Module overview
Duration: 
Approximately 30 minutes
Student partnership 
This module was developed with UQ student partners as part of a Student-Staff Partnership project.
Graduate attributes
Knowledge and skills you can gain from this module will contribute to your Graduate Attributes:
Courageous thinkers
This module is part of Digital Essentials, a series of online modules to help you quickly build your digital skills so you can succeed in study and work.
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Aims and objectives
This module will:
- explain what data is
- examine how data is used
- provide guidance and information on managing data and how this can impact and support your studies
- introduce tools to improve productivity
- examine how data is used
- explore ways to analyse data.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- find, clean and use data
- identify various file types and distinguish their usage
- create storage and backup plans
- evaluate and select tools to analyse and display data.
Module sections
- What is data?
- Uses of data
- Sources of data
- Clean data
- Data storage
- File naming and formats
- Analyse and display data
- Cite data
- Check your knowledge
- Conclusion
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