This recording has closed captions in both Welsh and English, simply click on the closed captions symbol CC on the video below and select your preferred language. This session recording is 37 minutes in length.

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This session was recorded at Digital Heritage Lab’s Digital Skills Day and produced as part of the Digital Heritage Lab ― a digital skills development programme for small to medium-sized heritage organisations in the UK and was funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of the Digital Skills for Heritage initiative.

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