New on the Web: IS Training Catalog and Course Registration

Jeanne Cavanaugh

Starting with the Spring '96 edition, the IS Computer Training Catalog 
will be published on the World Wide Web, along with a form that lets 
you register and pay for hands-on courses electronically. These 
enhancements are for customers who prefer the convenience of online 
transactions. IS Training Services will still distribute the paper 
version of the Catalog and accept paper requisitions.

IS Training Web Page
You can find the new Training Services home page at

http://web.mit.edu/tps/www/training/
 
This page has links to the IS Catalog and calendar of free computer 
events, as well as the online registration form. To access the Catalog 
and calendar, you need to have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader on your 
computer, and also need to configure your Web browser to recognize the 
Acrobat Reader as a helper application. You can download Acrobat Reader 2.1 
from the Adobe Systems Web site at

http://www.adobe.com/Acrobat/freeread.html

For instructions on how to configure your Web browser, open

http://www.adobe.com/Acrobat/AcrobatWWW.html

and select the link for the Web browser that you use.

Online Registration/EREQ 
The online course registration form is essentially the same as the 
registration form at the back of the paper Catalog. The main 
differences are that you fill out the form using your keyboard and 
that, once completed, the form gets sent to Training Services 
via email.

From the online registration form you can access EREQ (MIT's 
Electronic Requisitioning system). IS Training Services has become an 
internal EREQ provider (code: TR) to provide its customers with an 
additional payment method. Please note that the EREQ option is open 
only to authorized users. If you don't use EREQ, you can still fill out 
the electronic registration form and send in a paper requisition to 
Training Services, 11-301.

For help using the online Catalog or registration form, contact the IS 
Training Services Office at x3-7685 or <wray@mit.edu>. If you have 
questions about EREQ, contact the EREQ Technical Assistance Hotline 
at x3-4034.

Spring Catalog Availability
The paper version of the Spring '96  Catalog will be mailed to all MIT 
faculty and staff in mid-March. It includes information about hands-
on courses and free computer-related events happening in April, 
May, and June. The Web-based version of the Spring '96 Catalog 
should also be available by mid-March.