ATHENA MINICOURSES: Advanced Word Processing: LaTeX
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Basic WP, 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 typset 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/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Latex
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 20, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Latex
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 20, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Latex
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 27, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINICOURSES: FrameMaker for your Thesis (Frame Thesis)
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
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/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Frame Thesis
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 19, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Frame Thesis
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 25, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINICOURSES: Information Resources on Athena (Info Resources)
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Working on Athena, Basics Word Processin
A survey of the communications, help, and other resources available on Athena. Offered three times during IAP. See url for complete IAP Athena minicourse schedule.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Information Resources on Athena
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 4, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Information Resources on Athena
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 4, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Information Resources on Athena
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 5, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINICOURSES: LaTeX Thesis
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 20, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Athena minicourse: Latex and some Latex experience.
Using the Latex text formatter to produce a fully-features thesis that meets all MIT formal requirements. Only time this minicourse is offered during IAP. See the url for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
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ATHENA MINICOURSES: Maple
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses:Basic WP, Working.
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/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Maple
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 12, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Maple
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 13, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINICOURSES: Math Software Overview (MSO)
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourse: Basic Word Processing
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/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
MSO
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 11, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
MSO
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 11, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINICOURSES: Matlab
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Basic WP, Working.
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/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Matlab
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 11, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Matlab
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 12, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Matlab
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 12, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINICOURSES: XESS
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Basic WP, Working
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 finanacial users. See the url for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
XESS
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 13, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
XESS
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 13, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINICOURSES:Advanced Word Processing: EZ (EZ)
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Basic WP, Working.
An introduction to EZ, a combination text editor and formatter, with text-editing commands that are similar to Emacs. As a formatter, it is menu-driven and easy to learn, in the popular style of "What You See Is What (pretty much) You Get" packages.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
EZ
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 27, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
EZ
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 27, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINISERIES: Basic Word Processing (Basic WP)
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
Elementary text editing with Emacs, sending and receiving electronic mail, and using the Athena printers. See the url for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Basic Word Processing
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 7, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Basic Word Processing
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 7, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Basic Word Processing
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 14, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Basic Word Processing
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 14, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Basic Word Processing
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 21, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Basic Word Processing
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 28, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINISERIES: Customization on Athena (Dotfiles)
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Serious Emacs, some Athena 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/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Dotfiles
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 6, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Dotfiles
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 6, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Dotfiles
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 26, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Dotfiles
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 26, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINISERIES: HTML - Making a WWW Home Page
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Information resources
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/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
HTML
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 4, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
HTML
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 5, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
HTML
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 5, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINISERIES: Introduction to FrameMaker
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Basic WP, Working.
FrameMaker is a powerful word-processing and document preparation package available on Athena.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
FrameMaker
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 19, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
FrameMaker
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 19, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
FrameMaker
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 25, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
FrameMaker
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 25, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINISERIES: Serious Emacs
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Basic WP, some Emacs experience.
The text editor introduced in Basic Word Processing has many useful features not covered in that course. This course 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/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Serious Emacs
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 6, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Serious Emacs
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 26, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINISERIES: Working on Athena (Working)
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourse: Basic Word Processing
Just the basics: files, directories, job control, and more. What every new user should know about Unix, Athena's operating system. See the url for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Working
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 7, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Working
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 14, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Working
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 21, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Working
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 21, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Working
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Working
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 28, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
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Athena Minicourse Series
Gary Dryfoos
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Jan 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 07-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Minicourses are free, do not require pre-registration, last one hour, 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. Offered Mon-Thurs at noon, and 7 and 8pm during IAP. See url for details.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240C, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
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Athena Retrospective
Naomi Schmidt
Wed Jan 20, 09am-04:30pm, 10-250
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the start of work on the Athena Computing Environment, which began as an eight-year project funded by IBM and Digital Equipment between 1983 and 1991, and has continued as part of the MIT computing infrastructure for the past seven years. We will be celebrating this anniversary by looking back to the past, and, more importantly, looking forward to the future of academic computing and instructional technology at MIT.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/acs/www/athena-iap.html
Contact: Naomi Schmidt, N42-040c, x3-6884, nschmidt@mit.edu
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BrioQuery Quick Start
Mary Weisse
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Learn how to download, install, and set up BrioQuery on your desktop.
Contact: Mary Weisse, N42-240x, x3-5398, mca@mit.edu
BrioQuery Quick Start
Mary Weisse
This session repeated on Jan 19 at 10am.
Mon Jan 4, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
BrioQuery Quick Start
Mary Weisse
Repeat of session on Jan 4.
Tue Jan 19, 10-11:00am, N42 Demo Center
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Brit TV
Katie Livingston Vale
Tue Jan 12, 07-11:00pm, E51-345
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Settle in for a night of British telly including So Graham Norton, Drop the Dead Donkey, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and others. No "Are You Being Served," we promise!
Contact: Katie Livingston Vale, N42-040c, x3-6690, katiel@mit.edu
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Eudora Quick Start
John Fothergill, Jr
Tue Jan 19, 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: John Fothergill, Jr, N42-240, x3-5312, jjfothjr@mit.edu
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Excel Quick Start
John Fothergill, Jr
Tue Jan 12, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Find out how to open a workbook, enter data, and create a formula. See how to preview a worksheet and edit it before printing. Learn how to search for answers using Excel's online help.
Contact: John Fothergill, Jr, N42-240l, x3-5312, jjfothjr@mit.edu
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Excel User Group
John Fothergill, Jr
Tue Jan 5, 12-01:00pm, E28-100
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, N42-240l, x3-5312, jjfothjr@mit.edu
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FileMaker 4.1 Demo
Jane LaFrance FileMaker Corporation
Wed Jan 13, 10:30am-12:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
MIT's FileMaker representatives will be discussing the newest release of FileMaker Pro 4.1. They will demonstrate several new and exciting features, including those that allow for fast web publication.
Contact: Jeanne Cavanaugh, N42-290a, x3-0852, cavan@mit.edu
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FileMaker Quick Start
John Fothergill, Jr
Wed Jan 27, 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.
Contact: John Fothergill, Jr, N42-240, x3-5312, jjfothjr@mit.edu
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HTML Demo
Kevin Cunningham
Wed Jan 6, 09am-12:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is the standard for publishing on the World Wide Web. This session gives an overview of the electronic publishing process and demonstrates how to code in HTML. Topics include the parts of an HTML document; the tags used to mark up documents; links; and how to publish documents on Athena.
Contact: Jeanne Cavanaugh, N42-290a, x3-0852, cavan@mit.edu
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Hands-on Laptop Network Clinic
Ginny Williams
Thu Jan 21, 11am-05:00pm, Bush Room 10-105
No limit but advance sign up required
Single session event
Signup by: 06-JAN-99
Having trouble connecting your laptop to MITNet for the first time, or when you travel away from campus? Bring it to us and we'll show you how to get connected and stay that way. Send e-mail to iaplap@mit.edu to confirm a spot for yourself or for incoming members of your group. Please let us know whether you are using the Macintosh, Win95, Win98 or WinNT operating system. Appointments not required but highly recommended.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/help/clinic/
Contact: iaplap@mit.ed
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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
Tue Jan 26, 02-03:30pm, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Kathy, Rich and highlighted speakers 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.
Contact: Kathy Cahill, MIT ATIC Lab, 11-103, x3-5111, kcahill@mit.edu
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Home Page Quick Start
Chris Sherril, August Design
Fri Jan 8, 12-01:00pm, E28-100
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn how to use Home Page to create new Web pages and edit existing ones. Topics include importing images and text, creating tables, and using Home Page in conjunction with Athena.
Contact: Debby Levinson, E28-100, x3-7174, debby@mit.edu
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Hot Topics for Computer Users
Joanne Costello
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Who has access to your e-mail and under what conditions? What can you put on your Web page or say in a discussion group. Technology is changing the way we do business, educate students, and communicate with each other - raising issues in the areas of privacy and free speech. The two sessions in this series will include real MIT case studies as well as a look at emerging laws and policies.
Contact: Joanne Costello, N42-250g, x3-6322, joanne@mit.edu
Privacy
Joanne Costello
A look at privacy issues.
Thu Jan 7, 12-01:30pm, 2-147
Free Speech
Joanne Costello
A look at issues related to free speech.
Thu Jan 14, 12-01:30pm, 2-147
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Imagemaps and Animated GIFs
Katie Livingston Vale
Thu Jan 14, 11am-12:00pm, 26-139
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 students.
Single session event
Signup by: 04-JAN-99
Spice up your Web page with a "clickable map" or small animation.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/nmc/
Contact: Katie Livingston Vale, N42-040c, x3-6690, katiel@mit.edu
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Internet2, the Next High Performance Network for Higher Education: Engineering and Using It (Applications)
Vijay Kumar, Director of Academic Computing , Jeffery Schiller, MIT Network Manager
Wed Jan 13, 08:30am-04:30pm, 10-250
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This seminar will provide you with an understanding of both the technology and the history behind the launching of Internet2 (a collaborative effort by over 120 US universities to develop advanced Internet technology and applications vital to the research and education missions of higher education.) Note: Sessions run from 8:30 am till noon and 1:30 to 4:30 pm.
Contact: Jeanne Cavanaugh, N42-290a, x3-0852, cavan@mit.edu
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MIT's Application Environment
Robert Ferarra
Wed Jan 6, 10am-12:00pm, 2-135
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
MIT's major administrative application landscape is undergoing a major transformation as the Year 2000 approaches. SAP and a host of new systems are coming on line. This seminar examines the infrastructure on which these applications rest, how the pieces fit together, and some issues MIT is tackling - ahead of industry - to make them operational in our environment.
Contact: Robert Ferarra, E40-333, x3-7495, rferrara@MIT.EDU
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Mac OS 8 Quick Start
Mary Ellen Bushnell
Wed Jan 20, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This session gives an overview of Mac OS 8, which has an updated desktop and user interface, intergrated Internet services, and many new features.
Contact: Mary Ellen Bushnell, N42-290e, x3-7709, bushnell@mit.edu
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Mac Tech Partners
Al Willis
Mon Jan 25, 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 other users within their departments make more productive use of computers.
Contact: Al Willis, N42-140l, x3-0196, awillis@mit.edu
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Macintosh: Preventive Maintenance Tips
Phyllis Galt
Wed Jan 20, 01-02:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This class presents ways to maintain your computer and data so if a serious problem occurs, recovery will be easier and loss of data will be minimized. Covered are techniques for organizing folders and files, do's and don'ts for maintaining your System folder and Mac OS components, running backups, using anti-virus software and some simple diagnostic techniques.
Contact: Phyllis Galt, N42-290D, x3-0552, pgalt@mit.edu
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Making Multimedia at MIT - What can I do?
Katiel Livingston Vale
Wed Jan 13, Fri Jan 15, 12-01:00pm, 26-139, same session repeated twice
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 students.
Single session event
Signup by: 04-JAN-99
Come learn about the New Media Center and the things you can do there, such as make digital movies, record CDs, scan text and graphics, draw, paint, and framegrab.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/nmc/
Contact: Katiel Livingston Vale, N42-040c, x3-6690, katiel@mit.edu
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Mobile Clinic for Year 2000
Gayle Willman
Mon Jan 11, 10am-04:00pm, Lobby 10
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A Mobile Y2K Clinic will be set up in various locations around MIT. Sign up at the kickoff to participate. The clinic staff will analyze the Y2K compliance of desktop and portable PC's brought to the clinic, and recommend actions to be taken. MIT ONLY.
Contact: Gayle Willman, W91-209b, x3-9366, willman@mit.edu
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My Computer Came with Windows 98 - How Do I Get Started?
Phyllis Crerie
Tue Jan 26, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
If your new machine came with Microsoft Windows 98, come see what you can do with it. See how Windows 98 improves computer reliability by introducing new wizards, utilities and resources that keep your system running smoothly.
Contact: Phyllis Crerie, N42-290i, x3-6986, crerie@mit.edu
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NT Partners
Jonathan Hunt
Mon Jan 25, 12-01:00pm, E19-758
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: Jonathan Hunt, E40-335, x3-0172, jmhunt@mit.edu
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Office 98 Demo
Phyllis Crerie
Fri Jan 22, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Find out what's new in Microsoft Office 98 for the Macintosh. Come see the new features of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Contact: Phyllis Crerie, N42-290i, x3-6986, crerie@mit.edu
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Orientation to Computing at MIT
Mary Ellen Bushnell
Fri Jan 15, 12-01:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This seminar 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: Mary Ellen Bushnell, N42-290e, x3-7709, bushnell@mit.edu
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Overview of Purchasing on the Web
Lee Ridgway
Thu Jan 21, 12-01:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This presentation reviews the current state of making MIT purchases over the Web. Included are demonstrations of MIT ECAT for routine purchases of office and lab supplies, the NECX/MIT catalog for buying computer equipment and software, and the SAPweb requisitioning system. (Note: This
SAPweb demo is not a replacement for the training class on "SAP: Web Requisitions".)
Contact: Lee Ridgway, N42-290c, x3-7727, ridgway@mit.edu
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Pop-up Video
Katie Livingston Vale
Tue Jan 12, 01-03:00pm, 26-139
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 students.
Single session event
Signup by: 04-JAN-99
Learn the basics of digitizing and editing VHS video
on the Macintosh. Bring a VHS tape with a short video clip and a Zip
disk.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/nmc/
Contact: Katie Livingston Vale, N42-040c, x3-6690, katiel@mit.edu
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PowerPoint Quick Start
John Fothergill, Jr
Wed Jan 13, 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. Find out how Wizards can help you create on-screen slide shows, overheads, or 35mm slides. Learn how to use drawing tools and graphics to emphasize your points, and how to create handouts and speaker's notes from slides.
Contact: John Fothergill, Jr, N42-240, x3-5312, jjfothjr@mit.edu
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Stay Safe: Update on Anti-virus Software at MIT
Gerry Isaacson
Tue Jan 5, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
With Network Associates purchase of Dr Solomon and Virex, we have had a number of changes in our anti-virus support. This session will bring you up to date on where we are with AV software and where we will be going. Viruses won't go away and they are getting more virulent. Find out how to stay safe.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/security/www
Contact: Gerry Isaacson, N42-250h, x3-1440, gii@mit.edu
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Talk to Your PC: Voice Recognition Software for the PC
Mary Ziegler , Kathy Cahill
Wed Jan 6, 12-01:00pm, 56-114
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 two voice recognition packages and answer questions.
Contact: Mary Ziegler, N42-140H, x8-9328, maryz@MIT.EDU
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Tour of MIT's Data Center - W91
David Lambert
Wed Jan 13, 02-03:30pm, W91 Lobby
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 25 students.
Signup by: 07-JAN-99
MIT's Data Center houses the Institute's enterprise-wide administrative servers, departmental servers, MITnet's connection to the Internet, and portions of GTEI/BBN Planet equipment supporting New England Internet traffic. Hardware ranges from small Unix & DEC VMS servers to an IBM mainframe and large DEC Alpha servers. Come see it all.
Contact: Jeanne Cavanaugh, N42-290a, x3-0852, cavan@mit.edu
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Tour of MIT's Data Warehouse
Scott Thorne , Mary Weisse, Warehouse Administrator
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Would you like to know what the Data Warehouse is and what it can do for you? Then come on along for a "virtual" tour of the MIT Data Warehouse.
Contact: Mary Weisse, N42-240x, x3-5398, mca@mit.edu
Tour of MIT's Data Warehouse
Scott Thorne , Mary Weisse, Warehouse Administrator
Thu Jan 7, 10am-12:00pm, 6-120
Tour of MIT's Data Warehouse
Scott Thorne , Mary Weisse, Warehouse Administrator
Wed Jan 27, 10am-12:00pm, 6-120
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Ultraseek 102 - Better Web Publishing with the Search Engine
Jag Patel
Thu Jan 21, 02-04:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
MIT recently purchased a new search engine, Ultraseek (made by
Infoseek), which spiders MIT's web servers for content. Ultraseek allows web publishers to create custom search interfaces for sets of webpages. This session will cover how to create a search interface for a set of pages, how to effectively create and use meta tags, and how to make webpages more search-friendly.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/cwis/
Contact: Jag Patel, E28-100, x3-8167, jag@mit.edu
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Upgrading to Word 97
Bronwen Heuer
Fri Jan 29, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn how to use the new tools and features of Word 97 that facilitate document preparation, collaboration and sharing of information, and improved document management. Discover how and where to turn off all those new features that Microsoft assumes we need but that are giving strange results.
Contact: Bronwen Heuer, N42-240g, x3-0878, bronwenh@MIT.EDU
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Web Accessibility and Universal Design
Judy Brewer, Director of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Thu Jan 28, 02-03:30pm, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Judy Brewer, Director of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), will provide an overview of Web accessibility issues. Judy will
address accessibility of core Web technologies, guidelines for page authoring, and the need for accessible design
for people with disabilities.
Web: http://www.w3.org/WAI
Contact: Kathill Cahill, 11-103, x3-5111, kcahill@MIT.EDU
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Web Quick Start
John Fothergill, Jr
Thu Jan 14, 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: John Fothergill, Jr, N42-240, x3-5312, jjfothjr@mit.edu
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Windows 95/NT: Preventive Maintenance Tips
Phyllis Galt
Fri Jan 8, 01-02:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This class presents some ways to maintain your computer and data so if a serious problem occurs, recovery will be easier and loss of data will be minimized. Covered are techniques for organizing folders and files, managing hard disk space, running backups, using anti-virus software, using Task Manager to quit an application that's hung, and keeping your computer time synchronized with MITnet.
Contact: Phyllis Galt, N42-290d, x3-0552, pgalt@mit.edu
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Windows NT Quick Start
John Fothergill, Jr
Fri Jan 8, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Master the five basic parts of Windows NT - the desktop, icons, mouse pointer, Start button, and Taskbar. Learn how to launch or exit from applications, find files or folders, and access online help.
Contact: John Fothergill, Jr, N42-240l, x3-5312, jjfothjr@mit.edu
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Word Quick Start
John Fothergill, Jr
Mon Jan 11, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn the basics of opening, closing, saving, and printing documents. Discover how Wizards can help you create fax cover letters, agendas, or time sheets. Find out about Word's automatic features such as AutoText, AutoCorrect, and AutoFormat.
Contact: John Fothergill, Jr, N42-240l, x3-5312, jjfothjr@mit.edu
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Word User Group
Ruth Levistsky
Tue Jan 26, 12-01:00pm, E28-100
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.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mugs/word/
Contact: Ruth Levistsky, levitsky@mit.edu
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Year 2000 and Desktop Computing
Gayle Willman
Thu, Jan 7, 28, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Are your desktop systems ready for Year 2000? This seminar offers useful information about how to locate potential problems and how to approach updating your hardware and software. Only open to MIT faculty, staff and students.
Web: http://mitvma.mit.edu/mity2k/
Contact: Gayle Willman, W91-209b, x3-9366, willman@mit.edu
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