We’ve seen how to use Cold Turkey and the benefits of it, they also have a great tool called Writer that locks down your computer to just a basic word processor either for a certain amount of time or until you hit a set typed word goal. If you’re procrastinating and blocking the internet doesn’t […]
If you struggle to stop yourself from checking Facebook or Twitter when you should be revising then you might need to go Cold Turkey. This is a great app for Android, Windows and macOS that allows you to lock down your phone or computer so you don’t get distracted. The basic version of Cold Turkey […]
Catch up on every new feature added to Google G Suite for Education in January 2019. Material Design for Docs, Sheets, Slides and Sites This is purely a visual design change, there is no change in how you use the product but you may have already noticed it. This style change is part of a […]
On the eleventh day of Christmas IT gave to me… Two Instant Messengers Slack Slack is a great tool designed for workplace messaging. It can be used by anyone for free, not just businesses. You start by creating a Workspace which would be the very top of your group, for example in IT Services […]
On the eighth day of Christmas IT gave to me… Google Drive File Stream Google Drive File Stream is an app we introduced a year ago but is probably not well known amongst first year students or new members of staff. Put simply, you can see all your Google Drive files as if they […]
The season of advent is upon us, shops are covered in tinsel, and Christmas songs are playing on the radio. That means it’s time for The 12 Apps of Christmas! During December the IT Services team and other contributors will be sharing our favourite digital learning apps and tools. A festive series of new blog […]
Automatic Substitution If you want to save yourself some time, in the long run, you can set some Automatic Substitution to automatically change words that you type in. For example, if there are certain words you spell incorrectly all the time, you can save time by putting in the incorrect spelling and the correct spelling. […]
The season of advent is upon us, shops are covered in tinsel, and Christmas songs are playing on the radio. That means it’s time for The 12 Apps of Christmas! During December the IT Services team and other contributors will be sharing our favourite digital learning apps and tools. A festive series of new blog […]