NVivo in TSD

Target group

This course is aimed at new TSD users who will use the software NVivo in TSD. You must already have:

• access to a TSD project
• set up your TSD user account with a separate password and OTP
• installed Omnissa and accessed your TSD virtual machine on your computer

In addition:

• NVivo must be installed on your TSD virtual machine (see below)

Learning outcomes

This course will help you get started working in TSD on a virtual TSD Windows machine and using the software NVivo for coding text and video in TSD. You will learn how to 

• import and organize files in TSD
• create a new project in NVivo and import files to NVivo
• code files in NVivo
• proper procedures for saving, closing, and logging off 

See full course program below.

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Required practical preparation

1. You must already have access to a TSD project and set up your TSD user account with a separate password and OTP (one-time code). You also need Omnissa installed to access your TSD virtual machine. See Get started with TSD.
2. You must also have NVivo installed on your TSD virtual machine.
   1. NVivo is available for installation from TSD’s Software Center, but only the administrator has installation rights. Ask the administrator of your TSD project to install NVivo to your project well before the course. See Software in TSD.
   2. If you are the project leader (PI) and have an independent project in TSD to which only you have access, you will have administrator rights to install software from TSD’s Software Center yourself. Do so well before the course.
   3. If the administrator or PI is unable to locate NVivo in TSD's Software Center, contact tsd-drift@usit.uio.no.
3. If you are going to import video files to NVivo, you will also need to install the codecs package K-Lite Codec Pack from TSD's Software Center before the course.

Working methods

Presentation and demonstration mixed with time for questions and individual practice while receiving guidance and help.

Program

Welcome (9-9:05)

Intro to TSD (9:05-9:35)

• Opening a TSD project on a secure virtual TSD Windows machine (desktop)
• Importing files to TSD, organizing and working with these on a virtual TSD desktop
• Navigating the file and folder structure in TSD between different storage areas 

Intro to NVivo (9:35-10)

• Opening NVivo in TSD and creating a new project in NVivo
• Saving the project file and recovery project file
• Importing files to NVivo

Workshop (10:15-11)

• Navigate your virtual TSD Windows machine, importing and organizing files
• Navigate NVivo, creating a new project and importing files to NVivo

Working in NVivo in TSD (11:15-12, including Q&A)

• Importing and coding different files in NVivo, including text, video, and surveys from Nettskjema
• Recommended storage of video in TSD for import to NVivo
• Importing transcripts from Autotekst to NVivo as file and/or as transcript to video you have imported to NVivo, coding transcripts
• Correctly saving and closing a project file in NVivo
• Correctly logging out from TSD

Lecturers

Tiril Garshol, Head Engineer, IT 

Anne Sæbø, Research Support, DSC-UB

Organizer

Digital Scholarship Centre 

This course is part of Data Managemenet Week 2026. The DMW week is a collaborative effort between the Digital Scholarship Centre and Carpentry@UiO.

User guides

Support and user guide TSD

Help and guides NVivo

Price

This course is free of charge.