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UCS Training Programme Easter Term and Long Vacation 2010

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(Mon 19 Apr 2010 - Tue 14 Dec 2010)

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Thu 22 Apr 2010 – Thu 6 May 2010

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Thursday 22 April 2010

14:15
Programming Concepts: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (1 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Cockcroft Lecture Theatre

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This course is aimed at those new to programming, or who have never been formally taught the principles and basic concepts of programming. It provides an introduction to the basic concepts common to most high level languages (including Python, Java, Fortran, C, C++, Visual Basic). The aim of the course is to equip attendees with the background knowledge and confidence necessary to tackle many on-line and printed programming tutorials. It may also help attendees in deciding which programming language is suitable for their programming task.

Knowledge of the concepts presented in this course is a pre-requisite for many of the other courses in the Scientific Computing series of courses (although not for the "Python for Absolute Beginners" course).

Friday 23 April 2010

14:15
Programming Concepts: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (2 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Cockcroft Lecture Theatre

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This course is aimed at those new to programming, or who have never been formally taught the principles and basic concepts of programming. It provides an introduction to the basic concepts common to most high level languages (including Python, Java, Fortran, C, C++, Visual Basic). The aim of the course is to equip attendees with the background knowledge and confidence necessary to tackle many on-line and printed programming tutorials. It may also help attendees in deciding which programming language is suitable for their programming task.

Knowledge of the concepts presented in this course is a pre-requisite for many of the other courses in the Scientific Computing series of courses (although not for the "Python for Absolute Beginners" course).

Monday 26 April 2010

14:15
Macintosh: Getting to Grips with Mac OS X Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Balfour Macintosh Room

This course offers a basic introduction to Mac OS X, the latest version of the Mac operating system. It also gives an overview of some of the more advanced functions offered by the operating system, and the core applications, which both an office or PWF user would find useful to use e.g. Microsoft Word.

Tuesday 27 April 2010

09:30
Access 2007 Fast Track: Creating a Simple Database Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This is a fast paced and shortened version of the 2-session Access 2007: Creating a Simple Database course and thus is more suitable for those who are quick learners. This course will be taught using Access 2007 on PCs (Windows XP) - note that this version is quite different from previous version.

10:30
Word 2007 for Beginners (Self-paced) (1 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

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.

Excel 2007 for Beginners (Self-paced) (1 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

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.

14:15
R: Regression Analysis in R (1 of 2) CANCELLED 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This course is for new users who have learnt how to get data into R already, and know how to operate basic syntax. Emphasis will be on examples of running applied analyses of regression models for continuous, binary and ordinal outcomes using standard R procedures. Guidance will also be provided on further addons that may be of interest.

Wednesday 28 April 2010

09:30
R: Regression Analysis in R (2 of 2) CANCELLED 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This course is for new users who have learnt how to get data into R already, and know how to operate basic syntax. Emphasis will be on examples of running applied analyses of regression models for continuous, binary and ordinal outcomes using standard R procedures. Guidance will also be provided on further addons that may be of interest.

10:00
Photoshop (Image/Photo Editing Software): Basic Techniques Finished 10:00 - 13:00 Balfour Macintosh Room

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.

14:15
Unix: Introduction to the Command Line Interface (Self-paced) (1 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

The course is designed to take someone from having no knowledge of the Unix command line to being able to navigate around directories, and doing simple file manipulation. Then some of the more basic commands, will be introduced, including information on how to get more help from the system itself. Finally accessing remote computers by ssh and the most basic of shell scripts will be introduced.

Thursday 29 April 2010

10:30
Word 2007 for Beginners (Self-paced) (2 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

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.

Excel 2007 for Beginners (Self-paced) (2 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

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.

14:15
Unix: Introduction to the Command Line Interface (Self-paced) (2 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

The course is designed to take someone from having no knowledge of the Unix command line to being able to navigate around directories, and doing simple file manipulation. Then some of the more basic commands, will be introduced, including information on how to get more help from the system itself. Finally accessing remote computers by ssh and the most basic of shell scripts will be introduced.

Friday 30 April 2010

10:30
Word 2007 for Beginners (Self-paced) (3 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

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.

Excel 2007 for Beginners (Self-paced) (3 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

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.

14:15
Word 2007: Moving from Word 2003 to Word 2007 Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This course examines the differences between Word 2003 and Word 2007 with a view to using the new version as your default word-processor.

Tuesday 4 May 2010

10:30
PowerPoint 2007 for Beginners: Quick Start (Self-paced) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2

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
Web Authoring: Introduction to HTML (Level 1) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This is a practical-based course for people new to writing Web pages. Only the basics of HTML (hypertext markup language) will be covered, but there are other courses for those wishing to extend their knowledge. By the end of the course participants will have created three personal linked web pages.

Wednesday 5 May 2010

10:00
EndNote for Bibliographies: Introduction (Self-paced) Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

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
Unix: Simple Shell Scripting for Scientists (1 of 3) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

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.

Photoshop: Further Techniques Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Balfour Macintosh Room

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.

Thursday 6 May 2010

09:30
SPSS (Statistical Package): Basic Part 1 Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

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).

Web Authoring: DreamWeaver Introduction Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

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.

13:45
LaTeX: An Introduction to Text Processing (1 of 2) Finished 13:45 - 17:00 Balfour Macintosh Room

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.

14:15
Web Authoring: Beyond the Basics (Level 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This follows on from the Introduction to HTML and is a practical-based course.

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