Digital skills

All employees can 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 (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word).

A toolkit is also available to help with these and other recommended tools such as Box, EndNote and Qualtrics.

About bookings

Classroom training is usually based at Colchester Campus.

For PGR students, training opportunities can also be found on Proficio. 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)

Our courses

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. 

For technical support with Learning Technology tools contact the IT Helpdesk

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.

Lectern and teaching room workshops

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.

For technical support with FASER contact the IT Helpdesk

Listen Again is our lecture capture and playback service that lets students listen back to their lecture recordings at a later date. Listen Again FAQ's and tips.

For technical support with Listen Again contact the IT Helpdesk