ChemDraw Key Skills Workshop

<p>ChemDraw (PerkinElmer Informatics) is a software package for drawing chemical structures. It requires a software licence, which are often available as site-licences for staff and students at academic institutions with scientific departments / schools. ChemDraw is industry standard software for producing graphics for chemical publications of all types, and it is therefore important for students to learn how to use the program effectively. </p> <p><br></p> <p>This record contains a Skills Workshop delivered to post-graduate taught students but would also be appropriate to undergraduate study. A pre-session was offered to all students to help them download the software using the site licence and introduce them to the layout and basic tools available. </p> <p><br></p> <p>The session was delivered as a one-hour instructor-led workshop where the students were encouraged to work-along with the session on their laptops. This allows for questions and practical assistance to be provided. The instructor demonstrated how to re-create the figures in the <strong>Exercises </strong>sheet to the students, highlighting key features of the software outlined in the <strong>Instructor Notes</strong> document. The <strong>Exercises </strong>document could also be used as a student-led exercise for them to work through independently. </p> <p><br></p> <p>The exercise was created and demonstrated using ChemDraw Professional 21.0.0.28 for Windows (University of Bath site licence). </p>