Computing Service Newsletters

Computing Service Newsletter 232 (April 2007)

Documentation and Training

• Leaflets
• Courses
• Additions to the Training Programme
• Additions to the Library of Self-Instruction Courseware

Leaflets

The following leaflets have been updated since the last Newsletter:

• G25: Managed Mail Domains
• G26: Managed web server
• G56: Making a Virtual Private Dial-up Network (VPDN) Connection to the CUDN with Windows Vista
• G63: How to use the University Web proxy and cache
• IS24: Information for New Users - Using Windows XP on the PWF
• IS26: Information For New Users - Printing from Windows XP on the PWF PCs (printed version only)
• IS45: The Lapwing wireless service
• M495: Using the Macintoshes on the PWF
• M596: Using Windows XP on the PWF
• M605: Using Linux on the PWF

Courses

Computing Service courses are free to current members of staff and students of the University. All details are available at http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/courses/ There is also an additional software training programme for departmental support staff, administered by the Staff Development Office - see http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/staffdev/list.shtml#it_skills_development for details.

The most convenient way to register for Computing Service courses is to complete the booking form on the Web at http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/courses/ Apart from being more efficient to process, an advantage to using this method of booking is that it is possible to check the availability of places. If it is not possible to book via the Web, please email course-admin@ucs.cam.ac.uk, ring (3)34662 or come to Computing Service Reception.

If necessary, please cancel your booking, preferably via the Web or else by email or phone, giving as much notice as possible. This is important as it enables the place to be allocated to someone else, and avoids waste of resources.

Additions to the Training Programme

We are pleased to offer the following new/updated courses in the Scientific Computing series in the Easter and Long Vacation Terms 2007:

• Condor Distributed Task Scheduler: Submitting Jobs (2 July)
• Unix Systems: Shell Scripting for Scientists (revised/renamed) (12-14 June)
• Unix Systems: Shell Scripting Recipes (26 June)
• Unix Systems: Shell Scripting Workshop (2 May)
• Writing Better Programs: Program Design (5 June)
• Programming: How to Help Programs Debug Themselves (21 June)
• Writing Better Programs: Test-First Programs and Unit Tests (9 July)
• Programming: Converting Old to Modern Fortran (31 May - 1 June)
• Programming: Decoding and Converting Variant and Old Fortran (7 June)

Details of these and all other Computing Service courses are on the website http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/courses/ Please register online (note that course bookings for July courses cannot be taken until June).

Additions to the Library of Self-Instruction Courseware

There have been additions to the library of self-teach courseware, including DVDs on the Apple multimedia products Garageband, iDVD, iMovie and Logic.

The title of this document is: Computing Service Newsletter 232: Documentation and Training
URL: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/newsletter/2007/nl232/courses.html