DigiTips

Explore our short and sweet weekly DigiTips, designed to help you make the most of technology. Discover useful keyboard shortcuts, tools like blue light filters that support your digital wellbeing, and so much more! 

There are a couple of different ways you can follow our DigiTips: 

  • You can bookmark this webpage and a new DigiTip will appear here at 10am each Tuesday during term time 
  • You can receive an email notification when a new DigiTip is posted by subscribing to our Digital Skills Blog. 
  • We also publish each DigiTip on the Information Services Facebook and Instagram pages. From there, you can follow our hashtags #TipiauDigiPA #AUDigiTips 

    DigiTip 43: Change your work with Replace in Word 🔃

    There may be times where you need to replace a word you have used consistently throughout your work – this could be a name or a misspelled word. DigiTip 43 can show you how to quickly find and replace words. Either read the short step-by-step instructions or watch the video to learn how!  Please note […]

    DigiTip 42: Refine your search results with filters in MS Teams 🔎

    Teams has a useful search function, but it can sometimes produce too many results. To save you unnecessary time searching, you can utilise filters. These filters allow you to search using specific criteria such as date, sender, and file type, helping you to quickly pinpoint the information you need! Take a look at the screenshot […]

    DigiTip 41: Better Notes with Microsoft OneNote 📒

    Have you found that you want all your notes including documents or PDFs all in one place? Well with OneNote, this is possible! As well as being a great space to store your personal notes, did you know that you can insert file printouts including PDFs and Word pages to go alongside your notes? Watch […]

    DigiTip 40: Get More Connected to Nature with Seek by iNaturalist 🔎🌼

    While on a lunchtime walk or during a break between lectures, there’s nothing better than exploring the campus. On your walk, you may come across birds, plants, fungi, and amphibians that you can’t identify. Using image recognition technology, the Seek by iNaturalist app will help you take your knowledge of nature to the next level!  […]

    DigiTip 39: Practice makes Perfect: Rehearse Timings in PowerPoint 🥇

    If you need to deliver a presentation within a strict time limit, you may want to practice to get your timings perfect. With DigiTip 39, you can learn how to practice your presentation and receive the timings you used per slide. View the short clip below to learn how to rehearse:  Please note that you […]

    DigiTip 38: Create mind maps with Ayoa 🌟

    Whether your brainstorming new ideas, revising for an exam, or taking notes, mind maps can be an effective tool for solving problems, memorising information, and much more! Ayoa is a bilingual software that allows you to create as many mind maps as you want for free. You can read more about Ayoa in our previous […]

    DigiTip 37: Switch it up with Synonyms in Word 🔀

    Have you ever gotten stuck trying to think of a different word to take your sentence to the next level? There’s no need to struggle anymore! With DigiTip 37, learn how to use the synonyms function in Word. View step by step instructions below or watch the short video to learn more!  Simply:  To follow […]

    DigiTip 36: Use Outlook reactions to respond to an email 👍🎉

    There may be times when someone has sent you an email, and you’d like to acknowledge its receipt without sending another reply. A great feature to use in this case is the reactions feature in Outlook, which works similarly to those in MS Teams or on various social media platforms. To react to an email, […]

    DigiTip 35: Secure your screen with Windows + Lock!  🔒

    Do you need to lock your screen faster than going through the Start menu? With DigiTip 35 you have your solution!   Did you know that you quickly lock your screen by selecting the Window’s key and pressing ‘L’.   To follow our DigiTips, subscribe to our Digital Skills Blog. Or alternatively, you can bookmark this webpage, where a […]

    DigiTip 34: Make MS Teams chats easier to read with bullet points 💬

    Have you ever been in an MS Teams meeting where you’ve needed to send a quick list that’s easy for others to read? There are actually two quick ways to create bullet points or numbered lists in any MS Teams chat. Option 1 You can either click on the format icon in the chat, and […]