Digital Tools and Methods: Workshops & Consultation

NTU Library runs workshops (W) & seminars (S) on the use of various tools & methods under the Digital Scholarship Tools and Methods series.  This series of workshops and seminars take place on Tuesday/Thursday afternoons during the semester. The venue, unless stated otherwise, is at Alexandria, Library Instructional Commons (N2-B3A-01).  All NTU / NIE staff, students and alumni are welcome. 

For dates and time of these events, please check the Workshop Schedule section on this page. 

Presentation Tools & Sources

• Jazzing up your presentation with Prezi (W)
• Picture perfect: finding and using images for your projects (S)
• Designing infographics with Canva and Piktochart (W)

Data Visualisation & GIS

• Cleaning data with Open Refine (W)
• An introduction to QGIS (W)
• Data visualisation with Tableau (W)
• Mapping and visualising your spatial research data with ArcGIS (W)
• Applying advanced data visualisation techniques with Tableau (W)

Text Mining & Machine Learning

• Getting started with text mining for the humanities (S)
• Powerful text mining techniques with Open Refine (W)
• Getting started in Machine Learning in 60 mins (S)

Digital Publishing

• Designing and creating your research website with Blogs@NTU (S)
• Telling stories with StoryMapJS (W) 
• Building Online Exhibition and Digital Library with Omeka (S)
• Making Timelines using free Online Tools (W) 

Consultation by Appointment:
NTU / NIE students and staff are welcome to request for a consultation on the use of specific tools or general questions relating to data visualisation and digital publishing. Please contact our staff at dst@ntu.edu.sg to make an appointment.