The Tech Express
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Overview
The Tech Express is a series of user-friendly brown-bag sessions on computing at Stanford. These sessions, held Thursdays from 12:00 to 1:00 P.M and led by knowledgeable ITSS staff or other IT professionals, are intended to meet the needs of Stanford staff, but are open to everyone, including faculty and students. No registration is required – come by and learn something new! Bring your lunch! Bring your questions! Drinks and cookies provided.
Tech Express sessions are held in Turing Auditorium (Polya Hall, Room 111).
The success of these sessions depends on you! Questions from attendees are strongly encouraged. Topics are announced in advance through the techexpress mailing list and on this web page.
Feel free to contact the Tech Express coordinator with your questions or suggestions. Call 723-4391 or send email to techexpress-owner@lists.stanford.edu.
Fall 2006 Tech Express Schedule
September 21: ReportMart1 Upgrade
October 19: Understanding the New Mailman List Service
November 16: Using Open Source Software and Other Freebies
December 7: Changes to Docushare
| Date | Topic | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| September 21 | ReportMart1 Upgrade ReportMart1, the portal (web site) that is used to access PeopleSoft, STARS, Kronos, Pinnacle, DSS, Space Mgmt, R&DE, and CAMS legacy reports, was upgraded on 7/31/2006 to replace Brio with Hyperion Performance Suite (HPS). The portal architecture has changed significantly, but the actual reports remain basically unchanged. Would you like to learn more about this upgrade? Representatives of the ReportMart1 team will demo the new portal and discuss the changes involved in this upgrade. Topics will include: new URLs; documentation; the plug-in installation for PC users; "Connect" (vs. "MyApps") for Mac users; improved searching; bookmarks and favorites; procedures for exporting data and saving/rerunning reports locally; known issues; and Q&A. PC users can access the new portal (new plug-in installation required) at: |
Bill Roden, Anh Hoang, and Carol Jordan |
| October 19 | Understanding the New Mailman List Service IT Services is happy to present a new feature-packed mailing list service called Mailman to replace Majordomo. In addition to numerous new features including spam filtering, fully moderated lists, and list archiving with an integrated web interface, the Mailman package also delivers much better performance and reliability. If you want to know what this means to you as a list owner and/or list member, then attend this Tech Express. You'll learn how to do the same things with Mailman that you're doing currently with Majordomo, and we'll also talk about the migration of your lists from Majordomo to Mailman. See http://mailman.stanford.edu for more info. |
Xueshan Feng (IT Services) |
| November 16 | Using Open Source Software and Other Freebies (a.k.a. Alternatives to MS Office and Sound, Video, and Graphic Manipulation software) Do you wish you had office applications at home? Is your department running out of funds because you're spending too much on licensing fees for tools like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Illustrator, and Photoshop? Come to this Tech Express as our instructor, Mark Branom, demonstrates Open Source and other free alternatives. Topics will include OpenOffice.org, Audacity, Picasa, Google Spreadsheets, Google Page Creator, and Writely. |
Mark Branom (IT Services) |
| December 7 | Changes to Docushare Are you a Docushare User? If so, come see the changes to the Docushare
system at noon on November 7th in Turing Auditorium. This 45 minute presentation
will give you a first look at the upgrade, a handout detailing changes
to the system, and a navigation demonstration. |
Ammy Hill (IT Services) |
Coming in Winter Quarter (dates tentative):
- Office Tips and Time Savers (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) - January 25
- Adobe Acrobat 8 - Feb 1
- Stanford Desktop Tools - February 22
- TechPort - March 21
Links to Previous Quarters
Click on these links to previous quarters to see the Tech Express/TTBB topics we have presented in the past. Links to handouts for most presentations are also available at these sites.
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Tips for Presenters
So, you're going to give a presentation at an upcoming Tech Express. Find out what services we provide and what's expected of you. Refer to this PowerPoint document Tips for Presenters for guidelines on preparing for your presentation. You will find templates, as well as other useful information regarding timelines, marketing, and resources.
