Make the most of 2012

Get your New Year off to a good start and find out how to use IS services to the max!

Use Technology to Enhance Learning:

Organise your AberLearn course menu, moving the items you want to keep into the appropriate areas in the new template - http://jump.aber.ac.uk/?scqd
Provision your AberLearn Blackboard modules for use with AberCast lecture capture - http://jump.aber.ac.uk/?qcqd
Check that you're down as an instructor for 2011/12 modules in AStRA to ensure you have access to your modules in AberLearn Blackboard - http://jump.aber.ac.uk/?gcqd
Enrich your AberLearn Blackboard course with Flickr photographs and YouTube videos using the mash-ups tool - http://tinyurl.com/bb-mashup

Keep your reading lists up to date in ARMS and help IS to acquire the books your students need - http://arms.mis.aber.ac.uk

Work smarter:

Use Remote Desktop to access your work PC from home - http://jump.aber.ac.uk/?cdqd
Save time and petrol by using video conferencing for short meetings (you can even video conference from your own computer if you can't get to the studio) - http://jump.aber.ac.uk/?ddqd
Use the digital dropbox to send a document that is too large for an email attachment - http://jump.aber.ac.uk/?pdqd
Need to promote an Aber webpage? Use jump.aber to monitor how many people have clicked on that link - http://jump.aber.ac.uk/?jdqd

Develop your skills and knowledge:

Refresh your information skills and take a look at our support pages - http://jump.aber.ac.uk/?hdqd
Take an e-learning training course to enhance your students' learning through technology - http://jump.aber.ac.uk/?fdqd
Take one of our IS skills training courses - http://jump.aber.ac.uk/?xdqd
See what's new in Nexus to explore good practice in teaching and learning across the University - http://jump.aber.ac.uk/?dcqd

Keep up to date with IS news and events by following us on Twitter/Facebook/RSS - http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/