802.11B Wireless LANS
Chris Murphy
Tue Jan 23, 02:30-05:30pm, 4-237
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This three-hour presentation is an excerpt from a class offered at Networld/Interop and Usenix. We will discuss wireless LAN technology, concentrating on the 802.11b protocol, the technology currently being deployed at MIT (see the MIT Unwired talk). A technical overview of the basics of 802.11b, incuding implementation issues, will be offered.
Contact: Mary Ellen Bushnell, bushnell@mit.edu
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ATIC Lab Open House
Kathy Cahill , Mary Ziegler
Wed Jan 24, 01-04:00pm, Atic Lab, 11-103
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Come to the Adaptive Computing Lab in 11-103 on January 24 from 1-4 PM and learn about cool alternative technologies! Try out alternative keyboards and mice, magnification, word prediction, scanning and reading, and Braille translation software. We will also have demonstrations of voice recognition software as well as screen reading software.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/atic/www
Contact: Kathy Cahill, 11-103, x3-5111, kcahill@mit.edu
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Accessibility Support on the Java Platform
Willie Walker, Sun Microsystems
Mon Jan 29, 02-03:00pm, 1-190
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
In this talk, Willie Walker of Sun Microsystems will provide a background of the issues involving access to computers by people with physical and sensory impairments. Willie will then provide an overview of the support provided by the Java Accessibility API and how you can take advantage of the accessibility support built into the Swing GUI component set.
Contact: Kathy Cahill, 11-103, kcahill@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse Series
Gary Dryfoos
Schedule: TBD
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Minicourses are free, do not require pre-registration, and are designed to show you how to get the most value out of Athena and MITnet services and facilities. At the minicourses you will receive free handouts that give more information about Athena and MITnet, especially how to get help with using them. 1-hour courses start at noon, 7 & 8pm, Mon-Thurs during IAP.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, dryfoo@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Advanced Word Processing: LaTeX
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 10, Thu Jan 11, Tue Jan 30, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 31, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 31, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course, Working.
An introduction to LaTeX, a widely-used text formatter, used for converting a text file into an attractive professional-looking document. It is a powerful and flexible program, with the capability to typeset many foreign characters and very complex mathematical text. See the URL for a complete list of all IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, dryfoo@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Athena: First Course
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 8, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Mon Jan 8, Tue Jan 9, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 10, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: none
Our new introduction to the Athena academic environment: what you can do on Athena, your account, finding help, and other basics. Also includes E-mail, Zephyr, WebSIS, and Residential Computing.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, dryfoo@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Customization on Athena (Dotfiles)
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 24, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 25, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 25, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course, Athena/X-Win experience.
Intended for the intermediate-level Athena user, this course will discuss the Athena login sequence and the user-configuration files (dotfiles) that affect it, as well as changes the user can make to those and other files to customize their working environment. See URL for complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, dryfoo@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: FrameMaker for your Thesis
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 29, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 30, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Thu Feb 1, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourse: Frame and some Frame experience.
FrameMaker, with a special template, can be used to produce an MIT Thesis that meets all Institute formatting requirements. See URL for a complete list of all IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, dryfoo@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: HTML - Making a WWW Home Page
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 22, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Mon Jan 22, Tue Jan 23, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses- First Course, Working on Athena.
Covers the basic features of HTML ("Hyper-Text Mark-up Language"), the language of the World Wide Web, as well as the steps needed to post your own Web page on Athena. See URL for the complete schedule of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, dryfoo@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Information Resources on Athena
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 22, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 23, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 23, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course; Working on Athena.
A survey of the communications, help, and other resources available on Athena. See URL for complete IAP Athena minicourse schedule.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, dryfoo@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Introduction to FrameMaker
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 10, Thu Jan 11, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Mon Jan 29, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Mon Jan 29, Thu Feb 1, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course; Working on Athena.
FrameMaker is a powerful word-processing and document preparation package available on Athena.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, dryfoo@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: LaTeX Thesis
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 30, Wed Jan 31, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Thu Feb 1, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourse: Latex and some Latex experience.
Using the LaTeX text formatter to produce a fully-featured thesis that meets all MIT formal requirements. See the URL for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, dryfoo@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Maple
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 16, Wed Jan 17, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 18, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course; Working on Athena.
A mathematics program that can perform numerical and symbolic calculations, including formal and numerical integration, solving algebraic or transcendental systems and differential equations, and series expansion and matrix manipulation. It also has extensive graphics capabilities.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, dryfoo@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Math Software Overview
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 16, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 18, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course; Working on Athena.
A survey of major mathematical and graphing packages available on Athena. See the URL for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mindev/
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, dryfoo@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Matlab
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 16, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 17, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 17, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course; Working on Athena.
An interactive program for scientific and engineering calculation. Applications include: matrix manipulation, digital signal processing, and 3-dimensional graphics. See the URL for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, dryfoo@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Serious Emacs
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 24, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 24, Thu Jan 25, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: First, Working, Emacs tutorial (on-line), some Emacs exper.
The text editor introduced in Word Processing Options (WPO) has many useful features not covered in that course. This class is a must for anyone who uses Emacs more than an hour or two each week. See URL for more details about schedule.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, dryfoo@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Working on Athena
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 8, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 9, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 9, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 11, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourse: First Course
Files, directories, setting permissions, job control, and more. What every new user should know about Unix, Athena's operating system.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, dryfoo@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: XESS
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 18, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course; Working on Athena
A powerful and easy-to-use spreadsheet, with a full range of mathematical, statistical, matrix, and string functions. It will be useful for scientific and engineering computations, as well as to general and financial users.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, dryfoo@mit.edu
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BrioQuery Quick Start
IS Training Staff
Thu Feb 1, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn how to download, install, and set up BrioQuery on your desktop. Learn how to download and process a standard report. An overview of the features and capabilities of BrioQuery will be given.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Cheap Uniques
Allison Dolan
Fri Jan 19, 12-01:00pm, 5-231
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Bring own sissors if you want try a craft.
A craft workshop - see examples of quick crafts you can make yourself for very little expense. Demos given for making several of the craft ideas displayed.
Contact: Allison Dolan, adolan@mit.edu
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Concepts in Computer and Network Insecurity
Kevin Fu , Roger Dingledine, MIT Network Security Team
Wed Jan 10, 07-10:00pm, 1-190
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Familiarity with UNIX recommended
We will discuss concepts of computer and network security, including network protocol vulnerabilities, buffer overflows, probing techniques, various attacks, common security flaws, and other related topics, depending on participants' interests. Familarity with UNIX is recommended.
Web: http://snafu.fooworld.org/~fubob/pubs/sec-concepts-2001.ps
Contact: Jeanne Cavanaugh, N42-290a, x3-0852, cavan@mit.edu
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Digital Video Editing: Make a Video Postcard
Katie Livingston Vale
Mon Jan 8, Tue Jan 16, Thu Jan 25, 12-01:30pm, 26-139
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 15 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
A quick look at the basics of working with digital video, from digitizing VHS tape to compression formats. Participants can make a short video postcard to send to a friend or put on a web page. Bring a ZIP disk (not a floppy).
Web: http://web.mit.edu/nmc/
Contact: Katie Livingston Vale, x3-6690, katiel@mit.edu
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Dreamweaver Quick Start
Chris Sherril
Wed Jan 10, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Dreamweaver 3.0 is a powerful tool for creating and managing complex web sites. This Quick Start introduces users to the Dreamweaver interface and give a brief overview of web publishing practices at MIT.
Contact: Jeanne Cavanaugh, N42-290a, x3-0852, cavan@mit.edu
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E-mail with IMAP Quick Start
Phyllis Galt
Wed Jan 10, 02-03:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) allows you to store and work with your e-mail on a central server, a benefit for certain users who read e-mail regularly from multiple locations. This quick start covers how to decide if IMAP is right for you and some basics on using it with Netscape Messenger.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/help/imap/
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Eudora Quick Start
IS Training Staff
Mon Jan 8, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This session - for Macintosh and PC users - shows how to configure Eudora, create messages and address lists, send and receive attachments, and sort incoming e-mail.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/help/eudora
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Events Calendar Demo
Mary Ellen Bushnell
Tue Jan 30, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Looking for a way to reach a huge audience for your upcoming activity? Come to this demo and learn how to post your group's events on the MIT Events Calendar.
Contact: Mary Ellen Bushnell, bushnell@mit.edu
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Excel Quick Start
IS Training Staff
Wed Jan 17, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This course presents an overview of Excel's basic functions, as well as some of its more powerful features and capabilities.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Excel User Group
John Fothergill, Jr.
Tue Jan 9, 12-01:00pm, N42-Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join other Windows and Mac Excel users to ask and answer questions, and to learn about advanced Excel features.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/xlug/
Contact: John Fothergill, Jr., N42-290, x3-5312, jjfothjr@mit.edu
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FileMaker Quick Start
IS Training Staff
Thu Jan 11, 01:30-02:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This session introduces database terms, shows how to create a simple database, and covers the six modes of FileMaker. Demos of several databases show how the software can be used.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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FileMaker User Group
Peggy Conant , Kevin Cunningham
Fri Feb 2, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
The MIT FileMaker User Group (fmug) was formed for people at MIT, from beginners to experts, who are using or interested in learning to use FileMaker® Pro database software and related products. After several years of dormancy, the group has been revived to acknowledge increasing use of FileMaker products on campus and to help the user community transition to FileMaker 5.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/help/filemaker/fmug/
Contact: Peggy Conant, N42-240h, x8-6481, pconant@mit.edu
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GIS Software at MIT
Daniel Sheehan, Spatial Data Specialist
Thu Jan 11, 02-04:00pm, 1-190
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Come learn what GIS Software products are available at MIT and learn where you can find spatial data, both at MIT and around the Web.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/gis/www/
Contact: Daniel Sheehan, Spatial Data Specialist, N42-250, dsheehan@mit.edu
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Getting Connected to MITnet
Mark Van Dyke
Tue Jan 30, 02-03:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This lecture will help guide you through the process of configuring your laptop or home computer to connect to MITnet so that you will have access to online services available to MIT community members only. Attendees will learn about the different options they have for connecting to MIT from on and off campus. In addition, all attendees will receive a CD containing the necessary software for accessing MITnet and MIT's online services such as email and WebSIS.
This session is highly recommended for all incoming graduate students, visiting scholars, and new faculty and staff.
Contact: Mark Van Dyke, mvan@mit.edu
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Hands-on Arcview GIS Workshop
Daniel Sheehan, Spatial Data Specialist
Mon Jan 22, Tue Jan 23, 01-04:00pm, 1-115
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 23 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: familiarity with the Athena environment
Learn the basics of Arcview, a desktop geographic information system (GIS) that is available on Athena and on Windows. This is a two day (3 hours each day) workshop.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, N42-240a, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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High-Tech and Low-Tech Strategies for Individuals with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder
Kathy Cahill, MIT ATIC Lab , Rich Goldhammer, MIT Disabilities Services Office, Gadi Geiger of Brain and Cognitive Science
Tue Jan 16, 02-03:30pm, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Kathy, Rich, and Gadi will show effective ways to get work done, improve comprehension of materials, and stay organized. Some of the devices that will be reviewed include the Palm Pilot, Kurzweil 3000 scanning and reading software, Alpha Smart note-taker, Inspiration outlining software,and multisensory approaches to reading.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/atic/www/
Contact: Kathy Cahill, MIT ATIC Lab, 11-103, x3-5111, kcahill@mit.edu
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InDesign Demo
Robyn Fizz
Thu Jan 18, 02-03:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
InDesign is Adobe's new high-end page layout program. This demo will give you a tour of InDesign's interface (with many palettes and tools borrowed from Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator) and show you some of its key features. These include frames, layers, gradients, and sophisticated typographic controls.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Legal Issues in Cyberspace
Joanne Straggas
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Advances in information technology are forcing us to reexamine many of our current laws. This two-part series will focus on the more controversial areas of intellectual property and privacy.
Contact: Joanne Straggas, joanne@mit.edu
Part I: Intellectual Property
Joanne Straggas
Tue Jan 9, 12-01:00pm, 2-105
Part II: Privacy
Joanne Straggas
Thu Jan 11, 12-01:00pm, 2-105
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MIT 2001: A Student Laptop Odyssey
Phillip Long , Joanne Hallisey
Tue Jan 9, 10am-12:00pm, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
MIT is investigating ways to leverage the computing resources that students bring when they attend the Institute to better serve their educational needs. Hear a presentation on the status of laptop"1:1 Computing Discovery Project", and what's going on regarding mobile computing at other institutions around the country. Your ideas and input as to where MIT might wish to go in terms of student laptop computing will be invaluable to the project team.
Contact: Phillip Long, longpd@MIT.EDU
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MIT Unwired
Chris Murphy
Wed Jan 17, 02-03:00pm, 2-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
MIT is currently in the process of installing wireless access to MITnet in a number of classrooms, libraries, and common spaces. This talk, aimed at a general audience, will discuss the project, including its goals, progress to date, and various issues surrounding the use of wireless networking at MIT.
Contact: Mary Ellen Bushnell, bushnell@mit.edu
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Mac OS Quick Start
IS Training Staff
Wed Jan 24, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Get started with managing Macintosh applications, files, and folders efficiently. Obtain an overview of new features provided by the newest Mac operating system.
Contact: Janet Littell, x3-3166, jlittell@mit.edu
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Mac Tech Partners
Al Willis
Mon Jan 22, 12-01:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join with Macintosh users who - officially or otherwise - help others within their departments make more productive use of computers.
Contact: Al Willis, N42-140I, x3-0196, awillis@mit.edu
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Motion Graphics: Director and After-Effects
Katie Livingston Vale
Fri Jan 12, Tue Jan 30, Thu Feb 1, 12pm-01:30am, 26-139
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 15 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Ever wondered how they do South Park or the crashing helmets on Monday Night Football? This class will introduce you to two consumer-level programs that could help unleash the multimedia genius within you. You should already have some experience with video or animation software for this class (such as the Fireworks class, also offered during IAP). Bring a ZIP disk (not a floppy).
Web: http://web.mit.edu/nmc/
Contact: Katie Livingston Vale, katiel@mit.edu
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NT Partners
Bryant Vernon
Mon Jan 22, 12-01:00pm, 2-142
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join with other NT users who, officially or otherwise, help users within their departments make more productive use of NT workstations.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/winnt/
Contact: Bryant Vernon, bcvernon@MIT.EDU
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Office 2001 Demo
IS Training Staff
Mon Jan 29, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This session is designed for people who are already using Office on a Macintosh and have upgraded to the new version. Find out about the new features and functions that have been added to the Office environment.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Orientation to Computing at MIT
IS Training Staff
Fri Jan 19, 12-01:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This class provides very basic information about the MIT computing environment. Topics include: telephones and voice mail, operating systems, supported software and recommended hardware, the campus network, security, help resources, and computer-related health issues.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Overview of Purchasing on the Web
Peggy Conant
Fri Jan 26, 12-01:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This demo integrates all aspects of using SAPweb for purchasing, including requisitioning external vendors, internal providers, and preferred partners. In this session we will introduce the SAPweb requisitioning form and the new online catalogs. We'll also go over purchasing procedures for buying from preferred partner vendors, including Office Depot, VWR, BOC Gases and NECX. We will also demonstrate how the new online ordering system interfaces with SAPweb.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/sapweb
Contact: Peggy Conant, N42-240h, x8-6481, pconant@mit.edu
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PowerPoint Quick Start
Lee Ridgway
Thu Jan 11, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
PowerPoint makes it easy to jazz up your presentations. Get an introduction to what PowerPoint can do. Find out how to create shows. Learn how to use drawing tools, graphics, and create handouts.
Contact: Lee Ridgway, x3-7727, ridgway@mit.edu
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Revisionist Photographic History: Adobe Photoshop Basics
Katie Livingston Vale
Tue Jan 9, Mon Jan 22, Fri Jan 26, 12-01:30pm, 26-139
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 15 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Remove your ex-boyfriend from your prom portrait. Put your Chem professor into a Wanted poster. Change the color of your mother-in-law's dress in your wedding photos. Or, just make the sky bluer or remove red eyes from your favorite photo. Adobe Photoshop lets you do all this and more. Bring a ZIP disk (not a floppy).
Web: http://web.mit.edu/nmc/
Contact: Katie Livingston Vale, katiel@mit.edu
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Running Linux on a Mac
Kathleen Moriarty. MCC , Ricky Leiserson, MIT Apple Campus Representative
Wed Jan 17, 01:30-03:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Interested in running Linux, but not sure if it will run on your Mac? Come see Linux installed and running on a PowerMac G4. Representatives from Apple Computer will be on hand to answer questions and a Linux CD will be distributed to all who attend.
Contact: Kathleen Moriarty. MCC, kathleen@mit.edu
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SAP User Group
Brian Tavares
Thu Feb 1, 02-03:30pm, E51-111
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join with others who use SAP to learn the latest changes and enhancements to the system. Included are demos and time for Q&A at each monthly meeting.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/sapr3/usergroup.html
Contact: Brian Tavares, x3-0801, btavares@mit.edu
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Software Accessibility
Kathy Cahill
Mon Jan 22, 02-03:00pm, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Members of the MIT Software Accessibility Team will discuss MIT's new Software Accessibility Policy and Guidelines. The guidelines will assist those who develop or purchase software in meeting minimum accessibility standards. There will be demonstrations and discussion of accessible and inaccessible software, as well as information on ways to make software accessible to users with disabilities.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/atic/www
Contact: Kathy Cahill, 11-103, kcahill@mit.edu
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Spice Up Your Web Page: Imagemaps, Rollovers, Animated GIFs
Katie Livingston Vale
Thu Jan 11, Tue Jan 23, Mon Jan 29, 12-01:30pm, 26-139
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 15 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Is your web page dull, listless, unmanageable? Spice it up! Learn how to use Macromedia Fireworks to make simple animations, "clickable maps," and JavaScript rollovers. Bring a ZIP disk (not a floppy).
Web: http://web.mit.edu/nmc/
Contact: Katie Livingston Vale, katiel@mit.edu
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TSM (ADSM) Quick Start
IS Training
Wed Jan 31, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
TSM (formerly ADSM) is a network-based application for backing up the contents of your computer. Learn how to download, install, and configure TSM, for backing up your files to a secure server over the network. Discuss your TSM questions with technical staff.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/help/tsm
Contact: Janet Littell, jlittell@mit.edu
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Talk to Your PC: Voice Recognition Software for the PC
Kathy Cahill , Mary Ziegler
Tue Jan 9, 02-03:00pm, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Mary Ziegler and Kathleen Cahill of the MIT ATIC Lab will discuss the state of voice recognition software today, current products that are on the market, and hardware requirements if you are considering purchase. They will demonstrate the continuous voice recognition package Dragon NaturallySpeaking and answer questions.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/atic/www/
Contact: Mary Ziegler, N42-140h, x8-9328, maryz@mit.edu
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Telephone and Voice Mail Quick Start
Joanne Hallisey
Tue Jan 9, 12-01:00pm, E19-732
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
If you are new to MIT or want to learn more about the features on your telephone and voice mail, this class is just what you need. Instructors will explain features that will help you get the most out of these useful tools and talk about the most common problems and where to go for help. Attendees will learn what features are available on different phones and classes of service. You will also be able to try features on telephones in the classroom.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/tel/telsupport.html
Contact: Joanne Hallisey, hallisey@mit.edu
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Tour of MIT's Data Center - W91
Dave Lambert
Thu Feb 1, 02-03:30pm, meet at W91 Lobby
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 23-Jan-2001
Limited to 25 participants.
MIT's Data Center houses the Institute's enterprise-wide administrative servers, departmental servers, MITnet's primary connection to the Internet, and portions of GTEI/BBN Planet equipment supporting New England Internet traffic. Hardware ranges from small Unix and DEC VMS servers to an IBM mainframe and large DEC Alpha servers. Come see it all.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Tour of MIT's Data Warehouse
Data Warehouse Team
Thu Jan 18, 12-01:30pm, 1-190
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Would you like to know what the Data Warehouse is and what it can do for you? What data is available now and what is on the horizon? Then come on along for a "virtual" tour of the MIT Data Warehouse.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/warehouse
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-0852, hickok@mit.edu
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Toward a Notation for Self-describing Systems
Ray Ferrara
Mon Jan 22, 09am-12:00pm, 4-159
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 60 participants.
Single session event
We are struggling to finish the definition of a notation system and conceptual model for multi-level self-describing systems. For example, a physical instance is at level 0, its data value at level 1, its field name at level 2, etc. We have not yet found all the higher level primitives for such a system, which is believed to be very general. Ray Ferrara '67 is a nationally-recognized data warehousing and metadata repository consultant, currently with KPMG.
Contact: Bob Ferrara, x3-7495, rferrara@mit.edu
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Using DEMs in ESRI GIS products
Daniel Sheehan
Wed Jan 24, Thu Jan 25, 02-04:00pm, 1-115
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 22 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: familiarity with the Athena environment, knowledge of Arcvie
This is a hands-on workshop that will help new Arcinfo and Arcview GIS users import and work with Digital Elevation Models. We will be downloading Digital Elevation Models in SDTS format and importing them into Arc/Info. We will look at basic GRID and Arcview Spatial Analyst hydrologic functions.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/gis/www/
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Virus Protection Quick Start
Janet Littell , Gerry Issacson
Thu Jan 25, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn how to download, install, and configure virus protection for your computer, and how to keep the software up to date. Discuss your questions with Jerry Isaacson, MIT Information Security Officer.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/help/virus/
Contact: Janet Littell, jlittell@mit.edu
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Web @ MIT Quick Start
IS Training Staff
Fri Jan 12, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn how to explore the Web using Netscape. This session demonstrates the basics of a Web page, navigating from page to page, creating and editing bookmark lists, saving and printing a page, simple searching, and using Netscape's on-line help. Also included is a brief look at MIT's use of Web certificates and secure Web services.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Web Accessibility and Universal Design
Joe Lazzaro, Director of Technology at the Mass. Commission
Tue Jan 30, 12-01:00pm, 2-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Joe Lazzaro, Director of Technology at the Mass. Commission for the Blind is the author of "Adapting PCs for Disabilities" and "Adaptive Technologies for Learning and Work Environments". Joe is also an online instructor for Project EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information). Learn about MIT's Web Accessibility Policy and Principles, and tools to help you make your site accessible.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/atic/www/
Contact: Kathy Cahill, 11-103, kcahill@mit.edu
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Web Publishing Overview (formerly HTML Demo)
Kevin Cunningham
Mon Jan 8, 01:30-04:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This three-hour lecture/demonstration session gives an overview of the electronic publishing process as it works at MIT, focusing on:
1. how to code files using HTML tags (HTML is the HyperText Markup Language, the standard for publishing on the Web)
2.how to upload files to the Athena system for delivery through MIT’s primary Web server,web.mit.edu.
Special attention is paid to issues affecting websites at MIT (MITnet rules of use, Athena file conventions, special services available on web.mit.edu, etc.)
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Web-based Computer Training (WBT) Overview
Jeff Prevost, Element K
Thu Jan 25, 11am-12:00pm, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Web-based training (WBT) is also referred to as on-line learning, or just-in-time training. It consists of modularized training courses, available over the web, anytime of the day or night, 365 days a year. MIT has signed a license to allow 1000 members of the MIT community to take advantage of WBT offered through Element K. Come see wht this is all about.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/training/wbt
Contact: John Fothergill, Jr, jjfothjr@mit.edu
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Windows 2000 Quick Start
IS Training Staff
Thu Jan 18, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This session demonstrates the new features and functionalities of Windows 2000 for the desktop user. Tour Start Menu enhancements; compare differences between the new My Network Places and previous Network Neighborhood; meet the Active Desktop, Power Management, and Windows Update. See how many Control Panel functions have been consolidated, where NT profiles and Administrative Tools now reside, and how to set up a printer. We will explain why Active Directories are not currently allowed at MIT and make some recommendations for operating in this new environment. (System administration not covered.)
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Word User Group
Ruth Levistsky
Tue Jan 23, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join other Word users - both Mac and PC - to share questions and answers and see demos of new features. This month's meeting will include a demo of Word 2000 new features.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mugs/word/
Contact: Ruth Levistsky, levitsky@mit.edu
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