Self-paced learning available


Vol. 16, No. 39	Aug. 21, 1997

Self-paced learning available

There is a wide variety of training and reference resources available that you can use at your own pace. For a complete listing of all training and reference material, go to the Help Center web page (select Technology from the UD Homepage, then Help Center). The listing below gives a sampler of the variety of videotapes available from Pearson Hall, a description of the SAS online training and a listing of printed tutorials for sale in the University Bookstore.

Videotapes

The Pearson Hall Training Center (Room 116) maintains a collection of videotapes that provide an additional source of learning. Online descriptions for these tapes can be found on the Help Center web page under Learning.

Topics include:

General

Buying a Computer

Internet

Browsing the World Wide Web
Preparing Images for the Web
Exploring the Internet

Electronic Mail

Introduction to Pine Mail
Sending and Receiving Files with Pine Mail

Windows

Excel 7.0 for Windows 95
PowerPoint 7.0 for Windows
Windows 3.1
WordPerfect 6.0, 6.1 and 7.0 for Windows
Word 7 for Windows 95
Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows

Macintosh

Macintosh Basics
Macintosh: System 7
Microsoft Word 5.0

Windows/Macintosh Videotapes
(These videotapes can be used by both Windows and Macintosh users.)

Excel 5.0
Photoshop 3.0
Word 6.0

Introduction to Scanning

You can use the tapes in the Training Center AV Room or check them out for home use. Special arrangements must be made to check the tapes out over the weekend. Please contact the training site supervisor Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., for details.

Call 831-6338 for more information.

SAS/Tutor: Online help for new and experienced users

Learn SAS at your convenience using SAS Institute's SAS/TUTOR online training software. SAS/TUTOR consists of a series of modules whose content ranges from introductory to very detailed SAS programming topics. The software is accessible on Strauss when you use an X terminal.

The modules contain lessons with questions, practice exercises with immediate responses, quizzes for self-testing, case studies and optional reviews. You control your own instructional path and the time you spend on each topic. Menus, a course index and suggested learning paths enable you to scan for selected topics.

You may work entirely online or supplement the online material with printed, optional course notes. Copies of the course notes may be borrowed from the Reference Library (014 Smith Hall) and copied. The Information Technologies license permits you to make copies for any University-supported activity.

The SAS/TUTOR Online Training Library includes:

Fundamentals of the SAS system
Reading raw data and formatting values with the DATAStep
Creating, modifying and processing variables with the DATAStep
Developing custom data entry applications
Creating and enhancing SAS/GRAPH output
Creating tables with PROC TABULATE

To start or to investigate SAS/TUTOR:

Log in to an X terminal and open a window to Strauss
Type
From the Program Editor window, select the menu items Help/Online Training
To terminate the program, select the menu items

Printed tutorials
These printed tutorials may be purchased at the University Bookstore (lower level):
"Introduction to UNIX"
"Introduction to Pine: An Electronic Mail Program"

Technology on UDTV Channel 52

Programming includes the same high-quality training tapes used in many of the classes offered on campus. Original programming produced at the University, and especially designed for our network, will air repeatedly during the first few weeks of the semester. Additionally, various PBS series with updates on technology and education will air throughout the semester.