We invite you to join us on January 19th at 12pm in the SIL at the Young Research Library for a Wordpress workshop where you'll learn several advanced techniques to take your websites to the next level. See how you can improve the look of your web pages without knowing any code. Lunch will be provided....
Wednesday, Jan 24, 2018 - 11:30am to 1:00pm Research Library (Charles E. Young) Research Commons (RC) Classroom Joanna Chen Cham and Zoe Borovsky cover the basics and some fancy, advanced features of this popular, free, web-based application. Register
Wednesday, Jan 24, 2018 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm Research Library (Charles E. Young) Research Commons (RC) Classroom Albert Kochaphum (Institute for Digital Research and Education), the wizard of shapefiles, turns mundane latitude and longitude into works of wonder. Register
This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools related to using R in the context of data analysis. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems. We'll cover: A basic introduction to R and RStudio Visualizing your data with ggplot2, the most...
This workshop focuses on the design of archaeological games that entice users to engage with archaeological skills, methods, questions and results. What are possible goals of such games, and how can these be reached through narratives, interactive mechanics and visual, aural and motive stimulants. Beyond providing exercises in archaeological approaches, can emergent gameplay have a...
Lunch 12-1pm. Lecture 1-3pm Please RSVP only if you will attend the lunch discussion from 12-1 in the IDRE Portal. No need to Register if you will attend the lecture at 1pm. Deadline to register for lunch is 5pm on Thursday, Jan. 25th. Lecture abstract In 1982, Bill Viola posed an enigmatic question: Will there be condominiums in Data Space? Borges' Library of Babel...
Creating meaningful and attractive graphics is a core skill in both data exploration and communicating your findings. In this workshop, you'll gain experience in using the R package ggplot2 to make publication-quality graphics. We'll cover the vernacular of the grammar-of-graphics, the conceptual model behind ggplot2 and how to use that to build plots. Prerequisites: Take...
This is an inaugural meeting of a biweekly Open Refine meet-up. We'll confirm the time and dates for future meetings, discuss what we'd like to get out of the group, and delve into a Open Refine exercise led by Jamie Jamison.
Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 - 11:30am to 1:30pm Research Library (Charles E. Young) Research Commons (RC) Classroom Bethany Myers navigates a whole network of sources useful for researchers interested in environmental health and occupational hazards. You can use TOXNET to find: Specific chemicals, mixtures, and products Chemical nomenclature Chemicals that may be associated with a disease,...
Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm Research Library (Charles E. Young) Research Commons (RC) Classroom This two-hour workshop will introduce participants to GitHub, a platform for hosting your Git-versioned files in the cloud so that you can share, collaborate on, and even publish your code, texts, and other files openly. We’ll also briefly...
