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(Mon 5 Jan 2015 - Thu 21 May 2015)

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Thu 22 Jan 2015 – Mon 9 Feb 2015

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Thursday 22 January 2015

09:30
Fortran: Introduction to Modern Fortran (4 of 5) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Room GL.04 (CMS, Wilberforce Road)

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This is a basic introduction to modern Fortran. At the end of the course, students should be able to write significant programs in Fortran, and to be able to start working on existing programs written in modern Fortran (i.e. in the Fortran 90/95 style). It will not cover obsolete features of Fortran, some of the more advanced aspects, or most of the extensions introduced by Fortran 2003.

The course has been rewritten in the light of experience from last year, and will include less on the concepts of programming and more on what practical Fortran programmers need to know (such as a session on Fortran I/O).

Access 2007 (Database Package): Introduction (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This is an introduction to the popular database package Microsoft Access 2007. The course is aimed at those who have never used the package before or have just started using it. There is an Access Fast Track course that is a shortened version of this course for those who learn at a faster pace.

14:15
Matlab: Basics (2 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

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.

Monday 26 January 2015

09:30
Fortran: Introduction to Modern Fortran (5 of 5) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Room GL.04 (CMS, Wilberforce Road)

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This is a basic introduction to modern Fortran. At the end of the course, students should be able to write significant programs in Fortran, and to be able to start working on existing programs written in modern Fortran (i.e. in the Fortran 90/95 style). It will not cover obsolete features of Fortran, some of the more advanced aspects, or most of the extensions introduced by Fortran 2003.

The course has been rewritten in the light of experience from last year, and will include less on the concepts of programming and more on what practical Fortran programmers need to know (such as a session on Fortran I/O).

10:30
PowerPoint 2007 for Beginners: Quick Start (self-paced) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

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
Python: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (1 of 3) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This course is aimed at those new to programming and provides an introduction to programming using Python, focussing on scientific programming. This course is probably unsuitable for those with significant programming experience. By the end of this course, attendees should be able to write simple Python programs and to understand more complex Python programs written by others.

As this course is part of the Scientific Computing series, the examples chosen are of most relevance to scientific programming.

Tuesday 27 January 2015

09:30
Email: Managing Your Messages and Saving Time Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Phoenix Teaching Room

This course is aimed at people who are using Hermes (or other cam.ac.uk mail servers) and who want to manage and take control of their email because it is taking up too much of their time. It will cover valuable tips and techniques for managing email effectively. The practical part will be self-paced: participants can select which exercises to do using either Hermes Webmail and/or Outlook. There will also be ample opportunity to ask questions.

14:15
Python: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (2 of 3) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This course is aimed at those new to programming and provides an introduction to programming using Python, focussing on scientific programming. This course is probably unsuitable for those with significant programming experience. By the end of this course, attendees should be able to write simple Python programs and to understand more complex Python programs written by others.

As this course is part of the Scientific Computing series, the examples chosen are of most relevance to scientific programming.

Wednesday 28 January 2015

09:30
Web Authoring: DreamWeaver Introduction (Level 4) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Balfour Macintosh 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.

Stata (Statistical Package): Introduction (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

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).

The first session looks at an overview of the Stata system and getting data into Stata format and the second looks at reporting, graphing and analyses. It is strongly recommended for anyone likely to use Stata for any but the very simplest analysis of the very simplest data.

14:15
Matlab: Graphics (Self-paced) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

Matlab is a software package for numerical computation with high quality graphics facilities. This course examines Matlab's graphical capabilities in more detail than the "Matlab: Basics" course.

Thursday 29 January 2015

09:30
Stata (Statistical Package): Introduction (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

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).

The first session looks at an overview of the Stata system and getting data into Stata format and the second looks at reporting, graphing and analyses. It is strongly recommended for anyone likely to use Stata for any but the very simplest analysis of the very simplest data.

11:15
Web Authoring: Writing for the Web Finished 11:15 - 12:15 Balfour Macintosh Room

When you write for the web you need to think differently. People dedicate very little time to reading a web page and so it is essential they see what they need and understand it with the minimum of difficulty. This short course aims to give you the skills to produce web pages that do just this.

14:15
Python: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (3 of 3) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This course is aimed at those new to programming and provides an introduction to programming using Python, focussing on scientific programming. This course is probably unsuitable for those with significant programming experience. By the end of this course, attendees should be able to write simple Python programs and to understand more complex Python programs written by others.

As this course is part of the Scientific Computing series, the examples chosen are of most relevance to scientific programming.

Monday 2 February 2015

09:30
Access 2007 (Database Package): Fast Track Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This is a fast paced and shortened version of the 2-session Access 2007 Introduction 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.

10:00
EndNote: Customising Output Formats (Styles) - Self Paced new Finished 10:00 - 11:00 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

This course is intended to build on the introductory EndNote course and give attenders practical experience of editing EndNote output styles.

EndNote output styles control the way EndNote sets out references and their citations in printed documents. By editing these, you can achieve precise control of the way your bibliography is set out.

Tuesday 3 February 2015

09:30
Web Authoring: Introduction to HTML (Level 1) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

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 4 February 2015

09:30
Web Authoring: Beyond the Basics (Level 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site

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

10:00
Python: Introduction for Programmers Finished 10:00 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

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
Web Skills for Researchers: Why Not to Google Finished 14:15 - 15:15 Cockcroft Lecture Theatre

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!

Thursday 5 February 2015

09:30
SPSS (Statistical Package): Basic Part 2 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 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
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.

Monday 9 February 2015

10:30
Word 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (1 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2

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 2

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
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.

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