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Mon 6 Feb 2017 – Tue 21 Feb 2017

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Monday 6 February 2017

09:00
UTBS: New Training Provider: Policies and Validation Finished 09:00 - 12:00 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 2

This course is designed for the Training Manager(s) of a new provider on the University Training Booking System. (UTBS) and it will take them through the policies and validation checks pre going live.

10:00
IT Supporters: Training for the New Password App (1 of 2) Finished 10:00 - 13:00 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 1

A full day course for Computer Officers on the UIS password application and the skills they will need to use it. Major topics covered include:

  • Computing Service policies regarding UIS accounts
  • Privacy briefing covering the legal status of UIS accounts and your obligations to users
  • Assertiveness training to assist you in dealing with problematic requests
  • Demonstration of the new password application
  • Online test

This course includes descriptions of the circumstances under which you may, and more importantly, may not give out account details (including password reset tokens). The examples and scenarios used are based on actual requests and incidents, and includes some content that could be distressing. This material is specifically included to ensure that Computer Officers are aware of the social engineering techniques that have been used in attempts to gain access to accounts, often under difficult and stressful circumstances. This is intended to assist you in developing the skills to deal appropriately with such situations if they occur within your own institution and forms an essential part of the course.

Successful completion of this course and the online exam is mandatory for Computer Officers wishing to have password resetting authority using the UIS password application for a range of University wide services including Hermes, Raven and the MCS.

14:00
IT Supporters: Training for the New Password App (2 of 2) Finished 14:00 - 17:00 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 1

A full day course for Computer Officers on the UIS password application and the skills they will need to use it. Major topics covered include:

  • Computing Service policies regarding UIS accounts
  • Privacy briefing covering the legal status of UIS accounts and your obligations to users
  • Assertiveness training to assist you in dealing with problematic requests
  • Demonstration of the new password application
  • Online test

This course includes descriptions of the circumstances under which you may, and more importantly, may not give out account details (including password reset tokens). The examples and scenarios used are based on actual requests and incidents, and includes some content that could be distressing. This material is specifically included to ensure that Computer Officers are aware of the social engineering techniques that have been used in attempts to gain access to accounts, often under difficult and stressful circumstances. This is intended to assist you in developing the skills to deal appropriately with such situations if they occur within your own institution and forms an essential part of the course.

Successful completion of this course and the online exam is mandatory for Computer Officers wishing to have password resetting authority using the UIS password application for a range of University wide services including Hermes, Raven and the MCS.

Tuesday 7 February 2017

09:30
Excel 2016: Managing Data & Lists Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Titan Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site
Web Authoring: Dreamweaver CC Introduction CANCELLED 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site
  • Dreamweaver is a powerful web creation tool that allows non-technical people to produce professional websites. This course provides a practical introduction for those that wish to use Dreamweaver to create web-pages and manage websites. It focuses on building a small website.
14:00
Adobe Photoshop CC: Introduction (Level 1) Finished 14:00 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site

Adobe Photoshop CC is the latest version of the favourite image manipulation and editing tool of the professional graphics industry and photographers. It enables digital and scanned-in photographs, pictures and graphics files to be edited and offers a dazzling array of drawing, special effects and filtering tools. Knowing where to start with such a comprehensive and feature-filled package can be daunting. This presentation aims to equip new users with the basics, using live demonstrations throughout.

Access 2016: Fast Track Introduction Finished 14:00 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

This is a fast paced and shortened version of the 2-session Access 2016: Creating a Simple Database course and thus is more suitable for those who are quick learners. This course will be taught using Access 2016 on PCs (Windows 7).

Wednesday 8 February 2017

09:00
Cisco CCNA for IT Supporters: Module 3 - Scaling Networks (Series 9) (1 of 12) Finished 09:00 - 13:00 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 2

This is the third module of the CCNA series, should you wish to book on the series please book on Module 1 Introduction to Networks.

This course describes the architecture, components, and operations of routers and switches in a large and complex network. You will learn how to configure routers and switches for advanced functionality. By the end of this course, you will be able to configure and troubleshoot routers and switches and resolve common issues with OSPF, EIGRP, STP, and VTP in both IPv4 and IPv6 networks. You will also develop the knowledge and skills needed to implement DHCP and DNS operations in a network.

09:30
C++: Programming in Modern C++ (6 of 6) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Titan Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site

This is an introduction to programming in modern C++, based on the book "'Programming: Principles and Practice using C++"' (2nd ed.) by Bjarne Stroustrup. The aim is to teach participants how to write non trivial, practical programs that are comprehensible and portable. Participants should also be able to understand and modify most well-written C++ applications, though not necessarily every aspect of them.

C++ is a large and complicated language, which is reflected in the length of this course. The creator of C++, Prof. Stroustrup, estimates that newcomers to programming will have to devote in excess of 200 hours' of work to learn how to program in C++ properly. Please bear that in mind if signing up for the course. It would also be of help (though not essential) if attendees have some prior programming experience in another language, e.g. Python.

10:00
LaTeX: Introduction to Text Processing (1 of 2) CANCELLED 10:00 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site

LaTeX is a powerful document description language built on top of TeX. It is available on Unix, Windows and Macintoshes. It can be used for the presentation of plain text (including accented characters and letters outside the English alphabet), the typesetting of mathematics, the generation of tables, and producing simple diagrams. It is particularly suited for the writing of theses, papers and technical documents.

14:00
LaTeX: Introduction to Text Processing (2 of 2) CANCELLED 14:00 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site

LaTeX is a powerful document description language built on top of TeX. It is available on Unix, Windows and Macintoshes. It can be used for the presentation of plain text (including accented characters and letters outside the English alphabet), the typesetting of mathematics, the generation of tables, and producing simple diagrams. It is particularly suited for the writing of theses, papers and technical documents.

Thursday 9 February 2017

09:30
Microsoft SharePoint 2013: Advanced Users CANCELLED 09:30 - 12:30 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 1

This course is designed to introduce Microsoft SharePoint features as a site owner. It covers how to create SharePoint components, manage workflow and setup site permissions.

14:00
Adobe Photoshop CC: Advanced (Level 2) Finished 14:00 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site

Following on from the Photoshop CC: Introduction (Level 1) course, this course covers some of the more advanced features of Adobe Photoshop CC, which is the latest version of the popular image manipulation and editing tool for graphics and design professionals and photographers. The course will explore some of the more advanced features of Photoshop. Techniques will be explained and demonstrated, and participants will then be given the opportunity to practice these for themselves.

Monday 13 February 2017

09:30
Falcon Further Topics: Clinic Session new CANCELLED 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

The clinic session for people to come to with any queries and they will receive hands-on advice. The instructor will email the participants before the course to collate your queries.

14:00
Access 2016: Further Use (1 of 2) Finished 14:00 - 17:00 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 1

This course is intended for those already using Microsoft Access 2016 who wish to explore more advanced queries and forms. Those who have attended the Access 2016: Creating a Simple Database course will find this follows on seamlessly from where that course left off - but be prepared for a harder challenge. Part of the course explores relational database design concepts for simple databases. The remainder focuses on more advanced queries and forms. The second session is optional for you to either work through and consolidate the course material, or to receive support on your own project.

Tuesday 14 February 2017

14:00
Access 2016: Further Use (2 of 2) Finished 14:00 - 17:00 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 1

This course is intended for those already using Microsoft Access 2016 who wish to explore more advanced queries and forms. Those who have attended the Access 2016: Creating a Simple Database course will find this follows on seamlessly from where that course left off - but be prepared for a harder challenge. Part of the course explores relational database design concepts for simple databases. The remainder focuses on more advanced queries and forms. The second session is optional for you to either work through and consolidate the course material, or to receive support on your own project.

Wednesday 15 February 2017

09:00
Cisco CCNA for IT Supporters: Module 3 - Scaling Networks (Series 9) (2 of 12) Finished 09:00 - 13:00 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 2

This is the third module of the CCNA series, should you wish to book on the series please book on Module 1 Introduction to Networks.

This course describes the architecture, components, and operations of routers and switches in a large and complex network. You will learn how to configure routers and switches for advanced functionality. By the end of this course, you will be able to configure and troubleshoot routers and switches and resolve common issues with OSPF, EIGRP, STP, and VTP in both IPv4 and IPv6 networks. You will also develop the knowledge and skills needed to implement DHCP and DNS operations in a network.

09:30
ATLAS.ti: An Introduction for Qualitative Research new Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site

This course will introduce ATLAS.ti a Computer Aided Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) which supports qualitative and mixed methods research. It provides a means to collect, organise and analyse content from interviews, focus group discussions, surveys and audio.

Thursday 16 February 2017

10:00
Mendeley: Introduction to a Reference Management Program (Self-paced) Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Titan Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site

Mendeley is a free, open source reference management program. It was originally primarily intended as a way to manage collections of PDF documents and this is still its main strength in comparison with other tools such as EndNote and Zotero.

Mendeley can be used to insert reference citations and a bibliography of cited references into Word and Open Office documents and may be of interest to anyone wanting a free reference management program which will create BibTeX citation keys and paste them into a LaTeX document.

This is a basic introductory course and probably will not be very useful to those who are already using the program and who have specific queries about the way it works.

Users who need help with more advanced features can request individual help via the UIS service desk email: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk

Friday 17 February 2017

09:30
Adobe InDesign CC: Introduction to Desktop Publishing new Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site
  • Adobe InDesign CC is the industry leading page design and layout application. You will build up a publication from ready-prepared text, images and graphics in the same way as QuarkXpress and PageMaker.
14:00
Adobe Connect: Conference, Collaborate & Broadcast your Lecture via the Web Finished 14:00 - 17:00 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 1

This intro to Adobe® Connect software provides an ideal solution for virtual Meetings, Seminars, Interviews, Presentations and Instructor-led Courses and Training, enabling organisers to create, deliver, manage, support and track discussions and courses while providing an experience that can replicate much of the in-person experience. There are also options for additional collaboration via polls, quizzes, breakout rooms for larger and diverse groups, as well as flexible whiteboard and desktop sharing, lecture capture, one-way talks and webinars, and a range of add-ons and programmability to customise for specialised requirements.

Live and previously-recorded sessions can be accessed from virtually any device, from personal computers to mobile devices (including Android, Apple® iOS, and BlackBerry® PlayBook OS).

Monday 20 February 2017

09:30
Falcon: An Introduction for Content and Site Managers (Part 1 and Part 2) (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Titan Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site

This course will cover the use of Falcon Content Management Service by content and site managers.

10:30
Drupal: An Introduction Finished 10:30 - 12:30 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 2

This course will cover the most essential features and concepts of Drupal Content Management Service through hands on activities.

15:30
IT Community: Seminar Finished 15:30 - 16:30 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Huntingdon Room

An IT Community seminar to provide members of the Collegiate University's IT Community with the opportunity to hear more about UIS projects looking at Storage, Cyber Security and the Heat implementation; contribute to the development of the Cambridge Behavioral Attributes for IT Professionals; and provide details about the launch of the mentoring scheme for 2017.

Tuesday 21 February 2017

09:30
Falcon: An Introduction for Content and Site Managers (Part 1 and Part 2) (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Titan Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site

This course will cover the use of Falcon Content Management Service by content and site managers.

15:30
IT Community: Seminar Finished 15:30 - 16:30 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Huntingdon Room

An IT Community seminar to provide members of the Collegiate University's IT Community with the opportunity to hear more about UIS projects looking at Storage, Cyber Security and the Heat implementation; contribute to the development of the Cambridge Behavioral Attributes for IT Professionals; and provide details about the launch of the mentoring scheme for 2017.