Information on Microsoft Excel Excel Turn data into insights Enhanced by intelligence, Excel learns your patterns, organizing your data to save you time. Create spreadsheets with ease from templates or on your own, and perform calculations with modern formulas. Get a better picture of your data New charts and graphs help you present your data in compelling ways, with formatting, sparklines, and tables to better understand your data. Easily create forecasts with just a click to predict trends. Work better together Share your workbook with others and always work on the latest version for real-time collaboration to help get work done faster. With Office 365, work within an Excel file from mobile, desktop, and web.2 Excel Guides Quickstart Introduction to Excel Cells Formatting Charts All Guides Excel All Categories Play Video Play Video 00:48 Analyze your data quickly in Excel Excel's Quick Analysis button lets you instantly create different types of charts, including line and column charts, or add miniature graphs called sparklines. Learn more at the Excel Help Center: https://support.office.com/excel Play Video Play Video 01:07 Conditional formatting in Microsoft Excel Conditional formatting in Excel provides visual cues to help you quickly make sense of your data. For example, it’ll clearly show highs and lows, or other data trends based on criteria you provide. Learn more at the Excel Help Center: https://support.office.com/excel Play Video Play Video 01:11 Apply styles in Excel Apply Excel Styles to make your cells stand out. Learn more at the Excel Help Center: https://support.office.com/excel Play Video Play Video 01:40 Creating Microsoft Excel formulas and functions Find out how to create Microsoft Excel formulas and functions, which are short cuts for formulas, and discover how Excel can help you do more in less time. Learn more at the Office 365 Training Center: https://msft.it/6008T9ou6

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A curated list of educational podcasts. Podcasts Podcasts are an incredible way to dive fresh ideas, explore diverse perspectives, and take a moment to reflect on your own practices! This exciting curated collection is here to boost your teaching, learning, and professional development journey at West College Scotland. Use these fantastic resources as a springboard - listen, reflect, and envision how you can apply these insights in your own context. We’d love to hear your podcast recommendations to help grow this vibrant space! Filter by Category Creativity & Engagement Digital & Innovation Further Education & Research Pedagogy & Teaching Practice Scottish Education & System Thinking Wellbeing & Professional Growth Filter by Tags Select Tags Talking Their Language (Helen Bodell) Explore This Podcast More Less Focus: Communication, learner engagement Focuses on understanding learners and improving communication to enhance engagement. Why it Matters at WCS: Supports a more student-centred approach to teaching and support. Reflect: How well do you understand your learners’ needs and perspectives? Typical length: 34 minutes Categories: Creativity & Engagement Communication, Learner Voice, Engagement The EdTech Podcast Explore This Podcast More Less Focus: Digital learning, innovation Explores how technology is shaping the future of education, including AI and digital tools. Why it Matters at WCS: Supports innovation and digital transformation across the College. Reflect: What digital tool or approach could enhance your learners’ experience? Typical length: 30 - 60 minutes Categories: Digital & Innovation Digital Learning, Innovation, AI Evidence Based Education Podcast Explore This Podcast More Less Focus: Research-informed teaching Explores how evidence and research can improve teaching, learning and assessment. Why it Matters at WCS: Supports “data to difference” thinking and improving learner outcomes. Reflect: What evidence could you use to evaluate your teaching? Typical length: 43 minutes Categories: Further Education & Research Research-Informed Teaching, Assessment Cult of Pedagogy Explore This Podcast More Less Focus: Practical teaching strategies A widely respected podcast offering accessible, evidence-informed approaches to teaching and learning. Why it Matters at WCS: Provides practical ideas that can be applied immediately in the classroom. Reflect: Which strategy could you trial with your learners this week? Typical length: 38 minutes Categories: Pedagogy & Teaching Practice Teaching Strategies, Evidence-Informed Practice Thinking Deeply About Primary Education Explore This Podcast More Less Focus: Reflective practice, pedagogy A thought-provoking podcast exploring teaching, curriculum and classroom practice. Why it Matters at WCS: Encourages reflection and fresh perspectives - even beyond the FE context. Reflect: How could this idea be adapted for your learners? Typical length: 53 minutes Categories: Pedagogy & Teaching Practice Pedagogy, Reflection Evolve Podcasts Explore This Podcast More Less Focus: Learning & professional journeys This curated collection of podcasts on Evolve offers quick, engaging insights to support your ongoing learning and development Why it Matters at WCS: Inspires FE practice from wider perspectives Reflect: What idea do you want to explore next? Typical length: Varies Categories: Wellbeing & Professional Growth Professional Growth, Career Development The Creative Classroom Explore This Podcast More Less Focus: Creativity, engagement Explores creative approaches to teaching that increase engagement and deeper learning. Why it Matters at WCS: Encourages innovative and inspiring learning experiences. Reflect: How could you introduce more creativity into your teaching? Typical length: 30 - 50 minutes Categories: Creativity & Engagement Creativity, Student Engagement Changing Conversations - Mark Priestley Explore This Podcast More Less Focus: Curriculum, teacher agency Explores curriculum design and the role of teachers as active agents in shaping learning. Why it Matters at WCS: Encourages ownership of curriculum and reflective professional practice. Reflect: Where do you have agency to shape learning in your role? Typical length: 47 minutes Categories: Further Education & Research Curriculum, Teacher Agency, Professional Practice FE Research Podcast Explore This Podcast More Less Focus: Practitioner enquiry, FE research A podcast exploring research and practice within Further Education, featuring real practitioner insights. Why it Matters at WCS: Supports evidence-informed practice and links directly to professional enquiry. Reflect: How could research inform a change in your current practice? Typical length: 35 minutes Categories: Further Education & Research Practitioner Enquiry, FE Research Pedagogy Matters (CDN) Explore This Podcast More Less Focus: FE pedagogy, teaching practice A podcast exploring key aspects of pedagogy in Further Education, supporting reflective dialogue and enhancement. Why it Matters at WCS: Supports sharing practice and improving learning and teaching across the College. Reflect: What is one small change you could make to your teaching this week? Typical length: 24 - 39 minutes Categories: Pedagogy & Teaching Practice Pedagogy, Teaching Practice Talking Scottish Education Explore This Podcast More Less Focus: Policy, system thinking A podcast exploring the key issues shaping education in Scotland. Why it Matters at WCS: Helps connect your practice to the wider educational landscape. Reflect: How do national developments influence your teaching or role? Typical length: 56 - 64 minutes Categories: Scottish Education & System Thinking Scottish Policy, System Thinking

Skype for Business UPDATE: Microsoft Teams is now the standard communication tool at WCS. Our WCS standard communication tool which enables calls, online meetings, instant messaging, document sharing, voice over, voicemail, file transfers, video conferencing, web conferencing and email. Up to 250 people can join a meeting/class at any one time, although only 6 faces can be seen on the screen at one time. Why use Skype rather than any other platform? Skype is essentially a telecommunications application, all calls are made from your college account and appear to originate from inside the organisation, ideal for calling colleagues or students. Screen share facility allows remote members of meeting to work on same document at the same time. Explore the numerous capabilities of Skype to aid you in your day to day work here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_c4zVJ739M enjoy! If you have difficulties with this, please click on the link here to contact General - WCS Digital Strategy Group

Meet the learning technology team at West College Scotland Explore Our Guides and Support We cover a range of information and resources to help you with digital learning and building your digital skills. You’ll find guidance on: Office 365 Microsoft Teams Accessibility information Moodle guides WCS-specific resources in the College Zone If you’re looking to create your own content, we also provide tools for: Interactive elements Assessments For extra support, check out: Our FAQ section The search function Still stuck? Drop us a message at learningtech@wcs.ac.uk and we will point you in the right direction. Meet the Team Emma Hanna Learning Technology Team Leader emma.hanna@wcs.ac.uk Lindsay Took Learning Technologist lindsay.took@wcs.ac.uk Paul Leavy Learning Technologist paul.leavy@wcs.ac.uk How Can We Help The Learning Technology Team is here to help the college make effective use of information and communication technology in learning and teaching. We offer advice and assistance in the design, development, adaptation, and use of electronic learning systems, resources, and strategies such as Moodle, Turnitin, BLC resources and more. Our staff can also provide practical development skills to create interactive learning resources tailored to the needs of different curricular areas. Our support services include: Just-in-time email support, with availability for calls on Microsoft Teams One-to-one or small group training sessions on Microsoft Teams or face-to-face Curriculum team workshops delivered as needed on Microsoft Teams or face-to-face Accessibility Policy Contact the Team

Your West College Scotland Office 365 account OFFICE 365 Office 365 is free for Staff and Students it's full of the the tools you need. Be more creative and achieve what matters with Outlook, OneDrive, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and more. Check the links below to for guides and tips to get the best out of your Office 365! 365 Tools Logging On Teams Outlook OneDrive OneNote Word Excel PowerPoint Sway Office 365 - some useful videos All Categories Play Video Play Video 01:08 What is Office 365? Microsoft's best productivity apps Discover how Office 365’s integrated experience can help you start and grow your small business. Empower your employees with the tools they need to collaborate efficiently, communicate on the go, and access files with ease. Run your business with Microsoft's must-have Business Apps, allowing you to manage bookkeeping, customer scheduling, referrals and more. Links: Get started with Office 365: http://msft.social/e5XhG3 Small Business Solutions: http://msft.social/jHNWQM Office Products: http://msft.social/UNppif Play Video Play Video 01:22 Get Office for Android Phone– 90 seconds Now you can create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents for free on your Android Phone. Download the real Microsoft Office apps from the Google Play store today: link below! Word: http://ad-x.co.uk/API/click/mic12osotoffic3/am55581ce9b06041 Excel: http://ad-x.co.uk/API/click/mic12osotoffic3/am55581ce459668e PowerPoint: http://ad-x.co.uk/API/click/mic12osotoffic3/am55581ce5f86ec0 With an Office 365 subscription, you can edit and create new documents on your Android phone. Microsoft Office 365 delivers the power of cloud productivity to businesses of all sizes, helping save time, money, and free up valued resources. Office 365 combines the familiar Microsoft Office desktop suite with cloud-based versions of Microsoft’s next-generation communications and collaboration services—including Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Office Online, and Microsoft Skype for Business Online—to help users be productive from virtually anywhere through the Internet. Learn more about Office 365 at http://products.office.com/en-us/business/compare-office-365-for-business-plans/?=SOC_YT_SMBOpt_OfficeSku_officeandroid90 Play Video Play Video 06:40 Introduction to Office 365 Sway Microsoft Sway, an easy way to create presentations online: https://www.kalmstrom.com/Tips/Office-365-Course/Sway.htm Play Video Play Video 02:41 Sway Pro Tips - Microsoft Sway Tutorials Looking to create an even richer Sway? This video explores the different ways you can control how images are displayed including slideshows, stacks, comparison, and focus points. Also covered is using animated GIFs and embeddable content from around the web including maps, Sketchfab 3D content, and Office documents. Try it out at https://www.Sway.com. Play Video Play Video 08:22 Microsoft Sway - Create, Design, and Share Your Story See how to create a Sway in Microsoft 365 using a series of cards and how to use the built-in design templates to style it. Sway is meant to create presentations, but it is very different from Powerpoint. 🕒 Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:40 Create a Sway from a blank Sway 0:46 Title card 1:43 Header card 2:06 Text card 2:48 Comparison card 3:56 Design your Sway 5:30 Scroll direction 5:54 Custom palette 6:20 Templates 7:20 Sharing Learn more from Prolific Oaktree: 🌳 Next Video - Use Microsoft Stream to create and manage corporate videos https://youtu.be/QlcWyUbBJug 🌳 Related Playlist - Express Yourself with Microsoft 365 - https://bit.ly/full-tutorials #sway #microsoftsway #microsoft365 Play Video Play Video 23:13 The Beginner's Guide to Microsoft PowerPoint Learn everything you need to know to get started using Microsoft PowerPoint! You'll learn all the basics plus more, including: how to choose a design theme, add text and pictures to a slide, adding new slides, animating items, and more. #powerpoint Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYUPLUCkMiUgiyVuluCc7tQ/join ***Consider supporting Technology for Teachers and Students on Patreon***: https://www.patreon.com/technologyforteachersandstudents See below for recommendations on presenter remotes: Logitech Spotlight (Best of the best): https://amzn.to/30sPS6u Logitech R800 (This is the one I use now. Excellent but a bit pricey.): http://amzn.to/2vbPZY7 Logitech R400 (Cheaper version but still great): http://amzn.to/2vbG4Sg Here's my entire PowerPoint playlist: http://bit.ly/2PaOmRZ\ ***Consider supporting Technology for Teachers and Students on Patreon***: https://www.patreon.com/technologyforteachersandstudents Play Video Play Video 26:16 Microsoft PowerPoint Tutorial - Beginners Level 1 Here's my PowerPoint video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmkaw6oRnRv_qE6EFkCJE-Z73EPksgSd0 Are you new to Microsoft PowerPoint? This video tutorial will walk you through a beginner's guide on how to use PowerPoint 2016. Start making fantastic PowerPoint presentations after watching this video. Click on the timestamps below to jump to different parts of the video. PowerPoint Tutorial - Beginners Level 2: https://youtu.be/YcOq9LnBshY Read the PowerPoint tutorial here: https://teachers.tech/microsoft-powerpoint-tutorial/ 0:00 Start 0:52 Starting PowerPoint 1:31 Pinning to find easy later 2:45 Choosing a template 3:14 Tabs, ribbon, and launch button 4:19 Tell Me 4:45 Adding text in the title slide 5:18 Inserting new slides 6:54 Insert text box 7:10 Moving text box 8:10 Presenting your PowerPoint 9:14 Reorder slides 10:10 Add a quick design 11:14 Make your fonts look great! 12:20 Customizing your background in PowerPoint 15:02 Text options 16:37 Inserting WordArt 17:15 Insert images in PowerPoint 17:40 Formatting images 20:15 Remove background in an image 21:47 Adding animations to images 23:36 Adding slide transitions 25:09 Saving your PowerPoint DISCLAIMER: This video and description contain affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links and end up purchasing it, I’ll receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows us to continue to make videos like this. Thank you for your support! Play Video Play Video 11:58 Top 10 Advanced PowerPoint 2016 Tips and Tricks This is a continuation of my Top 20 PowerPoint 2016 Tips & Tricks. It includes more advanced features and some additional tricks to help you become more productive using PowerPoint and Office 365. Check out the original PowerPoint 2016 video at https://youtu.be/DI5LNVts9nc Find how to present a PowerPoint video in Skype for Business at https://youtu.be/oNYslca64i8 Support me with your Amazon purchases, click here: https://amzn.to/2Kxp533 Contents 0:00 1. Add-ins 0:29 2. Design Ideas 1:45 3. Skype for Business 2:25 4. Screen Recording 3:33 5. Templates 4:33 6. Animate Images 6:04 7. Translate 7:29 8. Selection Pane 8:31 9. Link to Excel 9:29 10. Instant Slideshow 11:04 #seletraining #powerpoint #tipsandtricks

Discover essential copyright guidance for students at West College Scotland. Learn how to respect and protect intellectual property in all your academic work. Copyright Positive Guidelines for Students The college adheres to government guidelines regarding copyright and the use of physical and online materials. UK copyright law protects various types of works, including your own. Students must comply with copyright legislation and the licences held by the College. The College has established guidelines to help avoid copyright infringement. In the college you are allowed to: Print your own materials or your lecture materials. Share with your lecturer, or other students, online material, by sharing the URL. Print or scan 5% of a book, or a chapter, or an article from a newspaper or magazine. Use our digital resources (OpenAthens ), we have a wide range of eBooks and other online resources available. If you need help with our digital resources, you can contact the library team on Library@wcs.ac.uk If you need more than the permitted 5% of a book or publication, you can ask the Copyright College Ambassador (copyright@wcs.ac.uk ) to help you to seek permission from the book copyright owner. Students retain the Intellectual Property Rights in any work they produce whilst at college. Posters and awareness prompts are available at each printer location across the College to help you understand how much you can print and how copyright works. In the event of non-compliance with this policy students may be held accountable for any copyright law violations. If you need any help to understand how much you are allowed to print or if you are looking for more information regarding copyright, you are always welcome at the library or can contact the Copyright Ambassador at copyright@wcs.ac.uk . Application is no longer available. Download and save your own copy of the copyright guide. Copyright Guide.pdf

ClickView ClickView is a video content resource that supports teaching and learning by providing access to curriculum-aligned videos and free-to-air TV. With ClickView you can: search for relevant content, save broadcasts from free-to-air television, upload and store your own video content, create interactive videos for formative assessment, and share content by embedding videos within MS Teams and Moodle. Access ClickView Platform and Guides ClickView Help Guide Click to view our guide to ClickView: Video Content Resource. ClickView Platform Click to access ClickView and login using your office 365 account. Captioning Tool This video explains the new auto-captioning release.

How to log on to your West College Scotland Office 365 account. Office 365 - Logging on Office 365 is Microsoft's brand name for the collective tools that we all know and love, such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint as well as some new tools like Forms, Microsoft Teams and Class Notebook. Using the online tools you can collaborate and communicate seamlessly with colleagues, as well as using the familiar desktop versions to create great looking content. Sign in to Office 365 Visit https://www.office.com Sign in with your Username @wcs.ac.uk e.g. patsmith@wcs.ac.uk . Enter your normal password and you're in! 365 Tools Logging On Teams Outlook OneDrive OneNote Word Excel PowerPoint Sway

Zoom Looking for a way to meet each other remotely or bring a full class together? Try out Zoom! Zoom is a video communications tool, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing. You should make sure any meetings held are set to private not public and, as always, don’t click on any links unless you’re 100% certain who you got the link from and where it goes. It shouldn’t be used for file transfer, data transfer or chat facilities as these forms of data are not covered by GDPR and the chat function goes public for anyone to see. Security… is paramount. There’s been some negative press which the CEO of Zoom has indicated have mainly been rectified now. Do ensure when the meeting is created it’s not in ‘open’ or ‘public’ format as you risk security and being trolled. Also, there are many images of Zoom on twitter where the public ID was visible so it’s always good to be mindful of that too. Why use Zoom rather than any other platform? Zoom is ideal for classrooms or meetings up to 100 people at any one time. Although stable and produces great quality video calls, the free version has a 40 minute limit. You can however set up other 40 minute sessions straight afterwards. You can easily present a PowerPoint, or any application on your computer while talking. https://zoom.us/about You can choose to record sessions, collaborate on projects, and share or annotate on one another's screens, all with one easy-to-use platform. Zoom offers quality video, audio, and a wireless screen-sharing performance across Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Blackberry, Zoom Rooms, and H. Many of you may already be using Zoom. If not, come and join the community! Jisc have issued this YouTube guide (skip the ads at the start) If students don’t have IT kit or broadband, don’t worry as you can join the meeting/class from a simple phone connection: Usually invitations are distributed by email invitation but the bare details (meeting ID number and numeric password) can go out on SMS The invited party dials a London number (+44 (0) 20 3695 0088) The voice prompt requests the meeting ID number followed by # They add a further # if they are not the meeting organiser – there’s guidance from the voice prompts They then join the meeting on the phone enjoy! If you have difficulties with this, please click on the link below to contact the Digital Strategy group. General - WCS Digital Strategy Group