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 blogpost.
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Have you ever gotten stuck trying to think of a different word to take your sentence to the next level? Thereâs 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!
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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, click on the smiley face button on the top of your screen. You can then choose from six emojis, ranging from a thumbs up đ to a sad face! đĽ
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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 Windowâs key and pressing âLâ. Â
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Have you ever been in an MS Teams meeting where you’ve needed to send a quick list thatâs easy for others to read? There are actually two quick ways to create bullet points or numbered lists in any MS Teams chat.
You can either click on the format icon in the chat, and you can easily create bullet points or a numbered list from here.
Or, if you’re in a Teams chat:
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Next week will be the return of DigiTips, our once-a-week tip or trick to help you with your Digital Skills! You can view the DigiTips that were posted last year here and find out which 5 were the most popular in this blogpost. Remember to keep your eyes out for this year’s DigiTips by subscribing to the blog!Â
Blogpost by Shân Saunders (Digital Capabilities and Skills Development Coordinator)
In September 2023, the Digital Skills Team began DigiTips â a weekly blogpost to highlight a useful tip that you can use to make your daily digital life easier. Below are the top 5 DigiTips from 2023/24.
Are you working on one screen and struggling? Are you tired of swapping between two windows?âŻDid you know that you can split your screen to view two things at once making it much easier to view two windows at the same time. This means that you can work on documents, tabs and much more side-by-side.
Most of us will be more familiar with using emojis on our mobile phones đą, but there will be times when weâll want to include emojis when using our laptops or computersđť. Instead of googling for the emoji you need, why not access it directly from your keyboard!?
Are you struggling to concentrate on your work? Are you procrastinating on social media? Do you need to limit your scrolling time?âŻDid you know you can now limit your Instagram scrolling time through the Instagram settings.âŻ
Have you ever copied and pasted content from a webpage or another document into a new Word document and found that it completely messes up your formatting? Luckily, there are additional options outside of the basic pasting option (ctrl+v) which can help solve this!
Sometimes, you may need to set some time aside to concentrate on a particular piece of work, but how can you show other people who are also online that youâre busy? Microsoft Teams allows you to set your status to Do not disturb, meaning that you wonât be interrupted by Teams notifications or calls (unless you choose to receive these from specific people), but it can be too easy to forget to turn this status off once youâre finished.
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Here is your final DigiTip for this academic year but you can catch up on all of our previous DigiTIps from this page. We hope that youâve found our tips useful, and weâll be back in September â24 where weâll continue support your confidence with technology, one DigiTip at a time!
Do you sometimes struggle in larger meetings to know who is currently speaking? âŚ..âwas that Ffion or Bethan?!â Maybe youâre working in a loud environment and are struggling to hear others in the meeting speak? Perhaps youâve joined a meeting where the language spoken isnât your first language? Or perhaps you appreciate the accessibility of having subtitles?
If any of the above are true for you, then you will likely find the functionality to enable live captions in MS Teams useful. Watch the video below to learn how to enable live captions:
Itâs worth noting a couple of things if youâre using this feature:
Visit this webpage for further support and guidance in using MS Teams.
Notifications and messaging with friends and family can often distract you from the time and keep you awake. Did you know that you can set a âDo Not Disturbâ schedule so that you are no longer alerted to incoming notifications or calls although they are still received.
You can do this by going to:
You can also personalise the âFocusâ to allow certain calls or notifications from key contacts.
There are also other forms of focus such as driving.
View the short clip below to see how to set up the schedule.
Please note, these instructions are for iPhones. For Androids, please view the following instructions: Limit interruptions with Do Not Disturb on Android – Android Help (google.com)
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This is a very quick tip, but hopefully a useful one! There may be occasions where you need to minimise all the open windows and apps on your laptop or desktop screen. Perhaps you are just about to start presenting and want to remove all open windows? Or you may just want to remove all clutter and get back to your desktop?
You can press the Windows key + D to minimise all open apps and windows and will take you back to the desktop. If you want to reopen all windows and apps, just press the same keystrokes again!
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