UCS Training Programme Easter Term and Long Vacation 2009
(Mon 20 Apr 2009 - Thu 1 Oct 2009)
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Tuesday 5 May 2009
| 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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
Wednesday 6 May 2009
| 09:30 |
MATLAB: Getting Started
Finished
MATLAB is a software package for numerical computation with high quality graphics facilities. This course is for beginners and new users of the package and describes basic concepts and use of MATLAB, but not any other optional 'Toolboxes' available from the developers of MATLAB. |
Thursday 7 May 2009
| 10:30 |
This self-paced hands-on course gives a "quick start" introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 which is widely used software for preparing presentations. Participants work at their own pace using a workbook containing notes and exercises, with a demonstrator on hand to help. |
| 14:15 |
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. |
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LaTeX is a powerful document description language built on top of TeX. It is available on Unix, Windows and Macintoshes. It can be used for the presentation of plain text (including accented characters and letters outside the English alphabet), the typesetting of mathematics, the generation of tables, and producing simple diagrams. It is particularly suited for the writing of theses, papers and technical documents. |
Friday 8 May 2009
| 09:30 |
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. |
| 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. |
Monday 11 May 2009
| 14:15 |
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. |
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LaTeX is a powerful document description language built on top of TeX. It is available on Unix, Windows and Macintoshes. It can be used for the presentation of plain text (including accented characters and letters outside the English alphabet), the typesetting of mathematics, the generation of tables, and producing simple diagrams. It is particularly suited for the writing of theses, papers and technical documents. |
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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. |
Tuesday 12 May 2009
| 09:15 |
SPSS is a powerful general purpose statistical package with high quality graphics and tabulation facilities, and a reputation for being relatively user-friendly. This course is for beginners and fairly new users of the package. Basic concepts and use of SPSS will be introduced. The main aim of the course is to give participants a foundation and some background. However statistical techniques are not covered (see note below). |
| 14:15 |
.......... DRAFT - NEEDS TO BE CHECKED & UPDATED ......... This follow-up practical gives those who have attended the LaTeX Introduction an opportunity to do exercises under supervision. ??????????? something about the tutorial ????????????????????? |
Wednesday 13 May 2009
| 09:15 |
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 |
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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Illustrator: The Basics
Finished
Illustrator is a professional graphical illustration package available on Mac and PC platform. |
Thursday 14 May 2009
| 09:30 |
Microsoft Excel is the chosen spreadsheet package as it is a popular choice, both on Macintosh and PC. |
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Macromedia Dreamweaver is a powerful web creation tool that allows non-technical people to produce professional websites. This course provides a practical introduction for those that wish to use Dreamweaver to create web-pages and manage websites. It focuses on building a small website. |
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| 14:15 |
This course is a task-focused version of the "Mastering Advanced Features" course. It is designed to give a overview of the advanced features of Microsoft Word 2003 that are most relevant to producing dissertations, theses and other long documents. |
Friday 15 May 2009
| 09:30 |
MATLAB: Further Use (Part 1)
Finished
MATLAB is a software package for numerical computation with high quality graphics facilities. This course follows on from an earlier course entitled "MATLAB: Getting Started". This course has been revised this term due to unforseen circumstances. It includes some topics from the previously run MatLab Further Use Part 1 and Part 2 course. |
Monday 18 May 2009
| 09:30 |
This two-part course will build on the simple style sheets produced in the introductory courses. The aim is to give you a full appreciation of how stylesheets work and how to work with them, and using them as an integral part of producing web pages and sites. |
Tuesday 19 May 2009
| 09:30 |
This two-part course will build on the simple style sheets produced in the introductory courses. The aim is to give you a full appreciation of how stylesheets work and how to work with them, and using them as an integral part of producing web pages and sites. |
| 14:15 |
Stata is a powerful general purpose statistical package. This course is for beginners and fairly new users of the package. Basic concepts and use of Stata will be introduced. The main aim of the course is to give participants a foundation and some background. However statistical techniques are not covered (see note below). |
Wednesday 20 May 2009
| 09:30 |
MATLAB: Further Use (Part 2)
CANCELLED
This course follows on from "MATLAB: Further Use (Part 2)". It describes further facilities and useful techniques that are available in MATLAB, and also how to access Nag Toolbox from Matlab. Unfortunatley, this course has been cancelled for this Easter Term due to unforseen circumstances. However topics from this course have been incorporated into the MATLAB: Further Use (Part1) course: http://training.csx.cam.ac.uk/event/2146 |
| 14:15 |
This session follows on from Part 1 and covers useful techniques and tricks. It is strongly recommended for anyone likely to use Stata for any but the very simplest analysis of the very simplest data. |