Sharpen your skills this fall! 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
Google Docs rocks: Design and formatting features you may not know: Tuesday, September 10, 9-10am.
Introduction to Git and Github: Tuesday, September 10, 9-10am.
*NEW* Exploring JSTOR and Artstor: Wednesday, September 11, noon-1pm.
Deep Dive into Google Drive: Thursday, September 19, 9-10:30am.
Introduction to Visualizations and Dashboards using AWS Quicksight: Monday, September 23, 10-11am.
Google Calendar: Scheduling meetings made easy: Wednesday, September 25, 9-10am.
*NEW* Website editing in Drupal 10: Wednesday, September 25, 2-3pm.
Gmail Merge: Adding a personal touch to your messages: Tuesday, October 1, 9-10am.
Building a Secure Campus: From MFA to Phishing, Mobile Security, Ransomware, and Data Protection: Monday, October 7, 9-10am.
Managing references with Zotero: Wednesday, October 9, noon-1pm.
Banner admin and self-service: An overview: Tuesday, October 8, 2-3pm.
Qualtrics 201: Intermediate surveys: Wednesday, October 9, 10-11am.
*NEW* Safe Travels: Protecting your tech and your data while traveling: Wednesday, October 9, 10-11am.
Introduction to Docusign: Tuesday, October 15, 10-11am.
Cool Customer: De-escalating techniques for tough conversations: Wednesday, October 16, 9:30-10:30am.
Introduction to Dropbox: Wednesday, October 16, 10-11am.
Introduction to web accessibility: Thursday, October 17, 1-2pm.
Argos for reporting: An overview: Thursday, October 17, 2-3pm.
Google Sheets: Five favorite formulas: Friday, October 18, 10:30-11:30am.
Data and file storage strategies: Wednesday, October 23, 10-11am.
Easy accessibility: Tips for content creators: Thursday, October 24, 1:30-2:30pm.
Email accessibility: Quick tips for inclusive email: Tuesday, October 29, 9-10am.
*NEW* Ancestry: Searching tips for birth, marriage, and death records: Wednesday, October 30, 1-2pm.
*NEW* Using QuickSight with the Lehigh Administrative Data Lake: Monday, November 4, 9-10am.
*NEW* OpenRefine: Cleaning and Managing your Data, Part 1: Introduction: Thursday, November 7, noon-1pm.
Advanced DocuSign: Tuesday, November 19, 10-11am.
*NEW* OpenRefine: Cleaning and Managing your Data, Part 2: Thursday, November 21, noon-1pm.
Artificial Intelligence seminars
*NEW* Understanding AI: Thursday, October 10, noon-1pm.
*NEW* AI Prompt Engineering Techniques: Monday, October 14, 9-10am.
*NEW* AI for spreadsheets: Practical productivity tips: Friday, November 15, 11am-noon.
Find and analyze research with AI tools: Wednesday, November 20, 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 September 24 - October 22. Students benefit from attending all five sessions in sequence. All skill levels welcome!
- Computing Quickstart: Tuesday, September 24, 2-4pm.
- Easy Parallel Computations: Tuesday, October 1, 2-4pm.
- Interactive Computing and Visualization: Tuesday, October 8, 2-4pm.
- Containers and Reproducibility: Tuesday, October 15, 2-4pm.
- Data Structures: Tuesday, October 22, 2-4pm.
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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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