[CCoE Notice] Linux/UNIX Workshop and General Computing Orientation offered next week

[Boyer, Debbie]

Dear Engineering Faculty,

Zain Marvi, Engineering's System Admin, will be conducting the Linux workshops next week.  If you plan to send your students to the workshop, and your students need to have knowledge of a specific Linux topic, Zain can customize the workshop to include that information.
Please email Zain at zhmarvi at uh.edu<mailto:zhmarvi at uh.edu> with the information you would like to have included in the workshop.

Linux/UNIX Workshop:

The Linux/UNIX Workshop will be offered for free to any Engineering student on the following dates:
Wed, Jan 22, from 2PM-4PM
Thurs, Jan 23, from 10AM-12PM
Friday, Jan 24, from 10AM-12PM

Topics covered in this hands-on workshop include:
* Linux/UNIX Systems Overview
* Interoperability with Windows
* Linux/UNIX Accounts - Email and Personal Web Page
* File Systems, Permissions
* System Commands and Applications

Please note:  Students MUST have a Linux/UNIX account and be able to login to Linux/UNIX prior to class.  Students should get their Linux/UNIX account at the ECC Front Desk at least 1 day prior to the date of the workshop they plan to attend.  All workshops are scheduled in the ECC (Engineering Building 2, Room W129)


General Computing Essentials Orientation:

The UH Engineering Computing Essentials Orientation is offered for free to any Engineering student on the following dates:
                Wed, Jan 22, from 11AM-12PM
                Thurs, Jan 23, from 2PM-3PM
Topics covered in this "hands-on" orientation include:
                * Introduction to the Engineering Complex
                * Computing Resources Available to Engineering Students
                                - Computer Labs
                                - Free Printing on Campus
                * User Accounts
                                - CougarNet
                            - Blackboard
                                - Email
                 * Network Applications
                * User Profile and Data Storage
                * Network Security - Free Anti-virus Software
                * Blackboard Learn Access
                * Wireless Networks
                * Software Training Opportunities
                * Discount Software Purchasing
                * Engineering Events


Thank you,
Debbie
Debbie Boyer
Education Production Specialist
Engineering Education Resource Center
dboyer at uh.edu<mailto:dboyer at uh.edu>        713-743-1347





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