To find out about upcoming training or book your place, visit Library Services Events. We provide training, teaching modules and inductions in digital scholarship skills including digitisation, games design and data mining. Undergraduate and postgraduates students and all UoB staff are welcome. If you have no affiliation with the university of Bristol, but would like to attend, please contact us to discuss. Detailed outlines of our standard training sessions are given below. Some training is by request only (see below).
Equipment inductions
Some Creative Lab equipment requires a dedicated induction session. Most of our equipment (e.g. audio recorder kits, DSLR kits) can be explained when you come to collect, but other equipment is more complex:
- Artec 3D scanners can only be borrowed if you’ve completed our 3D scanning course, described below
- Trimble x9 laser scanner requires an in-depth induction (see below) available on request
- Shadow motion capture system requires an in-depth induction (see below) available on request
- Instapro 360 camera requires an in-depth induction (see below) available on request
3D scanning with Artec handheld scanners
As a group, we’ll be using hand-held structured light scanners to capture real world objects and locations. This session will not cover the editing or sharing of 3D models, once captured. These are covered in our other workshops. No student equipment/software is required.
Target Audience
The workshop assumes attendees have little experience with digital 3D, though more advanced students are welcome to attend. Each session will have a capacity of 12x attendees.
Details
This is an in-person, hands-on, 2 hour workshop. Attendees do not need to bring any equipment/software, everything is supplied. Venue: Tyndall Ave Arts Library Creative Lab.
Further information
Attendance on our 3D Scanning course is mandatory before Artec 3D scanners can be borrowed from the Lab. For upcoming dates please email us or visit Library Events.
Introduction to Audiovisual Production
This 3 hour introduction to audiovisual production course covers basic techniques in both video recording (using a Sony Alpha 6400 camera) and audio recording (using Zoom S1 Essentials).
We’ll be covering both recording technique and basic editing. After this course you’ll be able to book out AV recording equipment for your own use. Adobe Premier editing software and laptops are available in the Creative Lab.
Participants will choose to do either a video task (Recording an interview) or an audio task (Field recording). Before re-joining for editing and group screenings.
Target Audience
The workshop assumes attendees have little experience with digital 3D, though more advanced students are welcome to attend. Each session will have a capacity of 12x attendees.
Details
This is an in-person, hands-on, 3 hour workshop. Attendees do not need to bring any equipment/software, everything is supplied. Venue: Tyndall Ave Arts Library Creative Lab.
Further information
For upcoming dates please email us or visit Library Events.
An introduction to 3D modelling
This session will cover basic editing of 3D models. These might be 3D scans but we’ll also explore building models from scratch using simple Boolean modelling. Please note: while each part of our Digital 3D training can be attended separately, together they build to a more comprehensive experience. Venue: Tyndall Ave Arts Library Creative lab.
Target Audience
The workshop assumes attendees have little experience with digital 3D, though more advanced students are welcome to attend. Each session will have a capacity of 12x attendees. Undergraduate and postgraduates students are welcome. If you have no affiliation with the university of Bristol, but would like to attend, please contact us to discuss.
Details
This is an in-person, hands-on, 2 hour workshop. Attendees to provide their own laptops. Students & UoB staff should install the freely available Autodesk Maya educational software before the session begins (available for Apple OS and Windows). Autodesk Maya requires a 3-button mouse to work correctly, these will be provided – along with adaptors for Apple users. Venue: Tyndall Ave Arts Library Creative Lab.
Further information
For upcoming dates please email us or visit Library Events.
Building a virtual environment
We’ll be covering how to put together your first game with the Unity games engine – games can be publishing to PC, Android or VR. We’ll look at what makes an engaging virtual environment, including both visual and sound design.
Venue: Tyndall Ave Arts Library Creative lab.
Target Audience
The workshop assumes attendees have some with digital 3D, though more advanced students are welcome to attend. Each session will have a capacity of 12x attendees. Undergraduate and postgraduates students are welcome. If you have no affiliation with the university of Bristol, but would like to attend, please contact us to discuss.
Details
For this session you’ll need a laptop, we’ll bring provide VR headsets and some laptops. If you have your own laptop, please bring it along. Install the freely available Unity before the session.
Further information
For upcoming dates please email us or visit Library Events.
3D Printing
This 90 min workshop will provide you with the skills to prepare your own 3D models, ready for printing. We’ll look at some of the strengths and weaknesses of 3D printing as small-scale manufacturing.
Please note, this workshop does not cover creating a 3D model from scratch nor 3D scanning, these are covered in our other workshops.
This workshop is focused on taking an existing 3D model and making is ready to print. While we will work with the printers we have available in the Creative Lab (Ultimakers) and the related Cura software, many of the skills will be transferable to any 3D printing context.
Target Audience
The workshop assumes attendees have little or no experience of 3D printing.
Details
While some laptops will be made available, you are strongly encouraged to use your own laptop if possible, and install the free Cura software
Using your own laptop will allow you to prepare models when away from the lab.
Further information
For upcoming dates please email us or visit Library Events.
An introduction to text mining with Gale Digital Scholar Lab
When performing analyses, finding, cleaning, and organising data, natural language processing (NLP) for historical texts is often a daunting task, especially when looking to generate meaningful results. Gale Digital Scholar Lab removes these barriers and streamlines the workflow process, allowing researchers to spend more time identifying previously undiscovered data, testing theories, analysing results, and gaining new insights.
Target Audience
UoB staff, undergraduate and postgraduates students.
Details
Online facilitated session.
Further information
For upcoming dates please email us or visit Library Events.
Digitisation of archival documents
This practical workshop is intended for those who wish to learn how to digitise paper documents or images, whether for their own research or teaching, to help share content more widely or to help protect fragile originals. The session includes a practical session on how to use a digital SLR (single lens reflex) camera or alternatively an inexpensive point-and-shoot camera to digitise documents. We will cover copyright & permissions, archival handling, image quality, image formats and colour correction.
Target Audience
Researchers or students using primary archival sources.
Details
This is an in-person, hands-on, 2 hour workshop. Venue – Special Collections, Arts & Social Sciences Library.
Further information
For upcoming dates please email us or visit Library Events.
Induction: Trimble x9 laser scanner
By request, 2 hour, 1-to-1 or small group session on how to use our Trimble scanner and the accompanying software. Staff and students will need to complete this induction in order to take out our Trimble scanner kit. Inductions are held at Augustine’s Court. Attendees should have their own Windows laptop, we’ll install the required software during the session. Attendance on this session is mandatory before the Trimble scanner can be borrowed from the Lab. Venue: Tyndall Ave Arts Library Creative Lab. If you’d like to take this workshop please contact us.
Induction: Shadow motion capture system
By request, 2 hour, 1-to-1 or small group session on how to use our Shadow motion capture system and the accompanying software. Staff and students will need to complete this induction in order to take out our Shadow kit. Inductions are held at Augustine’s Court. Attendees should have their own Windows laptop, we’ll install the required software during the session. Attendance on this session is mandatory before the Shadow system can be borrowed from the Lab. Venue: Tyndall Ave Arts Library Creative Lab. If you’d like to take this workshop please contact us.
Induction: InstaPro 360 camera
By request, 2 hour, 1-to-1 or small group session on how to use our InsatPro 360 and the accompanying software. Staff and students will need to complete this induction in order to take out our InstaPro kit. Inductions are held at Augustine’s Court. Attendees should have their own Windows laptop, we’ll install the required software during the session. Attendance on this session is mandatory before the Instapro 360 can be borrowed from the Lab. Venue: Tyndall Ave Arts Library Creative Lab. If you’d like to take this workshop please contact us.