UCD Student Digital Ambassador 2016

The recipient of this badge successfully fulfilled the role of UCD Student Digital Ambassador in 2016. The award of this badge acknowledges ambassadors who have attended all initiative sessions as required and developed their digital skills by participating in training. It also recognises those who shared their digital knowledge through ambassadorial activities with students, faculty and staff of the wider UCD Community.

Student Digital Ambassadors have earned this badge as result of satisfying the following criteria:

Attended mandatory initiative sessions:

• Initiative Welcome/Digital Identity Session (semester 1), Digital Skills Info Session (semester 2) & Conclusion/Feedback & Celebration Event (semester 2)

Developed their digital skills by fully participating in skills training:

• Digital Security & Social Media; Content Creation Workshops 1 or 2: Images, Infographics & Poster Creation or Blogging and Podcasting; Digital Skills Workshop 1 or 2: Video Creation or Presentation Tools and Skills.

Completed at least two ambassadorial activities:

• Integral to their role, each UCD Student Digital Ambassador has the opportunity to share their digital knowledge and skills with the wider UCD community by completing ambassadorial activities (minimum one per semester). The SDA ambassadorial activities* vary in nature to include student-student, student-staff and content creation type activities. Many of these involved liaising with other students and staff, internal partners, and/or the initiative coordinators. Where SDA activities provided substantial opportunity for the development of digital skills these were eligible for badging, including: Digital Skills Mentors, Social Media Assistants, Open/Digital Badge Designers, Webmasters, Bloggers, Podcasters, Digital Resource Creators and Videographers. Other activities/events SDAs completed but which were not eligible for badging included: participation in structured feedback and focus group sessions for internal partners, SDA representation at Student & Staff organised events i.e. Students Union Opportunities Fair, Students’ Union Research Summit, IT Services Fair, organisation and co-facilitation of digital skills staff and student workshops. For a full list and overview of SDA activities 2016 see: https://ucdsda.wordpress.com/ambassador-activities/