Sharpen your skills this spring! LTS is offering some new and recurring seminars to boost your knowledge and skills. Want custom training for your department? Email helpdesk@lehigh.edu. Sessions are via Zoom except where noted.

LTS/Libraries Seminars

Zoom phone: Basics for getting started: Tuesday, January 28, 9:30-10:30am.

Digital safety made easy: From MFA to fighting phishing and ransomware: Tuesday, February 4, 10-11am.

Enhance your teaching: A LinkedIn Learning workshop for Lehigh faculty: Friday, February 7, 9-10:30am. 

Introduction to Git and GitHub: Monday, February 10, 9-10am. 

Google Sheets: Five favorite formulas! Wednesday, February 12, 9-10am. 

Qualtrics 201: Intermediate surveys: Wednesday, February 12, 11am-noon.

*NEW* Introduction to Overleaf Parts 1 & 2 ( Zoom registration via Overleaf): Wednesday, February 12, noon-1pm.

Zoom phone: Basics for getting started: Thursday, February 13, 1:30-2:30pm.

Argos for reporting: An overview: Monday, February 17, 2-3pm.

Banner admin and self-service: An overview: Tuesday, February 18, 2-3pm.

Zoom and Google Calendar: Scheduling meetings made easy! Wednesday, February 19, 9-10am.

Introduction to visualizations and dashboards using AWS QuickSight: Monday, February 24, 10-11am. 

Safe travels: Protecting your tech and data while travelling: Tuesday, March 4, 10-11am. 

What's new in Google Docs? New features and functionality: Wednesday, March 5, 9-10am. 

Website editing in Drupal 10: Thursday, March 6, 2-3pm. 

*NEW* Introduction to Special Collections discovery resources: Friday, March 7, 1-2pm.

Introduction to Docusign: Tuesday, March 11, 10-11am. 

Email accessibility: Quick tips for inclusive email: Wednesday, March 12, 9-10am.

Introduction to Dropbox: Wednesday, March 12, 10-11am.

*NEW* PowerPoint: Beyond the basics: Wednesday, March 12, 10-11am.

Digital safety made easy: From MFA to fighting phishing and ransomware: Thursday, March 13, 10-11am.

Google Drive: Tools for getting organized (find things faster!): Tuesday, March 18, 9-10am.

Managing references with Zotero (in person): Wednesday, March 19, noon-1pm (location to be announced). 

Introduction to the Preserve: Library Digital Collections: Thursday, March 20, 9:30-10:30am.

Advanced Docusign: Tuesday, March 25, 10-11am. 

Cool Customer: De-escalating techniques for tough conversations: Wednesday, March 26, 10-11am. 

Data and File storage strategies: Wednesday, March 26, 10-11am.

*NEW* The Goldilocks principle of data management: Monday, March 31, 2-3pm.

Mail merge at Lehigh: Managing mass email: Tuesday, April 1, 10-11am. 

*NEW* Submitting electronic theses and dissertations (ETD): Friday, April 4, 11am-noon.

*NEW* Honors Thesis and Capstone Project submission to the Lehigh Preserve. Friday, April 4, 1-2pm.

*NEW* Getting started with Jira for project management: Wednesday, April 9, 10-11am. 

Ancestry: Getting the most out of immigration and naturalization records: Thursday, April 10, noon-1pm.

Honors Thesis and Capstone Project submission to the Lehigh Preserve: Friday, April 11, 11am-noon.

Submitting electronic theses and dissertations (ETD): Friday, April 11, 1-2pm.

Artificial Intelligence seminars

Understanding AI: Watch recording (Oct, 2024), view slides, review AI-generated summary (Presented by LTS).

*NEW* Work smarter, not harder: Gemini for Google Workspace: Thursday, February 6, 9-10am.

Using AI for communications: Friday, February 7, 10-11:30am. 

AI for spreadsheets: Practical productivity tips: Wednesday, February 26, 9-10am.

*NEW* NotebookLM: The AI tool for organizing and synthesizing content: Tuesday, March 4, 9-10am.

*NEW* Using AI to read, analyze, and extract handwritten text: Friday, March 28, 1-2pm.

Find and analyze research with AI tools: Wednesday, April 2, noon-1pm.

High Performance Computing Series 

This seminar series will teach students, faculty, and staff the best practices for using high-performance computing (HPC) in research projects of all stripes. Hosted by our Research Computing group, these workshop-style sessions will provide a map of the ways that you can automate, scale-up, repeat, and reproduce your computations. Anyone who works with big and small data in all its forms can benefit from moving their calculations to Lehigh's own research computing cloud.

All sessions are held in-person at the FML Digital Media Studio on Tuesdays from 2-4PM from March 18 - April 15. Students benefit from attending all five sessions in sequence. All skill levels welcome!

On-demand Online Training

Want to learn in the moment? Can't wait for a seminar? Check out the LTS list of recorded sessions as well as these exceptional training platforms, free to faculty, staff, and students. 

DataCamp, an online learning platform specializing in teaching data literacy for all skill levels. The platform is free to all faculty, students, and staff.

LinkedIn Learning offers thousands of video-based courses for personal and professional development, including topics such as leadership, technology, time management, social intelligence, and more.

If you are unable to attend a seminar, go to the registration confirmation and click "Cancel.”

If you have any questions about this seminar series, please contact the LTS Help Desk at (610) 758-4357 or helpdesk@lehigh.edu.

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