[CCoE Notice] Linux/UNIX - Free Intro & Intermediate Level Workshops offered next week

[Boyer, Debbie]

Dear Engineering Faculty and Staff,

Welcome to the Fall 2015 semester!  The EERC/ECC will offer two levels of Linux workshops – an Introduction to Linux and Intermediate Linux – along with the General UH Engineering Computing Essentials Orientation this week.

The Introduction to Linux Workshop* will be offered on Wednesday, Sept 2nd, from 2:00-4:00pm and repeated on Thursday, Sept 3rd, from 10:00am-12:00pm.  Both workshops are scheduled in the ECC, Engineering Building 2, Room W129.  

Topics covered include:
               -Linux/UNIX Systems Overview
               -Interoperability with Windows
               -Linux/UNIX Accounts – Email & Personal Web Page
               -File Systems, Permissions
               -System Commands & Applications
                
The Intermediate Linux Workshop* will be offered on Friday, Sept 4th, from 10:00am-12:00pm.  This workshop is also scheduled in the ECC, Engineering Building 2, Room W129.  

Topics covered include:
                -Input, Output & Pipes
                -Compiling UNIX Software Packages
                -Symbolic and Hard Links
                -Setting Environment Variables
                -File Transfers & Processes

*Students planning to attend the Linux/Unix workshops MUST have a UNIX account and be able to login to UNIX before the workshop begins.  UNIX accounts are created at the ECC Front Desk.


The General UH Engineering Computing Essentials Orientation will be offered on Wednesday, Sept 2nd, from 11:00am-12:00pm, in the ECC, Engineering Building 2, W129.

Topics covered include:
	-Computing Facilities for Engineering Students
	-User Accounts – CougarNet, Blackboard Learn
	-Network Security & Free Anti-Virus Software
	-User Profiles, Data Storage & Storage Limits
	-UH Email Alias
	-Accessing the UH Wireless Network
	-Free Software Application Training

All workshops and orientations are “hands-on” and free to Engineering students.  Seating is limited - no reservations are required.  

Please share this information with your students.

Thank you,
Debbie

Debbie Boyer, M.S.
Director, Educational Technology
Cullen College of Engineering
University of Houston
dboyer at uh.edu
713-743-1347