IT Training
OIT Short Courses announcement:
Effective Autumn Quarter 2009, most of the OIT instructor-led Short Courses are being discontinued. The statistical applications courses and our online courses will continue to be offered. Training guides for our other courses will remain available for download as long as they are current.
Note: Other options for obtaining training include the noncredit computer courses offered by OSU Continuing Education (ced.osu.edu) and the lynda.com self-paced tutorials available at the Digital Union (digitalunion.osu.edu/whatweoffer/lynda.html).
Winter 2010
Overview:
The courses listed below are offered free of charge to faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Registration is required for the instructor-led courses. Online courses do not require registration.
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Register for a course:
- OSU-affiliated individuals: If you are new to OSU, please activate your OSU Internet username and password before attempting to register as you will be prompted for your lastname.# during the process.
- Non-OSU individuals: If you are not affiliated with Ohio State, you will be directed to a separate online registration form to complete.
Please: If you register for a class and then cannot attend, it is very important that you email trngnotif@osu.edu to cancel your registration. This will make your space available for another attendee. Alternatively, you may cancel online via the course registration site.
| Name | Description | Audience | Session Information | Supplemental Materials |
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| SAS for Windows 1 | Provides an introduction to SAS in a three-day class. Topics include: performing data steps (reading, writing, and subsetting files, plus creating new variables and merging files); working with missing values; and finding and correcting common SAS programming errors. |
Beginning level course; no SAS experience is necessary. | Hands-on, 3 Days (2 hrs. per session) M, W, and F: 2/22, 2/24, and 2/26 1:30-3:30 p.m. |
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| SPSS for Windows 1 | Focuses on easy ways to do statistical analysis in the Windows environment in a three-day class. Topics include: navigating the Data and Variable View windows; defining a variable; entering data; saving and printing data; merging Class files; opening an Excel or tab-delimited file; generating frequency and descriptive statistics; recoding and computing new variables; splitting a file; and selecting cases. |
Beginning level course; familiarity with Windows XP or better is recommended. | Hands-on, 3 Days (2 hrs. per session) M, W, and F: 2/8, 2/10, and 2/12 1:30-3:30 p.m.
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| Office 2007 Overview | Provides an overview of the new look and feel of the Office 2007 suite of programs, as well as information about new file formats and compatibility packs. |
Intended for those who would like to become familiar with the Office 2007 interface. | Online; take course | n/a |
| Xpedio Consumers | Provides an overview of the Xpedio Document Management system and includes details on specific software functionality. |
Intended for those who only need to find, view, or print documents using Xpedio. | Online; take course | n/a |
| Xpedio Contributors | Provides an overview of the Xpedio Document Management System and includes details on specific software functionality. |
Intended for those who need find, view, or print documents as well as create, revise, or collaborate on documents using Xpedio. | Online; take course | n/a |
Training Guides:
The following training guides are being provided for download; some include data files that go with the course. These guides will be available as long as they are current.
| Name | Training Materials |
|---|---|
| Excel 1 (2003 & 2007) | |
| Excel 2 (2003) | |
| FrontPage 2003 | |
| PowerPoint 1 (2003 & 2007) | |
| PowerPoint 2 (2003) | 2003 Training guide |
| Web Design 1 | |
| Windows XP Overview | Training guide |
| Windows XP System Management | Training guide |
