Data Center Overview and Data Center tours
RIchard Ledoux, Garry Zacheiss
Fri Jan 27, 01-02:30pm, W92 Back Bay
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 12-Jan-2012
Limited to 50 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: None
Information Systems and Technology will provide an overview and a tour of the W91 and W92 Data centers.
The tour will start 1:00 PM at W92 in the Back Bay conference room.
Contact: RIchard Ledoux, W91-219C, x4-7200, rledoux@mit.edu
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Data Protection @ MIT
Monique Yeaton, Tim McGovern
Thu Jan 12, Thu Jan 26, 01-02:30pm, E17 Learning Ctr
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
What is MIT doing to protect sensitive data? What can each one of us do to protect sensitive data at MIT? These two main questions will be addressed during this hour-long overview, with an opportunity to ask questions and participate in the discussion. This is a mostly non-technical, but partly technical, review of measures we're taking or could be taking for handling, sharing, storing, and destroying information that requires protection by law. This session will be similar to the 2011 IAP session, with some updated information.
Contact: Monique Yeaton, W92-236, x3-2715, myeaton@mit.edu
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Debathena Training
Geoffrey Thomas
Wed Jan 18, 05-10:30pm, 4-237
Fri Jan 20, 06-10:30pm, 4-237
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
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. The workshop will be held across 2 afternoons, and attendees are strongly encouraged to attend both sessions. 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).
Session 1: Debian packaging from
Session 2: Athena Archetecture
An athena hackathon will be held at SIPB the following Saturday.
Web: http://sipb.mit.edu/iap/#debathena
Contact: Geoffrey Thomas, sipb-iap-debathena@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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FMUG - FileMaker Report Makeover
Peggy Conant, Cecilia Marra, Bronwen Heuer, Stu Dietz
Thu Jan 26, 01-03:00pm, 4-153
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
MIT supports FileMaker users on campus through a number of different resources. We’d like to give MIT FileMaker users the chance to get to know the faces of that team at this FileMaker User Group (FMUG) sponsored session. Drawing on the team’s expertise, the Makeover event will provide MIT FileMaker users with some real-world solutions to reporting problems. To do this we need your help. Until January 5 we will be reviewing submissions of FileMaker reporting problems from members of the MIT community to use as examples at the session.
Submissions: Please send an email describing your reporting issues to dcad-dbupdate@mit.edu by January 5. Although we may not be able to use all of the submissions, we promise to respond to your issues with some suggested next steps.
Attachments: We’ll get back to you if we require supporting files. Please, do not send attachments. We will be careful not to expose sensitive data at this public forum and we will protect the source of submissions if requested to do so by you.
Contact: FMUG Coordinator, W92-114RC, x5-5142, dcad-dbupdate@mit.edu
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Gradebook Module Demo
Ranjani Saigal
Thu Jan 26, Tue Jan 31, 01:30-02:30pm, W92-206
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 25-Jan-2012
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
IS&T’s Learning Management Applications & Systems team will demo the Gradebook Module, a new Learning Management application currently being beta tested by a limited number of MIT departments. An overview of existing and planned functionality will be provided, followed by training for new and continuing Gradebook Module users. All interested parties are encouraged to attend.
Contact: Ranjani Saigal, W92-140D, x4-8322, ranjani@mit.edu
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Webex Overview : How to Give a Presentation Remotely
Kate Fontanella
Wed Feb 1, 10-11:00am, E17-121
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Single session event
Do you need to find an easier way to collaborate with other Universities or distant colleagues? Maybe you need to schedule a meeting on campus but everyone is too busy to gather in the same place at the same time?
In this session, we will demonstrate the capabilities of the tool WebEx, from hosting a basic conference call to conducting an interactive seminar. Come learn howWebEx can make your meetings more productive and successful.
WebEx is available to all Faculty, Staff and Students at MIT.
Contact: Kate Fontanella, E17-121, (617) 324-5931, kfontane@mit.edu
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Wikis Knowledge Share
Devin Stronge, Jeanne Chiang
Tue Jan 24, 02-03:00pm, 1-134
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
IS&T’s Learning Management Applications & Services team will lead a knowledge-sharing session for MIT Wiki users. This session will be a moderated participant-driven forum covering methods, tools and features that make management of Wiki content easier and more effective. The discussion will include such subjects as content formatting and organization, reporting, and attachment management.
Please join us for this interactive session, and feel free to bring up any questions you may have regarding set-up and/or functionality of any specific feature, plugin and macro.
While this session is recommended for moderate to advanced Wiki users, all interested parties are encouraged to attend.
Contact: Devin Stronge, dstronge@mit.edu
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jQuery Mobile: The Easy Peasy Mobile Development Framework
Laura Watts
Wed Jan 18, 01-03:00pm, E-17 Room 121
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Overview of jQuery Mobile development framework and how it can help UX professionals and developers quickly prototype mobile sites and apps. What are the tools and skills needed to get up and running? What are the pros and cons? I'll share that information and a brief demo of a desktop web app created for mobile — and last, but not least, links to further reading, resources, and tips!
Note: the focus of the talk is a basic overview and from a User Interface Designer's perspective with some emphasis on backend development.
Contact: Laura Watts, W-92, 324-8312, lwatts@mit.edu
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lynda.com - Getting the Most Out of It
Mark Wiklund
Thu Jan 19, 11-12:00am, Stata 32-124
Single session event
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 presentation, led by Mark Wiklund, IS&T Training Manager and Jennifer Jortner, Customer Concierge of lynda.com, will discuss the lynda.com catalog of classes and focus on new features in lynda.com that can help learners track their training, bookmark courses, and generate certificates of completion.
Contact: Mark Wiklund, W92-228, x3-0686, mwiklund@mit.edu
Cosponsor: MIT Human Resources
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