[ED-TECH] Making passwords useful

Ed-Tech mailing list members,

Here is a nice article on reframing password resets as an opportunity to improve your life, rather than a painful requirement being demanded if you.

https://medium.com/@manicho/7af5d5f28038

- Bill -
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[ED-TECH] Hands-on GIS Workshop Series at Richter Library

Please join us in the month of July for a series of hands-on GIS workshops, led by GIS Consultant Chance Scott.

 

Session 1 - Wednesday, July 2, 3-4pm, GIS Lab - Register

 

The Basics: Definition, Location, Download and Display

·        What is GIS and what can it be used for?

·        What is a shapefile?

·        Where can shapefiles be found?

·        How to find the RIGHT shapefile

·        Downloading shapefiles

-          What extensions to look for

·        Using ArcMap

·        Connecting to folders

·        Displaying the shapefiles

 

 

Session 2 - Wednesday, July 9, 3-4pm, GIS Lab - Register

 

The Manipulation: Attributes, Fields, Identification, and Normalization

(Review the previous workshop)

·        What is an attribute table?

·        What are fields?

·        Displaying fields

·        Identifying items of interest

·        Displaying MORE fields

·        Normalizing data

-          Why normalize data?

 

Session 3 - Wednesday, July 16, 3-4pm, GIS Lab - Register

 

The Presentation: Maps, Editing, Visual balance, and Exporting

(Review the previous workshop)

·        Making the map

-          Layout mode

-          What all maps need

·        Editing the map

-          Editing the Legend

-          Visual balance

-          Color Scheme

-          Readability

·        Exporting the Map

 

 

 

Lisa Baker

Subject Librarian for

Political Science, International Studies,

and Government Documents

Otto G. Richter Library, Rm. 347E

1300 Memorial Drive

Coral Gables, FL  33124-0320

Email: lbaker@miami.edu

Phone: 305-284-2092

Fax: 305- 284-9848

 

[ED-TECH] Yammer webinar/demo TODAY (6/11/2014) 3:30 pm

Ed-Tech members,

Want to know more about Yammer, the company wide communication and collaboration system, here at UM? Today (Wednesday, June 11, 2014) I will be talking about and demonstrating Yammer during our Virtual Office Hours webinar. There will be basic information as well as some tips that can make Yammer more useful.

Virtual Office Hours is a live webinar, presented by the Learning Platforms team at UM, every Wednesday, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm, using Blackboard Collaborate. Go to http://tinyurl.com/umiamibb and follow the instructions. It can take some time to get everything set up so either do it once sometime before hand, or get started around 3:00 or so. If you have trouble, call the Blackboard Help Desk at 305-284-3949.

The other topic for today will be "Creating Blackboard Learn Grade Center Columns" by Brett Stephens.

Remember, you can participate from anywhere. You will need to be able to hear us, but the microphone and web cam is completely optional. We use them, you can if you wish.

- Bill -



William (Bill) Vilberg
Assistant Director of Learning Platforms
Information Technology
University of Miami
305-284-3944 (desk)
786-250-2255 (cell)

[ED-TECH] LaTeX usage at UM?

Ed-Tech people,

I ran into LaTeX years ago when I was teaching Computer Science. It is used for typesetting and publication of technical documents in mathematics, physics, and computer science, as well as documents that contain multiple languages, such as Sanskrit and Arabic.

Every year a few students hunt for help with LaTeX. 

• Can anyone tell me where it is used at UM? 
• Do you know of any faculty or staff that are already running, or might be willing to run, a workshop every semester? 
• Do you have any suggestion for how (or whether) support is provided for use of this writing tool?

 - Bill - 

William (Bill) Vilberg
Assistant Director of Learning Platforms
Information Technology
University of Miami
305-284-3944 (desk)
786-250-2255 (cell)