Welcome

Announcements

Free Microsoft Office 365 for all new students at SOAS

Module overview

Assessment

Join Link Summer RESIT help session Thursday July 31st at 10am

RESIT Assignment Brief AS1 and submission portal given at Foundation Year Resubmissions (Late Summer 2025)

Example Portfolio Website

Example Presentation PDF

December Only Digital Skills Technology AS1 Brief 24-25

December Only Assignment 1 (AS1) 2024/25

Readings

Blogger's Boot Camp

Book: Get Rich or Lie Trying by Symeon Brown

Book: Extrastatecraft - The Power of Infrastructure Space

Formative Assessment

Formative Assignment Brief

Please select the class you have been allocated to on your timetable and are attending and SAVE your choice.. (copy)

Example Digital Skills and Technology Formative Assignment PDF

How to save a PowerPoint with notes as a PDF with notes on a Mac

How to save a PowerPoint with notes as a PDF with notes on an MS Windows PC

Week 1: Introduction to Module

Seminar One PowerPoint

Free Microsoft Office 365 for all new students at SOAS (copy)

Link to SOAS policy on AI use for all students

Video Link explaining Manuel Castells' theory of the Network Society

Week 2: Basic Coding

Seminar Two PowerPoint

Seminar Two supporting materials for in-class activities

HTML Coding review link

Seminar Two Morse Code exercise

MS Office software review link: familiarize yourself with the many available tools in Word, Excel and PowerPoint

CV resources from SOAS Careers Service

Week 3: Video & Sound Editing (1)

Seminar Three PowerPoint

Important reading about digital footprint

Example 'Introduction and Hobby' video

Week 4: Website Design (1)

Seminar Four PowerPoint

Preparation reading for week four: Attention Economy and the Student

Week 5: Website Design (2)

Seminar Five PowerPoint

Reading Week

Reading: Get Rich or Lie Trying - Chapter 1

Week 6: Applying Digital Concepts to Study at SOAS (1)

Seminar Six PowerPoint

Reading: Get Rich or Lie Trying Chapter 1

Video Link explaining Manuel Castells' theory of the Network Society (copy)

Week 7: Video and Sound Editing (2)

Seminar Seven PowerPoint

Multi-track audio slide

Subtitle generation and editing demo video

Week 8: Applying Digital Concepts to Study at SOAS (2)

Seminar Eight PowerPoint

Link to SOAS policy on AI use for all students

Quiz on SOAS policy for student use of AI

Week 9: Applying Digital Concepts to Study at SOAS (3)

Seminar Nine PowerPoint

Reading for this week: Broadband comes to East Africa

Broadband for Development in Africa: Discussion Worksheet

Reflective Writing

Week 10: Necessary Skills for your Term 2 Modules

Seminar Ten PowerPoint

Support Video: Excel graphs and charts

Government Passenger Arrival Set

Video: Power Relations in Culture

Excel Spreadsheets: review making graphs and charts from a data set

Passenger arrivals data set example

First class questionnaire

Please select the class you have been allocated to on your timetable and are attending and SAVE your choice..

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