All-provider course timetable
Thursday 11 February 2010
| 09:30 |
This follows on from the Introduction to HTML and is a practical-based course. |
| 10:00 |
Python: Introduction for Programmers
Finished
This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This full-day course introduces the Python programming language to programmers who are already familiar with another high level programing language such as C/C++, Fortran, Java, Perl or Visual Basic. The aim of this course is to give such programmers sufficient familiarity with Python that they can attend any of the more advanced Python courses organised by the Computing service and easily follow any of the widely available Python tutorials on the more complex aspects of the language. This course covers all the material contained in the "Programming: Python for Absolute Beginners" course, but in a more abbreviated fashion suitable for those who already have significant programming experience. This course does NOT cover the more complex aspects of the language (for such topics see the other Computing Service Python courses), nor is there much explicit discussion of the object oriented features of Python. |
| 14:15 |
This follow-up practical gives those who have attended the LaTeX Introduction an opportunity to do exercises under supervision. |
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Google is unarguably the world's most used search engine - but how good is it for academic research? This session aims to demonstrate how to make best use of Google and Google scholar for research purposes, whilst outlining some of the pitfalls of over-relying on them! |
Friday 12 February 2010
| 09:30 |
SPSS is a powerful general purpose statistical package with high quality graphics and tabulation facilities, and a reputation for being relatively user-friendly. This session follows on from Part 1 and covers useful techniques and tricks. It is strongly recommended for anyone likely to use SPSS for any but the very simplest analysis of the very simplest data. |
| 14:15 |
This course examines the differences between Word 2003 and Word 2007 with a view to using the new version as your default word-processor. |
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This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. No previous experience of shell scripting is required for this course; however some knowledge of the interactive use of the bash shell is a prerequisite (see Simple Shell Scripting for Scientists: Prerequisites for details). This course introduces shell scripting in bash for scientific computing tasks. Day one introduces very basic shell scripts in bash which process the command line in a simple fashion. Day two covers how to write more advanced shell scripts in bash. Day three covers how to make one's shell scripts more robust. At the end of each day one or more exercises are set. It is VERY IMPORTANT that attendees attempt these exercises before the next day of the course. Attendees should make sure that they have allowed themselves sufficient study time for these exercises between each day of the course. |
Tuesday 16 February 2010
| 10:30 |
This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working. |
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Word 2007 for Beginners (self-paced)
Finished
This self-paced practical course covers the most commonly used features of Microsoft Word 2007. It is not suitable for experienced users of other versions of Word wanting to find out about the new features in Word 2007. Those needing basic Windows training may also attend this course and do relevant exercises under supervision. |
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| 14:15 |
Photoshop: Further Techniques
Finished
Following on from the "Photoshop: Basic Techniques" course, this course covers some of the more advanced feature of Adobe Photoshop, the popular image manipulation and editing tool for graphics and design professionals. The course will explore some of the more advanced features of Photoshop. Techniques will be explained and demonstrated, and participants will then be given the opportunity to practice these for themselves. |
Wednesday 17 February 2010
| 09:30 |
Excel 2007: Further Use (Self-paced)
Finished
This hands-on course is a follow up from the Excel 2007 Introduction course. |
| 14:15 |
This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This course does NOT discuss sophisticated programming techniques designed to improve the speed, efficiency or memory use of a program, nor does it deal with the algorithmic aspects of programming. It is NOT suitable for those people who already know how to program and are seeking to learn more sophisticated programming techniques. This course provides an introduction to organising your programming task(s) and using your knowledge of those tasks to produce an appropriate structure for your computer program. The aim of the course is to equip attendees with the concepts, mindset and outlook appropriate to designing programs whose structure reflects that of the task(s) the program is supposed to carry out, regardless of the programming language in which the final program is written. Exercises will be done on paper, without the use of a computer and without reference to the syntax or keywords of specific programming languages. As this course is part of the Scientific Computing series of courses, the examples, exercises and techniques used in this course will be more appropriate for scientific programming than for other programming tasks. |
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This hands-on course will introduce cascading style sheets (CSS) and tables and show how they can (and should) be used effectively when creating web pages. |
Thursday 18 February 2010
| 09:30 |
This introductory course covers the basic concepts of the relational database package Filemaker Pro. Each participant will design a small database. |
| 10:30 |
This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working. |
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Word 2007 for Beginners (self-paced)
Finished
This self-paced practical course covers the most commonly used features of Microsoft Word 2007. It is not suitable for experienced users of other versions of Word wanting to find out about the new features in Word 2007. Those needing basic Windows training may also attend this course and do relevant exercises under supervision. |
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| 14:15 |
This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This course provides an introduction to object oriented programming (OOP), aimed at those who have no prior experience of object oriented programming. The concepts of object oriented programming are demonstrated in Python, and Python's implementation of these concepts is discussed. By the end of the course, attendees should have a basic familiarity with these concepts and be able to assess wether the object-oriented paradigm is appropriate for their programming tasks. As this course is part of the Scientific Computing series, most of the examples in the presentation are of greatest relevance to scientific programming. Please note that there are no practical exercises during this course. |
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InDesign is a desktop publishing package available for both Macs and PCs which is used to build up a publication from ready-prepared text, images and graphics in the same way as QuarkXpress and PageMaker. Participants use pre-written text and scanned-in pictures to assemble and produce a double-sided, two-column newsletter using InDesign. |
Friday 19 February 2010
| 09:30 |
SPSS: Beyond the Basics
Finished
This session follows on from SPSS: Basic Parts 1 and 2 and continues to introduce useful techniques for data analysis with SPSS. Working with sensitive data types will be covered and a basic introduction to SPSS command language. |
| 10:30 |
This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working. |
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Word 2007 for Beginners (self-paced)
Finished
This self-paced practical course covers the most commonly used features of Microsoft Word 2007. It is not suitable for experienced users of other versions of Word wanting to find out about the new features in Word 2007. Those needing basic Windows training may also attend this course and do relevant exercises under supervision. |
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| 14:15 |
This course is mainly aimed at students writing their thesis. It is a task-focused version of the Mastering Advanced Features which is aimed at staff creating reports. Please do not book yourself on both courses. It is designed to give a overview of the advanced features of Microsoft Word 2007 that are most relevant to producing dissertations, theses and other long documents. |
Monday 22 February 2010
| 14:15 |
Python: Further Topics
Finished
This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This course will introduce more advanced aspects of the Python language than the "Python for Absolute Beginners" course or "Python for Programmers" courses. The course will cover topics such as file I/O in more detail than either of those two courses. Whilst the course will not cover the use of Python to produce graphical output, some mention will be made of how Python can be used to interface with tools such as gnuplot to produce graphical output of scientific data. This course does not explicitly cover the object oriented aspects of the Python language. |
Tuesday 23 February 2010
| 10:00 |
An introduction to the bibliography package EndNote and its interface with Microsoft Word. EndNote is a program that stores bibliographic references, and notes about those references, in an EndNote Library. EndNote then interfaces with MS Word to help you create a bibliography and bibliographic citations while you type a document. The style (contents and layout) of the citations and bibliography can then be formatted in an Output Style of your choice; this can easily be changed without retyping. |
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Adobe Photoshop is the favourite image manipulation and editing tool of the professional graphics industry. It enables scanned-in photographs, pictures and graphics files to be edited and offers a dazzling array of drawing, special effects and filtering tools. Knowing where to start with such a comprehensive and feature-filled package can be daunting. This presentation aims to equip new users with the basics, using live demonstrations throughout. |
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| 14:15 |
Python: Further Topics
Finished
This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This course will introduce more advanced aspects of the Python language than the "Python for Absolute Beginners" course or "Python for Programmers" courses. The course will cover topics such as file I/O in more detail than either of those two courses. Whilst the course will not cover the use of Python to produce graphical output, some mention will be made of how Python can be used to interface with tools such as gnuplot to produce graphical output of scientific data. This course does not explicitly cover the object oriented aspects of the Python language. |