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This course is part of a suite of MathWorks online courses available to the University of Cambridge.

Improve the robustness, flexibility, and efficiency of your MATLAB code.

If you do not already have an account, you will be asked to create one for the MathWorks Academy to access these courses, please use your @cam.ac.uk email address.

This course can be accessed here.

MathWorks are running a series of regular live webinars, tailored to Professors, PhD students & Post-Docs.

Each Wednesday you will discover a technical topic where you can learn about the latest MATLAB capabilities for your research applications.

To register for the sessions click here

These technical sessions will be followed up on Tuesdays with a session covering online teaching, including ready-to-use resources. You will explore how to use MATLAB to increase student engagement in your course.

his is part of a suite of MathWorks online courses available to the Univeristy of Cambridge.

This course is part of a suite of MathWorks online courses available to the Univeristy of Cambridge.

This is an introductory tutorial on commonly used features and workflows.

This course can be accessed here.

This course is part of a suite of MathWorks online courses available to the University of Cambridge.

Use root finding methods to solve nonlinear equations.

If you do not already have an account, you will be asked to create one for the MathWorks Academy to access these courses, please use your @cam.ac.uk email address.

This course can be accessed here.

This course is part of a suite of MathWorks online courses available to the University of Cambridge.

Use MATLAB ODE solvers to numerically solve ordinary differential equations.

If you do not already have an account, you will be asked to create one for the MathWorks Academy to access these courses, please use your @cam.ac.uk email address.

This course can be accessed here.

This is a course created by Mendeley and selected for curation by UIS training staff.

The course can be accessed here

Mendeley is a free, open source reference management program. It was originally primarily intended as a way to manage collections of PDF documents and this is still its main strength in comparison with other tools such as EndNote and Zotero.

Mendeley can be used to insert reference citations and a bibliography of cited references into Word and Open Office documents and may be of interest to anyone wanting a free reference management program which will create BibTeX citation keys and paste them into a LaTeX document.

This is a basic introductory course and probably will not be very useful to those who are already using the program and who have specific queries about the way it works.

Users who need help with more advanced features can request individual help via the UIS service desk email: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk

This instructor-led fee based course has been commissioned by the UIS through a third party company.

You will receive hands-on instruction and practice administering Windows Server 2012, including Windows Server 2012 R2, in this Microsoft Official Course.

This course is part two in a series of three courses that provides the skills and knowledge necessary to implement a core Windows Server 2012 infrastructure in an existing enterprise environment. The three courses collectively cover implementing, managing, maintaining and provisioning services and infrastructure in a Windows Server 2012 environment.

Although there is some cross-over of skills and tasks across these courses, this course primarily covers the administration tasks necessary to maintain a Windows Server 2012 infrastructure such as configuring and troubleshooting name resolution, user and group management with Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) and Group Policy, implementing Remote Access solutions such as DirectAccess, VPNs and Web Application Proxy, implementing Network Policies and Network Access Protection, Data Security, deployment and maintenance of server images, as well as update management and monitoring of Windows Server 2012 environments.

This course maps directly to and is the preferred choice for hands-on preparation for Administering Windows Server 2012: Exam 411, which is the second of three exams required for MCSA: Windows Server 2012.

NOTE: Labs in this course are based on the General Availability release of Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1.

For those who wish to commence with the MTA entry-level credential from Microsoft there are a number of Online courses listed in Related courses below that would be relevant.

View a Microsoft Certification Roadmap

This instructor-led fee based course has been commissioned by the UIS through a third party company.

You will receive hands-on instruction and practice configuring advanced Windows Server 2012, including Windows Server 2012 R2, services in this Microsoft Official Course.

This course is part three in a series of three courses that provides the skills and knowledge necessary to implement a core Windows Server 2012 infrastructure in an existing enterprise environment. The three courses collectively cover implementing, managing, maintaining and provisioning services and infrastructure in a Windows Server 2012 environment.

Although there is some cross-over of skills and tasks across these courses, this course focuses on advanced configuration of services necessary to deploy, manage and maintain a Windows Server 2012 infrastructure, such as advanced networking services, Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS), Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), Network Load Balancing, Failover Clustering, business continuity and disaster recovery services as well as access and information provisioning and protection technologies such as Dynamic Access Control (DAC), and Web Application Proxy integration with AD FS and Workplace Join.

This course maps directly to and is the preferred choice for hands-on preparation for Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services: Exam 412, which is the second of three exams required for MCSA: Windows Server 2012.

For those who wish to commence with the MTA entry-level credential from Microsoft there are a number of Online courses listed in Related courses below that would be relevant.

View a Microsoft Certification Roadmap

This instructor-led fee based course has been commissioned by the UIS through a third party company.

You will receive hands-on instruction and practice installing, managing storage and computer by using Windows Server 2016, including Windows Server 2016 vB, in this Microsoft Official Course.

This course is part one in a series of three courses that provides the skills and knowledge necessary to implement a core Windows Server 2016 infrastructure in an existing enterprise environment. The three courses collectively cover implementing, managing, maintaining and provisioning services and infrastructure in a Windows Server 2016 environment.

Although there is some cross-over of skills and tasks across these courses, this course focuses on the initial implementation and configuration of core services, such as Networking, Storage, Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Group Policy, File and Print Services, and Hyper-V.

This course maps directly to and is the preferred choice for hands-on preparation for the https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/mcsa-windows-server-2016-certification.aspx#cp-section3-head, which is the first of three exams required for MCSA: Windows Server 2016 certification.

For those who wish to commence with the MTA entry-level credential from Microsoft there are a number of Online courses listed in Related courses below that would be relevant.

View a Microsoft IT Academy Roadmap

A series of very useful quick tip videos on using Microsoft Teams for Education, Teaching & Learning, provided by Microsoft Education.

The series can be acccessed here.

A introductory guide on the use of to specific educational technologies to support your teaching can be found on the CCTL website.

This course is designed to introduce Microsoft SharePoint features as a site owner. It covers how to create SharePoint components, manage workflow and setup site permissions.

This course is designed to introduce Microsoft SharePoint features as a user with little or no knowledge of SharePoint. It covers basic understanding of SharePoint components, navigation, and site content handling.

There is a follow on course for site owners / administrators Microsoft SharePoint for More Advanced Users

This course introduces the most commonly used features of SharePoint 2013 on premise and SharePoint Online platforms. It covers topics that will assist institutions in evaluating SharePoint for their institutional requirements. During the course there will be discussion on how to implement SharePoint solutions in existing or new SharePoint deployments. It is beneficial to have your institution requirements prepared for class discussion.

• The Microsoft Education channel on YouTube #MicrosoftEDU has a variety of training videos spotlighting the use of Office 365 in education

The training can be accessed on the Education Channel.

This is an opportunity for Cambridge’s teaching staff to see guest speaker, Dale Munday from Lancaster University, showcase how Lancaster University are using MS Teams in higher education.

NOTE: UIS is currently undertaking a review of all the digital collaboration services it provides with a view to rationalising the number of solutions it supports in future. Microsoft Teams is one of the solutions included in the scope of the review. The review is still in progress, and no decisions about which solutions UIS will support in future have yet been reached. This external speaker event is being hosted by UIS independently of the review, and is solely intended to share information about what other HE establishments are doing in the digital education space.

MS Teams is a digital hub that brings conversations, content, and apps together in one 21st Century teaching and learning space. Educators can create collaborative classrooms, connect in professional learning communities, and communicate from a single experience in Office 365 for Education allowing them to create rich, persistent conversation makes learning more visible and accessible to the entire class.

Teachers can engage students in project-based learning with text, video, and voice using integrations. Harnessing student social interactions allow educators to enhance the learning and provide an engaging space to assess and feedback. The opportunity to empower students while helping them develop the skills they'll need to be successful in the future will be demonstrated throughout the session. Approaching assessment & feedback as an ongoing dialogue presented in multi-modal and digital form can support opportunities for learning that are creative, critical, and mirror our increasingly digitally-mediated society.

Delegates will be guided through Microsoft Teams and the process of utilizing a range of digital tools to create an engaging, inclusive and pedagogically underpinned curriculum/classroom. The session will focus on active learning approaches, harnessing the opportunities afforded through digital technologies, where inclusion and collaboration will be at the forefront. Amplifying the synergy between Microsoft Teams and the associated Class OneNote will demonstrate the power of individualised student portfolios and the variety of teaching approaches that can be enhanced through this delivery resource. Building on recent research, which explored the impact of drawing on to-be-learned information, highlighted enhanced memory and found it to be a reliable, replicable means of boosting performance. Teams & Class OneNote allow teachers and students to use digitally handwritten notes, drawings and graphic organisers to enhance the learning experience.

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

This course wil show you how to facilitate retrospectives, backlog refinement, and remote team building in Miro.

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

To access this course click here.

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.

To access this course click here.

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.

To access these videos click here.

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.

To access this course click here.

This beginners course equips you with the skills to implement a relational database design entity relationship diagram (ERD) into a MySQL database. Please be prepared for a fast paced course, but the materials provided can be used for consolidation after the course.

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

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

This course will introduce NVivo a Computer Aided Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) which supports qualitative and mixed methods research. It provides a means to collect, organise and analyse content from interviews, focus group discussions, surveys and audio.

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.