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Four Fall IT Events – Turnitin, NVivo, MATLAB and Cyber Security

Turnitin – Plagiarism Detection & More

October 30, 12:00 – 1:30pm – Healey LL P2 [Light Lunch Provided]

Turnitin is a plagiarism prevention and detection tool available within Blackboard Learn which compares student-submitted papers to a large database including previously submitted papers as well as indexed web content. A representative from Turnitin will demonstrate the product along with its reporting features, the GradeMark tool which allows you to mark up student papers and leave audio comments, and the iPad app which works with GradeMark. Light lunch will be provided. We encourage you to bring your laptops and iPads.
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NVivo – Qualitative Research Tool

October 31, 1:00pm to 3:00pm – Healey LL P2

Members of QSR International will be on campus to demo some of the new features of NVIVO.  To learn about NVIVO and what it can do for your research, please stop by Presentation room # 2 on October 31st from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.   We have a limited number of licenses which you can use by sending an email to software@umb.edu
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MATLAB – Technical Computing Language

November 14, 12:00 to 3:00pm – Healey LL P2 
[Light Lunch Provided]

Presentation and discussion of ways to increase your productivity and effectiveness using MATLAB.  Best practices and common pitfalls in writing MATLAB code, explore the use of the MATLAB Profiler to find bottlenecks, and introduce the use of Parallel Computing Toolbox and MATLAB Distributed Computing Server to solve computationally and data-intensive problems on multicore computers and clusters.
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Cyber Threat Smackdown! – Defending your Digital Devices

Wednesday October 22, 11:00 to 12:15 
Campus Center 3rd floor ball room
An iPad will be raffled off, plus other prizes!

Cyber Security is in the news every day, with stories about the celebrity iCloud photo release, and credit card breaches from Target and Home Depot. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, and the UMass Boston IT department is hosting an event to help keep your data and devices secure.
Click Here to register for this free event

 

** Have a question regarding software – please email software@umb.edu or visit: http://www.umb.edu/it/getting_services/hardware_software_equipment

Cyber Security Event at UMass Boston, October 22nd

Cyber Threat Smackdown!

Defending your Digital Devices

Cyber Security is in the news every day, with stories about the celebrity iCloud photo release, and credit card breaches from Target and Home Depot. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, and the UMass Boston IT department is hosting an event to help keep your data and devices secure.

An iPad will be raffled off, plus other prizes!

Click Here to register for this free event

Wednesday October 22, 11:00 – 12:15
Campus Center 3rd floor ball room

Don’t miss the 1st Social Media Night at UMass Boston

1st Social Media Night
“How to tell your story with digital media”
Thursday, September 25th, 2014, 6pm – 8pm
McCormack Hall, 3rd floor, Ryan Lounge
University of Massachusetts Boston
You can register at umbsocial.com
Delivering your content in a creative way is key to your success in social media. Using video and storytelling are proven ways to get your customer’s attention. But,
  • How do you tell stories in a digital medium?
  • How can you use videos, photos and other tools to make your story more effective?
If you want to know more, do not miss the 1st Social Media Night at UMass Boston. Join us for an interactive storytelling session and a fun networking event with
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Werner Kunz Social Media Scientist and Professor of Marketing at UMass Boston
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Edward F. Peters Executive Director, Web and Media Services, MA Department of Revenue
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Robert Bochnak Assist. Director, Alumni Marketing & Communications at Harvard Business School
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Julia Campbell Principal of J Campbell SocialMarketing
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Markus Forrester Founder of Yoularoid and Owner of Marcus Myles Media

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