntax and the rules for constructing valid SQL statements are reviewed. This course culminates with a project that challenges you to design, implement, and demonstrate a database solution for a business or organisation.

Exam Information

Through Oracle's Certification paths, you demonstrate a professional level of technical skills recognised throughout the information technology industry, this gives you a competitive edge in your career.

Completion of Database Design and Programming with SQL course prepares you close to being ready to sit the optional external exam Oracle Database SQL | 1Z0-071. Read more about this exam.

If you have no or little database experience and want to learn database design techniques using a modelling tool and to begin programming using SQL to implement and query databases using hands-on, engaging activities, this 90 hour course is for you. This course should be taken before Database Design and Database Programming with SQL .

The course teaches you relational database terminology, as well as data modelling concepts, building Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs), and mapping ERDs. Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeller is utilised to build ERDs and Structured Query Language (SQL) is used to interact with a relational database and manipulate date within the database. Leveraging project-based learning techniques, you will create and work with projects which challenge you to design, implement, and demonstrate a database solution for a business or organisation.

Exam Information

Through Oracle's Certification paths, you demonstrate a professional level of technical skills recognised throughout the information technology industry, this gives you a competitive edge in your career.

Completion of Database Design and Programming with SQL course prepares you close to being ready to sit the optional external exam Oracle Database Foundations | 1Z0-006. Read more about this exam.

This 180 hour course introduces you to PL/SQL, Oracle’s procedural extension language for SQL and the Oracle relational database. Participants explore the differences between SQL and PL/SQL. You also examine the characteristics of PL/SQL and how it is used to extend and automate SQL to administer the Oracle database. This course culminates with a project that challenges you to program, implement, and demonstrate a database solution for a business or organisation.

Exam Information

Through Oracle's Certification paths, you demonstrate a professional level of technical skills recognised throughout the information technology industry, this gives you a competitive edge in your career.

This online course prepares you toward the external exam (please note that this exam retires on 31-October-2020): Oracle Database 11g: Program with PL/SQL Exam Number: 1Z0-144 Read more about this exam and its associated fee.

This is an official Oracle online course for Java Foundations. It is an alternative to the Java Fundamentals course, however if you have not studied Java Fundamentals then you must work through the Alice and Greenfoot workshops (access can be provided on request). Java Foundations is a recommended pre-requisite for the Java Programming course.

Overview

This 90 hour online course engages students with little programming experience. Students are introduced to object-oriented concepts, terminology, and syntax, and the steps required to create basic Java programs using hands-on, engaging activities. Students will learn the concepts of Java programming, design object-oriented applications with Java and create Java programs using hands-on, engaging activities.

Exam Information Through Oracle's Certification paths, you demonstrate a professional level of technical skills recognised throughout the information technology industry, this gives you a competitive edge in your career. The Java Foundations OR Java Fundamentals courses prepare you to take the optional external exam Java Foundations | 1Z0-811.

This is an official Oracle online course for Java Fundamentals. It is an alternative to the Java Foundations course. If you are completely new to programming concepts then this is a good course to start your learning path, followed by Java Foundation, then Java Programming.

Overview This 90 hour online course engages students with little or no programming experience to create Java programs. Participants are introduced to object-oriented programming concepts, terminology, and syntax, and the steps required to create basic Java programs using the Alice, Greenfoot, and Eclipse interactive development environments. Hands-on practices figure prominently throughout this course so you can experience firsthand the power of computer programming. This is a recommended pre-requisite for the Java Programming course.

Exam Information Through Oracle's Certification paths, you demonstrate a professional level of technical skills recognised throughout the information technology industry, this gives you a competitive edge in your career. The Java Foundations OR Java Fundamentals courses prepare you to take the optional external exam Java Foundations | 1Z0-811.

The Java Programming course builds on the skills gained in either the Java Fundamentals OR Java Foundations courses to help advance Java programming skills. You will design object-oriented applications with Java and will create Java programs using hands-on, engaging activities.

Exam Information

Through Oracle's Certification paths, you demonstrate a professional level of technical skills recognised throughout the information technology industry, this gives you a competitive edge in your career. The Java Programming course prepares you to take the optional external exam Java SE 8 Programmer I | 1Z0-808.

Join us in this friendly, introductory session to learn how to get up and running with Outlook 365 Email and Calendar using the Desktop application for Windows, where we will take you through the basics of the Outlook 365 and more. If you are already familiar with the basics, this course will provide you with tips to speed things up and also get to know what is possible in Outlook.

• This is the Live online version of the In Person Face to Face classroom based instructor led course.

Please note that the course is taught using Microsoft Teams and you must have Teams installed on your computer to participate. See System requirements below for more information

Please Note: It is important that when you book on this course, on your booking confirmation page, click on Add to Calendar to start the process to import the course appointment into your calendar. This contains the link to the MS Teams course meeting under Joining Instructions that you will use to join on the day of the course.

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Panopto is an online platform for creating, managing and publishing videos.

A recommended series of courses have been collated and can be found here on Moodle.

This course is for those who are new to the Recruitment Administration System (RAS) or those who wish to have a refresher.

• This is the In Person Face to Face version of the Live Online RAS course.

Please Note: It is important that when you book on this course, on your booking confirmation page, click on Add to Calendar to start the process to import the course appointment into your calendar.

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This course is for those who are new to the Recruitment Administration System (RAS) or those who wish to have a refresher.

• This is the Live online version of the In Person Face to Face classroom based instructor led course.

Please note that the course is taught using Microsoft Teams and you must have Teams installed on your computer to participate. See System requirements below for more information

Please Note: It is important that when you book on this course, on your booking confirmation page, click on Add to Calendar to start the process to import the course appointment into your calendar. This contains the link to the MS Teams course meeting under Joining Instructions that you will use to join on the day of the course.

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This is free introductory training on using the SCOPUS abstract and citation database, created by the professional academic trainers at SCOPUS and selected for curation by UIS training staff.

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Use your Raven password to access the SCOPUS reference database

Free training materials to help you understand how the academic publishing system works and develop key skillsets, created by the professional trainers at Clarivate and selected for curation by UIS training staff.

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These are free webinars to enable you to stay current with developments of the Web of Science abstract and citation database, created by the professional trainers at Web of Science and selected for curation by UIS training staff.

You can access the training here

Use your Raven password to access the Web of Science reference database

This is free introductory training on using the Web of Science abstract and citation database, created by the professional trainers at Web of Science and selected for curation by UIS training staff.

You can access the training here

Use your Raven password to access the Web of Science reference database

This course covers processing applicants through the offer stages and transferring successful applicants information to the New Appointment team for them to create an employee in CHRIS. The system used is Web Recruitment.

• This is the In Person Face to Face version of the Live Online Web Recruitment: Managing Offers course.

Please note that the course is taught using Microsoft Teams and you must have Teams installed on your computer to participate. See System requirements below for more information

Please Note: It is important that when you book on this course, on your booking confirmation page, click on Add to Calendar to start the process to import the course appointment into your calendar. This contains the link to the MS Teams course meeting under Joining Instructions that you will use to join on the day of the course.

• See Related Courses below to take your skills further

This course covers processing applicants through the offer stages and transferring successful applicants information to the New Appointment team for them to create an employee in CHRIS. The system used is Web Recruitment.

• This is the Live online version of the In Person Face to Face classroom based instructor led course.

Please note that the course is taught using Microsoft Teams and you must have Teams installed on your computer to participate. See System requirements below for more information

Please Note: It is important that when you book on this course, on your booking confirmation page, click on Add to Calendar to start the process to import the course appointment into your calendar. This contains the link to the MS Teams course meeting under Joining Instructions that you will use to join on the day of the course.

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This course covers viewing, processing and recording data for applications, adding notes and attachments, generating rejection emails, generating electronic reference requests, processing applicants through the selection process and transferring successful applicants to CHRIS. The system used is Web Recruitment.

• This is the In Person Face to Face version of the Live Online Web Recruitment: Managing Vacancies & Sending Correspondence course.

Please Note: It is important that when you book on this course, on your booking confirmation page, click on Add to Calendar to start the process to import the course appointment into your calendar.

• See Related Courses below to take your skills further