Technology Training Services

The Spring Tech Express

Introduction

The Tech Express is a series of user-friendly brown-bag sessions on computing at Stanford. These sessions, held from 12:00 to 1:00 P.M and led by knowledgeable ITSS staff, 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.

The Spring Tech Express sessions will be held in the Hartley Conference Center, located on the first floor of the Mitchell Earth Sciences Building (397 Panama Mall).

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 Phyllis Olrich at 725-1541 or send email to techexpress-owner@lists.stanford.edu.

Spring 2005 Tech Express Schedule

Thursday, April 14: TechPort
Tuesday, May 24: My computer is driving me crazy!
Tuesday, June 7: Stanford Training and Registration System (STARS)

Date	Topic	Presenter(s)
Thu., 4/14/05	A Thousand Courses for the Price of One - TechPort Find out about the over 1,000 quality, online courses at all skill levels offered at techport.stanford.edu. Leni Silberman will show you how to access and use the courses. If you want to brush up your computing skills, these self-paced courses are just what you need. TechPort is available 24/7 from any Windows-based computer and requires a SUNet ID. If you are interested but cannot attend this Tech Express, you can go to http://techport.stanford.edu and try the SAMPLE COURSE there.	Leni Silberman
Tue., 5/24/05	My computer is driving me crazy! Dealing with spam, popup boxes, computer viruses, spyware, and adware Sick of spam? Irritated by popup boxes? Bothered by computer viruses? Worried about spyware and adware (and what are they anyway)? Mark Branom will give you some simple tips and tricks on how to deal with these pesky annoyances that we experience every day. Mark recomends this helpful book – PC Annoyances: How to Fix the Most Annoying Things About Your Personal Computer, by Steve Bass, O'Reilly & Assoc., 2004.	Mark Branom
Tue., 6/7/05	Stanford Training and Registration System (STARS) Come and learn about STARS, the Stanford Training and Registration System. STARS will help faculty, staff, visitors and others find and register for the training they need. STARS also provides management with a centralized University-wide tracking tool for compliance and training administration. STARS is web-based and accessible by anyone with a SUnet ID. More information is available at http://stars.stanford.edu.	Mike Peters, Brian Westerman

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

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