Library Guides: Biosciences: Creating and sharing

Creating and sharing

Throughout your programme you will work on a diverse range of assignments and projects to demonstrate and communicate your knowledge and understanding. The resources below will support you to develop the skills to create a range of outputs and disseminate the new knowledge you have developed.

Creating resources

Dissertations Library Guide
Library guide to support student dissertations.
Presentations: planning, creating, and delivering (tutorial)
Learn about the best strategies and techniques for formal presentations in an academic setting.
Presentations: planning, creating, and delivering (Word document, 155 KB)
Learn about the best strategies and techniques for formal presentations in an academic setting.

How to create a Google Site (video)
Watch this video to learn the basics of setting up and structuring a Google Site, adding content, and sharing and publishing your site.

Discovering and using images, graphs, charts, and figures (tutorial)
Learn how to find images, graphs, charts, and figures you can use and explore some considerations required when using them in your work.
Creating and editing images (tutorial)
Learn about the power of images, how and when to use them in your work, as well as how to create or edit the images you need using online software / apps.
Creating and editing images (Word document, 5.93 MB)
Learn about the power of images, how and when to use them in your work, as well as how to create or edit the images you need using online software / apps.
Introduction to infographics (tutorial)
Learn how to communicate with infographics: a visual medium perfect for communicating complex information and data simply.
Introduction to infographics (Word document, 7.97 MB)
Learn how to communicate with infographics: a visual medium perfect for communicating complex information and data simply.
Learning Data Visualization
This LinkedIn Learning course will show how to understand your data and your audience and determine the best visual model to use to communicate your data.
Access the course by following the link below, you'll be prompted to sign into your University account (MUSE).
Data Visualisation Hub
A joint initiative between The University Library, IT Services, and Research Software Engineering (RSE). This community website exists to provide research staff and students at the University of Sheffield with information and inspiration about the visual presentation of data.
Creative Media Service for students
The Creative Media Service provides equipment, facilities and training to support you with your video, audio, photo and other digital media projects.

Workshops

Creating Websites Using Google Sites: An Introduction
This session will provide you with some top tips for getting started using Google Sites and give you the opportunity to work through guided activities to start creating a simple website of your own.
Infographics: an Introduction
Infographics are a visual representation of information, data or knowledge. In this session we introduce infographics and how they can be used to communicate and share a summary or results of your research.
Lib Fest
Liberating the Library through a year long festival of events in the Information Commons. Including promoting collaborative working , co-creation and interdisciplinary dialogue and enhancing access to digital creativity.
Research Skills and Critical Thinking workshops
This workshop programme, from the University of Sheffield Library, delivered in the Information Commons and online, is open to taught course students from all departments.

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Creating and sharing

Creating resources

Workshops