{"id":654,"date":"2021-07-14T10:19:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T09:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/?p=654"},"modified":"2021-10-28T17:16:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T16:16:10","slug":"how-being-a-skills-co-creator-helped-develop-my-digital-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/academic-and-employability-skills\/2021\/07\/14\/how-being-a-skills-co-creator-helped-develop-my-digital-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"How being a Skills Co-Creator helped develop my digital skills"},"content":{"rendered":"

To celebrate\u202fUN\u202fWorld Youth Skills Day\u202f2021<\/a>\u202fon 15 July, which\u202fthis year pays tribute to the resilience and creativity of youth during the Covid crisis, 2nd Year Psychology student Amber\u202fconsiders how her Skills Co-Creator role during the pandemic has helped her develop her digital skills.\u202f<\/em><\/p>\n

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Online University huh? It's been an odd year and a bit, curled up in bed or sat rigidly at desks making notes from live (or older - thank you Panopto!) lectures, scraping together last minute presentations, and otherwise spending a massive chunk of our lives online.<\/p>\n

One pro (silver linings and all!) is that this has meant we've had a LOT of scope to develop our digital skills. Here's how my role with the Skills Centre has also developed mine.<\/p>\n

\"Pink<\/p>\n

Make do and mend \/ improvisation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Technology fails. All. The. Time.<\/p>\n

I don't think we need to worry about a robot master race, especially when you consider how many times your camera can't sync up on Zoom, your subtitles come out wonky, and Teams doesn't let you record.<\/p>\n

Okay, that last one is a personal example; when doing focus groups, interviews etc recording has failed me, and as a result I've become absolutely brilliant at speedy note-taking (even if it only ends up making sense to me!).<\/p>\n

Dealing with all these technology issues on a daily basis means I've had to think fast, adapt, and quickly problem-solve when things (inevitably!) don't go as planned.<\/p>\n

\"Pink<\/p>\n

Video making and transfer<\/strong><\/h3>\n

You might recognise my name, bedroom set up, or poppy shirt dress from my 'Study With Me'<\/a> video which I created as part of my Co-Creator role - half an hour of studying online with a stranger to mimic being in the library when we were all in lockdown.<\/p>\n

Benefits - no masks with too tight ear elastic, you can pause your study at any point, get to be nosy about someone else's bedroom.<\/p>\n

Negatives - the video transfer was easily the most fuss any technology has ever given me. Filmed on my flatmate's iPad, the footage refused to be sent via email, messaging, WeTransfer - all suggestions were fruitless at first - and the transfer saga stretched out for days.<\/p>\n

Eventually, using a final last ditch attempt of the cloud and emails, my efforts to get the file through to the social media team worked!<\/p>\n

Editing videos is the next foray, so keep an eye out for any TikToks as I dip my toe into these waters.<\/p>\n

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@uniofbath<\/a> <\/p>\n

Today is World Youth Skills Day! Check out the University of Bath Skills Centre for more #skills<\/a> #uniofbath<\/a> #bathuni<\/a><\/p>\n

\u266c Omg so much people used my sound - Layla <3<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n