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Hints and steps on how to use the snipping tool. "You can use Snipping Tool to capture a screen shot, or snip, of any object on your screen, and then annotate, save, or share the image. Simply use a mouse or tablet pen to capture any of the following types of snips: "

In the Wed evening group live class we discussed the 'Snipping Tool' for grabbing key info of your computer screen when you see it. - This site gives you an overview of the tool.

A 4 minute video"How to take screenshots of full pages or sections of pages with the Windows 7 And Vista built in Snipping Tool." Near the end it shows you how you can pin the snipping tool to your task bar or start menu.

Viv's post on our Blog... Mindmapping is the focus with a great video from 'Mind Explosion' with tips and strategies to help you study. Includes links to some online mind mapping tools...

Store and access your files on the WWW. A free and handy tool.

Do you want to store and access your files from anywhere from various devises? Check out the video and then consider joining Dropbox. Works great when you install it on your computer. You can share a folder with someone if you want too. I love it and it saves me carrying around or losing USBs.

This blog post contains a link to our powerpoint from 7th & 8th March. It contains video links of demos on how to use Diigo, saving useful websites.

On completion of the HHA Online Learning Package, the participant will be able to: Explain what hand hygiene is and why it is important Describe when they should perform hand hygiene List the 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene List the common products which are available for hand hygiene Describe how to perform hand hygiene Explain the consequences of failing to perform adequate hand hygiene Explain the importance of cleaning shared equipment The HHA Online Learning Package has been created as a simple tool to test an individual's knowledge of hand hygiene in healthcare. It should only take 10-15 minutes to complete.

A blog with weekly posts to give you tips, strategies, resources and tools to help with managing your learning.

Hi Nursing Team - I have highlighted the great tips from the MW team using the highlight tool in Diigo. This will hopefully reduce your reading time - by just tuning into the highlighted sections. Some excellent and varied strategies for Time management - thanks everyone for sharing your ideas.

I have highlighted hints from the team - so you can hone into the strategies. I hope this helps. (A great feature of Diigo)

An overview of what social bookmarking is with links to key social bookmarking tools

Here is a definition of Truncation that makes sense to me... It is a tool we can use in search engines and databases to help us find information. Discovered I use truncation symbols! Did you realise you do to?

Play the games and quizzes to explore this tools

Tips for writing an assignment - tips such as using headers & footers, referencing, wordcounts and more

"The Body Mass Index (BMI) is a calculation of the ratio between your weight and your height. The formula is used to determine the amount of body fat you carry. The formula is your weight divided by your height squared (BMI = kg/m2)."

Follow our Blog posting which has the Powerpoint (link in brown on the page) from the revision session on 7th & 8th. You can use a quiz to stimulate your thinking before you start a topic... So a lot of these quizzes relate to glands (that were mentioned in your Tissues presentation.) But the focus will come up soon in your Endocrine system session. So let the quiz stimulate your brain just like hormones stimulate your body to take action!

More info added to the blog posting on how to create flashcards... Watch my video demonstrations and lets start creating and sharing flash cards! The challenge is out there!! Got a smartphone then why not try the app and tell us how it works for you!

"How to draw the mind map: Write the topic in a circle in the centre of a piece of paper (landscape position). For each of the main points, draw arms out from the circle. Write the key words of the main point along each or at the end. Draw smaller arms out from the main arms and write the sub-points that relate to each main point. Continue with smaller arms if you have other points or examples for the sub-points."

This 6 minute video whilst a bit slow at times shows some of the fabulous features of Diigo social bookmarking tool. Watch it and try out some of the aspects shown for yourself.

A variety of quizzes to help with the Nursing maths exam. Post a comment here in Diigo or on the Blog to give us and others feedback as to whether they are useful to you and your revision.

"All databases and search engines for the web have features which allow you to refine your search. Becoming familiar with these feature will enable you to navigate your way to an effective information search."

Look out for the Topic Discussion re Research which has support ideas