IAP 2017 Activities by Sponsor - Information Systems & Technology

Andrew Ramirez, Business Analyst

Jan/30

Mon

10:00AM-11:30AM

W92 Back Bay, Bring your laptop with software preinstalled

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/29

Adobe InDesign is a powerful tool that is offered for free for MIT staff and select student departments via the IS&T software grid (here).

Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing software application produced by Adobe Systems.  It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, and books. This quick 90-minute session will teach you the fundamentals of using InDesign for common tasks you may encounter in the workplace like creating a promotional poster, brochure or newsletter. 

Please bring your own laptop and pre-install Adobe InDesign before the session.  

 

SIGNUP LINK: Complete quick signup form here

Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: Andrew Ramirez, 617 324-3945, AZRAM@MIT.EDU

Andrew Ramirez, Business Analyst

Jan/31

Tue

10:00AM-11:30AM

W92 Back Bay, Bring your laptop with software preinstalled

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/29

Adobe Photoshop is a powerful tool that is offered for free for MIT staff and select student departments via the IS&T software grid (here).

Photoshop is considered one of the leaders in photo editing software. The software allows users to manipulate, crop, resize, and correct color on digital photos. 

Please bring your own laptop and pre-install Adobe Photoshop before the session.  

 

SIGNUP LINK: Complete quick signup form here

 

Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: Andrew Ramirez, 617 324-3945, AZRAM@MIT.EDU

George Roch, Business Intelligence Analyst

Jan/17

Tue

09:00AM-12:00PM

1-115, Phone for duo access. Laptop is optional

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: Prior Cognos knowledge will be helpful

During this hands-on session, we’ll cover how to create drill-throughs between reports, implementing conditional logic, and other report-building tips and tricks. There  will be time at the end for attendees to try to build a report on their own, or update an existing report to better meet their reporting needs.

 

To register, contact: g_roch@mit.edu

Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: George Roch, W92, 617 324-1140, G_ROCH@MIT.EDU

George Roch, Business Intelligence Analyst

Jan/10

Tue

09:00AM-12:00PM

1-115, Phone to approve duo access. Laptops are optional

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

During this hands-on session, attendees will learn how to build a basic Cognos report. We’ll cover list, crosstab, and chart reports, formatting elements, sectioning and grouping data, adding totals, and exporting reports. There will be time at the end for attendees to try to build a report on their own, or update an existing report to better meet their reporting needs.

 

To register, contact: g_roch@mit.edu

Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: George Roch, W92, 617 324-1140, G_ROCH@MIT.EDU

Irina Cyr, Manager, Knowledge Management

Jan/25

Wed

10:30AM-11:30AM

4-149

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23
Limited to 25 participants
Prereq: None

Learn how to get up-and-running with Dropbox for Business at MIT. Common questions about collaboration features and group management will be covered. You will also learn how to connect Personal accounts to an MIT account, install the Dropbox client on multiple devices, and share files and folders with those within and outside the MIT community.

Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: Irina Cyr, W91-219C, 617 715-2383, IRINAV@MIT.EDU

Heather Anne Harrison, Knowledge Management Team

Jan/31

Tue

01:00PM-02:00PM

4-159

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/30
Limited to 35 participants

Learn how to get up and running with your own wikis.mit.edu collaboration space on the web. All MIT community community groups, projects, and organizations are eligible for these free web spaces that can be restricted to your group or opened up for the world to see. This introduction to wikis.mit.edu will cover requesting spaces; creating/editing pages; formatting content, using macros to structure your site; sharing attachments; and permissions control including touchstone collaboration accounts and moira groups. 

Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: Heather Harrison, W91-219B, 617 253-8969, AURORA@MIT.EDU

Nina Kominiak, Apple Consulting Engineer

Jan/30

Mon

01:00PM-03:00PM

2-105

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/15
Limited to 40 participants
Prereq: Basic programming knowledge

Join us to learn about Apple’s new Objective-C based programming language with one of Apple's consulting engineers, Nina Kominiak. Fast, modern, safe and interactive — Swift has been proven to be more efficient at complex object sorts and more reliable for RC4 encryptions. In this seminar, we will be going over the basics of Swift and sharing resources that can help you jumpstart developing your next iOS application.

Reserve your spot at developer.mit.edu/iapswift

Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: Amber Bennoui, W92-254G, 617 324-6573, BENNOUI@MIT.EDU

Nina Kominiak, Apple Consulting Engineer

Jan/31

Tue

10:00AM-12:00PM

4-231

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 45 participants

Join us to learn about Apple iOS security best practices and implementation with one of Apple's consulting engineers, Nina Kominiak. In this seminar, we will be going over the basics of iOS security and share resources that can help you easily implement these security features in your next iOS application.

Reserve your spot at developer.mit.edu/iap-ios-security

Make sure to also check out iOS Development with Swift (developer.mit.edu/iapswift).

Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: Amber Bennoui, W92-254G, 617 324-6573, BENNOUI@MIT.EDU

Patrick Curtis, Manager VIP Help

Jan/17

Tue

01:00PM-03:00PM

32-123 Kirsch Audito

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

An overview & demo of IS&T's Board Effect service for Groups & Committees,

Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: Patrick Curtis, 35-315, 617 253-3916, PCURTIS@MIT.EDU

Lisa Robinson, Manager, IS&T Release Engineering

Jan/17

Tue

10:00AM-11:00AM

14N-132 DIRC

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 35 participants

Learn about LabArchives, a cloud-based electronic lab notebook (ELN). 

- Share information within the laboratory and beyond.

- Store data securely on the LabArchives servers.  Multiple redundancy ensures 24x7 availability.

- Create standard ELN formats and templates for your lab or research group.

- Available at no cost to MIT departments, labs and centers

 

Please register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3000318

Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology, Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU

Sara Davies, Instructional Designer

Jan/24

Tue

10:30AM-11:30AM

66-144

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 35 participants

Do you wish there was a way to automate certain tasks in Outlook? Are you wondering if there are shortcuts you don’t know about? In this one-hour session, learn some quick tricks for using folders, rules and searches to work more efficiently in Outlook.  Note: this session applies to the Outlook client only, not OWA.

Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: Sara Davies, W91-219G, 617 324-4554, SVDAVIES@MIT.EDU

Heather Anne Harrison, Knowledge Management Team, Christopher Giles, Digital Communications

Jan/25

Wed

01:00PM-02:00PM

4-153

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
Limited to 45 participants

Trello is an easy, free, flexible, visual way to manage projects and organize your work that has been adopted by several teams within IS&T. Heather Anne Harrison and Christopher Giles will share what they have learned from using Trello to help you get up and running quickly. Rally your coworkers to take on the inevitable zombie apocalypse, or any other challenge that comes your way!

Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: Heather Harrison, W91-219B, 617 253-8969, AURORA@MIT.EDU

Amber Bennoui, Systems Analyst, Steve Billington, DevOps Engineer

Jan/25

Wed

01:00PM-02:30PM

2-105

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/01
Limited to 45 participants

APIs are everywhere these days, powering your favorite websites and mobile applications. APIs are great for integrating and updating data in a more streamlined way and can be made relatively easily with the right resources.  While using an API may seem like a daunting task, it can be as simple as visiting a website.  

In this seminar, we'll learn about what APIs are available, both within the MIT community, and in the larger Internet.  Techniques for integrating these APIs into your websites or other projects will be discussed, and some sample code will be provided.  If time permits, we'll also talk a bit about how you would go about writing your own API to make your data or service available to the larger MIT community.

Reserve your spot at developer.mit.edu/iap-api

Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: Amber Bennoui, W92-254G, 617 324-6573, BENNOUI@MIT.EDU