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ScHARR Research Hacks

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Explains Google Forms for researchers
Explains post publication peer review and how it can help scholarly communication
Four alternatives to PowerPoint for your academic presentations
What Digital Object Identifiers are and why you should use them as part of your research profile
How Evernote can be used in the academic setting
Why making a video about your research can help share it to a wider audience
Explains the benefits for academic blogging
Why making a podcast can help others find out about your research whilst on the move.
How you can manage multiple tasks and projects with other people using Trello
How IFTTT can be used to automate Web and social media processes as part of your scholarly communication
How setting up an Orcid unique id can help tell you apart from other researchers on the Web.
Explains the alternative metric bookmarklet available from Altmetric.com
Explains curation using the Scoop.it! tool
Academic alternatives to social networks such as Facebook
How using tools like Lanyrd and Eventbrite can help you run your academic conference, workshop or seminar
How online meeting tools such as Google Hangouts and Skype can be used to give presentations, teach and have meetings.
Why starting your own Write Club writing retreat can help you and fellow researchers complete writing tasks you might have been putting off.
Why setting up a website may not be as much work as you think it is using Google Sites
How Adobe Voice can help share your research with a wider audience
How you can use Pinterest to curate and collate useful posters, tables and infographics to share with colleagues, students and peers.