Section outline

  • Course Overview

    This course helps you maximize the visibility, reach, and impact of your published research. You will learn strategies for improving article discoverability, promoting your research through a range of channels, and sharing your work responsibly through self-archiving and reuse practices. 

    Learning Outcomes

    This course will help you to:

    1. Identify strategies to increase the visibility and discoverability of your published research

    2. Optimize your article and related research outputs to improve discoverability through search engines and scholarly platforms

    3. Recognize the importance of research promotion and its relationship to research visibility, engagement, and impact

    4. Use a range of communication channels, including blogs and social media, to effectively promote your research to different audiences

    5. Apply appropriate approaches for engaging with academic and wider communities online to extend the reach of your work

    6. Adhere to self-archiving and reuse policies to ethically and responsibly share your research 

    From time to time, we will refer to SAGE’s own specific publishing practices so that we can give you the most specific and practical guidance possible. However, these processes will likely be applicable to other journal publishers. If in doubt, always check their guidelines.

    • Course Resources

      You will need to access certain files and resources throughout the course to get the most out of the activities. You can find them all here. 

    • Video Transcripts

      You can access all video transcripts here.

    • Pre-Course Self Assessment

      Before you dive into this course, spend a few moments reflecting on your familiarity with the topic and your current level of skills confidence. 

      You will then re-visit the same questions in our Post-Course Self Assessment and reflect on how the course has helped you develop in confidence and grow your skills. 

      • Module One: Enhancing Discoverability of Your Article

        This module will help you to:

        1. Identify key strategies to increase your article’s visibility
        2. Optimize your paper for greater discoverability on search engines
        3. Apply these strategies to maximize the visibility of your article

      • Module Two: Promoting Your Article

        This module will help you to:

        1. Appreciate the importance of promoting your paper and how its relationship with research impact
        2. Be aware of the different avenues available to help promote your paper 
        3. Write blog posts to introduce your research to a general audience

        4. Use various social media platforms effectively and sensibly to promote your research and engage with the community 

      • Module Three: Self-Archiving and Re-Use

        This module will help you to:

        1. Become aware of self-archiving and its benefits
        2. Recognize self-archiving and reusing policies to appropriately and ethically share your work  

      • Post-Course Self Assessment

        Now you’ve completed the course, spend a few moments reflecting on where your familiarity with the topics and your confidence skills levels are at now. 

        Has the course helped you develop new skills and grow your confidence?

        You'll need to complete the Post-Course Self Assessment in order to download your certificate. If you didn't do the Pre-Course Self Assessment before starting the course, please go to the top of the page and reflect on your familiarity with the topic and your level of skills confidence before you started the course.

        • Completion: Certificate

          Completing all modules (plus the pre and post-course assessments) will unlock the course certificate, which you can then download here. Your course certificate will only be made available once you have completed all these sections.

          If you have difficulty accessing your certificate, please contact the Sage support team at: onlinesupport@sagepub.co.uk. You can also check out this FAQ page which may be helpful.

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          • Accessibility

            We have high standards of accessibility on Sage Campus and as of May/June 2024 all activities within this course are keyboard and screen reader compatible. For more details on accessibility standards, please see the Sage Campus Accessibility Guide.

            For those using assistive technology, please note that within this course:

            • Tab components: JAWS and NVDA behave slightly differently. For NVDA to keep reading, it is best to exit focus mode and go back to browse mode. 
            • Matching: JAWS does not read out question label on dropdown focus.