UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 40, Page TT-1
August 29, 1996
TechTalk
Computing Classes

     A variety of computing classes is being offered this fall to to
help enhance computing skills. The next series of classes will begin
in January. Descriptions of future classes will appear in UpDate and
are available on the World Wide Web at
http://www.udel.edu/dcannon/Usered/gen.html. These classes are open
only to members of the University community. Registration is required,
unless otherwise noted.
     A beginner class is for someone new to the computer system or
software. A novice class is for individuals who have used the system
or the software package. An advanced class is for those who have used
the system and the software and want to learn more about the advanced
capabilities.
     Commercially prepared documents distributed in class must be
returned to the instructor. An asterisk (*) indicates classes for
which commercially prepared booklets are available for purchase at the
University Bookstore.


Class registration
     Registration is required for most classes. To register
electronically:
        - Send mail to usered@udel.edu. Please include your name,
          campus or home address, telephone number, and the title and
          date of the class(es) you wish to attend.
        - From EMC2: at Bulletin Boards, select "ComputerEd." Enter
          "U" at "Registration for User Education."
     To register by phone, call 831-8445.
     Class reminders will be sent via electronic mail prior to
classes.


Internet classes

Jump Start the Information Superhighway (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: These drop-in sessions are open only to students. NO
   REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
     Get started using the electronic resources available on campus.
Take the Electronic Citizenship Examination (ECCE), change your
password, learn how to send electronic mail, read a newsgroup or
browse the Web. Knowledgeable student trainers will be available to
assist you and answer questions.
   - Dates: Sept. 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12
            3-5 p.m.
            105 Harrington Commons Computing Site

Student Web Page Information Sessions (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: These sessions are open only to students. NO
   REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
     Learn how to publish your own Web page. Get useful tips about the
general steps needed to complete your Web page. Learn what you need to
know about copyrights. Discover what learning resources, graphics and
templates are available for your use.
   - Dates: Sept. 16, 2:30-3 p.m.
            Sept. 18, 3:30-4 p.m.
            Sept. 18, 4:30-5 p.m.
            Sept. 19, 5-5:30 p.m.
            120 Smith Hall
            Sept. 16, 3:30-4 p.m.
            130 Smith Hall

Student Workshop: Creating Personal Web Pages (Novice)
   Prerequisite: These sessions are open only to students. Familiarity
   with browsing the World Wide Web.
     Create your own home page! These student-led, hands-on workshops
will introduce the terminology, design consideration and copyright
issues basic to all Web pages. Students will learn different ways to
produce a page from basic pages that require only a little learning to
more complex pages that require learning html (HyperText Markup
Language).
   - Dates: Sept. 23, 3-5 p.m.
            Sept. 24, 3-5 p.m.
            Oct. 1, 4-6 p.m.
            Oct. 2, 4-6 p.m.
            116 Pearson Hall

Introduction to Browsing the World Wide Web (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: Experience using a mouse.
   - Explore the basics of Netscape, a World Wide Web browser
   - Learn to navigate the Web
   - Create hotlists/bookmarks
   - Dates: Sept. 13, 10 a.m.-noon
            Sept. 24, 10 a.m.-noon
            116 Pearson Hall

Preparing Documents for the World Wide Web

Part 1 (Novice)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at an "Introduction to Browsing the World
   Wide Web" class.
   - Learn to use html (HyperText Markup Language), the easy-to-use
     language for preparing Web documents
   - Work through a hands-on tutorial to create a Web document
   - Learn how faculty and staff can "publish" documents on the
     University's Web server
   - Dates: Sept. 26, 9 a.m.-noon
            Oct. 10, 9 a.m.-noon
            116 Pearson Hall

Part 2 (Advanced)
   Topics:
   - Learn to create tables
   - Work with backgrounds
   - Learn about extensions
   - Understand HTML editors
   - Dates: Oct. 15, 9 a.m.-noon
            Nov. 12, 9 a.m.-noon
            116 Pearson Hall

More About Internet: Using Bulletin Boards (Novice)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at an "Introduction to Pine Mail" or
   equivalent experience with UNIX. An active account on a central
   UNIX system. You MUST activate your account 24 hours prior to this
   class.
   - Understand how bulletin boards (known as newsgroups on UNIX
     systems) provide a forum for sharing information
   - Find out what topics are available in newsgroups
   - Subscribe and unsubscribe to newsgroups
   - Select articles to read and post articles
   - Date: Oct. 18, 9 a.m.-noon
           116 Pearson Hall

Demonstrations of Techniques and Equipment for Getting Graphics Online
(Beginner)
     See how easy it is to use site equipment to digitize images for
printed pages, drawings, color slides, and color photographs so they
can be used in online documents. Staff will review the steps needed to
convert scanned images to formatted files.
   - Dates: Sept. 9, 9-10 a.m.
            Sept 27, 9-10 a.m.
            Oct. 7, 9-10 a.m.
            203 Recitation Hall

Using the UDNetwork to Obtain Software and Graphics: Two-Part Workshop
(previously named "Free Software at Your Fingertips")

Part 1 (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: Familiarity with Windows.
   - Find free software available directly from UD's network
   - Learn the steps to get the software and make it work for you
   - Date: Oct. 23, 10 a.m.-noon
           116 Pearson Hall

Part 2 (Novice) (previously named "Handling Special File Formats")
   Prerequisite: Attendance at "Using the UDNetwork to Obtain Software
   and Graphics: Part 1" or equivalent experience.
   - Use the ftp program to get copies of files from remote computers
   - Work with encoded files frequently found when using Internet
     resources
   - Date: Nov. 6, 10-11 a.m.
           116 Pearson Hall


Electronic mail classes

Introduction to Pine Mail: Two-Part Workshop
   Pine Mail is a menu-driven mail program for UNIX systems.

Part 1 (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: An account on a central UNIX system. You MUST
   activate your account at least 24 hours prior to this class.
   - Log in to the central UNIX system
   - Create, send, read and reply to mail messages
   - Manage mail (save and read messages from folders)
   - Date: Sept. 11, 9 a.m.-noon
           116 Pearson Hall

Part 2 (Novice)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at an "Introduction to Pine Mail: Part 1"
   or equivalent knowledge.
   - Manage your correspondents' addresses
   - Include text files in messages
   - Attach formatted files to messages
   - Date: Sept. 18, 9 a.m.-noon
           116 Pearson Hall


Central computing system classes

Introduction to UNIX: Managing Files and Using the Pico Editor
(Beginner)
   Prerequisite: An active account on a central UNIX system. You
   MUSTactivate your account 24 hours prior to this class. This class
   is an instructor-led, step-by-step class.
   - Log in
   - Create a file using the pico text editor
   - Edit an existing file
   - Change your user number to a username
   - Date: Sept. 10, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
           116 Pearson Hall

Introduction to SAS on UNIX: Three-Part Workshop

Part 1 (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: An active account on a central UNIXsystem. You MUST
   activate your account 24 hours prior to this class.
   - Basic UNIX commands
   - Running and debugging basic SASprograms
   - Date: Oct. 8, 9 a.m.-noon
           114 Pearson Hall

Part 2 (Novice)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at "Introduction to SASon UNIX: Part 1."
   - Simulated mini-research project
   - Data preparation
   - Statistical analysis
   - Date: Oct. 9, 9 a.m.-noon
           114 Pearson Hall

Part 3 (Advanced)
   Prerequisite:  Attendance at "Introduction to SASon UNIX: Part 2."
   - Merging files and related topics
   - Date: Oct. 10, 9 a.m.-noon
           114 Pearson Hall

Introduction to SPSS on UNIX: Two-Part Workshop (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: An active account on a central UNIXsystem. You
   MUSTactivate your account 24 hours prior to this class.
   - Create and run SPSS problems
   - Debug SPSS problems
   - Interpret SPSS output
   - Dates: Part 1-Sept. 17, 9 a.m.-noon.
            Part 2-Sept. 19, 9 a.m.-noon
            009B Willard Hall Education Building

Introduction to ArcView: Two-Part Workshop

Part 1 (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: An active account on a central UNIXsystem. You
   MUSTactivate your account 24 hours prior to this class.
   - ArcView windows and tools
   - View and query maps
   - Make shaded maps
   - Use ArcView online help
   - Date: Sept. 24, 9 a.m.-noon
           009B Willard Hall Education Building

Part 2 (Novice)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at "Introduction to ArcView: Part 1."
   - Link tabular data with existing maps
   - Put maps, charts and tables on one page
   - Create a simple campus map
   - A quick tour of RDMSdatabase
   - Date: Sept. 26, 9 a.m.-noon
           009B Willard Hall Education Building

More About LaTeX: UDThesis (Advanced)
     LaTeX software runs on DOS-based, Macintosh and UNIX systems. The
LaTeX commands that you will learn in this class will work the same
way for all three systems even though the editors and operating
systems differ.
   Prerequisite: Experience with LaTeX. Please bring the Office of
   Graduate Studies' thesis manual.
   - Use LaTeXUDThesis macros to format senior theses, master theses
     or dissertations.
   - Section commands (chapters, sections, appendices, etc.)
   - Produce title and approval pages
   - Produce Table of Contents, List of Figures and List of Tables
   - Date: Oct. 15, 9 a.m.-noon
           009B Willard Hall Education Building

Using Gradebook on UNIX (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: An active account on a central UNIX system. You
   MUSTactivate your account 24 hours prior to this class. Familiarity
   with basic UNIXcommands and the pico editor.
   - This class will teach faculty, instructors and teaching
     assistants how to use the Gradebook software on UNIX.
   - Date: Sept. 17, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
           009B Willard Hall Education Building


Microcomputing classes

Combating Computer Viruses (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: Good working knowledge of DOSand Windows.
   - Learn about the different types of viruses that affect personal
     computers
   - Use f-prot to eradicate these viruses
   - Date: Nov. 7, 9 a.m.-noon
           116 Pearson Hall

Introduction to Windows 95: Three-Part Workshop*
     Windows 95 is the operating system that comes with most new, high-
end IBMcompatible computers. Class will view a videotaped lesson and
then complete step-by-step, hands-on exercises.

Part 1 (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: None
   - Identify and use the most common features on the interface
   - Run single and multiple programs
   - Manage files
   - Dates: Sept. 12, 1-4 p.m.
            Sept. 16, 9 a.m.-noon
            116 Pearson Hall

Part 2 (Novice)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at "Introduction to Windows 95: Part 1" or
   equivalent experience.
   - Organize files
   - Navigate with Explorer
   - View files with Explorer
   - Dates: Oct 3, 9 a.m.-noon
            Oct. 9, 9 a.m.-noon
            116 Pearson Hall

Part 3 (Advanced)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at "Introduction to Windows 95: Part 2" or
   equivalent experience.
   - Use the control panel
   - Customize the task bar
   - Use system utilities
   - Get online help
   - Dates: Oct. 24, 1-4 p.m.
            Nov. 8, 9 a.m.-noon
            116 Pearson Hall

Introduction to Windows 3.1: Two-Part Workshop*
     Windows is the graphic interface for newer DOScomputers. It
allows you to point and click on images instead of typing commands.

Part 1 (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: None. Class will view a videotaped lesson and then
   complete step-by-step, hands-on exercises.
   - Examine the Windows environment and using the mouse
   - Manipulate Windows by opening, closing, resizing, minimizing and
     maximizing them
   - Use a Windows' application
   - Date: Sept. 5, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
           116 Pearson Hall

Part 2 (Novice)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at "Introduction to Windows 3.1: Part 1"
   or equivalent knowledge.
   - Use the file manager to manipulate files (copy, delete, rename,
     move, etc.)
   - Date: Sept. 11, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
           116 Pearson Hall

Introduction to WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows: Two-Part Workshop*
     WordPerfect is a text-processing program that enables you to
create, modify and manage documents, letters and reports.

Part 1 (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at an "Introduction to Windows 3.1" class
   or familiarity using Windows.
   - Explore the WordPerfect screen
   - Create, edit and format a document
   - Work with tabs and margins
   - Date: Sept. 17, 1-4:30 p.m.
           116 Pearson Hall

Part 2 (Novice)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at "Introduction to WordPerfect 6.1 for
   Windows: Part 1" or equivalent knowledge.
   - Use bullets and numbers
   - Create multiple columns
   - Create and modify tables
   - Use graphics
   - Dates: Sept. 20, 1-4:30 p.m.
            Oct. 8, 1-4:30 p.m.
            116 Pearson Hall

Introduction to Word 7.0 for Windows 95: Three-Part Workshop*

Part 1 (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at an "Introduction to Windows 95" class
   or familiarity with Windows 95.
   - Start the Word program
   - Save and close a document
   - Use the Print Button
   - Dates: Sept. 17, 9 a.m.-noon
            Sept. 19, 1-4 p.m..
            116 Pearson Hall

Part 2(Novice)
   Prerequisites: Attendance at "Introduction to Word 7.0 for Windows
   95: Part 1" or equivalent knowledge.
   - Work with columns
   - Create tables
   - Use styles and templates
   - Date: Sept. 25, 9 a.m.-noon
           Oct. 8, 9 a.m.-noon
           116 Pearson Hall

Part 3 (Advanced)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at "Introduction to Word 7.0 for Windows
   95: Part 2" or equivalent experience.
   - Create macros
   - Merge documents
   - Work with outlines
   - Dates: Oct. 14, 9 a.m.-noon
            Oct. 24, 9 a.m.-noon
            116 Pearson Hall

Introduction to Excel 7.0 for Windows 95: Two-Part Workshop*

Part 1 (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at an "Introduction to Windows 95" class
   or familiarity with Windows 95.
   - Start Excel
   - Examine the Excel screen
   - Enter text and values
   - Save and close a worksheet
   - Date: Sept. 30, 9 a.m.-noon
           116 Pearson Hall

Part 2 (Novice)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at an "Introduction to Excel 7.0 for
   Windows 95: Part 1" class or equivalent experience.
   - Work with charts
   - Add graphics
   - Create macros
   - Date: Oct. 16, 9 a.m.-noon
           116 Pearson Hall

Introduction to Access 7.0 for Windows*
     Access is a Windows 95 database application that is powerful, yet
easy to use. Although the class is taught in Windows 95, most of what
you learn can be applied to Access for Windows 3.1.

Part 1 (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at an "Introduction to Windows" class or
   equivalent knowledge.
   - Work in tables
   - Use forms
   - Find and sort data
   - Date: Oct. 15, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
           116 Pearson Hall

Part 2 (Novice)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at "Introduction to Access 2.0 for
   Windows: Part 1."
   - Understand database design
   - Create and customize tables
   - Design select queries
   - Date: Oct. 22, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
           116 Pearson Hall

Introduction to PowerPoint 7.0 for Windows: Two-Part Workshop*
     PowerPoint is a Windows 95 graphics program that transforms data
into dynamic presentations.  Although the class is taught in Windows
95, most of what you learn can be applied to Access for Windows 3.1.
     Class will view a videotaped lesson and then complete hands-on
exercises.

Part 1 (Beginner)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at an "Introduction to Windows 3.1" class
   or familiarity using Windows.
   - Examine the PowerPoint window
   - Create, modify and format a presentation
   - Add clip art
   - Date Sept. 23, 9 a.m.-noon
           116 Pearson Hall

Part 2 (Novice)
   Prerequisite: Attendance at an "Introduction to PowerPoint 7.0 for
   Windows: Part 1" class or equivalent experience.
   - Create organizational charts
   - Create and customize graphics
   - Change the color scheme
   - Date: Oct 17, 9 a.m.-noon
           116 Pearson Hall

Introduction to Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows: UDThesis (Advanced)
   Prerequisite: Experience with Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows.
   Please bring the Office of Graduate Studies' thesis manual. Senior
   thesis candidates should obtain a copy of the senior thesis format
   manual from the Undergraduate Research Office.
   - Use macros to format theses and dissertations
   - Dates: Oct. 22, 9 a.m.-noon
            Nov. 6, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
            116 Pearson Hall

More About WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows: UDThesis (Advanced)
   Prerequisite: Experience with WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows. Please
   bring the Office of Graduate Studies' thesis manual. Senior thesis
   candidates should obtain a copy of the senior thesis format manual
   from the Undergraduate Research Office.
   - Use macros to format theses and dissertations
   - Date Oct. 25, 9 a.m.-noon
           116 Pearson Hall