CIT Training Program’s Spring Term is Budding

Spring is fast approaching with its warmer days, and a new CIT training term has begun. The term, which started in mid-February, is seeing the return of several favorites such as SPSS, SAS, Adobe Acrobat, PowerPoint, Windows XP Tips & Tricks, and many seminars for those in the scientific community. All of the courses and seminars offered by CIT are free-of-charge to NIH staff and can be found here.

The CIT Training Program strives to keep abreast of the needs of the NIH community and has incorporated several new courses into the program. With that in mind we extend an offer to anyone who would like to become one of our volunteer instructors. If you have a topic that you could teach and think it would be of interest at NIH, please contact us. If you are a project lead and you are rolling out a new or updated program, contact us and we may be able to assist you with your training needs.

New course offerings

Here are just a few of the new courses to watch for. Keep your eyes open for many other offerings as they are finalized and added to the calendar.

Apple Imaging Event
With the cooperation of Apple Computer, CIT will be hosting an event for scientists who work with scientific images. During the session, representatives from Apple and various vendors of imaging software will offer demonstrations and then provide a hands-on session in the afternoon. This seminar has been scheduled in the Natcher complex to accommodate all Mac users who wish to improve their scientific images.

Macintosh OS X Tips and Tricks
This lecture-seminar has been re-designed. If you are a Mac user and are seeking to improve your efficiency on and enjoyment with the Macintosh and the OS X operating system, this is the class for you. Navigation of the Operating System along with demonstration of useful keyboard shortcuts and built-in features will be covered. The course will accommodate a free-flow of questions and answers to focus on students' interests.

Consolidated Network Monitoring System (CNMS)
CNMS monitors all ICs network devices and provides a view of NIH network devices and their associated business impact. It provides either an IC-specific view or building view as needed to help pinpoint impacted locations and the approximate number of users affected by an outage. This allows network administrators to define routine maintenance and use the event Alarmpoint engine for proactive notification via phone or email.

Web Application Testing Using Selenium
Selenium is a new open-source test tool for Web applications that runs directly in a browser and supports a wide range of browsers and operating systems. It is a valuable tool for both browser compatibility testing and system functional testing, and can be integrated with automated testing frameworks, like jUnit. This hands-on course will introduce the Selenium suite of tools including Selenium Core, Selenium IDE, and Selenium Remote Control.

Grants
In order to keep up with the large interest in QVR training, the QVR courses are being revised and expanded to provide increasing opportunities for learning to use the system. We will also be offering courses in the IMPACII Subproject Module.

Contact us

As always, all of the courses and seminars offered by CIT are free-of-charge to NIH staff. For complete course descriptions or to register for a course, please visit our Web site. If you prefer, you may call us at 301-594-6248 to discuss course registration, teaching a class, or other training-related issues.