Setup for studying at home
A guide to setting up a comfortable study space at home including tips if you don’t have a desk.
Help Guides
We have gathered together a collection of Help Guides for students to help you navigate college life.
What is my Student Email?
When you enrol an office 365 account will be created for you. This normally happens around 24 hours after enrolment. You will be emailed your student ID number – a seven digit number – and your network password.
Interviews on Teams for prospective students
This guide will
show how to connect to Office 365 and what features are available to you as a student.
Six Top Tips for Organising Your Work
Good study begins with good organisation – this guide will share some top tips on how to keep your work organised!
Guide to Structuring Essays & Reports
This guide will give some tips on how to structure reports and essays. Expressing yourself doesn’t have to be hard work!
Guide to making the most of Microsoft Word
Word has some great functions that that will help you do your work quicker and better. In this guide we go through 3 top tips for helping you to make the most of Microsoft Word…
Guide to Self Motivation
It can be difficult to keep motivated at times, whether you’re doing revision, coursework or just doing chores like tidying your room…
Guide to Note Taking
Note-taking is a way of capturing and organising information that you want to understand and remember for the future. There are many ways that note-taking can help you…
Guide to Study Skills: Learning to Learn
How do you learn best? What are your learning preferences?
And how can you shape yourself to be a better learner?
Guide to improving your punctuation
Guide to using punctuation correctly in your writing, course work and assessments
How to revise and prepare for assessment
Some tips on successful exam / assessment preparation
Do’s and don’ts while using Teams
In order to help everyone be able to follow along in virtual classes, we have a few rules we would ask you to follow while using MS Teams.
Guide to Effective Reading
Tips for reading effectively while studying
Study Skills Referencing Guide
When you are doing an essay or a report, your writing will include sources
of information such as articles, policies, books, research or theories. Referencing is the way to refer to these sources, showing where the things you are writing about come from.
Remote Learning Code of Conduct
All students must agree to abide by our IT Code of Conduct when using our services.
A Guide to Online Research
There’s a whole world of information out there, easily available at the touch of a keyboard. That has advantages and disadvantages. We’re going to look at these so you can get the best out of your time and efforts.
How to search for the best results
When using databases, library catalogues, or online search engines, knowing how to search can save time and produce more relevant results.
What happens after I submit my application
What to expect after you submit your application for a course at the college.
Assessment Procedure
Dumfries and Galloway College will ensure that the arrangements for and conduct of assessment meet with the requirements of the appropriate awarding body.
Sign in to Adobe Creative Cloud
This guide will
show how to login to Adobe Creative Cloud for students who need access to it.