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Wed 8 Aug 2012 – Tue 9 Oct 2012

August 2012

Wed 8	Excel 2007 for Beginners (Self-paced) (3 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2 This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working.
Thu 9	Grooming (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 16:30 Balfour Macintosh Room grooming
Mon 13	Cisco CCNA for IT Supporters: Module 1 - Network Fundamentals (13 of 15) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Balfour Macintosh Room The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) programme is open to University IT Supporters. It covers network technology, protocols and theory at deeper levels reflective of university practices. There is a fee to attend this course. You will learn the basics of routing, switching, and advanced technologies to acquire the skills required to provide a robust and secure network in your institution and it prepares you for CCNA certification. We offer this program as instructor led with remote access to the curriculum and an online networks laboratory called NETLAB. There is a mix of lecture, demonstrations and a heavy emphasis on practical activities using live lab equipment and a simulation package. Further details and pricing information are available. This is the first module of four modules in CCNA. 1. Networking Fundamentals 2. LAN Switching and Wireless 3. Routing Protocols and Concepts 4. Accessing the WAN
Mon 20	Cisco CCNA for IT Supporters: Module 1 - Network Fundamentals (14 of 15) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Balfour Macintosh Room The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) programme is open to University IT Supporters. It covers network technology, protocols and theory at deeper levels reflective of university practices. There is a fee to attend this course. You will learn the basics of routing, switching, and advanced technologies to acquire the skills required to provide a robust and secure network in your institution and it prepares you for CCNA certification. We offer this program as instructor led with remote access to the curriculum and an online networks laboratory called NETLAB. There is a mix of lecture, demonstrations and a heavy emphasis on practical activities using live lab equipment and a simulation package. Further details and pricing information are available. This is the first module of four modules in CCNA. 1. Networking Fundamentals 2. LAN Switching and Wireless 3. Routing Protocols and Concepts 4. Accessing the WAN
Mon 27	Cisco CCNA for IT Supporters: Module 1 - Network Fundamentals (15 of 15) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Balfour Macintosh Room The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) programme is open to University IT Supporters. It covers network technology, protocols and theory at deeper levels reflective of university practices. There is a fee to attend this course. You will learn the basics of routing, switching, and advanced technologies to acquire the skills required to provide a robust and secure network in your institution and it prepares you for CCNA certification. We offer this program as instructor led with remote access to the curriculum and an online networks laboratory called NETLAB. There is a mix of lecture, demonstrations and a heavy emphasis on practical activities using live lab equipment and a simulation package. Further details and pricing information are available. This is the first module of four modules in CCNA. 1. Networking Fundamentals 2. LAN Switching and Wireless 3. Routing Protocols and Concepts 4. Accessing the WAN

September 2012

Tue 4	Excel 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (1 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2 This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working.
Wed 5	Excel 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (2 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2 This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working.
Thu 6	Excel 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (3 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2 This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working.
Mon 17	Cisco CCNA for IT Supporters: Module 2 - LAN Switching and Wireless (1 of 11) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Balfour Macintosh Room The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) programme is open to University IT Supporters. It covers network technology, protocols and theory at deeper levels reflective of university practices. There is a fee to attend this course. You will learn the basics of routing, switching, and advanced technologies to acquire the skills required to provide a robust and secure network in your institution's and it prepares you for CCNA certification. We offer this program as instructor led with remote access to the curriculum and an online networks laboratory called NETLAB. There is a mix of lecture, demonstrations and a heavy emphasis on practical activities using live lab equipment and a simulation package. Further details and pricing information are available. This is the second module of four modules in the CCNA programme. 1. Networking Fundamentals 2. LAN Switching and Wireless 3. Routing Protocols and Concepts 4. Accessing the WAN
Wed 19	Excel 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (1 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2 This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working.
Thu 20	Excel 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (2 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2 This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working.
Fri 21	Excel 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (3 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2 This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working.
	Cabling networks (1 of 2) Finished 14:00 - 17:00 Balfour Macintosh Room This course will teach cabling Ethernet LANs.
Sat 22	Gardening for Beginners (1 of 2) Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Balfour Macintosh Room Beginners Gardening - how to garden
Mon 24	Cisco CCNA for IT Supporters: Module 2 - LAN Switching and Wireless (2 of 11) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Balfour Macintosh Room The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) programme is open to University IT Supporters. It covers network technology, protocols and theory at deeper levels reflective of university practices. There is a fee to attend this course. You will learn the basics of routing, switching, and advanced technologies to acquire the skills required to provide a robust and secure network in your institution's and it prepares you for CCNA certification. We offer this program as instructor led with remote access to the curriculum and an online networks laboratory called NETLAB. There is a mix of lecture, demonstrations and a heavy emphasis on practical activities using live lab equipment and a simulation package. Further details and pricing information are available. This is the second module of four modules in the CCNA programme. 1. Networking Fundamentals 2. LAN Switching and Wireless 3. Routing Protocols and Concepts 4. Accessing the WAN
Fri 28	Cabling networks (2 of 2) Finished 14:00 - 17:00 Balfour Macintosh Room This course will teach cabling Ethernet LANs.
Sat 29	Gardening for Beginners (2 of 2) Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Balfour Macintosh Room Beginners Gardening - how to garden

October 2012

Mon 1	Cisco CCNA for IT Supporters: Module 2 - LAN Switching and Wireless (3 of 11) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Balfour Macintosh Room The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) programme is open to University IT Supporters. It covers network technology, protocols and theory at deeper levels reflective of university practices. There is a fee to attend this course. You will learn the basics of routing, switching, and advanced technologies to acquire the skills required to provide a robust and secure network in your institution's and it prepares you for CCNA certification. We offer this program as instructor led with remote access to the curriculum and an online networks laboratory called NETLAB. There is a mix of lecture, demonstrations and a heavy emphasis on practical activities using live lab equipment and a simulation package. Further details and pricing information are available. This is the second module of four modules in the CCNA programme. 1. Networking Fundamentals 2. LAN Switching and Wireless 3. Routing Protocols and Concepts 4. Accessing the WAN
	Ultraviolet Radiation - Safe Use of Artificial Sources Finished 10:00 - 10:30 8 Mill Lane, Lecture Room 1 Managing Safely is ideally suited to managers, research supervisors, administrators with safety responsibilities and Departmental Safety Officers across all sectors of the University. It leads to a nationally recognised and accredited training certificate. Please contact the course organiser, Will Hudson (wjh29@admin.cam.ac.uk) for further details before booking on the course.
Thu 4	Scientific Computing: Introduction Finished 14:15 - 16:30 Cockcroft Lecture Theatre This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. There is a very wide variety of tools available for scientists using computers. This variety can be daunting at first glance. This talk will unpick the maze of programming languages and other tools to provide some guidance on what might be appropriate to use for various purposes.
Mon 8	Cisco CCNA for IT Supporters: Module 2 - LAN Switching and Wireless (4 of 11) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Balfour Macintosh Room The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) programme is open to University IT Supporters. It covers network technology, protocols and theory at deeper levels reflective of university practices. There is a fee to attend this course. You will learn the basics of routing, switching, and advanced technologies to acquire the skills required to provide a robust and secure network in your institution's and it prepares you for CCNA certification. We offer this program as instructor led with remote access to the curriculum and an online networks laboratory called NETLAB. There is a mix of lecture, demonstrations and a heavy emphasis on practical activities using live lab equipment and a simulation package. Further details and pricing information are available. This is the second module of four modules in the CCNA programme. 1. Networking Fundamentals 2. LAN Switching and Wireless 3. Routing Protocols and Concepts 4. Accessing the WAN
	Web Authoring: Introduction to HTML (Level 1) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Titan Teaching Room 1 This is a practical-based course for people new to writing Web pages. Only the basics of HTML (hypertext markup language) will be covered, but there are other courses for those wishing to extend their knowledge. By the end of the course participants will have created three personal linked web pages.
	Programming Concepts: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (1 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Hopkinson Lecture Theatre This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This course is aimed at those new to programming, or who have never been formally taught the principles and basic concepts of programming. It provides an introduction to the basic concepts common to most high level languages (including Python, Java, Fortran, C, C++, Visual Basic). The aim of the course is to equip attendees with the background knowledge and confidence necessary to tackle many on-line and printed programming tutorials. It may also help attendees in deciding which programming language is suitable for their programming task. Knowledge of the concepts presented in this course is a pre-requisite for many of the other courses in the Scientific Computing series of courses (although not for the "Python for Absolute Beginners" course).
Tue 9	Photoshop (Image/Photo Editing Software): Basic Techniques Finished 10:00 - 13:00 Balfour Macintosh Room Adobe Photoshop is the favourite image manipulation and editing tool of the professional graphics industry. It enables scanned-in photographs, pictures and graphics files to be edited and offers a dazzling array of drawing, special effects and filtering tools. Knowing where to start with such a comprehensive and feature-filled package can be daunting. This presentation aims to equip new users with the basics, using live demonstrations throughout.
	Programming Concepts: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (2 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Hopkinson Lecture Theatre This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This course is aimed at those new to programming, or who have never been formally taught the principles and basic concepts of programming. It provides an introduction to the basic concepts common to most high level languages (including Python, Java, Fortran, C, C++, Visual Basic). The aim of the course is to equip attendees with the background knowledge and confidence necessary to tackle many on-line and printed programming tutorials. It may also help attendees in deciding which programming language is suitable for their programming task. Knowledge of the concepts presented in this course is a pre-requisite for many of the other courses in the Scientific Computing series of courses (although not for the "Python for Absolute Beginners" course).