ATIC Lab Open House
Kathy Cahill, Mary Ziegler
Wed Jan 16, 11am-02:00pm, 11-103
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Come to the Adaptive Computing Lab in 11-103 on January 16 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM and learn about cool alternative technologies for people with disabilities! See magnification, scanning and reading, Braille translation, screen reading software, and more. [Note: the ATIC Lab will hold other events for more in-depth information on voice recognition software (Jan. 22) and alternative keyboards and pointing devices (Jan. 24).]
Web: http://web.mit.edu/atic/www
Contact: Kathy Cahill, 11-103, x3-5111, kcahill@mit.edu
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Alternative Keyboards and Pointing Devices -- Try Them Out!
Mary Ziegler, Kathy Cahill
Thu Jan 24, 12-02:00pm, 11-103
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Many alternative keyboards and pointing devices (track balls, touch pads, etc.) are helpful to persons with a computer-related Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). The ATIC Lab and MIT Computer Connection maintain a large inventory of alternative keyboards and pointing devices to demo and loan on a short-term basis to anyone with an MIT ID. On Jan. 24 from 12:00 to 2:00 PM, the Adaptive Technology Lab in 11-103 will be pulling all its keyboards and mice out of the closet for you to see and try out!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/atic/www and http://web.mit.edu/atic/www/rsi
Contact: Mary Ziegler, 11-103, x8-9328, maryz@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. One-hour courses start at noon, 7 & 8PM, Mon-Thurs during IAP.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, training@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Advanced Word Processing: LaTeX
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 9, Thu Jan 10, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 29, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 29, 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: Customization on Athena (Dotfiles)
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 24, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 24, 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: First Course
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 7, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Mon Jan 7, Tue Jan 8, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 9, Wed Jan 30, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Wed-Thu, Jan 30-31, 07-08:00pm, 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: FrameMaker for Your Thesis
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 28, 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
Tue Jan 22, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 22, Wed 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
Tue Jan 22, Wed 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 9, Thu Jan 17, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Mon Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Mon Jan 28, 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 29, 08-09:00pm, 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
Mon Jan 14, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 15, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 16, 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 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: Matlab
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 14, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Mon Jan 14, Tue Jan 15, 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 23, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 24, 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 7, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 8, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 8, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 10, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 30, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 31, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 31, 08-09:00pm, 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
Tue Jan 15, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 16, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 16, 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 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 Jan 17, 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.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/warehouse/brio.html
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Building Course Web Pages with Dreamweaver
Rich Garcia
Thu Jan 10, 02-04:00pm, 26-139
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 04-Jan-2002
Limited to 12 participants.
Single session event
Dreamweaver is the HTML editor recommended and supported by Information Systems. In this tutorial, you can edit existing course Web pages, or make a new site based on preformatted templates. Retrieve a page/template, edit it, and transfer it to Athena using secure file transfer methods. Enrollment is limited to 12 participants, on a first-come first-served basis. If more interest is shown, an additional session can be arranged.
Contact: Rich Garcia, rlgarcia@MIT.EDU
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Cheap Uniques
Allison Dolan, Jeanne Cavanaugh
Wed Jan 16, 02-03:30pm, 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: Jeanne Cavanaugh, cavan@mit.edu
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Concepts in Computer and Network Insecurity
Roger Dingledine, Andy Ellis, Kevin Fu, MIT Network Security Team
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Familiarity with UNIX recommended
Three part series on network insecurity. Feel free to attend any or all of the sessions.
Web: http://snafu.fooworld.org/~fubob/pubs/sec-concepts-2001.ps
Contact: Jeanne Cavanaugh, N42-290a, x3-0852, cavan@mit.edu
Computer and Network Insecurity
Roger Dingledine, Andy Ellis, Kevin Fu
We will discuss concepts of computer and network security, including network protocol vulnerabilities, buffer overflows, distributed denial of service, probing techniques, various attacks, common security flaws, and other related topics depending on participants' interests.
Familiarity with UNIX is recommended.
Mon Jan 7, 07-09:00pm, 1-190
Web Security
Roger Dingledine, Andy Ellis, Kevin Fu
We will discuss protocols used in Web security, techniques for authentication, common problems, and methods of circumvention.
Wed Jan 9, 07-09:00pm, 1-190
Information Warfare
Roger Dingledine, Andy Ellis, Kevin Fu
It's a dangerous world out there. Between polymorphic viruses, l33t scr1pt kidd13s, nation-states, and corporate hackers, the Internet isn't a safe place to hang out anymore.
Who are these people attacking you, and what do they want? A look at the means, methods, and especially motivations of attackers.
Fri Jan 11, 07-09:00pm, 1-190
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Cool Athena Software: How to Find and Run It
Alex Prengel
Thu Jan 17, 01:30-03:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
During this presentation, we will demonstrate some interesting Athena software (in the presenter's opinion, of course) that may be unfamiliar to you. We will also introduce you to the primary resource for finding it, and for getting useful information about it (how to run it, common pitfalls, finding documentation).
Web: http://web.mit.edu/acs/www/whereruns.html
Contact: Alex Prengel, alexp@mit.edu
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Determining Salary for IT Staff
Allison Dolan, IS Director of IT Staff Development, Kelley Connors, HR Compensation Analyst
Mon Jan 14, 11am-12:00pm, 1-150
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Confused about whether your IT staff are paid appropriately? Unclear about what factors should be considered in determining salary? Don't understand where "market salary" comes from? These and other questions will be discussed. Session is intended for AO, Personnel Administrators and managers of IT staff.
Contact: Allison Dolan, IS Director of IT Staff Development, adolan@mit.edu
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Dreamweaver Quick Start
Peggy Conant
Fri Jan 11, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Dreamweaver 4 is a powerful tool for creating and managing complex web sites. This session introduces users to the Dreamweaver interface and gives a brief overview of web publishing practices at MIT.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/training
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Element K Hands-on Workshop
Bronwen Heuer
Fri Jan 18, 12-01:00pm, W89-250
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Single session event
Is web-based training for me? Spend an hour in an instructor-led workshop. Learn how to get started using web-based training, explore what is offered and ask questions.
For more information about web-based training at MIT, see http://web.mit.edu/is/training/wbt.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/training/wbt
Contact: Bronwen Heuer, bronwenh@mit.edu
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Eudora Quick Start
IS Training Staff
Wed Jan 9, 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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FileMaker Quick Start
IS Training Staff
Wed Jan 23, 12-01:00pm, 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.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/help/filemaker
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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FileMaker User Group
Peggy Conant, Kevin Cunningham
Fri Feb 1, 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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Getting Connected to MITnet
Mark Van Dyke
Tue Jan 29, 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.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/services/list.html#network
Contact: Mark Van Dyke, mvan@mit.edu
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Getting Things Done in an Interrupt Driven World
Tom Dalton
Thu Jan 10, Fri Jan 18, 10-11:30am, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Tom Dalton, an IS Team Leader, will discuss how he is implementing concepts in our MIT environment from David Allen's book, "Getting Things Done - The Art of Stress-Free Productivity."
Contact: Tom Dalton, tdalton@mit.edu
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Hands-on Arcview GIS Workshop
Daniel Sheehan, Spatial Data Specialist
Mon Jan 28, Tue Jan 29, 02-04:00pm, 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 (2 hours each day) workshop.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, N42-240a, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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IS Support of Faculty -- Looking at Future Options
Phil Long
Wed Jan 16, 02-03:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
IS has been exploring more effective ways to provide support to faculty for their use of technology. A recent distributed support model has been developed, based on information gathered at the Institute and from benchmark institutions. Faculty and staff are invited to hear and comment on a new support approach emphasizing proactive consulting, simplified contact points and on-site service. Faculty feedback is particularly important.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/asc
Contact: Rich Garcia, rlgarcia@mit.edu
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MIT ECAT Vendor Partner for Computer Products Selection Process
Kathleen Moriarty, CPO
Wed Jan 23, 01-02:30pm, Tang Auditorium
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Over the past year a team consisting of members from Information Systems and the Central Procument Department have been evaluating the current ECAT vendor partnership for computer products. We will discuss the evaluation process, selection criteria, and introduce the new vendor partners.
Contact: Kathleen Moriarty, kathleen@mit.edu
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MITnet: MIT's Portion of the Internet
Jeff Schiller, MIT Network Manager
Fri Jan 18, 01:30-03:30pm, 10-250
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Jeff Schiller, MIT's Network Manager, will discuss how the network works. He will describe the architecture of the network, how it is connected to the rest of the Internet, including our high speed connections to "Internet 2" and other high speed networks. Future plans and challenges faced as the network expands both in scope and in usage will also be discussed.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/network
Contact: Jeanne Cavanaugh, N42-290a, x3-0852, cavan@mit.edu
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Mac OS X Demo
Eric Zelman, Apple Computer, and Kathleen Moriarty
Thu Jan 17, 02-03:00pm, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Eric Zelman, an Apple Systems Engineer, will be demonstrating Apple's most powerful operating system to date - OS X. The presentation will cover new features and benefits of this revolutionary O/S, a tour of the user friendly interface, and an overview of available applications. Time will be reserved for questions.
Contact: Kathleen Moriarty, kathleen@mit.edu
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Mac Tech Partners
Al Willis
Fri Jan 18, 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. NOTE: This group meets monthly, normally on the 3rd Monday of the month.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mugs
Contact: Al Willis, N42-140I, x3-0196, awillis@mit.edu
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Mentoring Partnerships
Kate Kibbee
Tue Jan 22, 12-01:00pm, 1-150
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Geared toward staff interested in becoming mentors to other staff. Indentifies stages of mentoring, the mentor's responsibilities and behaviors, benefits of becoming a mentor and the differences between "coaching" and "mentoring".
Contact: Kate Kibbee, kkibbee@mit.edu
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Orientation to Computing at MIT
IS Training Staff
Fri Jan 25, 12-01:00pm, 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.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/training
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Overview of Purchasing on the Web
Rachael Astyk, FSS
Thu Jan 10, Tue Jan 29, 12-01:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
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: Rachael Astyk, FSS, rachael@MIT.EDU
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Personal Growth Through Mentoring
Kate Kibbee
Tue Jan 15, 12-01:00pm, 1-150
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
For those interested in entering into a mentoring relationship. Covers assessing personal growth needs, finding a mentor, understanding the role of "mentoree" and how to get the most out of a mentoring relationship.
Contact: Kate Kibbee, kkibbee@mit.edu
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PowerPoint Quick Start
Lee Ridgway
Mon Jan 7, 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.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/training
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Running Linux on a Mac
Kathleen Moriarty. MCC, Ricky Leiserson, MIT Apple Campus Representative
Mon Jan 28, 01:30-03:00pm, 3-133
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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SGI Phaseout -- Where We Are and Where We're Going
Phil Long
Mon Jan 14, 02-03:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Silicon Graphics (SGI), formerly a major graphic workstation provider to the MIT community, has chosen in recent years to focus future development around the Microsoft OS. This choice has led to the decision to phase out support for IRIX-based applications. What alternatives are there for SGI specific software applications? How do we go about selecting supportable alternatives? How big a problem is this? Faculty who use or depend upon SGI are encouraged to come and participate in finding alternatives.
Contact: Rich Garcia, rlgarcia@mit.edu
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TSM (formerly ADSM) Quick Start
IS Training
Tue Jan 8, 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 22, 12-01:00pm, 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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Teaching with Laptops - Experiences of the MITCET Wireless Laptop Project Faculty
Moderator – Phillip Long, Academic Computing, Jud Harward, George Kocur, John Belcher
Tue Jan 15, 01-02:30pm, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This past fall MIT embarked on a series of laptop initiatives to explore different ways laptops might be used in MIT courses. Four different approaches were taken by faculty in teaching in course 1,2,4,and 8. What did the faculty teaching these courses experience? What goals did they have for the use of laptops and were they achieved? How were they used in and out of the class setting? Overall, how did the introduction of this technology affect how they taught, what they taught, and the flow of student-faculty interaction in these courses? Join us for an open discussion of the experiences of faculty teaching with laptops at MIT.
Contact: Rich Garcia, rlgarcia@mit.edu
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Tour of MIT's Data Center - W91
Dave Lambert
Wed Jan 9, 01-02:00pm, Meet at W91 Lobby
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 23-Dec-2001
Limited to 25 participants.
MIT's Data Center houses the Institute's enterprise-wide administrative servers and selected departmental servers. Currently 175 servers, 8 Terabytes of disk storage and 225 terabytes of nearline storage are managed in the W91 data center. Hardware ranges from high speed Storage Area Networks (SANs) to large unix servers and robotic tape libraries. Come see it all.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Usability 101: Create Websites That Work
MIT Usability Group
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Learn about Usability and how to avoid the usability police. Learn ways to test the usability of your product or website to determine if it is truly user-friendly. Attend any or all of the following three workshops sponsored by the MIT Usability Group.
Participants who want to take an active role must preregister for sessions two and three.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/usability
Contact: MIT Usability Group, usability@mit.edu
Usability Team
MIT Usability Group
Learn about the MIT Usability Group, the process we use to test products and websites, and see the Usability Lab.
Thu Jan 10, 02-04:00pm, N42 Demo Center
Usability Testing Methods: Test Tasks and Card Sorting
MIT Usability Group
During this session, you will learn to analyze your site and develop tasks that will test the site's usability. You will also learn when and how to use card sorting as a tool for testing the content management of a site. Those who pre-register for this and the next session will work in small groups to plan for session three.
Wed Jan 16, 03:30-05:00pm, N42 Demo Center
Usability Practicum: Bring Your Own Tasks (BYOT)
MIT Usability Group
In this session, we will select two or three websites for review. Using tasks created by the "owners" of the site, the group will walk through the review process. Preregistered participants will be active participants, others may observe, but silently.
Thu Jan 24, 02-04:00pm, N42 Demo Center, Session requires registration
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Using DEMs in ESRI GIS products
Daniel Sheehan
Wed Jan 30, Thu Jan 31, 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 (2 sessions of 2 hours each) 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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Using Web Mail - Another Way to Get Your MIT Email
Jag Patel
Tue Jan 15, 02-03:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn how to use MIT's installation of IMP, the recommended WebMail client for general MIT community use. This class will review methods to manage your email when you are away from your main computer, both on- and off-campus.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/webmail/
Contact: Jag Patel, jag@mit.edu
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Using Web-based Discussions
Carter Snowden
Tue Jan 8, 02-03:00pm, 1-150
MIT Forums are a powerful but little-known tool available to instructors who want to stimulate discussion of class topics outside of classroom hours. How to arrange for, use, and manage an Academic Forum is the topic of this demonstration.
Contact: Rich Garcia, rlgarcia@mit.edu
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Virus Protection Quick Start
Janet Littell, Gerry Issacson
Mon Jan 14, 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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WINPartners
Bryant Vernon
Mon Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join with other Windows users who, officially or otherwise, help users within their departments make more productive use of Windows workstations.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/help/windows/
Contact: Bryant Vernon, bcvernon@MIT.EDU
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Walking Tour of the MIT Network
Tom Coppeto
Wed Jan 9, 16, 23, 01-04:00pm, Meet in Lobby 10
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 02-Jan-2002
Limited to 12 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
See the network from the jack to MIT's external connectivity. We'll discuss design issues, current projects, and future plans along the way. Stops will include the hub of campus in building 24, the new network and computer facility in W92, and some places time forgot. Wear comfortable shoes.
Contact network-tour@mit.edu to register.
Contact: Tom Coppeto, tom@mit.edu
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Web @ MIT Quick Start
IS Training Staff
Wed Jan 16, 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 Publishers User Group
Suzana Lisanti
Thu Jan 24, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join other web publishers on campus for a monthly meeting to learn new tips and tricks related to web publishing at MIT, as well as participate in Q&A sessions. January's meeting will feature a presentation on Maximizing Graphics for the Web Using Photoshop.
Web: http://mit.edu/mugs/index-count.html
Contact: Chris Sherrill, sherrill@mit.edu
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Web Publishing Overview
Kevin Cunningham
Mon Jan 7, 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 (HyperText Markup Language, the standard for publishing on the Web), and 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.)
Web: http://http:/web.mit.edu/is/training
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Windows 2000 Quick Start
IS Training Staff
Tue Jan 15, 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.)
Web: http://http:/web.mit.edu/is/help/win2000
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Wireless Networking and DHCP Quick Start
Kerem B. Limon
Tue Jan 8, 02-03:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This talk is a practical overview of what DHCP is, how DHCP at MIT works and why, what wireless networking at MIT offers and where you can use it, who can use DHCP through network drops or wireless access points, and what you need to get started--software and hardware. We will also address common issues, and frequently asked questions.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/training
Contact: Kerem B. Limon, Kerem.Limon@MIT.EDU
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Word User Group
Ruth Levitsky
Tue Jan 22, 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. January's meeting will include a demo of Word 2000 new features.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mugs/word/
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, levitsky@mit.edu
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