IAP 2013 Activities by Sponsor - Information Services and Technology

Jonathan Reed

Jan/23

Wed

07:00PM-09:30PM

4-237

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: athena/linux poweruser and have some programming experience

Interested in learning more about Debathena, or possibly becoming a Debathena developer? Attend this workshop to learn how to build Debian packages, work with the Debathena source repository, and get a behind-the-scenes look at how the Athena environment actually works. Attendees should have some familiarity with Linux and be comfortable with the command line. Knowledge of shell scripting is a plus, but not a requirement. No previous software development experience required. Please bring a laptop with an installation of Debathena, Ubuntu, or Debian. (Virtual machines are fine).

An athena hackathon will be held at SIPB the following Saturday.

Sponsor(s): Information Services and Technology, Student Information Processing Board, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Jonathan Reed, sipb-iap-debathena@mit.edu

Michael Rossetti, IS&T Web Development

Jan/25

Fri

01:00PM-02:00PM

E17-121 Learning Ctr

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: None

Interested in creating and maintaining your own website (yoursite.mit.edu) at MIT?  Would you like to learn a little about content management systems such as Drupal?  Fancy yourself an early adopter? 

Come learn about MIT’s future service known as Drupal Cloud.  In this session we will give a

• Brief introduction to content management systems
• Overview of what the Drupal Cloud will offer
• Discussion of the steps to get a personalized website up and running through the service. 

At the end of the session we will be accepting signups for the next beta phase of Drupal Cloud.

Sponsor(s): Information Services and Technology
Contact: Michael Rossetti, (617) 254-4589, rossetti@mit.edu

Sergeant Cheryl Vossmer, Campus Police

Jan/30

Wed

11:00AM-01:30PM

E17-121, 40 Ames St

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Fee: $10.00 for registration for each device

MIT Campus Police provides a service to tag and register laptop computers and electronic devices. This loss prevention measure is a visible deterrent to theft.

See more details at:

https://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/istcontrib/Campus+Police+Laptop+Tagging+and+Registration

Sponsor(s): Information Services and Technology, Campus Police
Contact: Cheryl Vossmer, W89-225, (617) 253-9755, crimbite@mit.edu

Mark Wiklund

Jan/29

Tue

12:00PM-01:00PM

E17-121 Learning Ctr

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: None

Are you interested in learning how to better manage training in lynda.com, for yourself or for your area? lynda.com provides MIT students, faculty, and staff with over 1,200 online technology training courses on topics such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite, web publishing, Drupal, design, and video. This non-credit event, led by Mark Wiklund, IS&T Training Manager and Jennifer Jortner, Customer Concierge of lynda.com, will present information on:

• lynda.com's catalog of classes
• Features in lynda.com that can help learners manage and track their training
• Accessing lynda.com via Mobile devices

Sponsor(s): Information Services and Technology, MIT Human Resources
Contact: Mark Wiklund, W92-228H, 617 253-0686, MWIKLUND@MIT.EDU