Max Cresswell, Internal Communications Co-ordinator, The University of Hertfordshire
Now that November is starting, exams and coursework
deadlines are right around the corner… and you should certainly be worried,
they come around quicker than you think. Luckily for you, I’ve come up with 5
tools that I found were a must need when doing my degree.
1. Microsoft Office
What do I need to say about Microsoft Office, it’s a must
for every student. The most useful of all the tools but also the most obvious,
as I don’t know any student who doesn’t use this, Word for writing papers,
PowerPoint for creating presentations or Excel for data analysis, I don’t think
I completed a piece of work without using a Microsoft Office program. To make
life even easier, the University offer Microsoft Office for free to all University
of Hertfordshire students! Just use your username and password when verifying
your subscription and you’re ready. The University even provide computers and
laptops available in the LRCs and computer labs, with Microsoft Office already
installed.
2. Lynda.com
Perhaps one of the most useful tools I found. If you don’t
already know, Lynda.com is an online learning platform, they have a big variety
of courses to chose from, from business to technology to photography. They
provide videos on every subject area to teach you information about the subject
area. Videos can be long or short, the longest one I saw was 127 hours. In my
study time, I found this tool extremely helpful, if I had a bit of free time I
would often turn a video on and expand my knowledge of an area of my degree.
The best bit is, the University provide this for you free of charge! Simply
sign in, using your University email and password.
3. Herts Mobile app
Certainly, as a fresher, the University app saved my bacon
on numerous occasions, it provides you with all the information you need, I
can’t recommend it enough. The most useful section of the app I found was the
wayfinding bit. At the start of my studies, I found the campus really confusing
and still do to this day, I once even went to the wrong campus for a lecture.
Meaning this tool was and is a big help to me. The other app tools include,
find a pc, bus times, notification, ask herts and service status.
4. Google scholar
Referencing still is the bane of my life, I hated it as much
as you all hate it. I struggled with University referencing, since it was very
different to what I was doing at sixth form, referencing there was plain and
simple, just from a web page. University is a big step up from that, I had to
start looking for more reliable sources, books and scholarly articles, it was a
huge struggle. Fortunately, I was told about google scholar early in my course
and it was a massive help to finding information and my referencing. If you
don’t already know, google scholar is a google program that searches scholarly
articles for the subject area that you type in, this helps find reliable
sources and great information.
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