From accessing your emails to using Moodle creatively, we have resources to help you improve and enhance your digital skills.
Book on to an online or face-to-face training session to better understand and make use of common software tools for your work or studies like the Microsoft suite (Outlook, Word and Excel).
A toolkit is also available to help with these and other recommended tools such as Box, EndNote, Trello and Qualtrics.
Classroom training is usually based at Colchester Campus but we can arrange sessions at Southend or Loughton campus if there is enough demand - please contact us to discuss this.
Some Proficio courses are chargeable. If your department is paying for you, or you are paying for a course yourself, email proficio@essex.ac.uk to book and discuss payment options.
Researchers with Proficio funding can follow the links below to book (new users will need to register with Proficio before completing the booking)
| Course name | Delivery | Duration | Bookings and more info |
| Excel for beginners | Online and classroom | 2 hours | Check HR Organiser |
| Excel charts and graphs | Online and classroom |
1 hour | Check HR Organiser |
| Excel: Further functions |
Online and classroom | 2 hours | Check HR Organiser |
| Excel: Conditional formatting |
Online and classroom |
1 hour |
Check HR Organiser |
| Excel: Pivot tables |
Online and classroom | 2 hours | Check HR Organiser |
| Excel: managing and analysing data | Online and classroom | 3 hours | Check HR Organiser |
| Outlook: Managing a busy inbox |
Online | 2 hours | Check HR Organiser |
| Word: Form design |
Online and classroom | 2 hours | Check HR Organiser |
| Adobe: Photoshop for beginners |
Online | 2 days | Check Proficio |
| Adobe: InDesign for beginners |
Online | 2 days | Check Proficio |
| Trello: Introduction to Trello |
Online | 1 hour | Check HR Organiser |
| OneNote: for digital notetaking | Online | 1 hour | Check HR Organiser |
| NVivo: Two-day workshop |
Online | 2 days | Check Proficio |
| EndNote for referencing |
Online and classroom | 3 hours | Check HR Organiser |
There is a range of Quick Guides and Longer online courses to help you make best use of Moodle, Poll Everywhere and other learning technologies. You can also book on to in-person training courses and view recordings of a selection of previous training sessions.
In person Lectern and teaching room workshops are available to book via HR Organiser. We also have a Moodle Quick Guide with guidance for using the technologies available in teaching rooms.
In this in-person, hands-on session, you can find out how to set up in a classroom, use the lectern equipment, what’s recorded and using your own devices.
This workshop is ideal for new academics, and for those who would like a refresher on our teaching room equipment.
We have guidance for using FASER our online assessment submission system.
Help with using learning technologies in teaching and learning:
contact develop@essex.ac.uk
Help with common software tools and classroom technology:
Email: it.training@essex.ac.uk
Help with general IT matters:
Contact the IT Helpdesk