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Short CoursesBy Claudia Lynch, Benchmarks EditorSpring Short Courses started February 4. There is still time up to sign up for classes in Mapping Data Using SAS and Excel, SPSS Programming, and Creating a Homepage with FrontPage. Follow this link for course descriptions and registration. Customized Short CoursesFaculty members can request customized short courses from ACS, geared to their class needs. Other groups can request special courses also. Contact ACS for more information (ISB 119, 565-4068, lynch@unt.edu). Especially for Faculty and Staff MembersIn addition to the ACS Short Courses, which are available to students, faculty and staff, staff and faculty members can take courses offered through the Human Resources Department, the Center for Distributed Learning, and the UNT Libraries' Multimedia Development Lab. CBT in AprilThere will be a series of computer based training courses offered in the SLIS Computer Classroom (ISB 203) next month. The topics covered include Word 97, Excel 97, PowerPoint 97, Access 97, Outlook 97, FrontPage 97, and Windows 95. There will be a lab facilitator available to help you get started and answer any questions you may have. The dates and times are:
If you would like further information about these courses or wish to register, contact Human Resources Training at 565-4246 or send mail to Tammy Coffey. Center for Distributed LearningThe Center for Distributed Learning is offering courses especially for Faculty Members. Topics include Windows 95, PowerPoint, Video Conferencing, and a series of classes concerning putting course materials on the World Wide Web using WebCT. UNT Libraries'The UNT Libraries' Multimedia Development Lab is also offering free training to all University of North Texas faculty and staff in the basics of FrontPage 98 and information architecture. Training will be held on Fridays from 1-4 p.m. through May 7 in the Willis Library Learning Center. For more information visit the Multimedia Development Lab's home page at http://www.library.unt.edu/mmdl . Technical TrainingTechnical Training for campus network managers is available through the Campus-Wide Networks division of the Computing Center. Some of the seminars, such as one on disaster recovery/business continuity planning techniques, may be of interest to others on campus as well. Alternate Forms of TrainingThe Training Web site has all sorts of information about alternate forms of training. Training tapes, Computer Based Training (CBT) and Web-based training are some of the alternatives offered.There are also handouts for computer training (Microsoft Office 97 and Windows 95) on the following topics:
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