Requested articles

We've identified some areas of interest that we are seeking contributions in. This list is not exhaustive and can be added to or addressed at any time. To contribute an article, please follow our guide for contributing to the Digital Skills GitBook.

Contributions have been requested in the following areas:

1. Digital identity and wellbeing

Topic	Level requested
Considering environmental impacts	All proficiency levels
Curating materials across networks and platforms	All proficiency levels
Developing a digital presence	Complete
Digital decluttering	In progress
Staying safe online/online privacy	All proficiency levels
Phishing and identify theft	Complete
Cyber wellbeing – catfishing / bullying and legal avenues/protections	All proficiency levels
Using password managers	Needs review

2. Information literacy, media literacy and data literacy

Topic	Level requested
Copyright	In progress
Data-driven decision making	All proficiency levels
Data mining	All proficiency levels
Data sources	All proficiency levels
Deep fakes	Adept level, located in Discerning Fake News
ISO dates	Complete
Managing collections	All proficiency levels
Reading data	All proficiency levels
Searching via databases and Google Scholar	All proficiency levels
Searching via databases and Google Scholar	Skilled and Adept levels, located in Searching via databases
Types of data	Complete
Visualising/communicating with data	All proficiency levels
Working with data (collection and management)	All proficiency levels
Your data online	All proficiency levels

3. Digital learning and development

Topic	Level requested
Accessibility	Complete
How to create engaging online learning (synchronous and asynchronous)	Complete, located in Creating engaging online learning
Inclusive teaching practices in online learning	All proficiency levels
Micro-credentials and badges	All proficiency levels
Navigating the LMS	All proficiency levels
Open access resources	All proficiency levels
Pedagogy and andragogy in an online environment	Complete
Student experience	All proficiency levels
Online pedagogy	Discovery(?) - Ruth
Navigating the learning management system (LMS)	All proficiency levels

4. ICT proficiency and productivity

Topic	Level requested
Accessing and sending emails	All proficiency levels
Bookmarking a web page and organising bookmarks	All proficiency levels
Creating a directory structure	In progress
Digital preservation/file formats and how to change them	All proficiency levels
Downloading apps to phone	All proficiency levels
Updating a device	All proficiency levels
Installing and accessing browsers	Getting started complete, Adept in Progress
Using spreadsheet applications	Complete
Using e-mail applications	All proficiency levels
Creating presentations	All proficiency levels
Using word processor applications	All proficiency levels
Naming and organising files and folders	Complete
Networks: the internet and how it works	Complete
Opening, editing and saving documents	All proficiency levels
Printing documents	All proficiency levels
README files	Skilled and Adept levels
Saving documents to portable and online storage	All proficiency levels
Uploading and downloading files	All proficiency levels
Using QR codes	Complete
Using a search engine	All proficiency levels
Using Zoom	All proficiency levels

5. Digital creation, problem solving and innovation

Topic	Level requested
Creating open education resources	All proficiency levels
Markdown	Complete
Screencasting	Adept level
Setting up static websites	All proficiency levels
Web scraping	All proficiency levels
Git and GitHub	Skilled and Adept levels, located in Git and GitHub
Artificial Intelligence Chatbots	All proficiency levels

6. Collaboration, communication and participation

Topic	Level requested
Using collaborative documents (e.g. Google Docs)	In progress
Using collaboration and engagement tools (e.g. Jamboard, Padlet, etc.)	All proficiency levels
Using the Cloud	All proficiency levels
Using web rooms (e.g. Zoom, Teams)	All proficiency levels
Knowledge management	All proficiency levels