Software training resources

Presentations

Files below to be updated Jan 2024.

• Navigating Learn.UQ (Blackboard) (PDF, 668.5 KB)
• WiFi, Printing and other IT Essentials (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Software you need at UQ (PDF, 827.4 KB)
• Training taster (PDF, 498.5 KB)
• Not just books: Make the most of your library (PDF, 6.2 MB)

Session videos

• Navigating Learn.UQ (Blackboard) (YouTube, 28m12s)
• WiFi, printing and other IT essentials (YouTube, 14m6s)
• Software you need at UQ (YouTube, 8m12s)
• Training taster (YouTube, 20m8s) - Information about the training team and training sessions
• Not just books: Make the most of your library (YouTube, 22m42s)

Exercise file

• Training taster (DOCX, 29.4 KB)

Training exercise files for Microsoft Word classes

• Styles and structures (ZIP, 141.4 KB)
• Creating a structured thesis - CaST (ZIP, 306.5 KB)

Training manuals

• Styles and structures (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Creating a structured thesis - CaST (Win and Mac) (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Session videos

• CAST - Creating a Structured Thesis (YouTube, 1h33s)

Training exercise files for Microsoft Excel classes

• Introduction to Excel - no course materials. Open a blank spreadsheet.
• Processing data (ZIP, 47 KB)
• Further functions (ZIP, 26.1 KB)
• Charting (ZIP, 1.4 MB)
• Data analysis (ZIP, 40.9 KB)

Training manuals

• Introduction to Excel (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Processing data (PDF, 1.4 MB)
• Further functions (PDF, 818.9 KB)
• Charting (PDF, 2.4 MB)
• Data analysis (PDF, 1.3 MB)

Session videos

• Introduction to Excel (YouTube, 1h31m42s)

Intro training manuals

• Getting started
• dplyr
• ggplot2: introduction
• ggplot2: intermediate
• tidyverse

Advanced training manuals

• WebApps with Shiny
• heatmaps
• Packaging and sharing functions
• R reproducible reports with R Markdown and knitr

Session videos

• Getting started (YouTube,  1h23m31s) 
• dplyr (YouTube, 54m28s)
• ggplot2: introduction (YouTube, 49m6s)
• ggplot2: intermediate (YouTub, 1h11m33s)
• tidyverse (YouTube, 1h6m43s)
• heatmaps (YouTube, 1h5m46s)

Training exercise files for NVivo classes

• NVivo: Getting started (ZIP, 13.7 MB)
• Next steps (ZIP, 9.5 MB)

Training manuals

• NVivo: Getting started (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• NVivo: Getting started (Both Mac and Win) (PDF, 5.2 MB)
• Next steps (PDF, 3.2 MB)

Session videos

• NVivo: Getting started (YouTube, 1h1m27s)

Training manual

• Python training (1 of 4): the fundamentals (MD, 477.5 KB)
• Python training (2 of 4): data analysis and transformation
• Python training (3 of 4): introductory data visualisation
• Python training (4 of 4): intermediate data visualisation

Training exercise files for Photoshop class

• Images (ZIP, 21.9 MB)

Training manual

• Photoshop for beginners (PDF, 1.7 MB)

Training manual

• QGIS: Introduction to mapping
• QGIS intermediate: raster analysis
• QGIS: Mobile Mapping
• QGIS: Vector Analysis

Training exercise files for Microsoft PowerPoint classes

• PowerPoint workshop (ZIP, 91.9 KB)

Training manual

• PowerPoint workshop (PDF, 2.3 MB)

Training manual

• Intro to GitHub
• Git version control for collaboration (MD, 339.2 KB)​​​​​

Training exercise files for Adobe Acrobat classes

• Adobe Acrobat essentials (ZIP, 630.1 KB)
• Adobe Acrobat forms (ZIP, 571.6 KB)

Training manuals

• Adobe Acrobat essentials (PDF, 2 MB)
• Adobe Acrobat forms (PDF, 1.9 MB)

Training exercise files for Premiere Pro classes

• Audio (ZIP, 9.3 MB)
• Images (ZIP, 2.1 MB)
• Video: Atoms (ZIP, 7.5 MB);  Sun (ZIP, 9 MB); PlanetEarth (ZIP, 12.3 MB)

Training manuals

• Premiere Pro - Video editing basics (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Training exercise files for Audacity classes

• Audacity: Introduction to audio editing

Training manuals

• Audacity: Introduction to audio editing

Training manuals

• Overleaf: write and collaborate on LaTeX documents (PDF, 297.3 KB)
• Source files for the manual

Training exercise files for Qualtrics classes

• Using Qualtrics for surveys (ZIP, 167 KB)

Training manuals

• Using Qualtrics for surveys (PDF, 2.9 MB)