ATIC Open House
Kathy Cahill
Thu Jan 20, 11:30am-02:00pm, 7-143
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Our annual open house focuses on the latest technologies for persons with disabilities. Are you aware of alternative ways to take notes in class or read written material? Can you navigate around a computer without using a mouse, a keyboard, or the monitor? We can show you how! Come to the lab and see Braille translation, screen reading, magnification, scanning and reading, voice recognition software, and more. Try out our TTY telephone, a note taking device, or a language assistance tool. Ask us questions about accommodations or accessibility.
[If you are solely interested in keyboards and pointing devices for repetitive strain injuries, please attend our separate event on January 27, 11:30 - 2.]
Web: http://web.mit.edu/atic/www/
Contact: Kathy Cahill, 7-143, (617) 253-5111, kcahill@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Emacs
IS&T Staff
Wed Jan 12, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Emacs. An hour-long session that teaches the use of the Unix system's most widespread text editing utility.
Contact: IS&T Staff, marilynm@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: HTML
IS&T Staff
Wed Jan 12, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
HTML. Athena gives you space for your own Web site; learn the Hypertext Markup Language that will help you make effective use of that space in this one-hour class.
Contact: IS&T Staff, marilynm@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Introduction to Athena
IS&T Staff
Mon Jan 10, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Introduction to Athena. A one-hour class that covers:
Athena services: software for classes, daily backup, security, Web publishing, and more
Athena clusters, quickstations, departmental labs, connecting from your computer
Logging in: your password
Tour of the Athena screen
Your Athena locker
Software you can use
Printing
Accessing floppy disks, CDs
Stellar, MIT's Web-based course management system
MIT e-mail
Instant messaging
Getting help
Contact: IS&T Staff, marilynm@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Introduction to Unix
IS&T Staff
Mon Jan 10, Tue Jan 11, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Introduction to Unix. An hour-long class designed especially for those who are new to this powerful but unfamiliar computer operating system. Covers:
Passwords
Working with directories
Working with files
Printing
Using floppy disks and CD-ROMs
Getting help
And more
Contact: IS&T Staff, marilynm@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: LaTex
IS&T
Thu Jan 13, 07-08:00pm, 5-234
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
LaTeX. An hour-long session in which you can learn how to use the document preparation and typesetting system that has become the standard for publishing technical and scientific documents.
Contact: IS&T, marilynm@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Latex Thesis
IS&T Staff
Thu Jan 13, 08-09:00pm, 5-234
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Using the Latex text formatter to produce a fully- featured thesis that meets all MIT format requirements.
Contact: IS&T Staff, marilynm@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: MatLab
IS&T Staff
Tue Jan 11, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Matlab. Matlab is the most widely used mathematics and engineering software package at MIT. This hour-long class introduces basic concepts, operations, and functions.
Contact: IS&T Staff, marilynm@mit.edu
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Best Practices in Web Publishing
Margaret Wong, Web Communications Services
Thu Jan 20, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn about the basics of MIT's web publishing environment. Topics include file naming conventions, folder structures, image formats, file transfer using Dreamweaver MX 2004, and more. Recommended for those who are interested in learning the most efficient and painless way to keep web site files up-to-date.
Contact: Margaret Wong, Web Communications Services, meponine@MIT.EDU
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BrioQuery Quick Start
Bronwen Heuer
Wed Jan 12, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This quick start introduces you to the MIT Data Warehouse Web site and how to get authorized to access data. Pointers to instructions for downloading and installing BrioQuery will be given. You'll take a tour of the BrioQuery 6 environment and tools. You'll learn how to download and run an MIT standard report. BrioQuery version 6 features will be compared to version 5.5 and changes in the new version will be highlighted.
Contact: Bronwen Heuer, bronwenh@mit.edu
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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Jeff Reed, Team Leader, Web Communications Services
Thu Jan 13, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in Dreamweaver allow the web publisher to separate content from style and layout. CSS has many powerful properties that can make developing and maintaining a web site faster and easier. This session will cover the basic uses of CSS to control fonts, colors, leading, margins, typefaces, and other aspects of style in a web page.
Contact: Jeff Reed, Team Leader, Web Communications Services, jlreed@mit.edu
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E-mail Support for PalmOS Mobile Devices
Kyle Pope, Mobile Device Release Team
Wed Jan 26, 12-01:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Did you know that a properly configured device will allow you to connect to MIT's mail services on the go? PalmOS devices with built-in wireless connections like the Tungsten C, or add-on wireless options like the Tungsten T3/5 or the Zire 72 let you roam around campus or wherever you can connect to wireless to access your mail box. Cell phone/PDA devices like the Treo will let you roam even further afield.
Find out what applications will be supported and how to obtain them. Find out about future clinics to assist you with configuring your device. Hope to see you there!
Contact: Kyle Pope, Mobile Device Release Team, ndpope@mit.edu
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Electronic Portfolios
Katie Vale, Academic Computing
Tue Jan 18, 01-02:00pm, 1-150
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
A portfolio is a collection of documents designed to reflect an individual's work in greater detail than a grade report can. Faculty, students and academic advisors can create electronic portfolios for use as a capstone project, reflective tool, or career resume. Academic Computing will demonstrate a web-based portfolio tool and solicit feedback on how electronic portfolios might be used by the MIT community.
Contact: Katie Vale, Academic Computing, N42-040, (617) 253-6690, katiel@mit.edu
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Excel User Group
John Fothergill, Jr.
Tue Jan 4, 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, to learn about advanced Excel features, and to discover more efficient ways to do your work.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/xlug/
Contact: John Fothergill, Jr., W92-208a, x3-5312, jjfothjr@mit.edu
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FileMaker User Group
Jeff Pankin
Fri Jan 7, 12-01:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
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.
This month Danny Mack of New Millennium Communications will discuss converting databases to FileMaker 7 and will demonstrate MetaDataMagic, a product which assists in the conversion.
Contact: Jeff Pankin, N42-240h, x3-4135, pankin@mit.edu
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GIS: Introduction to ArcGIS
Daniel Sheehan, Lisa Sweeney
Wed Jan 19, 02-05:00pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Athena account
Learn the basics of ArcGIS, a powerful desktop Geographic Information System (GIS) available at MIT. We will look at raster and vector data and will learn to edit data and geocode addresses.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2005.html
Contact: Register with IS&T, istrain-reg@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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GIS: Introduction to Imagery for GIS
Lisa Sweeney, Daniel Sheehan
Wed Jan 26, 02-05:00pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Athena account and experience with GIS software
A picture is worth a thousand words… Many people doing GIS projects want to include an image as a base layer in their project. There are many different types of imagery and different sources for obtaining aerial photographs and satellite imagery, including some that are free and easily accessible. Come learn about imagery sources, types, formats and using images in ArcGIS and PCI Geomatica software.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2005.html
Contact: Register with IS&T, istrain-reg@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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GIS: Programming in ArcGIS
Daniel Sheehan, Lisa Sweeney
Thu Jan 27, 02-05:00pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Athena account and experience with GIS software
If you ever find yourself doing the same sequence of commands in ArcGIS, you
probably should think of automating the process. Learn to use VBA to control ArcGIS.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2005.html
Contact: Register with IS&T, istrain-reg@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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GIS: Site Selection - Making Spatial Decisions Using a GIS
Daniel Sheehan, Lisa Sweeney
Mon Jan 24, 02-03:30pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Athena account and experience with GIS software
Learn the basics of vector processing in a GIS.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2005.html
Contact: Register with IS&T, istrain-reg@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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GIS: Working with Digital Elevation Models
Daniel Sheehan, Lisa Sweeney
Fri Jan 21, 02-04:00pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Athena account and experience with GIS software
Digital Elevation Models are widely available elevation data for the United States and, soon, for the world through the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Learn to use this data source in a GIS.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2005.html
Contact: Register with IS&T, istrain-reg@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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GIS: Working with Map Projections in ArcGIS
Daniel Sheehan, Lisa Sweeney
Thu Jan 20, 02-03:30pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Athena account and experience with GIS software
Learn to work with map projections in ArcGIS. While ArcGIS has made managing projections easy, you need to know what you are working with before ArcGIS can make sense of it.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2005.html
Contact: Register with IS&T, istrain-reg@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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GIS: Working with US Census Data in a GIS
Lisa Sweeney, Daniel Sheehan
Tue Jan 25, 02-04:00pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Athena account and experience with GIS software.
The US Census holds an enormous amount of demographic information gathered over a long period of time. New and interesting relationships can oftentimes be observed when looking at census data on a map. Come learn about what’s in the US Census and how to map it out using ArcGIS.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2005.html
Contact: Register with IS&T, istrain-reg@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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Google at MIT: Web Publishers User Group
Suzana Lisanti
Thu Jan 27, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn tips and tricks for using Google to improve your website's search capabilities. Topics covered include: boosting search engine rankings, improving search results, and adding a Google search box to your website.
Contact: Suzana Lisanti, lisanti@MIT.EDU
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HR-Payroll Project
Jim Morgan, CAO, Laura Avakian, VP for HR
Fri Jan 21, 12-02:00pm, 10-105 Bush Room
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Come hear Jim Morgan, Controller and Laura Avakian, Vice President for Human Resources talk about the latest initiatives from the HR-Payroll Project. Project team members will also be available to answer questions about the Direct Deposit Requirement; Hourly Time Sheet and Percent Distribution Process; Salary Certification Process; Transitioning the Casual Workforce (MITemps) to an Outside Vendor; and Vacation Tracking for Administrative staff.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/delivery/hrpayroll/
Contact: Diana Hughes, W92-210, (617) 253-3460, dhughes@mit.edu
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High-Performance Computing (HPC) in Teaching
Phil Long, Academic Computing, Chuck Shubert, Geoff Hulette, Daniel Jamous
Thu Jan 27, 02:30-04:00pm, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
In the spring of 2004, Academic Computing launched the High Performance Computing (HPC) for Undergraduate Education pilot project with the objectives of: assessing the educational values of HPC clusters, identifying support requirements to provide reliable and effective service, and exploring the use of computational tools for undergraduate teaching. This presentation will review where the project stands and will report on HPC clusters' usage.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/acs/iap05/hpc/
Contact: Daniel Jamous, N42-040G, (617) 252-1383, jamous@mit.edu
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MATLAB in 11 Easy Pieces
Khagendra Gupta, William Mueller, The MathWorks
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
A comprehensive, interactive introduction to MATLAB in 11 easy lessons. Enrollment is limited to the 25 computers in the lab (first come, first served) plus laptops.
Web: http://www.mathworks.com
Contact: Daniel Jamous, N42-040, (617) 252-1383, jamous@mit.edu
The MATLAB User Interface
Khagendra Gupta, William Mueller, The MathWorks
Mon Jan 3, 10am-12:00pm, 37-312
Vector and Matrix Arithmetic
Khagendra Gupta, William Mueller, The MathWorks
Wed Jan 5, 10am-12:00pm, 37-312
Basic Statistics and Data Analysis
Khagendra Gupta, William Mueller, The MathWorks
Fri Jan 7, 10am-12:00pm, 37-312
Scripts and Functions
Khagendra Gupta, William Mueller, The MathWorks
Mon Jan 10, 09-11:00am, 37-312, \\*note the time change
Data Types
Khagendra Gupta, William Mueller, The MathWorks
Wed Jan 12, 09-11:00am, 37-312, \*note the time change
Data Input and Output
Khagendra Gupta, William Mueller, The MathWorks
Fri Jan 14, 10am-12:00pm, 37-312
Plotting and Visualization
Khagendra Gupta, William Mueller, The MathWorks
Wed Jan 19, 09-11:00am, 37-312, \*note the time change
Programming
Khagendra Gupta, William Mueller, The MathWorks
Fri Jan 21, 09-11:00am, 37-312, \*note the time change
Programming Best Practices
Khagendra Gupta, William Mueller, The MathWorks
Mon Jan 24, 10am-12:00pm, 37-312
Building Graphical User Interfaces
Cancelled
Khagendra Gupta, William Mueller, The MathWorks
Wed Jan 26, 10am-12:00pm, 37-312
Solving ODEs
Khagendra Gupta, William Mueller, The MathWorks
Fri Jan 28, 10am-12:00pm, 37-312
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MIT's Evolving Mail System
Jeff Schiller, IS&T Network Manager, Mark Silis, IS&T Manager Network and Infrastructure Services
Wed Jan 19, 10am-01:00pm, 10-250
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The MIT mail system provides E-mail service for approximately 25,000 users delivering approximately a million messages per day. MIT's E-mail services have evolved significantly from simple mail delivery to an advanced system filtering in real-time for over 100,000 viruses, dangerous e-mail attachments, and Spam. We use many tools and technologies, to battle unsolicited bulk mail (aka Spam), and successfully identify 80% of the Spam destined for MIT.EDU. We’ll discuss the evolution MIT’s mail system, various anti-spam techniques and technologies, and the challenges facing MIT and other E-mail providers as they fight against Spam. Additional highlights include discussion of the emerging e-mail clients, webmail and SMTP authentication.
Contact: Jeff Schiller, IS&T Network Manager, iap-mail-presentation@mit.edu
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Mac OS X Quick Start
Al Willis
Wed Jan 5, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
For newcomers to Mac OS X, preview some of its useful features -- network and printer setup and file management with the OS X Finder. Take a look at applications that run "native" in OS X. Get answers to your questions about OS X and updates on the status of support for OS X at MIT.
Contact: Al Willis, W92-148, x3-0196, awillis@mit.edu
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Mac Partners Meeting
Al Willis
Tue Jan 18, 12-01:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This month's topic: An overview of home networking. Many users have high speed (also known as broadband) connections at home and wish to connect one or more computers to it to access the internet in general and MITnet in particular. After describing the required equipment, such as routers and wireless access points, we'll focus on how configure your Mac so that you can use Kerberized applications such as Eudora and Fetch from home. We'll cover how to make your wireless networks safe and secure.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/usergroups/macpartners.html
Contact: Al Willis, W92-148, x3-0196, awillis@mit.edu
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Microsoft Security Workshop
Richard Grady, Microsoft Corporation
Thu Jan 20, Fri Jan 21, 09am-04:45pm, 34-101
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Topics presented include client and server security, application security and patch management.
Contact: Theresa Regan, tregan@mit.edu
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Oracle Connector for Outlook Clinic
Bryant Vernon
Fri Jan 7, 14, 21, 28, 02-03:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
OCFO lets clients use TechTime calendars through Microsoft Outlook. OCFO provides Windows users comprehensive information management by consolidating e-mail, calendar, tasks, notes, and contacts into one interface. Clinics cover installing OCFO, importing Outlook data, search folders, and differences between Outlook IMAP and OCFO.
Before attending:
have valid personal certificates (https://ca.mit.edu/&http://web.mit.edu/is/topics/certificates/)
register laptop and wireless card for DHCP (http://web.mit.edu/ist/services/network/dhcp/dhcp.html)
uninstall OCFO if not working properly
activate TechTime account (http://calendar.mit.edu/register)
have working copy of Microsoft Outlook Professional 2003
Contact: Bryant Vernon, bcvernon@MIT.EDU
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Orientation to Computing at MIT
IS&T Training Staff
Tue Jan 11, 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: Marilyn Mercer, x3-7685, istrain-reg@mit.edu
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Overview of Educational Technology at MIT
Katie Vale, Academic Computing
Tue Jan 25, 01-02:30pm, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Staff from Academic Computing will discuss and demonstrate a wide variety of educational technologies currently in use by MIT faculty. These will include web-based simulations, math software, instructional video, geographic information systems, web-accessible databases, and electronic textbooks. Staff will be available to consult with instructors on existing or potential projects.
Contact: Katie Vale, N42-040, (617) 253-6690, katiel@mit.edu
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Protect Your Computer From Spyware
Lisa St. Croix
Fri Jan 28, 11am-12:00pm, NE49-3100
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Learn about the different types of spyware and how they are installed on your computer. Understand the personal privacy, security and system issues caused by spyware. Also, included are strategies for removing spyware and tips for prevention.
Contact: Lisa St. Croix, lstcroix@PLANT.MIT.EDU
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Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
Sean Brown, Web Communications Services
Thu Jan 6, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn what RSS is, why it’s an important communication tool, and how to use it. We’ll discuss News Readers and aggregators, using an existing RSS “news feed” on your website, and creating and updating your own news feed.
Contact: Sean Brown, Web Communications Services, smbrown@mit.edu
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TSM Backup – Who Needs Backups Anyway!
Dave Kalenderian, IS&T, Bob Lang, IS&T, Patrick Whitney, IS&T
Tue Jan 25, 02-03:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Come and learn where your data goes and how it is managed when you backup using TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager), a network-based backup service that is available to all members of the MIT community.
The planned agenda is:
•an overview of the TSM server hardware configuration.
•answers to ‘Where does my backup data go and how is it managed?’
•a review of installation, setup and configuration on MacOS X and Linux
•Q & A
Contact: Dave Kalenderian, IS&T, x3-7548, davek@mitvma.mit.edu
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TechTime: MIT Personal Calendar Quick Start
Lee Ridgway
Fri Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
MIT TechTime is an integrated, campus-wide calendaring system based on Oracle Calendar. This quick start introduces how you can manage your own calendar and also coordinate with the calendars of other TechTime users. It covers:
Activating your TechTime account
Creating entries
Creating groups
Setting preferences
Setting viewing and access rights
Contact: Lee Ridgway, x3-7727, ridgway@mit.edu
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The Tablet PC at MIT
Carter Snowden, Educational Technology Consultants Group, Academic Computing
Wed Jan 26, 02-04:00pm, Building 9-057
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The tablet PC, with its unique capabilities, is beginning to make an impact in education. This session will include a short general introduction to the tablet PC, followed by demonstrations showing how tablets are being used in classes at MIT. We will also have a demonstration of Conference XP, a tool whose value can be augmented by the tablet PC's pen-based interface.
Presenting will be:
Phil Long (Academic Computing)
John Williams (Civil Engineering/ESD)
Rutledge Ellis-Behnke (Brain & Cognitive Sciences)
David Mycue (Academic Media Production Services).
Several tablet PCs will be available for particpiants to try during and after the session.
Contact: Carter Snowden, N42-040e, 452-4320, csnowden@mit.edu
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To PowerPoint or Not? Improving Your Presentations!
Lee Ridgway
Fri Jan 21, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Presentations! Most of us have sat through them - often wishing we were somewhere else. Many of us must do them - often wishing we were doing something else. This session presents pointers for improving your public speaking and presentations. Come for some tips on speaking, and some guidelines for more effective use of PowerPoint.
Contact: Lee Ridgway, x3-7727, ridgway@mit.edu
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Tools for a Less Stressful Computing Experience -- Keyboards, Pointing Devices and Other Tools
Mary Ziegler, ATIC Lab
Thu Jan 27, 11:30-02:00am, 7-143
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
The ATIC Lab will showcase alternative keyboards, pointing devices, break software, and mouse-clicking software, The focus of this event is for visitors to try out our extensive inventory of keyboards and pointing devices, which may help prevent Repetitive Strain Injuries at the computer. Before and after IAP, individual keyboards and mice are available for a 3-day loan period to anyone with a valid MIT ID.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/atic/www/
Contact: Mary Ziegler, ATIC Lab, 7-143, (617) 258-9328, maryz@mit.edu
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Tour of MIT's Data Center - W91
John Doherty
Mon Jan 10, 03-04:00pm, W91 main office
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 02-Jan-2005
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
MIT's Data Center houses the Institute's enterprise-wide administrative servers and selected departmental servers. Currently 275 servers, 25 terabytes of disk storage and a petabyte of automated tape 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. Space is limited. Register by contacting activity leader.
Contact: John Doherty, W91-107, jdoherty@mit.edu
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Understanding SAP at MIT
IS&T Training Staff
Mon Jan 10, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
SAP serves the MIT administration and community in a variety of ways from benefits enrollment to Institute financial reporting. This class will help participants understand how to access SAP and make the most of its resources. Topics include requirements for using SAP, the SAPgui, SAPweb, and ESS (Employee Self Service).
Contact: IS&T Training Staff, istrain-reg@mit.edu
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Using Interactive Web Applications To Help Teach Math and Science Concepts
Daniel Jamous, Academic Computing, IS&T
Thu Jan 20, 02:30-04:00pm, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Interactive web applications, whether created from scratch with Java applets, for example, or put together from software such as the MATLAB Web Server and webMathematica, -- two services offered by Academic Computing -- can be a great aid in teaching difficult math and science concepts. This presentation will give an overview of these technologies and feature examples drawn from MIT courses. It will discuss what it takes to create such applications and how they are used in the classroom and/or in homework assignments.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/acs/iap05/sci-web/
Contact: Daniel Jamous, Academic Computing, IS&T, N42-040G, x2-1383, jamous@mit.edu
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Using MathML to Represent Equations on the Web and Share Scientific Content Between Math and Science Applications
Daniel Jamous, Academic Computing
Tue Jan 25, 02:30-04:00pm, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
MathML (the Mathematical Markup Language) has the potential to revolutionize the way digital scientific content is used and reused in many scientific and engineering disciplines. It makes possible the exchange of scientific content in applications as diverse as web publishing, computer algebra systems, print typesetting, and speech synthesis. Yet, in spite of all these advantages, MathML has been used very little in the scientific community at MIT and elsewhere. This presentation will review various initiatives and perspectives on this technology at MIT and discuss possible next steps that would help increase adoption.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/acs/iap05/mathml/
Contact: Daniel Jamous, Academic Computing, N42-040G, (617) 252-1383, jamous@mit.edu
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Virus Protection Quick Start
Bronwen Heuer, IS&T Training Team
Wed Jan 19, 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.
Contact: Bronwen Heuer, bronwenh@mit.edu
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WINPartners
Bryant Vernon
Mon Jan 24, 12-01:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This month's topic: An overview of home networking. Many users have high speed (also known as broadband) connections at home and wish to connect one or more computers to it to access the internet in general and MITnet in particular. After describing the required equipment, such as routers and wireless access points, we'll focus on how configure your computer so that you can use Kerberized applications such as Eudora from home. We'll cover how to make your wireless networks safe and secure.
Contact: Bryant Vernon, bcvernon@MIT.EDU
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Why Usability?
Susan Jones, Usability Team
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
This four week series presents speakers addressing the issue of why (or why not) making things usable and accessible is important in our work lives, our everyday lives, and our political lives.
Contact: Susan Jones, Usability Team, N42-240L, (617) 253-0877, sbjones@mit.edu
User Interface and Elections - Examples from the 2004 Election
Prof. Ted Selker, MIT Media Lab Co-Director CalTech/MIT Voting Technology Project
Join us for a lively discussion of how user interface technology played a part in the recent Presidential election. Topics include detecting fraud, ensuring security, reliability, and integrity, and problems of the disenfranchised.
Wed Jan 5, 01:30-03:00pm, 3-133
Web Accessibility for All
Stephanie Norton and Rich Caloggero, ATIC Lab
Learn to make Web sites more accessible to people with disabilities, more usable overall and more usable by older people. We'll discuss operating system accessibility tools, assistive technologies, and common problems of older web users. Learn how well your site works with a screen reader. Please, bring questions.
Wed Jan 12, 01:30-03:00pm, 3-133
It's the Market, Stupid! A New Look at Design, Usability and Old Age
Joe Coughlin, Director MIT AgeLab, ESD /Director New England UTC
Wed Jan 19, 01:30-03:00pm, 3-133, 3-133
Don't Make Me Think - POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER
Steve Krug Author of "Don't Make Me Think"
FOR NEW TIME AND DATE GO TO: http://web.mit.edu/ist/usability.
Steve Krug was a little-known but highly respected usability consultant until he wrote Don't Make Me Think. This book, written with wit and much common sense, is a product of more than a decade of user advocacy with companies like Apple, Netscape, AOL, BarnesandNoble.com and others.
Wed Jan 26, 01:30-03:00pm, 3-133
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Word User Group
Ruth Levitsky
Tue Jan 25, 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.
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, levitsky@mit.edu
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