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Short Courses

By Claudia Lynch, Benchmarks Online Editor

The spring Short Courses are winding down, although there are still a few of the stat and research classes available. Surf over to the Short Courses page to see the classes offered and to get registration information. The following courses are still available this semester:  New Technologies for Survey Research and R & S-Plus Programming.

Customized Short Courses

Faculty 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 Members

In 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. Additionally, the Center for Continuing Education and Conference Management offers a variety of courses to both UNT and the general community, usually for a small fee.

Mandatory Training on EEO and Sexual Harassment Law

State law requires that all new State employees attend training on equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment law. The law also mandates that employees receive supplemental training every two years.

• This spring, all regular UNT Faculty and Staff are required to complete this supplemental training. Employees who were hired more recently than two years ago will still need to complete the refresher training. Human Resources does not track individual dates of completion, but asks that all employees complete the training every other spring.

• Anyone who hasn't completed the training yet needs to take the training on-line before April 29, 2005.

Managers are responsible for allowing employees work time to complete this training and for ensuring that all faculty and staff who report to them have complied before April 29, 2005.

On-line training instructions

1. Go to www.unt.edu/hr/training/
2. Scroll down to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Compliance Training
3. Click on Flash Presentation
4. Review applicable policies
5. Click on EEO Training Flash Presentation
6. Follow steps to complete program
7. Complete acknowledgement form and press submit

If you have questions, please call Human Resources at extension 4246.

EIS Training

Student Records Level I Training

The Registrar's Office will continue to offer EIS Student Records Level I Training throughout the Spring 2005 semester. Please review the training schedule below for available times and dates.

STUDENT RECORDS LEVEL I TRAINING: Level I Student Records Training is a hands-on training session that concentrates on basic view access in EIS. In addition to discussions on basic EIS academic structure the users will view student personal information, FERPA status, residency status, registration eligibility, study lists (schedules), grades, enrollment requests, programs/plans, service indicators (blocks) and print unofficial transcripts. Users will also learn how to search for classes and rooms, view class rosters and look up instructor schedules and view the my.unt.edu student portal.

TO REGISTER:  Email Sara Akers at sara@acad.admin.unt.edu with your preferred training time. Please include your EUID, full email address and position at UNT. If you do not know your EUID please go to: https://ams.unt.edu/whatsmyeuid.php

Dates for Level I training in ESSC 152 lab:

  • May 4, 2005: 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Electronic Procurement (ePro) Training

As many of you are aware, the electronic procurement (ePro) module of EIS has been implemented. We have discontinued the use of paper requisition forms as of September 1, 2004.

ePro requires training for both the ePro Coordinator (individual performing entry/creation/tracking of the purchasing requisition) and the DeptID and/or the Project Holder (Approver). Computer security will not be established until individuals have completed the required training.

At this time, classes will be conducted at the Research Park, EIS Training Room. Directions given at time of registration. Please note: We reserve the right to cancel or change the training location for class attendance under 3.

Next classes are scheduled for Tuesday 04/05/05 or 04/19/05, note the times below:

Approvers:
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM,
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM,
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Coordinators
8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

Please e-mail Tina Koenig, tinak@unt.edu, indicating the time you plan to attend and for which class.

If you have not submitted an ePro DeptID Holder Information Form or an ePro Coordinators Information Form, please fill the form out on-line and attach it to your email requesting registration. This is necessary in order to establish security for your use of the system.

GroupWise Training

Information about GroupWise training can be found at the GroupWise course site.

Basic GroupWise 6.5 Class 3

In this third and last class for GroupWise this year we will briefly review important topics from the first two classes which include:

Proxy
Auto-archiving
Rules
JunkMail Handling

In addition to these topics we will also look at the calendar, address books, saving email as MS Word files, setting default fonts for messaging, the multi-user calendar, busy searching, auto-dating appointments, the Contacts folder, and a primer on Document Management.

Jason Gutierrez, the instructor, will also entertain any questions on any GroupWise topic. If there is something that you missed or would like to go over from the fist two classes, please come. There is no prerequisite for this class.

If you couldn't make it to the first two classes then this is your chance, please come. There is no registration for this class and seating is limited to the first 20 participants.

This class will be held  from 10-11:50 a.m. April 20th  and 21st in ESSC Room 152. The same material is offered on both days, please only plan to come to one class (not both). Seating and materials are available to the first 20 people who arrive, so please plan on getting there early.

GroupWise 6.5 Seminars

If would like to have a Basic GroupWise seminar for your area, please contact Jason Gutierrez, Network Computing Services, jasong@unt.edu.

Center for Distributed Learning

The Center for Distributed Learning offers courses especially for Faculty Members. A list of topics and further information can be found at http://www.unt.edu/cdl/training_events/index.htm

The center also offers a "Brown Bag" series which meets for lunch the first Thursday of each month at Noon in Chilton 245. The purpose of this group is to bring faculty members together to share their experiences with distributed learning. One demonstration will be made at each meeting by a faculty member with experience in distributed learning. More information on these activities can be found at the Center for Distributed Learning Website.

Technical Training

Technical Training for campus network managers is available, from time to time, through the Network Computing Services (NCS) division of the Computing and Information Technology Center. Check the NCS site to see if and when they are offering any training.

UNT Mini-Courses

There are a variety of courses offered, for a fee, to UNT faculty, staff and students as well as the general public. For additional information surf over to http://www.pware.com/index.cfm?clientid=2694a

Alternate Forms of Training

Many of the General Access Labs around campus have tutorials installed on their computers. The Training Web site has all sorts of information about alternate forms of training. Computer Based Training (CBT) is one of the alternatives offered.

For further information on CBT at UNT, see the article New and Improved SkillSoft Online Training Available to Faculty, Staff and Students in this issue of Benchmarks Online. Additionally, consult the articles New and Improved Microsoft Elearning Titles Available to Faculty and Staff  in the February issue of Benchmarks Online and Computer-based Training Curriculum Update  in the January, 2005 issue.

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