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HOW TO REGISTER FOR ITP SKILS WORKSHOPS

Review the ITP Workshop Descriptions below, then select the corresponding date from the Available Dates pull-down menu (above) to register for your desired workshop.

Repeat the process if you want to register for more than one event.

Space is limited and you must sign up in advance to secure a seat.

Workshop attendance will be taken at each session.

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SPRING 2015 ITP WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS

Bootstrap Basics | February 11, 4:15 to 6:15 | Computer Lab C196.03 | Patrick Smyth

This workshop is an introduction to Bootstrap, a framework for designing sites that run smoothly on both mobile and conventional browsers. Students will install and configure a basic Bootstrap site and will learn about customization with Less and Bootswatch themes. Students should have some familiarity with HTML, CSS, and FTP with FileZilla.

Javascript & JQuery | February 18, 4:15 to 6:15 | Computer Lab C196.03 | Jeffery Binder

This workshop will introduce some basic ways of adding interactivity to Web sites using JavaScript and JQuery. Participants will learn how to set up code to respond to user input, write functions that change the content of a page, and implement some basic programming logic. Participants should have a general understanding of HTML and CSS before attending this workshop.

Wikipedia-edit-a-thon: Art+Feminism | February 25, 6:30 to 8:30| Sign In Room 4108 beginning at 5:30 | Coordinator: Michael Mandiberg

Art+Feminism is pleased to announce Train the Trainer, a series of workshops in advance of the second annual international Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. We will provide tutorials for both the beginner Wikipedian and the more experienced editor. Learn the best practices on writing entries that stick and how to facilitate the empowerment of your community. Click here for more information. To register for this event: http://bit.ly/Training25Feb

So You Wanna Make a Mobile App? Know Your Options | March 4, 4:15 to 6:15 | Computer Lab C196.03 | Joe Kirchhof

This workshop will provide an overview of options for creating mobile apps. We will focus on the range of tools for building cross-platform HTML5 applications, but we will also address native apps for iOS and Android. There are no strict prerequisites, but participants will benefit from a rudimentary knowledge of HTML as well as a basic understanding of the differences between scripting languages and compiled languages.

PLATFORMS

ArcGIS | All day workshops on Feb 27, Mar 27, Apr 24 ($30) | Frank Donnelly

Do you have a research question that you'd like to envision geographically? Maybe you'd like to study neighborhoods and businesses to target a market. Or perhaps you want to visualize the distribution of education, employment, or resources across the country or around the world. Have you ever wanted to add a map to your presentations or reports, but couldn't find one that suits your needs?

This practicum introduces participants to geographic information systems (GIS) as a concept for envisioning information and as a tool for conducting geographic analyses and creating maps. Participants will learn how to navigate a GIS interface, how to prepare map layers and conduct a basic geographic analysis, and how to create thematic maps using the open source software QGIS.

For more information and to register: http://guides.newman.baruch.cuny.edu/gis/gisprac

Introduction to Data Visualization | Monday March 2, 4:15 to 6:15 | Room TBD | Michael Mandiberg

This workshop will introduce participants to basic concepts and tools in data visualization for the humanities and social sciences. Beginning with a definition of data visualization and information design, we will explore key examples including basic line graphs and complex interactive visualizations. We will lean how to use word clouds, Google Ngrams, the Google Public Data Explorer, and map a social network with Gephi. We will emphasize learning the very basics of each of these platforms so that participants can continue to learn and explore on their own after the workshop.

Omeka| March 11, 4:15 to 6:15 | Room TBD |Pamela Thielman

This workshop will introduce the web-publishing platform Omeka. Omeka allows you to build and organize collections containing a variety of media objects in ways that have applications for personal research and teaching. This workshop will cover the basic differences between self-hosted and Omeka-hosted sites but will focus on the latter. Topics will include: uploading items, Dublin Core metadata standards, and creating collections and exhibitions. No priorexperience with Omeka is necessary.

INTERMEDIATE SKILLS

Intermediate Python | Wednesday, April 1, 4:15 to 6:15pm | Room TBD | Ian Phillips

This workshop will build on the Fall 2014 Intro to Python workshop. Participants will have an opportunity to continue building their coding skills with more complex exercises. Experience with Python is not required but some familiarity with basic coding will be helpful.

Omeka| March 11, 4:15 to 6:15 | Room TBD |Pamela Thielman

This workshop will introduce the web-publishing platform Omeka. Omeka allows you to build and organize collections containing a variety of media objects in ways that have applications for personal research and teaching. This workshop will cover the basic differences between self-hosted and Omeka-hosted sites but will focus on the latter. Topics will include: uploading items, Dublin Core metadata standards, and creating collections and exhibitions. No priorexperience with Omeka is necessary.

Intro to Web Scraping in Python | April 22, 4:15 to 6:15pm | Computer Lab C196.03 | Patrick Smyth

In this workshop, students will learn how to write Python scripts to pull data from the web programmatically. Students will learn about the Requests library, Python's built-in string functions, and the basics of storing data locally. Students will also be introduced to more advanced libraries for scraping, including lxml and BeautifulSoup. Some familiarity with Python will be useful, but is not required.

Photoshop| April 29, 4:15 to 6:15 | Room TBD | Sissi Liu 劉思

Participants will learn basic skills such as understanding and adjusting the histogram, tonal scale, refining colors with hue/saturation, changing fill and opacity. Then we will delve into more advanced skills such as layering and collage, burning and dodging, creating effects with blur gallery. Students are encouraged to email themselves a photo or photos they would like to work with. No prior knowledge is needed for this workshop.

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