Most people only use a tiny fraction of their brain power.  Learn techniques to help you transfer all that course work information into your long term memory, along with the strategies you’ll need to retrieve the information when you most need it.

Many students find keeping up with the readings and lecture notes at university to be a real challenge. Learn more effective reading and note taking techniques to help you stay on top of your course work.

Multiple choice, short answer, calculations, or essay style – which form is your personal nemesis? Whatever the format, midterms or finals, if you could use some help in preparing for exams, then this workshop is for you!

Just because your friends study a certain way doesn’t mean their approaches will work for you.  Find out your own learning style  and discover how to improve your academic performance!

Group assignments are an inevitable part of every student’s experience. Working collaboratively is a key skill not just for success at university, but also in the work world.  This workshop is designed to help you and your classmates master the art of effective group work.
 

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This introductory hands-on workshop will teach you Zotero basic functions and how to organize your research quickly.

If bringing your own laptop, please download the Zotero software prior to the workshop from www.zotero.org

Does the thought of presenting in front of a group give you the jitters?  If so, you're not alone.  This workshop will provide you with essential tools that will allow you to effectively develop and deliver a presentation.
This workshop is one of many offered by Learning Skills Services. To find out more information on the services we offer, visit the Learning Skills Web site: http//lss.info.yorku.ca.

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This workshop will discuss key themes, challenges, and considerations in research data management (RDM), including RDM planning, data organization, documentation, security, and data sharing and publishing options. Participants will learn about information, tools and resources to support effective RDM practices in Health Science research. Workshop participants are asked to fill out the following pre-survey to ensure the in-person session can be customized to meet specific health science researcher needs: https://forms.gle/a2DpYMbSCk14qHND9

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This workshop will discuss key themes, challenges, and considerations in research data management (RDM), including RDM planning, data organization, documentation, security, and data sharing and publishing options. Participants will learn about information, tools and resources to support effective RDM practices in Social Sciences research. Workshop participants are asked to fill out the following pre-survey to ensure the in-person session can be customized to meet specific health science researcher needs: https://forms.gle/a2DpYMbSCk14qHND9

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Description: This session will offer a brief introduction to how Mendeley can help you manage your citation information, organise documents, make your own searchable library, cite as you write, and read and annotate PDFs. Note: Those wishing to work with their own laptops during the session are asked to load the software from https://www.mendeley.com/download-desktop/.

Are you feeling stressed out by the pressures of academic life and looking for better ways to handle the daily grind?  Learn new strategies for handling the anxieties and stresses of university life.
 
 

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This introductory hands-on workshop will teach you Zotero basic functions and how to organize your research quickly.

If bringing your own laptop, please download the Zotero software prior to the workshop from www.zotero.org

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Description: OpenRefine is a standalone open source desktop application for data cleanup and transformation. The application works in tandem with csv and tsv formats, i.e. with traditional spreadsheets (Excel), to normalize, transform, parse, and fetch data from other web services. This ‘hands on’ session presents the primary features of OpenRefine, particularly faceting, filtering, clustering, as well as ‘built-in’ simple transformations. We will also introduce complex transformation functionality using the General Refine Expression Language (GREL), regex, and json. Note: We ask that you please come to the session having reviewed the prerequisites document listed here. Also, please note that you must bring your own laptop in order to be able to participate in this session.

Multiple choice, short answer, calculations, or essay style – which form is your personal nemesis? Whatever the format, midterms or finals, if you could use some help in preparing for exams, then this workshop is for you!

Term paper coming due? Essay to write? Academic writing can be a challenge. This workshop will help you plan, organize and fine-tune your writing, from picking a topic, right through to final proofreading.

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Description: Understanding how to manage file changes within a version control system is quickly becoming an important skill for researchers working with code today. Git is the most widely used modern version control system and GitHub is the development platform that lets you host Git repositories for reviewing, managing projects, and storing your research / code. This session will offer a brief introduction to Git & GitHub and take you through a series of version control workflows for saving your work and other common tasks. Note: We ask that you please come to the session having reviewed the prerequisites document listed here. Also, please note that you must bring your own laptop in order to be able to participate in this session.

At university, learning involves much more than just memorizing facts and figures. This workshop will assist you in pushing beyond purely descriptive levels by examining deeper levels of understanding, analysis, critical thinking and evaluation

Where does the time go? Are you having trouble balancing school, work, and life? How much study time is enough? Learn practical, personalized approaches to managing your time that work for you.
 

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Description: R is a programming language for statistical computing and data analysis that can help you query and explore data in a number of interesting ways. Through this introductory lesson, you’ll learn how to interact with R via RStudio and how to explore the structure and content of a data frame through a series of commands. Note: Desktop computers offering access to R and RStudio will be available to workshop participants. Those wishing to work with their own laptops during the session are asked to load the software in advance by following these instructions.

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Description: R is an open source tool for data analysis that you can use to create almost any type of graph. Through this introductory session, you’ll learn how to use the ggplot2 package from the R tidyverse to create meaningful and impactful graphics. Note: Desktop computers offering access to R and RStudio will be available to workshop participants. Those wishing to work with their own laptops during the session are asked to load the software in advance by following these instructions.