Apps Anywhere has been helpful in accessing all kinds of software on university computers but did you know that you can get access to free and discounted software for your personal computer as a student? Software for free include: SPSS NVivo Windows 10 Microsoft Office 365 Autodesk (Maya, Fusion, 3D Max, etc) Audio Notetaker Discounts…
This is the first in a series of articles discussing how to keep your data safe both on and off campus and will cover topics such as keeping you device secure, getting your data organised and backing it up should something go wrong. Keeping your data safe is not just about keeping your computer secure…
You might be familiar with creating Mindmaps to help you learn or revise – perhaps from school when you emptied all the felt tips out of your pencil case to create a colourful, busy and memorable diagram to help you learn the boring bits from GCSE Biology. Or maybe it’s a method you’ve heard of…
Sheffield Hallam University has been taking part in the Dropbox ‘Space Race’, which means that more referrals to the Dropbox service has resulted in more storage space. The Space Race has finished and we have reached the maximum 25GB of storage – a whole lot more than the usual 2GB offered by Dropbox for free!…
Sheffield Hallam University provides a wealth of support for students with specific needs such as dyslexia and visual impairments. If you are feel you are a student with specific needs you may already be receiving this support; however, if you have not accessed the University’s Disabled Student Support service you may not be aware of…
Within only the last couple of years, technology has advanced at such a tremendous rate that our whole vocabulary has evolved. Now that so many of us have access to smartphones, tablets and the internet through a range of portals, we also become bombarded with new terms and jargon to describe the variety of features…
Sheffield Hallam has a vast amount of software available on different computers around the university. Some of which you may be unaware of. There is a useful list of all software available, and which computers they are installed; this list is available on shuspace. In addition to the software already installed onto the computers at SHU,…
Wordle is a piece of online software for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and colour schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you…
This article is intended to introduce you to Google’s web browser, Chrome, describing some of its features and presenting it as an alternative option to Microsoft Internet Explorer and other browsers. Chrome is Google’s answer to Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, and is becoming an increasingly popular web browser. First released in 2008, Chrome…